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Bingate

1. (UK, informal) Acontroversy involving a 2014 episode ofThe Great British Bake Off, in which acontestant threw his failedbaked Alaska into abin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant hadsabotaged the dish.
   • 2017, Anita Singh,The Story of The Great British Bake Off

     Things got more complicated whenBingate turned out to be Diana's last appearance onBake Off. It was an unhappy coincidence […]

   • 2020, Patrick Barwise, Peter York,The War Against the BBC

     In the notoriousBingate incident during series five, contestant Iain was shown throwing away his Baked Alaska because it had not fully set. Initially, suspicion for causing this fell on another contestant, Diana […]

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