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Junior Bake Off


Junior Bake Off is a British TV baking competition series where forty young bakers tackle a series of baking challenges including the art of baking cakes, biscuits, bread and pastries all competing to be crowned ""Junior Bake Off" Champion", with all their bakes being judged by two leading chefs. It is a spin-off from the main series, "The Great British Bake Off" and is broadcast on CBBC. Semi-Finalist Finalist Winner The four finalists are first given a masterclass; in the masterclass they learn
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series of "The Great British Bake Off" began on 14 August 2012. The series was filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. The finalists were Brendan Lynch, James Morton and John Whaite, the last of whom won the final in a surprise result. In the U.S., the third series was broadcast as season 5 on PBS, and on Netflix as "The Great British Baking Show: The Beginnings". The fourth series of "The Great British Bake Off" started on 20 August 2013 on BBC
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The Great British Bake Off (series 1)


, the bakers were asked to bake 4 Cornish pasties in 1 1/2 hours. For the showstopper, the bakers were asked to bake 2 pastry platters; savory and sweet tartlets, in 5 hours. Mousehole, Cornwall In the final, a baker was eliminated after the first bake, and only two bakers competed in the final day. For the first challenge, the 3 finalists were asked to bake 24 miniature cake in 2 1/2 hours. Only two can advance to becoming the winner of the Great British Bake Off. For
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Fulham Palace, London. The three finalists were Ruth Clemens, Miranda Gore Browne, and Edd Kimber. On 21 September 2010, Edd Kimber was crowned the best amateur baker. The number of amateur baker contestants increased to twelve for the second series. Unlike Series 1, this year "The Great British Bake Off" stayed in one location – Valentines Mansion, a 17th-century mansion house in Redbridge, London. The finalists were Holly Bell, Mary-Anne Boermans, and the winning contestant Joanne Wheatley. The third
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The Great British Bake Off (series 3)


The third series of "The Great British Bake Off" began airing on Tuesday 14 August 2012. The series was filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. Seven thousand applied for the competition and twelve contestants were chosen. For the first time, all three finalists were male: Brendan Lynch, John Whaite and James Morton. The competition was won by John Whaite. No one was eliminated this week due to John having injured his finger and could not complete the last bake, and the judges thought it would be
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the final challenge, the 2 finalists were asked to bake 24 miniature tarts, 24 scones, 24 choux buns, and 24 finger sandwiches in 5 hours. Fulham Palace, London After winning the competition, Edd Kimber is able to make his living from baking. He worked in the pastry kitchen at Raymond Blanc's restaurant Le Manoir. He has written three books on baking, "The Boy Who Bakes", "Say It With Cake", and "Patisserie Made Simple: From Macaron to Millefeuille and More".
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The Great Australian Bake Off


-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Australian Bake Off's best amateur baker. The 10-part season will premiere on 13 October 2015. The three finalists were Jasmin Hartley, Sian Redgrave and Suzy Stefanidis. On 15 December 2015, Sian was crowned the best amateur baker. Season 3 of "The Great Australian Bake Off" will see twelve home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Australian Bake Off's best amateur
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Andrew M. Smyth


Andrew Michael Smyth (born 1991) is a Northern Irish reality television personality, engineer, and baker. He was a finalist on the BBC television programme "The Great British Bake Off" (Series 7) and appeared in the 2018 "Great Festive Bake Off". Smyth was born in Holywood, County Down. His parents are Kay and Nigel Smyth. He was inspired to start baking as a child by his mother and grandmother. He attended Sullivan Upper School, where he completed the gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award
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The Great Australian Bake Off


"The Great Australian Bake Off" saw ten home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Australian Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week saw the bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline. The three finalists were Jonathan Gurfinkel, Maria Vella and Nancy Ho. On 27 August 2013, Nancy Ho was crowned the best amateur baker. Season 2 of "The Great Australian Bake Off" will see twelve home bakers take part in a bake
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The Great British Bake Off (series 1)


off special edition on the series, the three finalists from series one (Edd, Ruth and Miranda) returned once more. Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry set them the ultimate challenge, to make and bake two spectacular Wedding Cakes each in just 16 hours, one being "traditional" and the other "contemporary". Paul and Mary explore the history of the Great British Wedding Cake, looking at the dramatic changes through the eras; from the Tudors and the Victorians, wartime Britain and the eighties to the present day.
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The Great British Bake Off (series 2)


the signature bake, the semi finalists were asked to bake a layered mousse cake in 2 hours, with the judges seeking a light sponge and a rich mousse. For the technical challenge, the bakers were asked to bake 12 identical Iced Fingers. Using Paul's recipe, they were to be filled with cream and jam. For the showstopper, the bakers were asked to bake 3 types of pastries. The bakers had to use the same dough - which must be crisp on the outside and soft on the inside - for
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all three. In this episode, none of the bakers were individually highlighted as Star Baker. For their final signature bake, the finalists were asked to bake 12 mille-feuille in 2 1/2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers were asked to bake a sachertorte in 2 hours and 40 minutes. For their final showstopper, the bakers were asked to bake 3 different types of petits fours: Meringue, Sweet Pastry, and Sponge Based, within 4 hours. Both episodes 9 and 10 were Masterclasses by Paul and
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The Great British Bake Off


The Great British Bake Off (also called Bake Off or GBBO) is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills, with a contestant being eliminated in each round, with the winner being selected from the contestants who reach the finals. The show's first episode was aired on 17 August 2010, with its first four series broadcast on BBC Two, until its
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The Great Kiwi Bake Off


