The Great Australian Bake Off premieres Thursdays at 8.30pm from January 27 on Foxtel. Watch on LifeStyle and On Demand.
Twelve new bakers will be donning their aprons and taking their place in the iconic Bake Off shed under the watchful eyes of judges Maggie Beer and Matt Moran and hosts Claire Hooper and Mel Buttle. Together Maggie and Matt judge the home baking enthusiasts over 10 weeks, as all the bakers will take on 30 delicious challenges to test their baking prowess, creativity, and skill.
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The Great Australian Bake Off bakers are:
HAYDN ALLBUTT Age: 46 Occupation: Scientist and Stay-At-Home Dad
HODA ALZUBAIDI Age: 28 Occupation: Publishing Sales. Born in Iran
ASHLEY CALLAGHAN Age: 30 Occupation: Retired Navy Veteran
AARON HAWTON Age: 31 Occupation: High School Teacher
LIDIA MOROSIN Age: 62 Occupation: Retail Sales. Italian heritage.
TOM MOSBY Age: 52 Occupation: CEO. Grew up on Thursday Island.
BLESSING MUDZIKITIRI Age: 19 Occupation: Disability Support Worker. Born in Zimbabwe
NURMAN NOOR Age: 35 Occupation: GP. Born in Indonesia.
JAWIN RATCHAWONG Age: 27 Occupation: Public Servant. Laos heritage
ELLA ROSSANIS Age: 35 Occupation: Creative Copywriter
CARMEL SCASSA Age: 48 Occupation: Document Controller. Italian heritage
NAVEID “NAV” ZARSHO Age: 32 Occupation: Recruitment Consultant. Born in Afghanistan.
Bake Off season five Bakers
Each week the bakers start with the Signature challenge, where the bakers put their personal spin on a familiar recipe. The tricky Technical bake is next where the bakers must tackle a previously unseen recipe set by either Maggie Beer or Matt Moran. Once complete, the bakes are blind-tasted and ranked in order of their success. Finally, the all-important Showstopper, where bakers are challenged to make the most spectacular, mouth-watering creation they can possibly manage. At the end of each week, one will be crowned Star Baker, and one will leave the shed. The baker who has demonstrated the most artistry and creativity after all 30 challenges will be crowned Australia’s Best Amateur Baker.
Matt Moran said: “I am really excited about this season’s batch of bakers….certainly some of the best bakes we’ve ever seen. The techniques they were learning through the technical bakes were being put back into the showstoppers, and I know Maggie and I were very excited and humbled by that.”
The Great Australian Bake Off is a BBC Studios production in Australia for Foxtel based on a format created by Love Productions and licensed by BBC Studios distribution.