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Victoria Johns

Bake Off star reveals why contestants are seen shaking in tent as she spills show secrets

Great British Bake Off star Rebs has revealed why some of the contestants are seen shaking on the show.

Viewers reckoned the bakers must have been nervous, but the student, 23, explained that wasn't the only reason.

Taking to Instagram to answer a fan who wanted to know what was going on in the show, Rebs said: "When you see us shaking it's only 60% nerves - the rest is shivering."

The TV star, who left the show in week four after missing an episode due to illness, also admitted she dealt with "crippling anxiety" before filming started.

She explained: "Just the amount of work you have to put in when you get selected.

"Like creating loads of recipes and hitting loads of deadlines for recipes and then practicing, practicing, practicing.

"It’s quite a lot for three months and that’s all you can do and try to live your life."

Rebs told Bake Off fans what life was like on the show (Instagram)
The TV star admitted to being anxious before filming the series (Instagram)

Rebs continued: "Any time I make stuff for people now I get such anxiety that they’re going to judge me and be like, 'no this isn’t right,' but everyone has been so nice."

Concluding it was "hands down the best experience of my life so far", the baker added the contestants got along so well that she had made "11 best friends for life".

Rebs was recently forced to deny she and contestant Sandro were more than friends after they shared a series of pictures together on Twitter.

Rebs said she'd made "11 best friends for life" (Mark Bourdillon / Love Productions)

In one snap captioned "Cocktails in the sun", the pair can be seen clinking their glasses by the sea.

In another, Rebs is wearing a long flannel shirt, which she seemed to have borrowed from the hunk.

Along with the snap, she tagged Sandro’s account and wrote: "Thanks for the shirt this morning."

And in a third post, Sandro shared a picture of the two of them with a love heart emoji with Rebs replying to the selfie saying she felt "blessed" to have met him.

However, the nanny shut down rumours of a romance between the pair, telling Reality Titbit : “No, we are not dating and never have. We are simply friends.”

Rebs also backed up Sandro’s statement.

She said: "I had the pleasure of meeting Sandro this year and am blessed to know him as a close friend (hence the pics and time together). However, we are both very happy in our respective relationships."

* The Great British Bake Off is on Tuesday on Channel 4 at 8pm

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