The Great Kiwi Bake Off is a New Zealand television baking competition based on "The Great British Bake Off" in which 12 amateur bakers compete in a series of baking challenges. The show's first episode was aired on 16 October 2018 on TVNZ 2. The show is hosted by Hayley Sproull and Madeleine Sami, with judges Dean Brettschneider and Sue Fleischl. The show, like other spinoffs of "The Great British Bake Off", uses a similar style, format, and opening theme song to the British series. Like
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The Great British Bake Off (series 1)


The first series of "The Great British Bake Off", first aired on BBC Two on 17 August 2010. Ten home bakers took part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour saw bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline, with some being eliminated from competition at the end of the episode. The rounds of the competition took place in various locations across the UK following a
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is illustrated using animated graphics. These graphics have been created by illustrator Tom Hovey since the show's inception in 2010. Series 1 of "The Great British Bake Off" saw ten home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour saw the bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline. The rounds took place in various locations across the UK, with the final round being held at
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The Great British Bake Off


/Comic Relief or Stand Up to Cancer; "Junior Bake Off" for young children (broadcast on the CBBC channel, then on the Channel 4 from 2019); after-show series ""; and "" for teams of pastry chefs. The show's format was used as the basis for two BBC Two series, "The Great British Sewing Bee" and "The Great Pottery Throw Down". Under the title The Great British Baking Show, "Bake Off" has been shown in the United States
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List of The Great British Bake Off Star Bakers


The Great British Bake Off is a British television baking competition to find Britain's best amateur baker. The show premiered in 2010, and as of 2015, six series have been completed. From series two onwards, the judges have given the award of "Star Baker" to a single baker (though on some occasions there have been multiple) who was seen to have excelled in that particular week. The award is given by judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry (later Prue Leith), and numerous bakers have received the
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Bake Off Greece


Bake Off Greece (also called Bake Off) is a Greek television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills, with a contestant being eliminated in each round, with the winner being selected from the contestants who reach the finals. The show's first episode was aired on 23 September 2018. The Show based on the BBC baking competition "The Great British Bake Off".
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Junior Bake Off


London's West End musical Wicked. The finalists must bake two of their own recipes for judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood and a party of invited friends and family. A second series began on 11 November 2013 on CBBC. Chef James Martin replaces Hollywood as judge in this series of "Junior Bake Off". Semi-Finalist Finalist Winner In this episode the four finalists face the pressure of a professional kitchen, baking in one of the worlds most famous restaurants, Harrods, they must bake to the highest standards in order
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The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice


The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (sometimes shortened to An Extra Slice) is a British television after-show to follow the series "The Great British Bake Off". Hosted by Jo Brand, the show features three celebrity panelist to discus the after-events of the week. Originally, the show began airing on BBC Two on 8th August 2014 two days after the premiere episode of the fifth series of the main show, and was filmed at The London Studios. In April 2017, it was announced
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and Canada. It also has appeared in other countries, and the format has been sold to television producers in many countries around the world, where local versions are made. The baking competition was conceived by producer Anna Beattie after she spoke to a friend who had seen 'bake-offs' in America. Beattie was also inspired by the classic English village fête baking competitions; she said: "I loved that idea of village fetes and an old-fashioned baking competition with people who only wanted to bake a good cake
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Bake Off Argentina, El Gran Pastelero


Bake Off Argentina, El gran pastelero is an Argentine television baking series based on the BBC baking competition "The Great British Bake Off." The series first premiered on 8 April 2018 on the Telefe network with presenter Paula Chaves and judges Christophe Krywonis, Damián Betular and Pamela Villar. The programme operates on a weekly elimination process to find the best all-round baker from the contestants who are all amateurs, where in each episode the bakers are tasked with 2 different challenges; a signature bake and a technical bake. The
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The Great British Bake Off


August 2016 on BBC One, once again from Welford Park in Berkshire, a later than usual start following the BBC's coverage of the Olympic Games. This series was won by Candice Brown, with Jane Beedle and Andrew Smyth as runners up. In the U.S., the seventh series was broadcast as season 4 on PBS, and on Netflix as Collection 4. The eighth series of "The Great British Bake Off" began airing on 29 August 2017. This is the first series of "The Great British Bake Off"
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The Great British Bake Off (series 8)


The eighth series of "The Great British Bake Off" began on 29 August 2017, with this being the first of "The Great British Bake Off" to be broadcast on Channel 4, after the production company Love Productions moved the show. It is the first series for new hosts Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig, and new judge Prue Leith. This series was won by Sophie Faldo, with Kate Lyon and Steven Carter-Bailey finishing as runners-up. Colour key: For the first challenge, the bakers were
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The Great British Bake Off (series 3)


required to make three type of Petits Fours, twelve of each. These should be small (each a single mouthful), exquisite and perfect. Mary set the bakers to make a Fraisier cake for the technical challenge. Choux Pastry Gateau was set as the showstopper. The finalists were set the task of making savoury Pithivier in two and a half hours. Paul and Mary's technical challenge required 25 Fondant Fancies. For the final showstopper, the finalists were required to make in four hours a chiffon cake based on the theme
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The Great American Baking Show


