BAKE Off fans were left gobsmacked after spotting an editing gaffe involving host Alison Hammond.
Series 16 of kicked off last night, but a moment with got viewers rewinding in disbelief.
An editing blunder on The Great British Bake Off left viewers cringing
Alison Hammond appeared insensitive towards a baker – but did you spot it?
viewers watched a fresh batch of bakers take on fiddly fondant fancies, a Signature Swiss roll and a landscape cake Showstopper in last night’s episode.
and returned as judges, with and Alison Hammond back on presenting duties.
However, it was a comment from Alison that got people talking on .
A contestant from , 32, was baking away until she turned to the camera to address the war in her home country.
Nataliia was born in Ukraine and was taught to bake by her grandmother, following traditional that have been handed down through the generations.
She spoke about her country, telling viewers: “I used to live in , it’s such a wonderful city.”
She added: “It’s full of art, full of wonderful people, so yeah… it’s so sad.”
But it’s what happened next that left viewers open-mouthed.
Just seconds later, Alison made an annoucement to tell the bakers that they were halfway through their challenge.
Alison shouted: “Bomb, bomb, bomb. Ladies and gentlemen, you are halfway through.”
She beamed at the camera, blissfully unaware of the mistake she just made.
The editing gaffe made Alison seem unsensitive to the war in Ukraine as she had repeated the word “bomb”.
Viewers rushed to social media to react to the awkward blunder.
Taking to X, one said: “Natalia talking about Ukraine: “it’s so sad” Alison: “bom bom booooom””.
Another added: “Unfortunate cut… bomb bomb bomb #GBBO.”
A third penned: “Came here to see did anyone else think the same.”
Later in the episode, Natalia was awarded the first star baker of the season.
Whereas, 30-year-old scientist Hassan was the first to be eliminated from the competition after his Swiss roll creation collapsed.
However, a new twist left viewers fuming after the technical challenge was way too difficult.
A twist was introduced that saw a range of ingredients placed in front of the bakers – but not all of them were included in the recipe.
The bakers were given the chance to taste-test a fondant fancy to figure out what had been used.
One fan said: “Why have they made the technical so much harder… I don’t like it.”
Another wrote: “No recipe. Extraneous ingredients. This technical is evil!”
A third commented: “Seems a very harsh technical. Especially for week one.”
The Great British Bake Off is available to watch on Channel 4 .
Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith returned as judges, with Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond back on presenting duties
But the technical challenge left viewers fuming 
