What does "bingate" mean?

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.

Bingate

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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. UK, informal
"2017, Anita Singh, The Story of The Great British Bake Off Things got more complicated when Bingate turned out to be Diana's last appearance on Bake Off. It was an unhappy coincidence […]"

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"2017, Anita Singh, The Story of The Great British Bake Off Things got more complicated when Bingate turned out to be Diana's last appearance on Bake Off. It was an unhappy coincidence […]"

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bin + -gate

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