U.K. cooking show “The Great British Bake Off” is ridding its nationality-themed episodes after some viewers accused the plots of being racist.
According to Deadline.com, in 2020, the show featured a “Japan Week,” in 2021 it featured a “German Week,” and in 2022, the show featured a “Mexican Week.”
The popular cooking show has previously featured episodes where amateur participants would compete to bake the best bread, cakes, and other pastries in the style of the nationality that was themed that week.
From Fox News:
However, this tradition fell out of favor after critics pointed out that many of the dishes were not sufficiently authentic to the themes. Additionally, co-hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas offended some viewers by donning sombreros, shaking maracas and attempting Latin-American accents during the show.
