Overview

• Channel 4’s third episode aired Tuesday with Bread Week centering on a pull-apart monkey bread signature challenge.
• Hosts specified a well‑flavoured yeasted loaf with strong visual impact, prompting creative choices from onion soup to nduja, olives, pears and stilton.
• Contestant Nadia showcased local foraging by using wild garlic from Otterspool in a pesto-led Italian interpretation.
• Social posts on X questioned what monkey bread is, with some viewers also noting a contestant’s hair-touching as a hygiene concern.
• One baker exited after finishing last in the technical and another earned Star Baker with a first-place finish, as Paul Hollywood said challenges are trickier and overall standards have risen.