Great British Bake Off: Russell Brand's Birth Recreation Takes The, Errr, Biscuit

"Who would've thought he'd win Star Baker with a vagina biscuit?"

Russell Brand was named the Star Baker in the first of this year’s celebrity specials of Great British Bake Off, after recreating a birth scene in biscuit form.

During the episode, each of this year’s famous contestants, which included Russell, comedian Jon Richardson, Paralympic athlete Hannah Cockroft and actor John Lithgow, were tasked with recreating their “greatest performance” through the medium of baking.

While his fellow contestants thought more in terms of his career, Russell – who has two daughters with his wife, Laura Gallacher, the youngest of whom was born in July last year – decided to pay tribute to parenthood.

He decided to make a miniature version of his wife in the throes of childbirth, complete with a birthing pool, a recreation of a vagina, a “confectionary placenta” and a figure of himself watching on.

Indeed it is. #GBBO pic.twitter.com/qC7eVXv8s0

— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) March 5, 2019

Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith were both bowled over by Russell’s efforts, with the latter referring to it as a “celebration of womanhood Germaine Greer would have approved of”.

Paul added: “That biscuit was perfect. What he did was a bit of conceptual art. [It was] very clever, very brave and tasted amazing.”

Bakes that were both eye-opening and mouth-watering. Congratulations to our Star Baker Russell Brand! #GBBO @RustyRockets pic.twitter.com/LhcfIMUJpB

— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) March 5, 2019

A birthing scene is obviously a first for Bake Off, and viewers had a lot to say about it…

Between Russell Brand depicting his wife giving birth through the medium of shortbread (complete with a "cosmic vagina") and turning tents into dog coats on the sewing bee, my TV watching tonight is weird to say the least.

— hannahmatronic (@hbvictoria90) March 5, 2019

Well done @rustyrockets #GBBO celebrating the miracle of birth and womanhood through a cake! 🤔😂🎉

— valerie boorman (@valeh7) March 5, 2019

Oh god my 79 year old grandmother has just watched Russell Brand present a biscuit vagina to the nation #GBBO pic.twitter.com/FCcfScX4nJ

— Hayley (@hayley_margot) March 5, 2019

yikes...@BritishBakeOff.I loved @rustyrockets fabulous cosmic vagina showstopper biscuit scenario. Hilarious, sweet, biological, surreal and a tribute to wife and daughters...and womenkind.. https://t.co/e9XqvOc9DP

— Judith Hesketh (@hesketh1761) March 6, 2019

Not a fan of @rustyrockets - but tbf any contest a biscuit vagina is in, a biscuit vagina deserves to win. #GBBO #SU2C @BritishBakeOff

— Caitlin Griffiths (@artist_caitlin) March 5, 2019

i’m not really all there with russell brand, but anyone who can go on bake off and get prue to say vagina biscuit is OK

— ryan onstott (@fmhueffer) March 6, 2019

Russell Brand recreated the birth of his daughter in gingerbread on #BakeOff, #DerryGirls tried to end partition with abseiling, and a new comedy/drama about a Syrian asylum seeker in Surrey began. This has been the greatest Pancake Tuesday, thank you @Channel4

— Stacy Wrenn (@stacyawrenn) March 5, 2019

@rustyrockets biscuit interpretation of his good lady’s vagina was hilarious and inspiring all at the same time. #GBBO

— Kimberley Quinn (@quinnkimbo) March 5, 2019

Paul Hollywood eating a vagina on national telly in the name of spreading cancer awareness. Bless you, @rustyrockets.

— Joe (@sicktrashboy) March 5, 2019

Who would've though Russell Brand would win star baker with a vagina biscuit #SU2C

— Sarah Anne (@SarahPrudham) March 5, 2019

However, while it was Russell that impressed the judges, viewers were more won over by actor John Lithgow, charming everyone with his less-than-stellar attempt at making a swiss roll.

For his “greatest performance” challenge, he opted to make a scene from The Crown, in which he stars as Winston Churchill, but that didn’t quite go to plan either…

Social media has a lot to answer for. #GBBO pic.twitter.com/zLN8IlpnK1

— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) March 5, 2019

Just catching up with #gbbo and John Lithgow's swiss roll will haunt my nightmares for months to come.

— Brian Harris (@harrisimo) March 5, 2019

I can see that John Lithgow's Swiss Roll isn't good, and I'm still indignant at their comments on his behalf. #GBBO

— kelly bowyer (@keljbow) March 5, 2019

This is wonderful and meta and I love this so much #GBBO pic.twitter.com/C3t9L0WHjQ

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 5, 2019

“I gave the queen a black eye” is a classic quote. John Lithgow is hilarious! #GBBO

— LauraH (@Laurahallissey) March 5, 2019

john lithgow, formerly known as lord farquaad:

makes a gingerbread version of himself as winston churchill

gives the queen a black eye

scolds russel brand for impatience in yoda speak

presents his tigger's pooh masterpiece...

... all on bakeoff #gbbohttps://t.co/AM6yRZ7Yqn

— citizenbirds' comparative art hist post comingsoon (@citizenbirds) March 6, 2019

John Lithgow...baking gingerbread...in the bake off tent, is something I never thought I needed until tonight. My heart is full 😍

— Ben Farrall (@benfarrall24) March 5, 2019

John Lithgow on #GBBO is just amazing! pic.twitter.com/NwKjejoKCm

— Sarah Bowman (@hari_bow) March 5, 2019

I’m loving watching John Lithgow on this programme. He’s a legend!! #GBBO

— Beverley Walls (@xxBeverleyxx) March 5, 2019

I really wish Netflix would find a way to bring over the celebrity charity Bake-Off shows. America deserves to see John Lithgow mutilate a swiss roll Technical and Russell Brand's --how shall I put this?-- female anatomy themed gingerbread diorama Showstopper.

— Paul Jankura (@Anthropic) March 6, 2019

Celebrity Bake Off returns next week on Channel 4 with a new group of famous competitors.

Michelle Keegan is among those taking part, going up against comedian James Acaster, actor Russell Tovey and TV personality Rylan Clark-Neal.

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