‘Great British Bake Off’ 2017 Winner Revealed By 'Mortified' Prue Leith 12 Hours Ahead Of Final (And No, We Won’t Be Telling You Who it Is)

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Prue Leith has done the unthinkable by accidentally revealing who this year’s ‘Great British Bake Off’ winner is, less than 12 hours before tonight’s final.

The judge’s official Twitter account prematurely announced the news on Tuesday morning, in a since hastily deleted tweet.

And don’t worry, we won’t be spoiling anything for you here, although you might want to stay away from all social media for the rest of the day.

Prue Leith
Prue Leith
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The tweet, which was no doubt planned to go out after tonight’s final, was retweeted by Sun columnist Dan Wootton.

It read: “No one told me judging a #gbbo final would be so emotional. I wanted them all to win. Bravo [REDACTED]”

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Oh Prue.

The show’s newest judge immediately expressed her regret over what had happened, telling Press Association: “I’m in too much of a state to talk about it.”

She has also since taken to Twitter to apologise to ‘Bake Off’ fans, blaming her mistake on the fact that she’s currently in Bhutan, Asia and therefore in a different time zone.

I am so sorry to the fans of the show for my mistake this morning, I am in a different time zone and mortified by my error #GBBO.

— Prue Leith (@PrueLeith) October 31, 2017

Meanwhile, over on Twitter, it didn’t take long for the memes to arrive...

And we cross over live to Prue Leith’s management’s office. pic.twitter.com/LH76ahogKN

— Pete Allison (@Pete_Allison) October 31, 2017

Prue Leith appears to have revealed who's been crowned this year's #GBBO winner. We caught Mary Berry's reaction.... pic.twitter.com/zXhDC3b5GH

— Gem News (@wearegemnews) October 31, 2017

Oh @prueleith, honey. pic.twitter.com/vWTrIHYFB8

— Rebecca Lewis (@bexlewis361) October 31, 2017

As someone who works in social media, having heart palpitations on behalf of Prue Leith pic.twitter.com/qFHJQ48hBk

— Daniel Sperling (@dan_sperling) October 31, 2017

When you finally work out Prue Leith's Twitter password pic.twitter.com/XhwUW1IsMX

— Alex Finnis (@AlexFinnis) October 31, 2017

Prue! pic.twitter.com/g0RVu6Syx6

— Rianne Ison (@rianne_ison) October 31, 2017

When Prue Leith accidentally tweets who won #GBBOFinal early! pic.twitter.com/k7HFuO1eU0

— Cate (@Cateeeeey) October 31, 2017

Mary Berry right now pic.twitter.com/GZRsz2b7lQ

— Chris Mandle (@chris_mandle) October 31, 2017

Kate Lyon, Stephen Carter-Bailey and Sophie Faldo will all battle it out tonight for the coveted prize of ‘Bake Off’ champion 2017, not to mention the inevitable book deal, TV gig and increased bank balance.

‘The Great British bake Off’ final is on Channel 4 at 8pm tonight (31 Oct).

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