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‘The Great British Baking Show’ Series 3 Episode 1 Recap: Cake Week

Carmen Croghan

03 Jul 2016 — 3 min read

Yes! Cake! Courtesy of Love Productions.

Welcome back to another delicious series of great British baking! This time around PBS aired the most recent UK competition which was broadcast on the BBC from August through October of 2015.

I can confidently say that our viewers/readers are hungry to meet a new batch of bakers and discover the challenges that lie ahead. Thirty baking challenges, to be exact, will be issued by our venerable judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood over the next ten weeks ranging from biscuits and breads to chocolate and Victorian-era creations.

The pool of contestants chosen to compete in the hallowed tent this season consist of six men and six women ranging from 19 to 66 years of age. Oddly enough both the youngest and oldest bakers hail from the same area of Scotland! In this mix of amateur bakers, a variety of professions are represented including a firefighter, trainee anesthetist, a prison governor, a child welfare officer and a body builder.

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