The Great British Bake Off series 12

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The Great British Bake Off
Series 12
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No. of episodes10
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release21 September (2021-09-21) –
23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)
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The twelfth series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on 21 September 2021. [1] It is presented by Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas, and judged by returning judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. The bakers were announced on 14 September 2021. [2]

Contents

The series was won by Giuseppe Dell'Anno, with Chigs Parmar and Crystelle Pereira finishing as the runners-up. Dell'Anno is the first Italian winner of the programme. [3] [4] [5]

Bakers

Baker [2] AgeOccupationHometownLinks
Amanda Georgiou56 Metropolitan Police detective London [6]
Chigs Parmar40Sales manager Leicester [7]
Crystelle Pereira26Client relationship managerLondon [8]
Freya Cox19Student Scarborough, North Yorkshire [9]
George Aristidou34 Shared lives coordinatorLondon [10]
Giuseppe Dell'Anno 45Chief engineer Bristol [11]
Jairzinho Parris51Head of FinanceLondon [12] [13]
Jürgen Krauss56Physicist Brighton, East Sussex [14]
Lizzie Acker28Car production operative Liverpool [15] [16]
Maggie Richardson70Retired nurse and midwife Poole, Dorset [17] [18]
Rochica Copeland27Junior HR business partner Birmingham [19]
Tom Fletcher28Software developer Maidstone, Kent [20]

Results summary

Elimination chart
Baker12345678910
GiuseppeHIGHHIGHSBHIGHSBHIGHHIGHSAFELOWWINNER
ChigsSAFEHIGHSAFESBSAFESAFEHIGHSBHIGHRunner-up
CrystelleHIGHSAFESAFESAFEHIGHSBHIGHLOWSBRunner-up
JürgenSBSBSAFEHIGHHIGHSAFESBHIGHOUT
LizzieSAFESAFEHIGHSAFESAFESAFELOWOUT
GeorgeLOWHIGHSAFESAFELOWLOWOUT
AmandaLOWLOWSAFELOWSAFEOUT
FreyaSAFESAFEHIGHLOWOUT
MaggieSAFELOWLOWOUT
RochicaSAFESAFEOUT
JairzenoLOWOUT
TomOUT

Colour key:

  Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
  Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but was not the Star Baker.
  Baker got through to the next round.
  Baker was eliminated.
  Baker was the Star Baker.
  Baker was a series runner-up.
  Baker was the series winner.

Episodes

Episode 1: Cake

For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked with making twelve decorative mini rolls, in two hours. The technical challenge, set by Prue, required the bakers to make a malt loaf served with homemade butter, in two hours. In the showstopper challenge, the bakers were given four hours to create an anti-gravity illusion cake, representing a precious memory.

Episode 2: Biscuits

For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked with making twenty-four identical Brandy snaps in two hours. The technical challenge, set by Paul, required the bakers to make twelve sandwiched jammy biscuits, consisting of two baked biscuits, jam, and buttercream, in one hour and forty-five minutes. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers needed to create a three-dimensional biscuit replica of a favorite childhood toy in four hours. The replica needed to have an interactive element.

Episode 3: Bread

The signature challenge tasked the bakers with making a focaccia in two hours, forty-five minutes. The technical challenge, set by Paul, tasked the bakers with making 15 olive and cheese ciabatta breadsticks, served with a tzatziki dip, in two hours. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were asked to create a three-dimensional themed display using milk bread, in 4+1⁄2 hours.

Episode 4: Desserts

The signature challenge tasked the bakers with making a beautifully decorated Pavlova, in two hours, forty-five minutes. For the technical challenge, set by Prue, asked the bakers to make four individual sticky toffee puddings, served with sticky toffee sauce, two Tuile triangles, and a creme anglaise. The bakers had ninety minutes. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were given the enormous task of making a celebratory joconde imprimé dessert, composed of a highly decorated joconde sponge wrapped around at least two elements, in 4+1⁄2 hours.

Episode 5: German

The signature challenge tasked the bakers with making two types of twelve German biscuits, which needed to be dipped, coated, or decorated, in two hours, fifteen minutes. For the technical challenge, Prue asked the bakers to make a Prinzregententorte, consisting of eight thin layers of genoises sponge sandwiched with chocolate cream, coated with a shiny chocolate ganache, decorated with rosettes and tempered chocolate crowns, in two hours, forty-five minutes. The showstopper gave the bakers 4+1⁄2 hours to produce a yeast-leavened cake. The cakes must be at least two-tiered and inspired by the yeasted cakes popular in Germany.

