Bake Off : The Professionals has crowned its winner – with Nathan and Kevin taking the 2022 crown.
Fans were thrilled to find out the duo took home the top prize on the Channel 4 show after an impressive final performance.
Nathan and Kevin - who beat I Shan and Jojo and Jemima and Zack to the crown - were overjoyed to have won and had huge smiles on their faces as they were presented with the iconic Bake Off trophy.
Fans took to social media to congratulate the professionals on their win.
Only three teams made it to this year’s final, after 12 teams started the competition.
The series, which is hosted by Stacey Solomon and Liam Charles, has seen bakers compete in a series of challenges to prove which of them is the best.
This series has seen bakers from Manchester, Wiltshire, Cumbria, Birmingham, and London, all hoping to follow in the footsteps of Cardiff's Gin & Bake - last year's champions.
The final saw the last three teams pour all their patisserie passion into creating a window display of beautiful finger tarts and a day at the races banquet.
Winners Nathan, 42, and Kevin, just 26, wowed with their creation. Nathan has a career spanning over 20 years and has worked in Paris country clubs and patisseries as well as London's Harrods.
Meanwhile, Kevin hails is from Nantes, France and also has an impressive CV with time spent at Harrods, The Dorchester and Shangri-La since 2016.
The pair went through as the most consistent bakers from the first heats and placed first in the semi-finals.
Following their win, series producer Lucy Terrell said: "Nathan and Kevin did absolutely brilliantly, I am so glad they persevered - all their hard work certainly paid off. They won in Episodes 1,2,3, 7, 9 nailed the brief in 10 with their Finger Tarts, and then smashed it in the final ultimate challenge with A Day at the Races.
"There was tough competition from Puddles Bespoke Patisserie and Hotel Café Royal, but they were a hard team to beat throughout the whole series, and they eventually took the crown."
The judges told the duo their creations had "stolen their hearts’ and were "beyond happy" tasting their deserts.
After their win, Nathan said "I am really proud of you Kevin, I knew you could do it, you are very talented. My oldest son is 19 and I wanted to show him that if you want to achieve something you should put in dedication, commitment, passion and love – then you can do it.
"I am keeping the trophy safe for my eldest son, as I want to encourage him. And then I hope to succeed with my Masters Degree in Food and Beverage Management later this summer and I will give that to my second son!
"Could we ever win the competition? I knew it was something possible, I just didn’t know, when, why or how we would do it. The first challenge in the Final got great comments from both judges, so that gave us some confidence. I was really pleased with what they said, and I wanted to see how far we could go and what risks we could take. I do not hide the fact that I put all my love and passion into every challenge, but to me it’s all about the passion and then the love comes after.
"I knew my team member Kevin before and I wanted him to do the competition with me. Now we have returned to our busy lives. We get on incredibly well for a team that hadn’t competed together before. We wanted to produce patisseries that were outside of our comfort zone.
"My inspiration most of the time comes in my sleep –I have been dreaming up recipes and ideas since I was a child. For the show, I was able to visualise them, and when I woke up I was able to do the layout of the cake I was looking for. Et voila!"
Jemima and Zack are seasoned bakers of luxury cakes, afternoon tea and desserts at founder Jemima’s bakery Puddles Bespoke Patisseries.
Originally from Devon, Jemima has worked in some of the most revered establishments, such as The Fat Duck.
Friend of five years and fellow pastry chef, Zack, has spent time training across the world, including in the USA and France. The duo placed second in the semi-finals and went in to stun the judges in
I Shan and Jojo met working at the five-star Hotel Café Royal in London.
Graphic designer turned baker, I Shan, helped build a Van Gogh inspired tea room with her pastry compositions. And Jojo’s love of baking began growing up in the Philippines.
The duo placed third in the semi-finals seeing them through to the final stage of the competition.
Fans who missed the final can catch up on the full series which is available to watch on All4 now.
