The first evictee from Bake Off believes it was fate that she was the first person to go – as it meant she left the show’s bubble in time for her grandmother’s funeral. Loriea Campbell-Clarey, 27, from Durham was the first baker to leave the tent after trying some unusual cake flavours on the opening show including a chili chocolate sponge in her final bake with scotch bonnet chili powder which the judges said was “overwhelming”. But she has no regrets and revealed: “I was happy with what I baked and I wouldn’t have changed anything, everything happens for a reason. “A bittersweet moment was that I wouldn’t have been able to go to my grandmother’s funeral if I had still been in the tent. So the timing was right that I left the tent when I did, as it meant I could be with my family and give a farewell to my grandmother.” Contestants and hosts and crew all stayed at Down Hall Hotel in Hatfield Heath, Essex throughout filming in a giant bubble and were not allowed to leave until they left the competition. The Great British Bake Off 2020 had its first casualty as Loriea Campbell-Clarey was…