The Great American Baking Show is an American cooking competition television series and an adaptation of "The Great British Bake Off" (which is aired in the United States under the title "The Great British Baking Show"). Its first season aired on ABC under the title The Great Holiday Baking Show. The show is the second licensed adaptation of the "GBBO" format in the United States. In 2013, CBS produced one season of "The American Baking Competition," which was hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, with Paul
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, PBS purchased the BBC's third series, broadcasting it as Season 5 instead of licensing the eighth series from Channel 4. As of 2018, PBS has the rights to air the second BBC series as Season 6 in 2019, and has chosen to not license the Channel 4 series. The CBC began broadcasting "The Great British Bake Off" in Canada in August 2016, starting with the sixth series and also with the "Great British Baking Show" title. The seventh series aired the year after. In 2018,
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The Great Australian Bake Off


The Great Australian Bake Off is an Australian television baking series that is based on the BBC baking competition "The Great British Bake Off." The series first premiered on 9 July 2013 on the Nine Network and ran for one season with presenters Shane Jacobson and Anna Gare and judges Dan Lepard and Kerry Vincent. On 1 April 2015 it was announced that the series had been picked up by pay television channel LifeStyle Food and production company FremantleMedia Australia for a second season which premiered on 13 October 2015 with presenters Claire Hooper and Mel
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Bake Off Brasil


Bake Off Brasil – Mão na Massa (English: "Bake Off Brasil – Hands On"), often referred to as simply Bake Off Brasil or BOB is a Brazilian reality television series based on the BBC baking competition "The Great British Bake Off". The series premiered on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 9:30 p.m. (BRT / AMT) on SBT, aiming to find the best amateur baker in Brazil. The series currently has two spin-offs: "Bake Off SBT", a special holliday series
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Bake Off: The Professionals


Bake Off: The Professionals (previously Bake Off: Crème de la Crème from 2016–2017) is a British television baking competition featuring teams of professional pastry chefs pit against one another through two different challenges. It is a spin-off from "The Great British Bake Off", and its first episode was screened on BBC Two on 29 March 2016. The eight-episode first series of the programme was presented by Tom Kerridge, with Benoit Blin, Cherish Finden and Claire Clark serving as judges. The second series was presented
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series of the show under the name "The Great British Baking Show". The change of name was necessary due to the fact that "Bake-Off" is a registered trademark of Pillsbury in the United States. The fifth British series was broadcast as Season 1 in Winter 2014–2015; the fourth series was then broadcast as Season 2 in Fall 2015, the sixth series was broadcast as Season 3 in Summer 2016, and the seventh series was broadcast as Season 4 in Summer 2017. After the show moved to Channel 4
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The Great British Bake Off


The series 3 winner John Whaite however argued that innuendo is part of what made the show a success, whilst judge Paul Hollywood described the innuendos as banter in the spirit of the "Carry On" films and is a part of British culture, a view shared by others. The success of "The Great British Bake Off" led to the BBC commissioning many other series closely following the format from Love Productions for example "The Great British Sewing Bee" and "The Great Pottery Throw Down". However, when the
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The Great British Bake Off


version of "The Great British Bake Off" is broadcast in many countries and it has been sold to 196 territories as of 2015. The format has also been sold to 20 territories by 2015, making it the third most successful BBC format after "Dancing with the Stars" ("Strictly Come Dancing") and "The Weakest Link". Many of these shows have been successful. The "Junior Bake Off" format has also been sold to Thailand. Beginning in 2014, the US broadcaster PBS has aired five
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Ali Imdad


practice baking on his friends and family. In 2013, he applied to be on the BBC's fourth series of "The Great British Bake Off". He was selected from over 10,000 applicants to be one of 13 contestants on the series. After successfully passing the first three rounds, Imdad placed ninth in the series. After completing "The Great British Bake Off", Imdad left his marketing job and became a full-time baker. In 2014, he worked with British charity Fixers to create a series of recipes
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The Great Canadian Baking Show


The Great Canadian Baking Show is a Canadian cooking competition television series which premiered on CBC Television on November 1, 2017. It is an adaptation of the U.K. series "The Great British Bake Off", which is aired in Canada under the title "The Great British Baking Show". For its first two seasons, the show was hosted by Dan Levy and Julia Chan, with French-born Canadian chef Bruno Feldeisen and Canadian-Australian pastry chef Rochelle Adonis as judges. Beginning with the third season, the show will
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The Great Irish Bake Off


the TV3 Group confirmed the series would not return for a fourth season run, however the broadcaster did not rule out of returning to the series at a later date. The show is replaced by Masterchef Ireland and Celebrity Masterchef Ireland. The show consists of 8 episodes where in each episode the bakers are tasked with two different challenges; a signature bake and a technical bake or a technical bake and a showstopper. Unlike "The Great British Bake Off", the bakers only face two challenges each episode, the bakes are then
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The Great British Bake Off (series 8)


for the revamped professional version of "Great British Bake Off", "". Liam has also Written a cookbook called Cake Boy: The Kitchen Diaries. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38086856-cake-boy On 31 October 2017, judge Prue Leith accidentally revealed Sophie Faldo as the winner of the series on Twitter twelve hours before the finale was due to air. This caused uproar among many fans of the show. She quickly deleted the tweet and apologised to the fans who saw the tweet. The first episode to be broadcast on Channel 4 received an overnight viewing figure
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Dan Lepard


