The Great British Bake Off series 9

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The Great British Bake Off
Series 9
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British digital release
Starring
No. of episodes10
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release28 August (2018-08-28) –
30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)
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The ninth series of The Great British Bake Off began on 28 August 2018, [1] [2] with this being the second series to be broadcast on Channel 4. The series is presented by Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig, with judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. This series saw a few changes to the usual format: the first episode being Biscuit Week (the previous 8 series began with a Cake Week), the documentary inserts were dropped, and the finale included the competitors doing a technical challenge outside the tent for the first time.

The series was won by Rahul Mandal, with Kim-Joy Hewlett and Ruby Bhogal as the runners-up. [3] [4]

Bakers

Baker [1] AgeOccupationHometownLinks
Antony Amourdoux30Banker London [5]
Briony Williams 33Stay at home parent Bristol [6] [7]
Dan Beasley-Harling36Stay at home parentLondon [8] [9]
Imelda McCarron33Countryside recreation officer County Tyrone [10] [11]
Jon Jenkins47Blood courier Newport [12] [13]
Karen Wright60In-store sampling assistant Wakefield [14]
Kim-Joy Hewlett 27Mental health specialist Leeds [15] [16]
Luke Thompson30Civil servant/house and techno DJ Sheffield [17]
Manon Lagrève26Software project managerLondon [18] [19]
Rahul Mandal 30Research scientist Rotherham [20] [21]
Ruby Bhogal 29Project managerLondon [22] [23]
Terry Hartill56Retired air steward West Midlands [24] [25]

Results summary

Elimination chart
Baker12345678910
RahulSAFESBSBHIGHHIGHHIGHHIGHLOWLOWWINNER
Kim-JoySAFESAFESAFESAFESBSAFESBLOWHIGHRunner-up
RubyLOWSAFESAFESAFESAFEHIGHLOWSBSBRunner-up
BrionyHIGHLOWLOWLOWLOWSBSAFEHIGHOUT
ManonSBSAFESAFESAFEHIGHLOWSAFEOUT
JonSAFEHIGHSAFEHIGHLOWSAFEOUT
DanSAFEHIGHHIGHSBSAFEOUT
KarenSAFESAFESAFELOWOUT
TerryLOWLOWSAFEN/A [a] OUT
AntonySAFESAFEOUT
LukeSAFEOUT
ImeldaOUT

[a] Terry was ill and unable to compete in episode 4, but the bakers agreed he should return to the competition the following week. At the end of episode 4, the judges decided it was unfair to eliminate anyone in Terry's absence. Consequently, two bakers were eliminated the following week.

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 did not compete that week.
  Baker was eliminated.
  Baker was the Star Baker.
  Baker was a series runner-up.
  Baker was the series winner.

Episodes

Episode 1: Biscuits

Breaking with tradition, this year the series kicked off with biscuit week. For the first challenge of the series, the bakers were tasked to bake 24 regional biscuits that needed to be all identical, and said something about them and a place in the British Isles, in two hours. For the first technical challenge of this series, they are tasked to make one of Paul Hollywood's childhood favourites - Wagon Wheels, in 2+1⁄4 hours. Finally, for the showstopper, the bakers had to create a spectacular 3D biscuit self-portrait that needed to be constructed with layers of biscuits and judged while placed upright on an easel stand, all in four hours. [26]

Episode 2: Cakes

For their signature bakes, the bakers were required to create a traybake sliced into sixteen identical pieces in two hours. The technical challenge was set by Prue, which featured a cake with an unusual ingredient: Le Gâteau Vert, one of French painter Claude Monet's favourite birthday treats, in 2+1⁄4 hours. The cake featured a pistachio genoise sponge sandwiched by a pistachio Crème au Beurre and covered by a green fondant coloured by spinach. For the showstopper, the bakers were required to create a technically demanding chocolate collar cake, featuring at least two tiers, in four hours. [27]

Episode 3: Bread

For their signature bakes, the bakers had three hours to create a British classic, twelve Chelsea buns. In the technical challenge, the bakers, using Paul Hollywood's recipe, were tasked to make a batch of eight grilled non-yeasted garlic naans, brushed with garlic ghee and topped with coriander, in only one hour. For their showstopper, the bakers were asked to create a three-tiered Korovai to be elaborately decorated for a celebratory occasion, in five hours. Most of the bakers chose the traditional wedding theme. [28]

Episode 4: Desserts

At the start of this episode, it was announced that Terry was not able to compete this week due to illness. But, with the agreement of all, he would be allowed to come back to the competition the following week. For their signature bakes, the bakers were required to create a meringue roulade in one hour and forty-five minutes. For their technical challenge, using Prue's recipe, the bakers were tasked to produce a raspberry blancmange served with twelve Langues de Chat biscuits in 2+1⁄2 hours. For their showstoppers, the bakers were tasked to create a spectacular melting chocolate ball dessert, which is a chocolate sphere that would be melted away with a hot sauce, revealing the dessert hidden inside, in three hours. After the three challenges, Briony and Karen were left as the bottom two. However, nobody was eliminated this week, as the judges deemed it would be unfair to send anyone home with Terry's absence. However, this meant two bakers would be eliminated the following week. [29]

