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From tasteless cultural jokes to passing off cooking as baking, the unscripted delight has made a few sour gaffes

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?

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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'

Mexican Week on Bake Off received a lot of backlash, with people calling the programme out for 'tacky jokes about Mexican stereotypes' as well as the 'misidentification of Mexican food'