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From judges’ unnecessarily harsh criticisms ruining the show’s once-kind feel to a downright offensive Mexican week, this has been the show’s worst ever series. Can it recover?

Prue Leith, 82, has insisted that the baking show never intended to offend anyone after it was met with backlash following Mexican week. The hosts wore sombreros and ponchos as the contestants were given challenges that featured traditional dishes from the country

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Stereotypical jokes. Laughable mispronunciations. Culinary atrocities. “The Great British Baking Show” set off a minor furor on social media with its most recent episode, “Mexican Week” (or more precisely, “‘Mexican’ Week”). But were the bowdlerizations of tacos and tres leches cake harmless fun gone awry, or a sign of more…

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Some viewers felt that the episode was a 'mistake' as they accused the show of playing into 'Mexican stereotypes'