Episode 5: Spice

For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked to bake a ginger cake in two hours. For the technical challenge, using Paul Hollywood's recipe, the bakers must create a batch of twelve Ma'amoul, an ancient pastry from the Middle East that none of the bakers had heard of, in 1+1⁄2 hours. In the batch, six of the ma'amoul must be filled with walnuts and shaped with a mould, and the other six must be filled with a date paste and decorated by pinching the dough with ma'amoul tongs. For their showstoppers, the bakers were tasked to create a beautiful, gravity-defying spiced biscuit chandelier to be done in four hours. Prue was unwell during the showstoppers round, and as a result, Paul was left as the solo judge. [30]

Episode 6: Pastry

For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked to make twelve samosas—six savoury, other six sweet—in two hours. The samosas must also be served with a dip to complement them. The technical challenge was set by Prue Leith, and the bakers were required to make six Puits D'amour, meaning "well of love", in two hours. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were tasked to create a shaped banquet pie that would be beautifully decorated enough to act as a centrepiece at a Tudor banquet in 3+1⁄2 hours. [31]

Episode 7: Vegan

The remaining six bakers were required, in the signature challenge, to make eight savoury vegan tartlets of two different fillings using shortcrust pastry that contained no butter or eggs in two hours. For the technical challenge, using Prue Leith's recipe, the bakers were tasked to make a vegan tropical fruit pavlova using aquafaba in place of egg whites to create the meringue in 2+1⁄2 hours. For the showstopper, the bakers were tasked to create a beautiful vegan celebratory cake in four hours. [32]

Episode 8: Danish (Quarterfinals)

In the quarterfinal signature challenge, the final five bakers were tasked to make a rye bread and make two types of Smørrebrød using it in 3+1⁄2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers were instructed to make fourteen Æbleskiver containing a cinnamon and apple filling, and served with a strawberry jam dipping sauce in one hour. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were required to make a kagemand or a kagekone, a traditional Danish birthday cake made from Danish pastry that resembles a boy or a girl, in 4+1⁄2 hours. The bakers' kagemand/kagekone must be based on someone the bakers recognised and they must use at least three different confectionery making skills within it. [33]

Episode 9: Pâtisserie (Semi-final)

In the Pâtisserie semifinal signature challenge, the bakers were tasked to make twenty-four dipped Madeleines in two designs and flavours, in 1+1⁄2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers tackled Prue Leith's complex recipe for Torta Setteveli, a seven-layered cake containing two light chocolate genoise sponges, hazelnut bavarois, crunchy praline base and a chocolate mousse, topped with a chocolate mirror glaze, to be completed in 3+1⁄2 hours. For the penultimate showstopper challenge, the bakers created a Parisian pâtisserie window containing thirty-six pâtisserie in three types: choux pastry, pate sucree and puff pastry mille-feuille, in five hours. [34]

Episode 10: Final

For the final signature challenge, the last three bakers were required to make twelve iced doughnuts of two types, filled and ring, in three hours. The technical challenge was another Bake Off first, where the bakers were asked to carry out the challenge outside the tent. Using Paul Hollywood's recipe, the bakers needed to produce six pita breads in ninety minutes, to be served with three different dips: baba ghanoush, smoked garlic salsa verde and burnt pepper salsa, using the open campfire set up outside. For the final showstopper, the bakers were asked to create an incredible landscape dessert with at least three different elements within it, in 4+1⁄2 hours. During the showstopper, one of Rahul's storage glass jars exploded under the intense heat, which resulted in shards of broken glass shattered all over his bench and potentially contaminated his bakes. This required cleaning up from the production team. As a result, he was given an extra fifteen minutes for the challenge. [35]

Specials

The two holiday specials each feature four returning contestants from the series 5–8.

The Great Christmas Bake Off featured Liam Charles (Series 8), Flo Atkins (Series 8), Andrew Smyth (Series 7) and Jane Beedle (Series 7). The special was won by Jane Beedle.

The Great Festive Bake Off featured the return of winner Candice Brown (Series 7), Steven Carter-Bailey (Series 8), Tamal Ray (Series 6) and Kate Henry (Series 5). The special was won by Steven Carter-Bailey. [36]

The Great Christmas Bake Off

For the signature challenge, the bakers were asked to create a dozen of iced biscuits based on the theme of The Twelve Days of Christmas, which can be the bakers' own personal interpretation. The technical challenge was set by Paul, where the bakers were tasked to produce 6 Icelandic Laufabrauð in 1+1⁄4 hours. The final showstopper challenge gave the bakers four hours to make a cake in the shape of a Christmas present that reveals a spectacular hidden design when cut open.

The Great Festive Bake Off

The returning bakers were tasked to bake an iced stollen wreath for their signature challenge in only three hours. The technical challenge was set by Prue, who asked the bakers to make four snow eggs crowned with delicate spun sugar cages. For the final showstopper challenge, the bakers were tasked to make a 3D New Year's Resolution Cake, where all decorations must be edible.

Ratings

The final was watched by an overnight viewing audience figure of 7.5 million, down from the previous final of 7.7 million and the lowest since 2012. [37] The ratings below are cumulative figures over longer periods, and they include multiple-screen viewing figures (on TV, computer, tablet and smartphone), the first year this system was implemented, and the figures are therefore slightly higher than it would have been without the multiple-screen viewing figures. [38]

Episode
no.		Airdate7 day viewers
(millions)		28 day viewers
(millions)		Channel 4
weekly ranking		Weekly ranking
all channels [38]
128 August 20189.559.9213
24 September 20189.319.76
311 September 20188.919.352
418 September 20188.889.413
525 September 20188.679.15
62 October 20188.919.304
79 October 20189.229.543
816 October 20189.699.932
923 October 20189.509.703
1030 October 201810.3410.542

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