Vincent on "The Great Australian Bake Off", a cooking television series aired on Nine Network in Australia. This was the first series and is based on the popular British format "The Great British Bake Off". In the UK he appears as a guest chef on Channel Four's Sunday Brunch. Dan teaches sourdough masterclasses for the Cookery School at Little Portland Street, London. He frequently gives baking demonstrations, talks and masterclasses throughout the country at a wide range of events and festivals. He has lived in London since
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Jo Brand


Great Sport Relief Bake Off" on BBC Two, a charity version of "The Great British Bake Off". In February 2015 she also presented an episode of "The Great Comic Relief Bake Off". She is the presenter of "", which premiered on 8 August 2014. A second series aired from August 2015, third from August 2016 and a fourth from August 2017. In 2014, Brand co-wrote and starred as Rose in a comedy pilot for Sky Arts called "Damned". The show was
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András Hajós


friend, companion and presenter in the programs of Private and KEHA. Boogie's Children's Plush Puncher, who was not yet two years old when he named the game later on for the media, was the classmate of Hajós High School, Csaba Bohemian Gaál. The figure associated with András Hajós is not the same as the ÁNTSZ doctor, although they are famous. Since 2018, she has been hosting the culinary show "The Great Bake Off Hungary", Hungarian version of Great British Bake Off. His flagship of the
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The Great American Baking Show (season 3)


The third season of "The Great American Baking Show" aired on December 7, 2017 with a two-hour premiere on ABC. The first two episodes aired back-to-back as part of ABC's 25 Days of Christmas lineup before being pulled by ABC on December 13, 2017 following sexual misconduct allegations against judge Johnny Iuzzini. This is the first season for new hosts Ayesha Curry and Anthony "Spice" Adams along with "The Great British Bake Off" judge, Paul Hollywood, who joined judge Johnny Iuzzini
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and "What's Cooking". Holly Bell teaches baking classes and for a time worked as an occasional radio presenter on BBC Radio Leicester. She also appeared as a guest presenter on QVC shopping channel. She wrote an eBook called "Ready, Steady, Bake!" which was published on 5 July 2012, and published a book "Recipes from a Normal Mum" on 17 July 2014. Mary-Anne Boermans wrote a book on baking, "Great British Bakes: Forgotten Treasures for Modern Bakers", which was
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The Great British Bake Off (series 4)


people whenever they wanted. The winner of the Great British Bake Off 2013 was Frances Quinn. Colour key: The bakers were given two hours to make a sandwich cake with filling of their choice for the signature challenge. For their first technical challenge, the bakers were required to bake an angel food cake using Mary Berry's recipe in two and half hours. For the showstopper, the challenge was to make a chocolate cake using at least two types of chocolate to decorate the cake. They were given four hours for this
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Shippea Hill railway station


Office of Rail and Road estimates, it was the least-used railway station in 2014/15 (with 22 passengers) and 2015/16 (with 12 passengers). In 2016/17 there was an increase to 156 passengers. Due to its unusual status, it sometimes attracts attempts to boost its numbers, such as in December 2016 when a finalist from "The Great British Bake Off" attracted 16 people there by handing out free mince pies. In June 2017, 19 people travelled from Shippea Hill for "All The Stations", a
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The Great Irish Bake Off


critically examined by the judges who will then choose a "Star Baker" and a baker to be eliminated from the competition. Ten contestants were chosen for the first season, twelve were chosen for series 2 and 3. Series 1 of "The Great Irish Bake Off" saw twelve home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Irish Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week saw the bakers put through two challenges in a particular discipline. The series
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Andrew M. Smyth


and interviewed by the Geekly Chronicles. Heidi Stephens wrote in The Guardian that Smyth should win the competition as he was a "baking assassin" who brought a "bonus ray of sunshine to the Bake Off tent". Whilst the competition was won by Candice Brown, he appeared in the highlights video. One year after he appeared on the show he toured the UK to meet the other competitors one-year on. Since "The Great British Bake Off", Smyth has become a broadcaster and social media chef. He
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Nancy Birtwhistle


Nancy Birtwhistle (born circa 1954 in Hull) is a British baker who won the fifth series of "The Great British Bake Off". Birtwhistle, a grandmother of eight, had applied in 2013 as well but was unsuccessful. She now contributes to national papers such as "The Daily Telegraph", has her own website, and gives baking demonstrations across the UK. She lives in Barton-upon-Humber with her husband, Tim. Before taking baking up seriously, Birtwhistle was a Practice Manager at a GP surgery
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The Great Irish Bake Off


The Great Irish Bake Off was an Irish reality TV cooking series. The show is based on the successful BBC show "The Great British Bake Off". The show is produced by Sideline Productions for the TV3 Group. It premiered on TV3 Ireland on 19 September 2013, has been broadcast for two seasons with a third season running from Sunday 25 October 2015. Series 1 and 2 were broadcast on Thursday nights from 21:00. Series 3 launched in a Sunday night slot on 25 October 2015 at 21:00. In August 2016,
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The Great British Bake Off (series 9)


This required cleaning up from the production team. As a result, he was given an extra 15 minutes for the challenge. The two holiday specials will each feature four returning contestants from the series 5–8. The Great Christmas Bake Off featured Liam Charles (Series 8), Flo Atkins (Series 8), Andrew Smyth (Series 7) and Jane Beedle (Series 7). The special was won by Jane Beedle. The Great Festive Bake Off featured the return of winner Candice Brown (Series 7), Steven Carter-Bailey
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The American Baking Competition


