It felt like the safest place in Britain.”. Born and raised in Jamaica before moving to the UK aged 15, Loriea uses baking as a means to celebrate her Caribbean roots and loves to include coconut, chillies and cinnamon in her food. The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith says the bubble created in Essex for this year’s series was “the safest place” to be amid the pandemic. You can unsubscribe at any time. The new season of The Great British Bake Off starts on Tuesday 22 September at 8pm on Channel 4. Can Mark project manage his way through the competition? 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Get your iced buns in a row and have a cosy cuppa handy as TV’s most comforting show makes a most welcome comeback. Hermine, an accountant and notorious feeder with a love of high-end pâtissérie, also joins the line-up alongside radiographer Loriea, who uses baking as a means to celebrate her Caribbean roots. Into this fruity mix come newbie presenter Matt “I have the eating age of a nine-year-old” Lucas, who replaces the beloved Sandi Toksvig alongside Noel Fielding as the show’s bumbling duo of hosts. She specialises in decoration and is proud to have mastered piped buttercream flowers. explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. His three grown-up children are his harshest baking critics. Not only are the 12 new contenders for the Bake Off crown bravely throwing their egg whisks into the ring – and risking the wrath of gimlet-eyed judge Paul Hollywood in the process – they also took on a double-whammy challenge by entering a bubble for seven weeks in order to make filming conditions for the Channel 4 programme Covid-safe. Hollie is a digital writer at Stylist.co.uk, mainly covering the daily news on women’s issues, politics, celebrities and entertainment. 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I knew I had a friend for life.”. Rowan calls his baking style ostentatious – he loves to reinvent 18th-century Georgian recipes and enjoys decorating his bakes with edible flowers from his garden. Bake Off fans, hold onto your whisks: the fresh new batch of 12 contenders for this year’s show (a coronavirus-era special) have been announced, with amateur bakers including an armed guard and a pantomime producer in the mix. Here's who will be joining Paul and Prue in the tent. It's pantomime producer Lottie. Subscribe to Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror newspapers, When is Bake Off back on TV? Linda enjoyed childhood visits to her aunt’s dairy farm, where she learned to bake cakes topped with rich, creamy icing. 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Great British Bake Off YouTube. Linda, who fishes for mackerel and mullet and admits to struggling with timing, says: “It’s never too late to chase your dreams.”. 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