- Paul Hollywood, Judge: [notorious for his hard criticism, to contestant Beca Lyne-Pirkis] Annoyingly, I really like it.
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: Oh, how painful to give a compliment. Oh, that hurts on such a deep genetic level.
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: [making excuses for a contestant's poor performance] Toby's managed to slice both of his thumbs.
- Paul Hollywood, Judge: It doesn't affect how long a cake stays in an oven for. If it's dry, it's dry.
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: At the risk of sparking a barrage of angry letters from biologists - boy, can those guys kick off - when it comes to baking, the heart truly is connected to the stomach.
- Toby Waterworth, contestant: I'm, uh, behind.
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: Yup
- Toby Waterworth, contestant: Stressed
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: Yup
- Toby Waterworth, contestant: Slightly doolally
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: These are optimal conditions for Bake Off.
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: [about the tradition of a young woman baking a courting cake to woo a young man] It puts my teenage years in Croydon to shame. It certainly beats sitting in a car park drinking cider.
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: [to Howard, sitting with both hands raised above his head] Are you hailing a cab, Howard? What's going on?
- Howard Middleton, contestant: I cut my thumb on a sharp knife.
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: You're not the only one. You got Lucy's done it, Ruby, Christina. It's basically like a sort of hybrid reality show now. It's "Bake Off" meets "Casualty".
- [In history, a courting cake showed a young woman's baking skills to a potential husband]
- Sue Perkins, Presenter: [applying cream to courting cake] Does the amount of cream say anything about me?... I think what this is saying to my beloved is... I'd make a really good plasterer.