The American Baking Competition is a reality competition television series that aired on CBS from May 29 to July 10, 2013. It was adaptation of "The Great British Bake Off" (which is aired in the United States under the title "The Great British Baking Show"). The series aimed to find the best amateur baker in the United States. The series was hosted by Jeff Foxworthy and judged by Marcela Valladolid and Paul Hollywood. The competition was won by Brian Emmett. The show aimed to find among its contestants
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Liam Charles


Liam Charles (born 21 October 1997 in London) is a British baker, television presenter and contestant from Series 8 of "The Great British Bake Off". He is currently a presenter on "". Charles was a student at Goldsmiths University in London, where he studied Drama and Theatre Arts. Charles first came to public attention as a contestant in "The Great British Bake Off" in 2017, being knocked out in the 8th week. In 2018, he was chosen to co-present "" with comedian
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surroundings of the English village fête, the series is filmed in bunting-draped marquees in scenic gardens. On 17 August 2010, the first episode of "The Great British Bake Off" was shown on BBC Two. It stayed on BBC Two for four years, grew in popularity and became the most popular programme on that channel. In its fifth series it was moved to BBC One where it stayed for three years. It was the most-watched programme on British television in 2015 and 2016. Following extended negotiations,
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baking, with supermarkets and department stores in the UK reporting sharp rises in sales of baking ingredients and accessories. The show is also credited with reviving the Women's Institute, whose membership reached its highest level since the 1970s. Between 2010 and 2013, the "Bake Off effect" had seen membership grow by a quarter to over 211,000. It was the largest impact on membership since the release of the 2003 British comedy film "Calendar Girls", starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, where a group of middle-aged
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The Great British Bake Off


overnight figures, beating the figure of 5.6 million for the opening episode of the previous year. the Bingate controversy surrounding episode four helped the show gain its biggest ever audience of 10.3 million viewers, with 2 million people who watched it on BBC iPlayer. The final of the show gained an overnight viewing figure of 12.29 million, then the highest viewing figure of the year for a non-sporting event on UK TV. In the following year, the top ten ratings for 2015 was also dominated by "The Great British Bake
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The Big Fat Quiz of the Year


& Wes, "Great British Bake Off" finalist Kim-Joy Hewlett and Lord Mayor of Sheffield Magid Magid. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School acted out the England football team's progress in the World Cup for a related question. Jon Snow reported on George Ezra's "Shotgun". Charles Dance read from the new novel by "The Only Way is Essex"s Gemma Collins. The mystery guest was Leo Murray, creator of the Trump Baby blimp. Assisting Jimmy with the final question were the Stan Lee-created
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The Great American Baking Show (season 1)


The first season of "The Great American Baking Show", released under the title The Great Holiday Baking Show, premiered on ABC on November 30, 2015 as part of ABC's holiday programming schedule. Six amateur bakers competed in twelve challenges throughout the competition for the title of America's best holiday baker. This season was hosted by husband and wife duo Nia Vardalos and Ian Gomez. The judging panel consisted of original "The Great British Bake Off" judge Mary Berry and American pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini. As with the
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The Big Fat Quiz of the Year


The teams, which did not take team names, were: The in-studio final bonus questions were provided by Team GB and Paralympics GB athletes Nicola Adams, Natasha Baker, Sophie Christiansen, Hannah Cockroft, Helen Glover, Ed McKeever, Etienne Stott, and Peter Wilson. "The Great British Bake Off" finalists Brendan Lynch, James Morton, and John Whaite provided a live guest question. Recorded guest questions were provided by PSY, Gerard Butler, Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis, Felix Baumgartner, Kylie Minogue, Cheryl
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Rahul Mandal


Rahul Mandal is the winner of the ninth series of "The Great British Bake Off" in 2018, the second series to be broadcast on Channel 4. "The Great British Bake Off" final, which saw Rahul crowned as the winner after making doughnuts and an ‘edible landscape’, was watched by 10 million people. Dr Mandal works as an engineering researcher at the University of Sheffield's "Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre" (AMRC). Born in India, Rahul came to the UK in 2010 on a
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Tom Allen (comedian)


In 2018, Allen appeared on the BBC One comedy quiz show "Ready or Not". He currently co-hosts "" with former contestant from "The Great British Bake Off" Liam Charles, and joined the 2018 series of "The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice" as a regular contributor. Allen has co-written and recorded two series of "The Correspondent" for BBC Radio 4. In 2009, he made guest appearances on "Loose Ends" and "The Richard Bacon Show".
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The Great British Bake Off (series 7)


The seventh series of "The Great British Bake Off" aired from 24 August 2016, with twelve contestants competing to be crowned the series 7 winner. This series was the last to be broadcast on BBC One, as the production company Love Productions opted to move the show to Channel 4. It was also the last series on the show for Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, as they decided to leave as presenters of the show. It is also the last series of the show to feature Mary Berry as a judge.
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Ayesha Curry