Episode 6: Pastry

For the signature, the bakers were tasked with making two batches of glazed or iced chouxnuts: six filled, six not filled, to be done in two hours. For the technical challenge, Paul required the bakers to make a large baklava. They were asked to layer Filo pastry with a pistachio and walnut filling, cut into a star design, in two hours and forty-five minutes. For the showstopper, the bakers were given the intricate task of making a Terrine pie, in 4+1⁄2 hours. The pies needed to have an ornated pastry decoration on the outside and a neat pattern or design when cut open.

Episode 7: Caramel

For the first signature challenge, the bakers were required to produce a sharing-sized decorative caramel tart in 2+1⁄2 hours. The technical challenge was set by Paul where the bakers were tasked to make ten caramel biscuit bars in 1+1⁄2 hour. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were required to make a caramel-flavored dessert with a sugar-work dome or sphere in 4+1⁄2 hours.

Episode 8: Free-from (Quarterfinals)

For the signature bake, the bakers were given the challenge of baking eight dairy-free ice cream sandwiches in three hours For the technical challenge was to make eight identical vegan sausage rolls accompanied by a sticky red onion chutney, in two hours. In the showstopper, the bakers needed to make a gluten-free celebration cake with at least two tiers. They were given four hours for the bake.

Episode 9: Pâtisserie (Semifinals)

In the semifinal signature challenge, the bakers were tasked to make eight pâtisserie-style layered slices in 3 hours. For the technical bake, set by Prue, the bakers are tasked in making a Sablé Breton Tart, consisting of a sablé breton pastry base, topped with raspberry confiture, piped with pistachio crème mousseline, filled with fresh berries and topped with glided meringue kisses and chocolate curls, all in two hours and forty-five minutes. A themed banquet display consisting of a crafted edible centrepiece surrounded by least twelve individual entremets desserts was set as the showstopper. The bakers were given five hours.

Jurgen's elimination received public backlash following the episode's airing with OFCOM receiving 115 complaints.

Episode 10: Final

The finalists were set the task of making a carrot cake in two hours and fifteen minutes for the signature challenge. For the final technical challenge, set by Paul, the bakers were given two hours and thirty minutes to create twelve Belgian buns filled with sultanas and lemon curd, with only two instructions given. For the ultimate showstopper challenge, the bakers were tasked to make a Mad Hatter tea party display with sweet and savory afternoon tea treats, showcasing at least four different baking disciplines in 4+1⁄2 hours. The judges expect to see the madness feel of Alice in Wonderland in the bakes.

Specials

Two specials were commissioned for the festive season:

The Great Christmas Bake Off

The Great Christmas Bake Off featured It's a Sin's Olly Alexander, Nathaniel Curtis, Lydia West and Shaun Dooley.

The signature challenge required the bakers to make a Christmas Dinner's leftovers pie, in two hours, it can be made with any type of pastry, but the fillings must be made with leftovers from the baker's favorite Christmas Dinner. Prue's technical challenge tasked the bakers with making a chocolate Yule Log, in one hour and fifteen minutes. The bakers were given 3 hours to make a Christmas Tree out of biscuit or meringue for the showstopper challenge.

The Great New Year Bake Off

The Great New Year Bake Off features Jon Jenkins and Kim-Joy Hewlett from Series 9, along with Rowan Williams and Hermine Dossou from Series 11.

For the signature challenge, the bakers were asked to create twelve buns, suitable for a New Year's day Breakfast, the buns can be any flavor or shape, but must be yeasted and feature a topping of the baker's choice, three hours are given. Paul's technical challenge required the bakers to make a New Years Eve cake inspired by the traditional Greek Vasilopita, consisting of a perfectly baked lemon mahleb and mastika sponge and decorated with water icing, lemon curd and crystallized citrus peel in one hour and thirty minutes. A shadow box winter scene with a frame, to all be created with at least three different biscuits in four hours is the showstopper.

Ratings

Bake Off launched with 5.7 million viewers and a 30.8% share—its lowest overnight rating since its move to Channel 4 in 2017—down 1.3 million in 2020. [21] However, it was the show's biggest ever launch episode on Channel 4 in terms of younger viewers, securing 61.9% of all young viewers watching TV at the time of broadcast. [22] [ non-primary source needed ]

Episode
no.		Airdate7-day viewers
(millions)		28-day viewers
(millions)		Channel 4
weekly ranking		Weekly ranking
all channels [23]
121 September 20219.5710.1813
228 September 20218.989.6412
35 October 20218.699.3912
412 October 20218.759.1312
519 October 20218.719.2713
626 October 20219.159.5712
72 November 20219.059.5012
89 November 20219.059.4913
916 November 20219.399.6113
1023 November 20219.619.7313

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