THE line-up for the new series of The Great British Bake Off has been revealed – and it includes a contestent from Hampshire.
The new series will begin next week after it was delayed as a result of coronavirus.
The twelve new bakers entered a bubble for seven weeks in order to make the competition happen.
Do you know this years Hampshire contestant going into the tent and is he any good at baking?
Dave, 30, Hampshire
Armoured Guard
As a child, Dave rarely ventured into the kitchen to cook, relying entirely on his mum’s cooking – he taught himself to bake only once he’d flown the nest.
Now living with his girlfriend in their first home, he loves filling his kitchen with fancy, colourful gadgets and he even chooses his appliances with Bake Off in mind!
Dave bakes at least once a week – and always while listening to his favourite punk rock bands.
His baking style is innovative and imaginative and his strengths lie in bread (pretzels, brioche rolls, and baguettes are particular favourites) and decoration – he especially loves a mirror glaze to give his bakes a professional-looking finish.
When he’s not baking, Dave can be found pursuing his other passions – cars, DIY, and taking his dog and cat for walks.
The other 11 contestents are:
Hermine, 39, London
Accountant
Hermine was born and raised in Benin, West Africa, and moved to London in 2001 to pursue further education and has been described as a notorious feeder with an infectious laugh.
Laura, 31, Kent
Digital Manager
The perfectionist in this Gravesend girl her wants things to look faultlessly pretty and gorgeously dainty. She specialises in decoration and is proud to have mastered the art of piped buttercream flowers.
Linda, 61, East Sussex
Retirement Living Team Leader
Linda discovered her passion for baking during her frequent childhood visits to her aunt’s dairy farm, just down the road from her own home. She’d help to milk the cows, then carry a bucket of milk into the kitchen, where her aunt taught her to bake cakes topped with rich, creamy icing.
Loriea, 27, Durham
Diagnostic Radiographer
Born and raised in Jamaica, Loriea uses baking as a means to celebrate her Caribbean roots. Loriea loves to include coconut, chillies and cinnamon in her food – and rarely follows a recipe exactly.
Lottie, 31, West Sussex
Pantomime Producer
Lottie’s Lancastrian great-grandmother was a fervent cake-baker – and for this reason Lottie believes that baking is in her blood. She calls herself a ‘perpetually frustrated perfectionist’.
Makbul, 51, Greater Manchester
Accountant
Self-taught baker Makbul has a remarkable ability to measure out ingredients just by eye. Mak’s strengths lie in pastry and, for celebrations such as Eid, he enjoys making traditional Asian nankhatai biscuits.
Marc, 51, Cornwall
Bronze Resin Sculptor
A personal tragedy, including losing his leg in a motorbike accident in 2016, led him to baking bread as a form of therapy, and from there he came to baking cakes and pastries. From palmiers and chausson aux pommes to opera cakes and millefeuille, his bakes now show true finesse.
Mark, 32, Liverpool
Project Manager
Northern Irish Mark first began baking by attempting (and perfecting) a lemon drizzle cake and eventually taking on multi-tiered wedding cakes, each time looking at the science of the bake in order to perfect it.
Peter, 20, Edinburgh
Accounting & Finance Student
Bake Off that inspired Peter to start baking for himself – he has watched every series since the first and has been baking seriously since he was only 12 years old. He loves to honour his homeland in his cooking, using Scottish ingredients – including berries, whisky, oats and honey – whenever he can.
Rowan, 55, Worcestershire
Music Teacher
French pâtissérie is his absolute passion – he loves the subtlety of flavour, and the style and sophistication of French baking, and he is drawn to fine, complex, layered cakes. His love of the Georgian era encourages him to reinvent 18th-century recipes whenever he can.
Sura, 31, London
Pharmacy Dispenser
The many Middle Eastern and Asian influences in her heritage – including Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and India – mean she enjoys experimenting with ingredients and flavours from all over the world. Never one to stick to a recipe, Sura loves to improvise in the kitchen and inject her bakes with as much personality as possible.
Hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas kick off the series with Cake Week where we will see twists on classic Battenbergs in the signature bake, a tricky fruit sponge in the technical and a showstopper that gives the bakers a chance to pay tribute to their heroes.
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