's Home Kitchen" premiered on Food Network in April 30, 2017. On September 20, 2017, Curry was named as a spokesperson for CoverGirl, becoming the first spokesperson for the brand who is not an actress or singer. She was announced on September 21, 2017 as one of the new hosts of "The Great American Baking Show", an American adaptation of "The Great British Bake Off", on ABC. She also revealed to Deidre Behar, from Entertainment Tonight, that she was approached to join the
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. As a result, Howard used Deborah's custard in his trifle. This switch was revealed to Paul and Mary, who based their judgement on the custards each baker had made, not the custards that ended up in their own dessert. The incident was dubbed Custardgate by the Press. For the signature challenge the bakers are asked to bake a double-crusted fruit pie with a filling of their choice. For their fourth technical challenge, the bakers were required to bake a tart that has almost a 700-year history; the
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join Hollywood as a judge, while Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig would take over as presenters. The programme operates on a weekly elimination process to find the best all-around baker from the contestants, who are all amateurs. The applicants to the show are assessed by a researcher, followed by an audition in London with two of their bakes. They then undergo a screen test and an interview with a producer. A second audition involves the applicants baking two recipes for the judges in front of the cameras. Ten contestants were
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The Great British Bake Off (series 5)


"" hosted by comedian Jo Brand started this year was also shown on BBC Two. Colour key: For their first bake, the contestants were required to make a Swiss Roll as their signature challenge in two and a half hours. For the technical bake, the baker were set the challenge of baking a cherry cake in two hours using Mary Berry's recipe. In the showstopper challenge, the bakers were given three and a half hours to bake their own choice of classic British cakes in miniature. The bakers needed to
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Glenn Cosby


Glenn Cosby is a British baker who appeared on "The Great British Bake Off", series 4. At the time of recording he was a teacher. He attended the University of Edinburgh, and taught English in Teignmouth for seven years and was Head of Sixth Form. He has since left teaching, and appeared at various festivals and events and taken a One-Man Show to Edinburgh. Cosby's appearances have included the Good Food Show, the Cake and Bake Show, the Big Cake Show, the Exeter Festival of
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Two. The series was again filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. The final was won by Frances Quinn, with Ruby Tandoh and Kimberley Wilson as runners up. In the U.S., the fourth series was broadcast as season 2 on PBS, and on Netflix as Collection 2. The fifth series of "The Great British Bake Off" began airing on 6 August 2014 on BBC One. This series was filmed at Welford Park in Berkshire. There were twelve bakers taking part. Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned
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at least once in 2013 compared with only a third in 2011. The first series of "The Great British Bake Off" premiered in August 2010 with moderate ratings of just over 2 million viewers for its first episode. This was enough to place it in BBC Two's top ten for that week, and over the series the audience grew to over three million, with the semi-final and final both achieving first place in BBC Two's weekly ratings. During the second series, the ratings gradually increased, and it
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dress as Marty McFly and Doc Brown from "Back to the Future" and travel back in time via a DeLorean time machine to stop Leith from tweeting out the season's winner. "The Great British Bake Off" was nominated for a Rose d'Or in the Lifestyle section of the 2012 competition and won. The programme has been nominated a number of times in various categories for the BAFTA awards and won in 2012, 2013, and 2016. It also won two 2015 National Television Award for Skills Challenge Show. The UK
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The Great British Bake Off (series 9)


The ninth series of "The Great British Bake Off" began on 28 August 2018, with this being the second series to be broadcast on Channel 4. The series is presented by Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig, with judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. This series saw a few changes to the usual format: the first episode being Biscuit Week (the previous 8 series began with a Cake Week), the documentary inserts were dropped, and the Final included the competitors doing a technical challenge outside the tent for the first
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The Great Pottery Throw Down


The Great Pottery Throw Down is a television programme first broadcast on the BBC Two from 3 November 2015. It is a contest in the style of "The Great British Bake Off" and "The Great British Sewing Bee" but with the craft of pottery rather than baking or sewing. The presenter is Sara Cox and the expert judges are Kate Malone and Keith Brymer Jones. It was filmed in Middleport Pottery. Having been axed by the BBC in 2018, it has been confirmed that the show will return for a third
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Yorkshire women produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research under the auspices of the Women's Institutes. Ruth Bond, chairwoman of the National Federation of Women's Institutes, said "Bake Off" has inspired women to take up baking by ‘taking away the fear factor’ and making it look fun. The show also boosted the sales of bakery books and the number of baking clubs, and independent bakeries also showed an increase. According to one analyst, more than three-fifths of adults have baked at home
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Anthony Adams


role on the HBO series "Ballers". Adams was announced on September 21, 2017 as one of the new hosts of "The Great American Baking Show", an American adaptation of "The Great British Bake Off", on ABC. Since 2006, Adams has been involved with Youthville, a program in his hometown of Detroit. He gave away two Super Bowl XL tickets to the student who demonstrated the greatest improvement in grade point average. In 2009, Adams visited several Chicago Public Schools to help students write letters
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The Great British Bake Off (series 6)


The sixth series of "The Great British Bake Off" first aired on 5 August 2015, with twelve contestants competing to be crowned the series 6 winner. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presented the show, and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. The competition was held in the ground of Welford Park, Berkshire for a second year. The series was won by Nadiya Hussain, with Tamal Ray and Ian Cumming finishing as runners-up. Colour key: For the first challenge, the bakers were given two hours
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The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice


that the series and Brand would follow "The Great British Bake Off" to Channel 4 in 2017. The after show was announced in July 2014. Comedian Jo Brand was later announced as the host of the series on 24 July 2014. The show returned for a second run, beginning on 7 August 2015, and for a third series on 24 August 2016. A fourth series began on 31 August 2017 on Channel 4. A fifth series began on 31 August 2018, moving to Friday evenings. Brand and three rotating
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The Great British Bake Off (series 5)


