Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith addresses the controversial 'Mexican week'

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Mariah Carey looked stylish as ever while stepping out for dinner at Nobu in New York City with her beau Brian Tanaka on Friday. The superstar, 52, wore a chic leopard print coat and form-fitting black maxi dress along with black platform heels and was helped to the car by her other half, 39. The All I Want For Christmas crooner shielded her eyes with an oversized pair of black shades and sported glimmering hoops for her night out.  Date night: Mariah Carey, 52, looked stylish as ever while stepping out for dinner at Nobu in New York City with her beau Brian Tanaka, 39, on FridayThe songstress wore her long blonde tresses parted on the side and cascading down in loose curls. Meanwhile her beau looked casual cool in a black puffer jacket over a black T-shirt and grey jeans.He accessorized the look with a black baseball hat and wire-rim eyeglasses.

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SHE is normally a baking whizz known for whipping up an absolute storm in the Bake Off tent but Prue Leith left fans with more to be desired in last night's episode. The Bake Off was back and this week it was Prue setting the technical challenge for the baking hopefuls and their task was to emulate her spring rolls.

Great British Bake Off last year after fending off fellow bakers Crystelle Pereira and Chigs Parmar.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk Giuseppe revealed exactly what happened behind the scenes on the hit Channel 4 show.Giuseppe's life has been non-stop since he won the show in November last year and quit his job as an engineer to launch his career as a full-time baker.He opened up about what was different on the show when he took part, to when he was a viewer at home.He expressed: "As a viewer of the show I was simply enjoying it as many people do at home.

GREAT British Bake Off fans have hit back at Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith as show 'doesn't give bakers enough time' to make the tasks they're set. As the temperature heated up in the tent as the quarter finals dawned on them, Pastry Week set a new set of tests including vol-au-vents, spring rolls and a "pie-scape" based on a childhood storybook or nursery rhyme. However, all remaining five contestants found themselves in trouble throughout the tasks, with Paul in particular demanding "pastry nirvana" and criticising them for not rising to the challenge.

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Prue Leith and her fellow The Great British Bake Off judges and hosts were slammed on social media for the México-themed week of the show that reduced the rich Mexican culture and cuisine into stereotypical imagery. Following the backlash, judge Leith is now talking about the controversy.

“That’s not the spirit of the show.”She went on to confirm that she and Paul Hollywood set the challenges in each episode.Co-hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas introduced the episode, which first aired in October,The two were wearing sombreros and bright ponchos during the introduction.Noel commented he did not feel they should make Mexican jokes “because people will get upset” before Lucas said playfully: “What, not even Juan?”Following the broadcast, some on social media were critical of the programme’s depiction of Mexican culture, claiming it was guilty of cultural appropriation.During the interview, Dame Prue also spoke about what she sees as the show’s positive impact.“Really, the whole phenomenon of Bake Off is, to me, absolutely extraordinary,” she said.“This is rather a cliché thing to say, but I do think that it is a force for good, most of the time.“Everything we do in life is a bit stressful, we are always short of time, we’re short of money, there are all sorts of horrible things happening all over the world.“And Bake Off is this safe space where the worst thing that can happen is somebody will drop their bake.”It’s not the first time the show has been accused of “cultural appropriation”.In December 2020, the show came under fire for its “Japanese Week”.For the season’s seventh episode, contestants were also tasked with making Iles Flottantes, a French cuisine.They were also tasked with making ice cream and cakes with custard.

"I think one day I will just have to put a photo of me on Instagram, actually trying to kill him."So, yeah.To satisfy all those people that want me to do it."Jo also previously admitted that she and Bernie had never planned to have their children later in life, it just happened.Talking to the Daily Record in 2011, Jo said: "Having children is fab."They keep me young and make me get up in the morning."She added: "It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes.""I hoped I'd become a mum but I didn't expect to.

The Great British Bake Off viewers were left divided by the unusual timing of this week's themes.

THE GREAT British Bake Off fans were getting a creepy sense something was wrong on tonight's episode, believing the episode was airing too early. In the latest episode of the Bake Off, viewers tuned in to find themselves watching a spooky version of the Channel 4 favourite...