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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Stuart Heritage

The 2024 Great British Bake Off contestants – ranked!

The Great British Bake Off, left to right, back row: Nelly, Jeff, Christiaan, Mike, Andy. Middle row: Illiyan, Georgie, Dylan, John, Gill. Front: Sumayah, Hazel
And … bake! Competing in series 15 of the Great British Bake Off are, left to right, back row: Nelly, Jeff, Christiaan, Mike, Andy. Middle row: Illiyan, Georgie, Dylan, John, Gill. Front: Sumayah, Hazel. Photograph: Mark Bourdillon/Channel 4

The 15th series of The Great British Bake Off begins next week, ushering in a new season of tents, handshakes and excruciatingly elaborate bakes. As always, 12 would-be star bakers will spend the series attempting to prove their worth. The best way to judge their ability would be to watch the show and discern talent based on output. But we’re all busy people and that would take too long, so let’s judge them the way nature intended: on the basis of the contestant biographies sent out by Channel 4. Here they are, from worst to last.

Andy, 44, Essex

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