Welcome to this week's stressful/delightful recap of The Great British Bake Off!
![the title card for the great british baking show](https://cdn.statically.io/img/img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/13/asset/b16c85265d21/sub-buzz-2824-1633698498-2.png?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
This week, our brave bakers face off with bread. Here are 23 absolutely wonderful moments from the episode, plus 8 extremely stressful ones.
Warning: Spoilers (and potential emotional turmoil) ahead.
1. DELIGHTFUL: The opening sketch, which implies that Paul Hollywood's famous bread is so overrated, even a fish wouldn't want it for its last meal.
![A fish assesses the bread Noel's using as bait as over-proved and disgusting](https://cdn.statically.io/img/img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/13/asset/51888bf2eac1/sub-buzz-8412-1633698913-4.jpg?downsize=700%3A%2A&output-quality=auto&output-format=auto)
Signature Challenge: Focaccia
![Giuseppe's olive-laden "Breakfast in Gaeta" focaccia](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/13/asset/51888bf2eac1/sub-buzz-8434-1633699410-39.png)
2. DELIGHTFUL: The fact that we've finally found Waldo.
![Noel in a red and white striped sweater](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/13/asset/b16c85265d21/sub-buzz-2865-1633699248-28.jpg)
3. DELIGHTFUL: Lizzie's suspicions about the sentience of bread.
![Lizzie says she doesn't like making bread because she doesn't know what its thinking](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/13/asset/51888bf2eac1/sub-buzz-8452-1633699749-52.jpg)
4. STRESSFUL: Paul giving George this look when the contestant confessed that he didn't use all his water to make his dough.
![Paul giving George a look of utter intensity](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/13/asset/62140b465614/sub-buzz-4229-1633700232-9.jpg)
5. STRESSFUL: This lil' bit of cupcake humor to remind us all that this wonderful slice of feel-good entertainment is being filmed during an ongoing pandemic.
![](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/12604d391554/sub-buzz-405-1633701649-25.jpg)
6. DELIGHTFUL: The fact that me and Freya are clearly on the same page here.
![Freya says to Noel, you do look a lot like Where's Wally](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/13/asset/b16c85265d21/sub-buzz-2975-1633700545-14.jpg)
7. DELIGHTFUL: Chigs playing along with Matt's invisible bread bit.
![Chigs cuts his invisible bread after matt congratulates him on it](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/94c474f78402/sub-buzz-414-1633701888-13.jpg)
(Thankfully, Chigs' focaccia does eventually reappear.)
![Chigs with his real focaccia](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/972a789bb6a6/sub-buzz-416-1633701939-7.png)
8. DELIGHTFUL: Noel's mild, mid-challenge existential crisis.
![Noel and Giuseppe laugh together about Noel saying "I used to be funny"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/3dadb3f07462/sub-buzz-411-1633702078-25.jpg)
9. DELIGHTFUL: Rochica using her focaccia as a canvas on which to paint a vegetable garden.
![A garden made out of veggies on Rochica's focaccia](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/618b2fc2b434/sub-buzz-416-1633702205-21.jpg)
10. DELIGHTFUL: Giuseppe receiving the season's first Paul Hollywood Handshake™, and then tearing up because he didn't believe it would ever happen to him.
![Giuseppe getting the handshake then tearing up](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/bbb1ccdb8cf4/sub-buzz-416-1633702370-29.jpg)
TECHNICAL: Ciabatta Breadsticks
![A stack of breadsticks](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/b1bddd93ec70/sub-buzz-413-1633702602-10.png)
11. STRESSFUL: The ongoing existential crises of the hosts.
![Noel describes Paul rubbing Tzatziki sauce into Prue's feet, then he and Matt decide being on the show is a nightmare](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/ead9927b530c/sub-buzz-463-1633704150-24.jpg)
12. DELIGHTFUL: Noel leaning into it.
![Noel in a Where's Waldo costume with a hat and glasses](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/14/asset/51888bf2eac1/sub-buzz-8751-1633704258-2.png)
13. STRESSFUL: None of the bakers knowing how long to prove or bake their dough, and Crystelle's breadsticks ending up floppy because she only baked them for 15 minutes.
