Bingate

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proper noun

A controversy involving a 2014 episode of The Great British Bake Off, in which a contestant threw his failed baked Alaska into a bin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant had sabotaged the dish.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. UKinformalA controversy involving a 2014 episode of The Great British Bake Off, in which a contestant threw his failed baked Alaska into a bin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant had sabotaged the dish.

    Things got more complicated when Bingate turned out to be Diana's last appearance on Bake Off. It was an unhappy coincidence […]

    2017, Anita Singh, The Story of The Great British Bake Off
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    In the notorious Bingate incident during series five, contestant Iain was shown throwing away his Baked Alaska because it had not fully set. Initially, suspicion for causing this fell on another contestant, Diana […]

    2020, Patrick Barwise, Peter York, The War Against the BBC

Origin

bin + -gate

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

beating
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APA

Bingate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingate

MLA

“Bingate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bingate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingate.

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