A BAILDON school worker Sandy Docherty has left The Great British Bake Off after being undone by her runny desserts.

Sandy, 49, of Yeaodn, failed to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with her creme brulee and 'raw' cheesecake.

The child welfare officer, who has proved a huge hit with viewers, was spectacularly unsuccessfully on last night's show.

She said: "My creme brulee not setting was gobsmackingly shocking. There was no one more surprised than me when Paul cracked it and it wasn’t set. It’s never happened before, and I should have trusted my gut instinct and raised the oven temperature."

The brulee proved a disaster - labelled as custard soup , and lambasted for its unusual liquorice flavouring. Her cheesecakes fared no better, with bases described by Paul as "raw".

But despite a disappointing final performance Sandy is going out on a high, still basking in some of her more successful moments on the show.

"When Mary said my biscuit Showstopper was breathtaking, I won’t ever forget that wonderful feeling, it will be one of my all-time highs," she said.

And she revealed that she had developed a taste for TV work.

"The cameras didn’t really faze me – I ended up loving them," she said. "I want more cameras in my life. I didn’t find them intrusive but I wish they were kinder to my laughter lines."

She started baking as a child and says about her style “it might not be glamorous, but it’s tasty”.

Sandy, who works at Baildon’s Titus Salt School as a child protection and welfare officer, puts her baking talents to good use on a voluntary basis running a cookery club where she teaches children from deprived backgrounds to bake on a budget.

She has previously thanked everyone for their good wishes and support.

"My family are very proud but still see me as 'our little Sandy'," she said. "People seem to like my humour and my attitude.

"I do have a very serious side but I have a fundamental sense of fun and can laugh at myself.

"I find it difficult to find the words to describe just how grateful I am for the friendship I have been shown."

She has described her time on the show as an "extremely positive experience."

"I got so much back from it, more than I was expecting. It was so much more of a personal journey than making a few cakes," she added.