READY TO BAKE
Sandi Toksvig, Prue Leith, Paul Hollywood and Noel Fielding with contestants taking part in The Great British Bake Off 2018 which gets under way on Tuesday August 28. Some of the contestants in the popular show are from Yorkshire.
A CIVIL servant and house and techno DJ and a retired air steward are among the contestants entering the tent to take part in the upcoming series of The Great British Bake Off.
They will be joined by a banker, a mental health specialist and a research scientist as 12 new contestants – including several from Yorkshire – attempt to impress judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood.
The series will be the second to air on Channel 4 after the show parted ways with the BBC. Mental health specialist, KimJoy, 27, was born in Belgium to an English father and MalaysianChinese mother, and now lives in Leeds, and says her mixedheritage background is reflected in her attitude to baking. She said: “None of my family really bake, it’s just me that bakes.
“My friends have always wanted me to apply, but I didn’t feel confident enough to apply until this year.”
Another contestant drawing inspiration from her background is in-store sampling assistant Karen, 60, from West Yorkshire, whose passion for baking stemmed from the 15 years she owned a house in France.
She said: “My daughters encouraged me to do it, and I was approaching 60 and I found it really liberating to do something like this.”
Joining her will be Luke, 30, from Sheffield who works as a civil servant and a house and techno DJ.
The new series, hosted by Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig, will begin on Channel 4 on August 28 at 8pm.