Clara has become the sixth baker to leave The Great British Bake Off after pastry week proved her undoing.

The 24-year-old, a marketing graduate from Portugal, was sent home in Tuesday night's episode of the Channel 4 show. Tom, a 25-year-old hairdresser, was named star baker for the third time in the same episode.

Judges Paul Hollywood and Nigella Lawson set the remaining contestants three challenges across the week. The first asked the bakers to make handheld savoury pies.

A technical round followed, in which they had to whip up choux pastry for a dramatic Polish dessert. An eye-catching decorative pie was the showstopper that gave them one final opportunity to impress.

Clara said she had expected her exit from the tent, explaining that she “really struggled” during pastry week.

Clara was eliminated on Tuesday (Channel 4/Love Productions/Patch Dolan)

Reacting to the news, she said: "I had a blast.…