Great British Bake Off full line up for 2022 as Channel 4 show returns tonight
13.09.2022 - 21:13
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The Great British Bake Off is returning to our screens tonight (Tuesday September 3), with a fresh line-up of amateur bakers trying their very best to avoid a soggy bottom.
The first show of the new series, which is hosted in the famous Welford Park tent for a fresh series of signature, technical and showstopper bakes, will air in its usual 8pm slot. Judges Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith will be imparting their wisdom, while Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding will be presenting the programme.
It comes as many British channels, including BBC One and ITV, continue to make changes to their regular programming schedules during a period of mourning for the Queen. On Friday, Channel 4 launched the new series of Gogglebox as planned, with the broadcaster saying it would bring a “valuable sense of continuity” for many of their viewers.
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Channel 4 added that it had made “significant changes” to its schedule in the wake of the Queen’s death but that its purpose was to offer an “alternative” for viewers which it feels is “particularly important at times like this”.
Meet this year's hopeful bakers - including a student from Greater Manchester and a nuclear scientist from Cumbria...
Raised in Saudi Arabia to Pakistani parents, Abdul, 29, is an electronics engineer, dividing his time between London and Cambridge. A keen salsa dancer, and a self-confessed space nerd, his interest in baking began when he and his graduate colleagues baked for each other to brighten up their daily coffee breaks.
He applies his precision thinking to the chemistry of creating bakes. Matcha is among his favourite flavours.
Born and bred in the West