Paul Hollywood Handshakes By Season of The Great British Bake Off / Great British Baking Show Results / Contestant Outcomes, Bar Graph by Contestant Outcomes: Winner, Runner Up, Out Paul Hollywood Handshakes By Season of The Great British Bake Off / Great British Baking Show Results / Contestant Outcomes, Bar Graph by Contestant Outcomes: Winner, Runner Up, Out

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Paul Hollywood is famous for giving out handshakes on the hit show, The Great British Bake Off, for dishes he really loves. The handshakes are just meant to award in the moment success, as a significant pat on the back for the baker. But could these handshakes mean more. Do bakers who get a handshake, end up winning the completion more often than bakers who don’t? Does a Paul Hollywood handshake predict winners?

The graph above plots all the handshakes given by Paul over the 16 seasons. In all but three seasons, the winner of the competition received a handshake at some point from Paul. The sections of the graphs that have more pink, is because that winning contestant received a handshake more then once. I don’t think that Paul’s handshake predicts the winner. But getting one is aways an accomplishment.

Past Seasons

Paul went crazy with the handshakes in season 9, giving out a total of 12, the most of any season. In season 16 ( the most recent season) Paul only gave out 3.