The country's best amateur bakers are ready to do battle on TVNZ 2's The Great Kiwi Bake Off.
TVNZ can now reveal the 12 contestants going spatula to spatula in this cake-tastic new series.
A tradie who's swapped the rugby pitch for the Bake Off tent, a competitive body builder, a mechanical engineering student, a flight attendant and a teacher will be amongst those vying for the coveted title of New Zealand’s best amateur baker.
THE 12 KIWI BAKERS ARE:
Ana Djokovic, 28, HR Advisor from Auckland
Annabel Coulter, 19, Student from Timaru
Clayton Barnett, 39, TV Producer from Auckland
Hannah Ward, 33, Teacher from Wellington
Jeff Poole, 49, Communications Consultant from New Plymouth
Jennie Verstappen, 27, Registered Dietician from Tauranga
Joel Arnold, 28, Landscaper from Hamilton
Larissa Wilson, 22, Mechanical Engineering student from Christchurch
Shannon Patangata, 41, IT Analyst from Wellington
Sonali Thakur, 44, Flight Attendant from Auckland
Stacey Johnsen, 29, Body Piercer from Invercargill
Vanessa Bradley, 48, Business Owner from Auckland
Each week, the bakers will have their cake-baking, pastry, bread-making and patisserie skills tested to the limit. On hand to judge their efforts are award-winning baker Dean Brettschneider and renowned chef Sue Fleischl.
The Great Kiwi Bake Off is hosted by the energetic duo of Madeleine Sami and Hayley Sproull. The pair showcase their love of baked goods in the show's tantalisingly-good campaign promo.
Who will have the recipe for success? Only one can be crowned New Zealand's best amateur baker.
The Great Kiwi Bake Off will premiere on Tuesday 16 October on TVNZ 2.
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