![Crystelle continues to prove her breadsticks instead of baking them](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/51888bf2eac1/sub-buzz-8781-1633705329-22.jpg)
14. DELIGHTFUL: Jürgen's olive eyes.
![Jurgen says "olive eyes" in his breadsticks are looking out at him](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/1da57baa158f/sub-buzz-416-1633705492-7.jpg)
15. STRESSFUL: The fact that being "bready" during Bread Week is a bad thing???
![Paul says the breadsticks are a bit bready, but taste good](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/5f7ce8d0426c/sub-buzz-416-1633705600-1.jpg)
16. DELIGHTFUL: When Giuseppe, having already gotten the Paul Hollywood Handshake™, places first in the Technical!
![Giuseppe raises his hand to be first](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/51888bf2eac1/sub-buzz-8825-1633705716-1.jpg)
Showstopper: A Themed Display Using Milk Bread
![Maggie's "Things You'd Find in a Rock Pool" sketch](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/62140b465614/sub-buzz-4570-1633706051-5.png)
17. DELIGHTFUL: Giuseppe putting on his Serious Baking headband.
![Giuseppe putting in his headband](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/b60301cfa961/sub-buzz-414-1633705850-2.png)
We now interrupt our regularly schedule program so Jürgen can explain what the hell milk bread is:
![Jurgen: Milk bread just means that you replace the water content in the dough with milk](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/62140b465614/sub-buzz-4570-1633706007-3.jpg)
18. DELIGHTFUL: Freya claiming victory over Noel in an impromptu arm wrestling match.
![Noel says, she beat me!](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/62140b465614/sub-buzz-4646-1633707792-40.jpg)
19. DELIGHTFUL: A good old-fashioned Bake Off innuendo, courtesy of George.
![George presses his thumb into dough then asks, this is a family show, right?](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/51888bf2eac1/sub-buzz-8926-1633707921-7.jpg)
20. STRESSFUL: The cold, dead, tinfoil eyes of Amanda's octopus.
![Amanda's octopus baking](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/ead9927b530c/sub-buzz-660-1633707949-2.png)
21. DELIGHTFUL: Jürgen seeing a "bun in the oven" opportunity, and taking it.
![Noel says "baby in the oven?" and jurgen responds, coincidentally, it's a bun as well](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/2a446c4587d0/sub-buzz-544-1633708078-6.jpg)
22. STRESSFUL: The possibility that George's koala could fall right off its milk bread eucalyptus branch.
![George says, The only thing holding this koala together is my hands. It looked fine a second ago!](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/2a446c4587d0/sub-buzz-544-1633708275-8.jpg)
23. DELIGHTFUL: But then, from the jaws of defeat, George snatching glorious, adorable, marsupial victory.
![George's final koala](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/62140b465614/sub-buzz-4675-1633708372-15.jpg)
24. DELIGHTFUL: Lizzie's milk bread pig, Susie.
![Lizzie's final bake](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/2a446c4587d0/sub-buzz-540-1633708415-20.png)
25. STRESSFUL: The backstory of why, exactly, the sculpture is named Susie. (It's in tribute to Lizzie's dearly departed pet pig.)
![Lizzie says she had to put her pet pig down when he slipped on ice](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/2a446c4587d0/sub-buzz-577-1633708552-2.jpg)
26. DELIGHTFUL: Chigs' picnic basket. I mean, look at those GRAPES! Masterful.
![Chigs' picnic basket sculpture](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/6b87c116ed5d/sub-buzz-414-1633708658-2.jpg)
27. STRESSFUL: Paul cutting into Jürgen's bread baby. I know it's bread, but I still audibly said, "You monster."
![Paul cutting into the bread baby](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/81a5034fe934/sub-buzz-411-1633708733-2.jpg)
28. DELIGHTFUL: Giuseppe's truly sublime selection of fruits and vegetables.
![Giuseppe's five vegetables and fruits a day](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/af4192c4674f/sub-buzz-413-1633708783-2.png)
29. DELIGHTFUL: Amanda's gorgeous octopus.
![Prue says, you can see how tender the loaf is](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/16/asset/df6e4dfc40f3/sub-buzz-405-1633708861-8.jpg)
Reminds me of my favorite book.
![Fitzgerald's "tender is the night," with night crossed out and replaced with loaf](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/16/asset/df6e4dfc40f3/sub-buzz-414-1633709143-13.png)
Final Results
![The bakers lined up, waiting for results](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/15/asset/b16c85265d21/sub-buzz-3370-1633707694-25.png)
30. DELIGHTFUL: Giuseppe's serene expression as the Bake Off judges name him Star Baker, and Italy smiles down upon her favorite son.
![Giuseppe smiling](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/16/asset/1da57baa158f/sub-buzz-551-1633709211-30.png)
31. STRESSFUL: Saying goodbye to Rochica, a truly delightful baker (and human being).
![Rochica smiling as she's told she's going home](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2021-10/8/16/asset/81a5034fe934/sub-buzz-414-1633709268-22.png)