The fifth series of "The Great British Bake Off" began on Wednesday 6 August 2014. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presented the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. Twelve contestants competed in this series, and the competition was held in Welford Park in Berkshire. The series was won by Nancy Birtwhistle, with Luis Troyano and Richard Burr finishing as runners-up. The programme was moved from BBC Two to BBC One starting this year, however the Masterclass episodes remained on BBC Two. A companion series
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The Great British Bake Off (series 4)


The fourth series of "The Great British Bake Off" began airing on 20 August 2013. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins again presented the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. As with series three, the competition was held at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. 13,000 amateur bakers applied to appear on the programme, and 100 were selected for screen test, with the best 60 advancing to a three-day audition. From these, 13 contestants were chosen this year so the judges could eliminate two
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The Great British Bake Off (series 2)


The second series of "The Great British Bake Off" started 14 August 2011 with twelve amateur bakers. Unlike series one, the competition was held in a single location – on the grounds of Valentines Mansion, a 17th-century mansion house in Redbridge. In addition to their on-screen presenting roles, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins also took over the narration of the show, which had been done by Stephen Noonan the previous series. Series two also introduced the "star baker" award for the most impressive performer each
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Mel Giedroyc


the cookery competition "The Great British Bake Off", on BBC Two from 16 August 2010. Later, in an apparently syndicated newspaper interview, Giedroyc admitted that she did the show just for the money, informing readers that she had nearly gone bankrupt. The show moved to BBC One for its fifth series and has won numerous awards. In September 2016, Love Productions announced that a three-year deal had been agreed to broadcast "The Great British Bake Off" on Channel 4, instead of the BBC, from
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Merry Graham


it to the final round of the Thanksgiving themed cooking competition. In 2014, she was one of five finalists to compete on the "Rachael Ray Show's" Great American Cookbook Competition. She has also appeared on and competed in the World Food Championships for the past five years, televised on FYI. And in 2014, she was selected as a finalist in the 47th Annual Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest, winning the Gluten Free Award for her "Herbs and Seeds Parmesan Crackers" original gluten-free recipe - presented to
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The Great Irish Bake Off


final saw Stephen Chisholm win with Maryanne Dalton and Will De Korte as the runners up. Series 2 of "The Great Irish Bake Off" saw twelve home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned The Great Irish Bake Off's best amateur baker. The second series aired in Summer 2014 and was filmed at Tinakilly House, Co Wicklow. Series 3 of "The Great Irish Bake Off" returns to Tinakilly House, Co Wicklow and sees twelve home bakers take part
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to be broadcast on Channel 4 following its move from the BBC. The series features new hosts Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig, and new judge Prue Leith along with returning judge Paul Hollywood. This series was won by Sophie Faldo, with Kate Lyon and Steven Carter-Bailey finishing as runners-up. The eighth series is broadcast on Netflix as Collection 5. The ninth series of "The Great British Bake Off" began airing on 28 August 2018. On 30 October 2018, Sheffield University researcher Rahul Mandal, from Rotherham
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The Great British Bake Off


, was announced as the winner of "The Great British Bake Off" 2018. The runners-up were Ruby Bhogal and Kim-Joy Hewlett. The ninth series is broadcast on Netflix as Collection 6. Periodically, accidents and other errors have influenced the results of a round of judging. Several have had a significant impact on what a baker presents, notably: Since 2016, two holiday specials have been transmitted between each series. Each special featured four returning bakers from previous series to compete in three holiday-themed challenges
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The Great Irish Bake Off


in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battle to be crowned The Great Irish Bake Off's best amateur baker. Cork born Lilly Higgins - food blogger, Irish Times Columnist, photographer and author, will join Paul Kelly - Executive Pastry Chef at Dublin's Merrion Hotel - as a judge and the third series began airing on Sunday 25 October 2015 with a repeat showing on Saturday evenings. The winner was Cathy Mac Kenna from Monaghan who beat Emer Hough and Clare Ryan in the Grand Final. In '
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The Great British Bake Off (series 5)


released on 16 August 2015. Luis Troyano also wrote a book, "Bake It Great", released on 20 August 2015. Chetna Makan has written a baking book "The Cardamom Trail," released on 21 March 2016, as well as a cookbook "Chai, Chaat & Chutney: A Street Food Journey Through India", published on 6 July 2017. Martha Collison has written two baking books, "Twist," released on 14 July 2016, and "Crave", published 13 July 2017 with Harper Collins
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Bake Off: The Professionals


by Angus Deayton, but Claire Clark did not return as a judge. The third series moved to Channel 4 to join "The Great British Bake Off" after the BBC declined to renew the series. The Channel 4 series has been renamed "Bake Off: The Professionals", and is presented by comedian Tom Allen and former contestant on the main series, Liam Charles. The first series was won by the Squires Kitchen Cookery School team led by Mark Tilling, followed by a team of military chefs led by Liam Grime
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The Great British Sewing Bee


The Great British Sewing Bee is a BBC Two reality show that began airing on 2 April 2013. In the show, talented amateur sewers compete to be named "Britain's best home sewer". A spin-off of the format of "The Great British Bake Off", the programme was presented by Claudia Winkleman for the first four series, with Joe Lycett taking over from the fifth series. The first series of "The Great British Sewing Bee" started on 2 April and aired for four episodes concluding on 23
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asked to bake their own classic pudding, steamed or baked. They had 2 1/2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers were asked to bake a lemon souffle using Mary's recipe within 40 minutes. The bakers started to bake at different time intervals. For the showstopper, the bakers were asked to bake 3 puddings: crumble, bread, and suet, in 5 hours. Bakewell, Derbyshire For the signature challenge, the bakers were asked to bake a savoury pie in 2 1/2 hours. For the technical challenge
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The Great British Bake Off (series 2)


