Rav Bansal, who has proved popular on The Great British Bake Off (GBBO) show, said he was asked whether he was a "PAKI" by a stranger who referred to the "not-so-British Bake Off".
"So today I was asked 'Are you the p*ki on the not so British bake off?' Really, in 2016?," he questioned on twitter yesterday alongside an angry-face emoticon.
Fellow contestant Benjamina Ebuehi replied to the tweet, saying "so horrible". Meanwhile, another baker on this year's show, Selasi Gbormittah, wrote, "What is happening?."
One of his fellow amateur bakers, replied to his tweet about the abuse, saying it was "so horrible", the report said.
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Bansal lives in Kent, south-east England, and studied criminology but went on to work in the field of student support at City University, London.
He is one of ten remaining contestants on GBBO this year, and has won fans for his good-natured humour in the tent.
The GBBO has previously been praised for being one of the most ethnically diverse shows on prime time television.
The show has received record ratings this year, achieving more than 10 million overnight viewers for each of its first two episodes.
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