Ahh… The Great British Baking Show. That good-spirited antidote to life’s overwhelming complexities, a place where competition is all in good fun and where individualism doesn’t clash with community. And such good lighting! What a dream.
And now fans of the show have found another reason to get all warm and fuzzy — two of season seven’s contestants, Michael Chakraverty and Henry Bird, are maybe probably an off-screen item.
Photos of the couple looking all couple-y have made the rounds online, and the reaction has been as enthusiastic as Mary Berry when she tastes the perfect sticky toffee pudding.
A fellow season seven baker, Alice Fevronia, posted a couple of photos of Chakraverty and Bird that certainly point towards romance.
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One appeared on her Instagram story:
THEY’RE DATING NOW?! #GBBO pic.twitter.com/7psQ4RxlFE
— Tequila-Inspired (@yosoymichael) October 27, 2019
And a second on her feed:
Folks are very happy to live vicariously through the budding romance. Almost too happy.
Here’s what they’re saying:
Henry and Michael baking together like a young couple in love. @mschakraverty @henryfabird this the cutest thing I’ve ever seen my darling boys. ???????? Best thing to come out of Bake Off 2019! @BritishBakeOff #GBBO pic.twitter.com/qr4MTuSAB9
— Stephen (@Stephen95_23) October 27, 2019
i love them SO much i can’t even full express it LOOK AT THEM IM GONNA CRY
— el ? SUKEY AND CHRISTY DAY (@maybeimbabie) October 27, 2019
Will repeat ??? Elio and Oliver want what Henry and Michael have pic.twitter.com/05EVaZ8God
— Slade (@Slade) October 27, 2019
This picture of Michael and Henry warms my heart!#GBBO #BakeOff pic.twitter.com/VYSmrwrI3G
— Matt Sole (@matt_sole) October 27, 2019
is Michael and Henry dating?! if they are, we stan #GBBO for bringing people together? pic.twitter.com/ffzXhYIFEE
— philip? (@BBTribe) October 28, 2019
I try not to put too much stake into queer celeb dating rumors but my heart might shatter if it turns out Michael and Henry from this season of Bake Off aren't dating
— Kate Mieher (@mieherkat) October 27, 2019
skyboy63
Cuties
Charlie in Charge
This has been a very satisfying across the board and Henry is a wonderful competitor to watch (those ties, that moment when he had his head on David’s shoulder).
Charlie in Charge
That should have read “a very satisfying season”
sfhairy
I hope they are together. They make the cutest couple.
Cam
Which one will bake the wedding cake??
The Scientartist
It’s “The Great British Bake-Off”. Or has it been renamed for the US?
david-tullis
It is “The Great British Baking Show” in the United States. Pillsbury owns the rights to the term “Bake-Off.”
mz.sam
This darling baking couple is definitely my sweet dessert.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
I want them for dessert
:-p
GioGuerra
They are just messing with everyone. A while back Alice posted pictures with Henry, and everyone was talking about them being a couple. So Alice responded with the picture of the 4 of them “how many couples do you see?”. I’ve seen on different medias pictures of everyone hanging out. They seem to make really good bonds with fellow contestants and not only this season
bowlingbutch
If they are a couple and in love, good for them. If not I would gladly be half of a couple with either one. I was rooting for both because they seem so nice. Genuine smiles.