Biggest cooking show dramas

From The Great British Bake Off Iain's 'bingate' to Come Dine With Me cheating scandals.

By Penny TraversPublished: 17 September 2014

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The Great British Bake Off 2013 winner Frances' cake sabotage

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GBBO 2013 winner Frances Quinn has been accused of sabotaging her rival's cake at the Starbucks charity Cake Off.

Natalie Coleman, a former Masterchef winner, says her cake looked like 'Jackie Stallone on a bad night out' after Quinn’s makeshift cake shelf collapsed on it in the oven.

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The Great British Bake Off 2014 Iain's 'bingate'

It was the biggest GBBO drama on record, and Twitter went into meltdown after bearded baker Iain lost his cool (both puns intended) and binned his Baked Alaska. Why? Fellow contestant Diana took it out of the freezer to make room for hers. Iain left the show, Mary Berry branding his lack of dessert 'unacceptable'.

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The Great British Bake Off 2014 Diana quitting

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A day after 'bingate', it was announced Women's Institute member Diana quit the show due to fainting and losing " my sense of smell and most of my taste". The BBC was quick to add this was in no way related to the Baked Alaska fiasco.

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The Great British Bake Off 2013 great custard theft

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Who can forget the Great Custard Theft of 2013, where Deborah stole Howard's crème Anglaise in a pure act of daylight baking robbery? She claimed she forgot what her bowl looked like, but that wasn't enough to save her, as she exited the show that same day.

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The Great British Bake Off 2013 John Whaite ruined Rum Babas

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We all cringed when poor John added salt instead of sugar to his Rum Babas, prompting Paul Hollywood to spit it out. Luckily for him, it was onwards and upwards from there and he ended up winning the show.

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Masterchef Australia Mat Beyer cheating

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Over in Oz, MasterChef Australia had to axe one of its contestants, Mat Beyer, for allegedly cheating by using his smartphone (which are banned) to check recipes. He claimed he was just keeping in touch with his girlfriend.

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Come Dine With Me Isabelle cheating

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In Series 2 of Come Dine With Me, Isabelle was called out by the show's producers for giving fellow contestants low scores on purpose. She was embarrassingly made to redo them, landing her in second place instead of first. Awkward.

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Come Dine With Francesco lying about being a chef

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In another cheating scandal, Francesco gave up his winnings after it emerged he had lied about being a top chef in a restaurant.

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Come Dine With Me Keeley cheating

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What do you do when you want to throw the perfect dinner party? You hire a caterer of course! In series 2, Keeley hired her favourite restaurant to cater for her guests… and won! Naughty…

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