- Paul Hollywood, Judge: [watching contestant Howard Middleton knead dough with one hand] My dad used to say to me when I was making dough, "Son, you've got two hands. I am going to half your wages because you are not using the other one."
- [during technical challenges, contestants must follow a vaguely written recipe]
- Mary Berry, Judge: Have you told them how long to bake it, or is that up to them?
- Paul Hollywood, Judge: No, it's entirely up to them.
- Mary Berry, Judge: You're very cruel.
- Paul Hollywood, Judge: Oh, yes.
- Mary Berry, Judge: [in Howard using hemp flour] I know nothing about hemp. Is it a grass?
- Howard Middleton, contestant: [smiling] It, it is, yeah...
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: How can we describe hemp to you, Mary? Let's just say to you, this is the legal side of hemp. So, there's an illegal side, and, um, a legal side. And it's very, very good for you, it's got loads of...
- Howard Middleton, contestant: Yeah, it has the seeds here, but the leaf is, is...
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: It's naughty cigarettes, Mary.
- [discussing Howard's German baumschnecken buns]
- Mel Giedroyc, Presenter: What's a schnecken, Howard?
- Howard Middleton, contestant: It's basically a snail shape, a German bun. Yeah. Cute.
- Mel Giedroyc, Presenter: Oh! You're a little schnecken, Howard. You are.
- Howard Middleton, contestant: Thank you.
- Paul Hollywood, Judge: Thank you? "You are a little snail", and you say, "thank you"?
- Howard Middleton, contestant: I need compliments.
- Beca Lyne-Pirkis, Contestant: [to the camera] Although it's a competition, we do help each other out.
- Beca Lyne-Pirkis, Contestant: [in an upper class accent] It's a learning and sharing experience doing it.
- Beca Lyne-Pirkis, Contestant: [back using her regular voice] Feel free to throw up at any point.
- Mel Giedroyc, Presenter: [as Glenn is about to proof his dough] Is that going to work?
- Glenn Cosby, Contestant: [matter-of-factly] Yeah.
- Mel Giedroyc, Presenter: Proof it.
- [Mel slaps her knee in glee while Glenn laughs uncontrollably]