Bake Off the Professionals 2023 cast: Who is taking part in the Channel 4 show? | The Sun

BAKE Off: The Professionals returns with a brand new co-host and new contestants.

Here is everyone you can expect to see on your screens for season eight of the popular Channel 4 show.

When is Bake Off the Professionals on TV?

The latest series of The Great British Bake Off spin-off will air on Channel 4 on Tuesday, July 4 at 8 pm.

The show will also be available on catch-up via the Channel 4 streaming service. 

Who is taking part in the Channel 4 show?

The full list of bakers are:

• Andrew and Raf from Harwoods Patisseries
• Annie and Subin from The Dorchester
• Caroline and Martin from Bisous Bisous
• Baking professionals Mustapha and Tracy
• Chantelle and Kasia from Glenapp Castle
• Margo and Ally from Lexington Catering
• Baking professionals Martyn and Jenny
• Mauro and Daniel from The Landmark London
• Mayank and Dharma from St James’ Court, A Taj Hotel
• Baking professionals Naira and Andrea
• Nicoletta and Georgina from Meraki Baking Studi

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Who are the hosts of Bake Off: The Professionals?

Benoit Blin

Benoit Blin has been a judge on Bake Off: The Professionals since the first series of the show which was launched on BBC2 and previously called Bake Off: Crème de la Crème.

He grew up in Normandy, France, in a small town with a bakery at each end of his street.

He landed the role of Senior Pastry Sous Chef at the Ritz Paris in 1991.

In between this role, he did a second apprenticeship as a Patissier, worked a year's National Service as a naval chef and worked at the Normandy Hotel, in Deauville.

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Benoit has now worked at Raymond's two Michelin-starred Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, in Oxfordshire, for more than 20 years.

He is the Chef Patissier at the famous restaurant, the highest role in a dessert kitchen.

Cherish Finden 

Cherish is a multi-award-winning Executive Pastry Chef from Singapore.

She joined Bake Off: The Professionals in 2016.

She started her first job aged 14 and soon asked if she could work in the kitchen before she began attending cookery school at the age of 16.

Cherish soon honed her skills in the best hotels in Singapore, including the famous six-star Raffles Hotel and The Sheraton.

She NOW works at The Langham, London as their Executive Pastry Chef.

Speaking about working with Blin and making tough decisions, Cherish told Channel 4: "We agree to disagree, but we always come to the right decision. Who is doing the right thing? Who is using the right techniques? 

"Who breaks the boundaries? There were times it was neck and neck. It was so close we had to go back and taste the pastry a couple of times. We have to deconstruct everything."

Ellie Taylor

Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Taylor will co-host the show.

Speaking about taking the job, she told Channel 4: "They said: ‘Would you like the job?’ I said: ‘Is there cake? Can I eat it? Yes, please.’

"It was a no-brainer. It’s a dream gig. Me and my husband watch the main Bake Off together and, although I hadn’t regularly watched Bake Off: The Professionals, I’d seen bits. 

"I knew it’d be a pleasure to work on and it was. Cherish and Benoit are lovely, Liam’s a delight and the chefs are brilliant.

"And I've never got to go to work with a Tupperware I could fill up with nice food before. That was a real treat."

Liam Charles

Liam is back to host another series of Bake Off Pros.

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He studied Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths where he was nicknamed “Cake Boy” among his uni friends because of his love of baking.

Liam shot to fame when he appeared on the 2017 Bake Off series, and the rest is history.

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