James Acaster’s ill-fated efforts on Bake Off perfectly capture the creative process

John Plunkett. Updated February 8th, 2021

Few contestants in the history of the Great British Bake Off have been such good value as comedian James Acaster in Channel 4’s celebrity version of the show to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer.

Just in case you missed it – or even if you didn’t, you’ll probably want to watch it again – here’s his ‘journey’.

https://twitter.com/BritishBakeOff/status/1105577221635391488

And his efforts prompted Robyn Frost to perfectly capture the three stages of the ‘creative process’.

The creative process pic.twitter.com/6chlvib35V

— Robyn Frost (@robynhfrost) March 13, 2019

Nailed it!

me, submitting every paper i have ever written https://t.co/S8iGCilmb0

— sapphic & suffering 🌻 (@hddnvllyranchel) March 13, 2019

Me every day at work

— Josie Rea (@josiewill38) March 13, 2019

Our new record https://t.co/88G3ei2J59

— Bry (@BryanGarris_) March 14, 2019

We need posters of this!!!

— StilettoNinja (@bonheurchasse) March 13, 2019

https://twitter.com/miss__kick/status/1105858696402345990

I feel this on a personal level

— Aisha Hakim (@AishaAnnHakim) March 13, 2019

https://twitter.com/PratherLab/status/1105839251864895488

Robyn was slightly taken aback at how viral her tweet went.

This is like a horrible accident – I only meant it for my advertising friends on here as an in-joke

— Robyn Frost (@robynhfrost) March 13, 2019

And here’s what Acaster had to say about it all.

https://twitter.com/JamesAcaster/status/1105983716743102465

https://twitter.com/JamesAcaster/status/1105413542528860160

https://twitter.com/JamesAcaster/status/1105579373904740356

https://twitter.com/JamesAcaster/status/1106219571961319424

https://twitter.com/JamesAcaster/status/1106227548269219840