Mary Berry tops all Bake Off innuendos with ‘long-rooted’ horseradish joke in her last ever episode

"Such a thing is possible, Paul"

27 December 2016

The Great British Bake Off Christmas Special may have been Mary Berry’s last ever episode but she didn’t leave without making one last innuendo.

The Boxing Day Christmas Special saw former contestants James Morton, Janet Basu, Chetna Makan and Howard Middleton go head to head in a final farewell before the show’s move to Channel 4.

Junior doctor James Morton - who was accused by Chetna Makan of cheating in the technical challenge of the 2012 series when he changed his Scandanavian loaf after seeing hers - was using horseradish as an ingredient in his festive bake.

Mary Berry joked: “It’s a very long-rooted horseradish.

“It grows like a weed you know. It’s very difficult to dig up, because you can imagine…”

Baker James replied: “I’m only using half an inch...there are eight inches left.”

Presenter and comedian Sue Perkins added: “That’s good to know,” to which Paul Hollywood said: “I don’t know what to say.”

Sue joked: “He’s still getting over the eight inches - such a thing is possible, Paul.

“I think this is going to be delicious.”

Bake Off fans on Twitter hailed Mary’s horseradish moment as Christmas TV gold and said they will miss the show on the BBC.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">OMG! Mary Berry and the horseradish! NAUGHTY BBC! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatBritishBakeOff?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3428601-https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatBritishBakeOff?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#GreatBritishBakeOff</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChristmasTVGold?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3428601-https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChristmasTVGold?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#ChristmasTVGold</a> ! 😮😳😂 — Lindsay Meader (@apollochaplain) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/apollochaplain/status/813470618133954561" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3428601-https://twitter.com/apollochaplain/status/813470618133954561" data-vars-event-id="c23">December 26, 2016</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cannot unsee Mary Berry handling that horseradish <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gbboxmas?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3428601-https://twitter.com/hashtag/gbboxmas?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#gbboxmas</a> — Sophia Hurst (@authorships) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/authorships/status/813477706205691904" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3428601-https://twitter.com/authorships/status/813477706205691904" data-vars-event-id="c23">December 26, 2016</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mary Berry brandishing that horseradish!! I'm going to miss <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gbbo?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3428601-https://twitter.com/hashtag/gbbo?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#gbbo</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatBritishBakeOff?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3428601-https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreatBritishBakeOff?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#GreatBritishBakeOff</a> — Holly B-W (@wilkesy5) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/wilkesy5/status/813467136937066496" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3428601-https://twitter.com/wilkesy5/status/813467136937066496" data-vars-event-id="c23">December 26, 2016</a>

The 2016 series is the last for Mary Berry and presenter duo Mel and Sue, who have bid farewell to The Great British Bake Off, leaving only Paul Hollywood to follow the £75-million move to Channel 4.

This year’s series has seen numerous innuendos applauded by Twitter fans, from Mary Berry saying “I’ll eat a bit of carpet” to complaints of “soggy bottoms”.

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