Illiyin Morrison from Norwich received one of Paul Hollywood’s famous ‘handshakes’ less than 30 minutes into the show.
The gesture signifies amazing baking and he rewarded it for the 31-year-old cinnamon roll loaf cake.
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Hollywood said: “Really nice, well done. Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful cinnamon cake.”
Speaking after receiving the the handshake Morrison said: “What just happened? I dunno…what a way to start.”
The contestants were tasked to recreate a Battenberg for the technical challenge before heading onto the showstopper to make an illusion cake.
Due to one of the contestants falling ill, nobody was knocked out of the competition last night.
The show will return next Tuesday on Channel 4.