Dame Prue Leith: Fans will be devastated over the eliminations on GBBO

‘The Great British Bake Off’ judges say fans will be left "devastated" over this year's eliminations.

The thirteenth series of the baking competition is set to return to Channel 4 tomorrow (13.09.22) and will comedians see Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas return as hosts, with Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith as judges.

When asked if fans will be left devastated, Prue said: “Of course.

"And you do get people on social media who feel so let down because you’ve got rid of their hero or they genuinely believed they were the best baker.”

Her fellow judge Paul went on to explain that it gets "really difficult" to eliminate contestants as the competition goes on but it is always "easier" if they make an obvious mistake.

In the joint interview, he told The Daily Mirror newspaper: "There was a couple of weeks where we had to sort of sit down properly and break things down to little faults that they may have had, which, in the end, sent them home. And it’s hard. It’s getting really difficult. I don’t want them to make a mistake, it just makes our life easier if they do.”

Meanwhile, former 'Great British Menu' host Prue, 82, told of how she had a fan come up to her and disagree with her comments on the show, while Paul added that it happens every year and insisted viewers have got to "trust" their opinions.

Prue said: “I had a woman in a supermarket say to me, ‘I didn’t agree with you about that lemon drizzle cake.’

"And I said: ‘Why?’ and she said ‘You said it was far too lemony and it was delicious…’Well, what do I say to that?"

Paul added: “Every year it’s the same!

“I’m saying: ‘But you never tasted it! Or smelt it. Or felt it. You saw a picture and you made your decision on that one sense.

“We had other senses we were using as well. You’ve got to trust us.’”

'The Great British Bake Off' airs on Tuesday nights from 13 September on Channel 4 at 8pm.