, the bakers were asked to bake a meringue pie—a fruit and/or custard pie topped with meringue, in 3 ½ hours. Once again, in this episode, two bakers were eliminated instead of one baker. For the signature bake, the bakers were asked to bake a cheesecake in 2 1/2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers were asked to bake a chocolate roulade in 1 3/4 hours using Mary's recipe. For the showstopper, the bakers were asked to bake Croquembouche inspired bake in 5 hours. For
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The Great British Bake Off (series 6)


. The structure must be self-standing, have unique flavors and be completed in four and one half hours. This episode has a theme of using alternatives for ingredients usually used in baking. For the signature bake, the bakers were given the challenge of baking a cake, but without using sugar. They were given two and a half hour for the bake. For the technical bake, the challenge was to make twelve identical gluten-free pita breads in two hours. In the showstopper, the bakers needed to make
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The Great British Bake Off (series 5)


and Sue Perkins", and a columnist for the "Daily Mail" argued that the "smutty" innuendos made the show no longer fit for family entertainment. Series 3 winner John Whaite, however, argued that innuendo is part of what made the show a success, while Paul Hollywood described the innuendos as banter in the spirit of the "Carry On" films and is a part of British culture, a view shared by others. Richard Burr's book on baking, "BIY: Bake it Yourself", was
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the University of St Andrews for a year to concentrate on writing a cookbook, "Gatherings", published inJanuary 2017. She wrote a column on baking for "The Scotsman". According to the overnight ratings, the opening episode of the series 6 of "Bake Off" was watched by 9.3 million viewers, a rise of over 2 million from the previous year. The final was watched by an overnight audience of 13.4 million viewers peaking at 14.5, the highest overnight total of 2015. The list of ten most-
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perfectly baked". "Bake Off" was moved to Channel 4 in 2017, and reviews of the programme on the channel were largely positive, although a few felt that it did not compare well to the BBC version. Mark Lawson of "The Guardian" described the programme on Channel 4 as "both exactly the same but also just subtly different enough", and that "only someone desperate to dislike the re-plated show could argued that [it] has soured, spoiled or binned its recipe". Michael
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The Great British Bake Off (series 2)


2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers were asked to bake a Tarte au Citron using Mary's recipe in 1 1/2 hours. For the showstopper, the bakers were asked to bake 24 miniature sweet tarts. For their signature bake, the bakers were asked to bake a free formed flavored loaf (not using a tin) in 3 ¼ hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers were given 3 1/2 hours to bake a Focaccia, using Paul's recipe. For the showstopper, the bakers were asked to
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to bake a macaron display. They need 3 different flavors, bake 120 of them, and had 5 hours to complete it. For the signature, the bakers were asked to bake a family pie with either a ruff puff pastry or flaky pastry in 2 1/2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers were asked to bake a batch of 6 miniature pork pies in 2 1/2 hours using Paul's recipe. The technical was a 2 day bake challenge, so the bakers were judged the next day. For the showstopper
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James Morton (baker)


James Morton (born 26 May 1991) is a Scottish doctor, celebrity baker, author and reality television contestant, based in Glasgow, who rose to fame when he became the runner up on the third series of "The Great British Bake Off". James Morton was born in Inverness, Scotland, but from the age of three grew up in the Shetland Islands. He was introduced to baking by his maternal grandmother, who taught him after school each day. He is the son of journalist and former Radio Scotland radio
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The Great British Bake Off (series 9)


time. The series was won by Rahul Mandal, with Kim-Joy Hewlett and Ruby Bhogal as the runners-up. Colour key: Breaking with tradition, this year the series kicked off with Biscuits week. For the first challenge of the series, the bakers were tasked to bake 24 regional biscuits that needed to be all identical, and said something about them and a place in the British Isles. For the first technical challenge of this series, they are tasked to make one of Paul's childhood favourites - Wagon
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Junior Bake Off


to impress Mary, James, Pastry Chef Marcus Bore and John Whaite. The two teams have 1 hour 15 minutes to bake 15 Shortbread Tea Fancies and two types of Scones; 10 Fruit and 10 Plain. In this episode the four finalists are put on the spot with the Knowledge test. The two teams must bake for the UK's biggest dance group, Diversity.brFor the first part of the challenge, the bakers have been asked to showcase their style and skill by piping the words 'Bake Off' alongside a butterfly;
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The Great Australian Bake Off (season 2)


The second season of "The Great Australian Bake Off" premiered on 13 October 2015. The series sees twelve home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battle to be crowned "The Great Australian Bake Off's" best amateur baker. Unlike the first season, season two airs on pay television channel LifeStyle Food and is produced by FremantleMedia Australia. The season is hosted by Claire Hooper and Mel Buttle and is judged by Maggie Beer and Matt Moran. The season will consist of 10
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filled-loaf that is spectacular and tasty, and would be judged on its appearance, design and crust, and should be well-baked on the inside. For the signature bake, the judges gave the bakers two hours to make eight self-saucing puddings, meaning the sauce should come from the bake itself. The bakers may choose to make either a fondant or a sponge which creates its own sauce at the bottom. In the technical, they had to bake Mary's own tiramisu cake recipe in two and a
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