Bake Off’s Sandro serves up steamy thirst traps and fans are getting the cream horn
Sandro, the trade of Bake Off 2022. (Channel 4/@sandrosbakes)
The Great British Bake Off is an incredibly wholesome show which showcases the best home bakers the country has to offer.
It’s also often a chance for viewers to embrace the thirst, which many have done this year over contestant Sandro.
Nelsandro “Sandro” Farmhouse is a nanny from London. In his ‘Meet the Bakers’ interview, he said that he is passionate about dancing – anything from breakdance to ballet – and he likes to infuse his bakes with flavours from his Angolan heritage.
Since Sandro entered the tent, viewers have had lots to say, including one person tweeting that they “can’t wait for Bred Week”. And no, that’s not a misspelling.
https://twitter.com/LukeCB_/status/1569796535269064705
Fortunately for fans, Sandro isn’t afraid of serving up a thirst trap or two online.
Waiting for bake off to start, swear it’s been the longest week ever lol @BritishBakeOff pic.twitter.com/F1VmGT8z4W
— Sandro Farmhouse (@sandrofarmhouse) September 20, 2022
Ending the night with this pic, taken by @rebsbakes living for it 🤗 Goodnight tweeters 😽 #holiday #GBBO pic.twitter.com/OPC1Pw3cM9— Sandro Farmhouse (@sandrofarmhouse) September 21, 2022
Rise & Shine, it’s a new week which means a whole lot of baking & it’s bread week on @BritishBakeOff, who’s tuning in this week ? pic.twitter.com/ln230XSYjo— Sandro Farmhouse (@sandrofarmhouse) September 26, 2022
🤤 pic.twitter.com/MgrLnUD28h— Sandro Farmhouse (@sandrofarmhouse) September 25, 2022
Predictably, the ‘soggy bottom‘ joke has been made a few times, but in all honesty, the lack of originality can be excused due to the size of Sandro’s guns.
My oven is ready. pic.twitter.com/yq2p0kahaR
— Shäe (@ShaeMeetsWorld) September 26, 2022
https://twitter.com/JJDodders/status/1577259310757052416
Every time they cut to Sandro on this season of Bake Off pic.twitter.com/pa74YFXBP7— MrsFishVEVO (@Will_Kellogg) September 30, 2022
hello to Sandro on the new season of Great British Bake Off. I'm single. pic.twitter.com/GpFRXY4zs3— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) September 25, 2022
The gays and the mums watching #GBBO just for Sandros let's be honest #bakeoff pic.twitter.com/uilsvOckrj— Michael Andrew James Sheridan (@MichaelinMedia) September 27, 2022
And, as if that wasn’t enough, he is also evidently an absolute angel, raising awareness for neurodiverse and autistic children through his baking. He is working with an organisation called ‘Baking on the Spectrum’.
Autism & Baking has been a passion of mine for a while now, after helping so many families with autism support their children just through baking, is everything to me. Time to take it to eh next level #baking #autismawareness #Neurodiversity pic.twitter.com/9ZiDpVp3SK— Sandro Farmhouse (@sandrofarmhouse) September 27, 2022
Sandro hasn’t spoken about his sexuality, but Bake Off has had a whole host of iconic queer bakers over the years, including John Whaite, who won the crown in 2013 and was also half of the first ever same-sex male pairing on Strictly last year.
Others include Chuen-Yan ‘Yan’ Tsou, the lesbian icon who served the most phallic-shaped offering of molten puddings we’ve ever seen, and Michael Chakraverty and David Atherton, whose podcast “Stick Bun Boys”, celebrates baking and queerness as the beautiful combination of flavours that it is.
