Cornwall's very own Bake Off contestant sadly failed to impress the judges this week - even though the Cornish pasty was on the menu.
Marc Elliott was one of the bakers deemed to be 'in danger' tonight by the end of Pastry Week, which marks the contest's halfway point.
Marc, 51, is a local bronze resin sculptor who started baking after losing his leg in a motorbike accident.
While he'd wowed judges and viewers with his sweet treats and savoury masterpieces in previous weeks, tonight was not his night - and saw him place in the bottom three.
But fortunately Marc avoided being sent home, and will be back on our screens next Tuesday.
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What happened tonight?
Tonight was Pastry Week and the competitors were thrown in the deep end with three tricky challenges.
For the signature challenge, judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith asked the eight remaining bakers to make Cornish pasties.
Simple enough, they thought.
But you can imagine their shock when co-host Matt Lucas said: "They need to be at least 15 centimetres long, but they can be any shape you like.”
Any shape?! This could have gone very wrong...
Noel Fielding added that the judges wanted eight identical pasties.
He said: "You can use any pastry or filling you choose but feel free to personalise them with a decorative finish."
The bakers were then given two hours to make their (not so) Cornish pasties.
Marc, who lives in Cornwall but was born and raised in Leicester, said: “Why did they have to say it's the Cornish national dish? Just to give me more pressure.”
This challenge proved difficult for bakers as it also required cooking skills.
Prue said: “This time, the bakers have to be good cooks too, because what’s going inside the pasty takes good cooking. It doesn’t have to be a Cornish pasty shape, it can be any shape they like... but we want crimping!
“I want to eat the best pasties I’ve ever had!”
Paul added: “You don’t want it to be too dry. As you bite into the pasty, the buttery layer from the shell needs to be nice and thin, crispy and inside when you hit that filling you want a bit of moisture as well.”
Some of the contestants' pasties were definitely interesting.
There was a classic cheese and onion pasty - but also a 'Moroccan spiced lamb tagine' pasty and a 'toad in the hole' flavoured pasty.
Some were made in very strange shapes and we saw a fish pasty and a samosa pasty (which actually looked nothing like a pasty).
Marc confessed to Prue that, living in Cornwall, the challenge brought a lot of pressure.
Prue told him: “You’re representing Cornwall.”
Noel joked that if Marc ruins his pasties, he won't be able to return home.
Marc replied: “No they won’t let me back in.”
Marc decided to pay homage to the Cornish coast with a monkfish, saffire, creamy lemon sauce filling in short crust shell sealed with traditional pleated crimps.
Although Marc’s plan seemed pretty impressive, Paul cast a massive doubt in his head when he asked him how many crimps he would make.
“I don’t know, as many as I can,” Marc said.
“There is a set number,” Paul explained.
“Is there really?” asked Marc.
Traditionally Cornish pasties have around 20 crimps.
"I think you’re about seven or eight short," Paul told him. “The biggest problem for me is the colour because they look a bit pale.”
He added that Marc's pasties they were dry and lacking cream, while Prue said that his pastry was lovely.
Overall, most of the bakers' pasties were dry. Surprisingly, the toad in the hole pasty ended up being a success.
But we couldn’t help but notice the odd way Prue was eating her pasties – holding them like an ice cream and picking at them with a fork.
For the technical challenge, Prue asked the bakers to make three raspberry and three salted caramel eclairs.
Unfortunately, it wasn't Marc's strong point as he admitted: "I’ve not made eclairs before”.
Paul and Prue didn’t like them and he was ranked 7th out of 8.
“It wasn’t my finest hour,” Marc admitted.
The challenge for the showstopper was to make a highly decorative caged tart.
“Why would you make a caged tart?” Marc asked.
His chocolate mousse and apple and blackberry tart was praised by Prue, who said the decoration was very beautiful.
By the end of the episode, the judges said Marc was among the three bakers who were in danger of leaving the iconic tent this week.
However, to the relief of Cornwall, Marc was saved.
Sadly, Linda, a favourite with viewers at home, was eliminated from the competition.
On hearing the result, she said: "Pastry week was supposed to be my week!
"I can’t really be sad, as I have been like a child at Disneyland really. It’s been amazing, one of the highlights of my life, I am so proud of myself, yeah I am."
Prue said: "She is a really good baker, but she had a terrible week."
