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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.

No. of contestants12
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The Great British Bake Off
Series 9
Presented byNoel Fielding
Sandi Toksvig
JudgesPaul Hollywood
Prue Leith
No. of contestants12
WinnerRahul Mandal
Runners-upKim-Joy
Ruby Bhogal
LocationWelford Park, Berkshire
No. of max. bakes30
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkChannel 4
Original release28 August (2018-08-28) –
30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)
Series chronology
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The series was won by Rahul Mandal, with Kim-Joy and Ruby Bhogal as the runners-up.[3][4]

Bakers

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Contestant Age Hometown Occupation Finish Place
Imelda McCarron 33 County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Countryside recreation officer [5][6] Episode 1 12th
Luke Thompson 30 Sheffield, England Civil servant/house and techno DJ [7] Episode 2 11th
Antony Amourdoux 30 London, England Banker [8] Episode 3 10th
Karen Wright 60 Wakefield, England In-store sampling assistant [9] Episode 5 8th (tie)
Terry Hartill 56 West Midlands, England Retired air steward[10][11]
Dan Beasley-Harling 36 London, England Stay at home parent [12][13] Episode 6 7th
Jon Jenkins 47 Newport, Wales Blood courier [14][15] Episode 7 6th
Manon Lagrève 26 London, England Software project manager [16][17] Episode 8 5th
Briony Williams 33 Bristol, England Stay at home parent [18][19] Episode 9 4th
Kim-Joy Hewlett 27 Leeds, England Mental health specialist [20][21] Episode 10 Runner-up
Ruby Bhogal 29 London, England Project manager [22][23]
Rahul Mandal 30 Rotherham, England Research scientist [24][25] 1st
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Results summary

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Elimination chart
Baker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rahul SAFE SB SB HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW LOW WINNER
Kim-Joy SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SB SAFE SB LOW HIGH Runner-up
Ruby LOW SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH LOW SB SB Runner-up
Briony HIGH LOW LOW LOW LOW SB SAFE HIGH OUT
Manon SB SAFE SAFE SAFE HIGH LOW SAFE OUT
Jon SAFE HIGH SAFE HIGH LOW SAFE OUT
Dan SAFE HIGH HIGH SB SAFE OUT
Karen SAFE SAFE SAFE LOW OUT
Terry LOW LOW SAFE N/A[a] OUT
Antony SAFE SAFE OUT
Luke SAFE OUT
Imelda OUT
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[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.

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Colour key:

  Baker was eliminated at conclusion of episode
  Baker received a "Hollywood handshake" for respective bake
  Baker was named "Star Baker" at conclusion of episode
  Baker was named runner-up for the series
  Baker won series

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 2 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 4 hours.[26]

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Episode 2: Cakes

For their signature bakes, the bakers were required to create a traybake sliced into 16 identical pieces in 2 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 4 hours.[27]

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  1. First handshake given for a Showstopper challenge

Episode 3: Bread

For their signature bakes, the bakers had 3 hours to create a British classic, 12 chelsea buns. In the technical challenge, the bakers, using Paul Hollywood's recipe, were tasked to make a batch of 8 grilled non-yeasted garlic naans, brushed with garlic ghee and topped with coriander, in 1 hour. For their showstopper, the bakers were asked to create a three-tiered Korovai to be elaborately decorated for a celebratory occasion, in 5 hours. Most of the bakers chose the traditional wedding theme.[28]

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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 1 hour and 45 minutes. For their technical challenge, using Prue's recipe, the bakers were tasked to produce a raspberry blancmange served with 12 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 3 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]

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Episode 5: Spice

For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked to bake a ginger cake in 2 hours. For the technical challenge, using Paul Hollywood's recipe, the bakers must create a batch of 12 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, 6 of the ma'amoul must be filled with walnuts and shaped with a mould, and the other 6 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 4 hours. Prue was unwell during the showstoppers round, and as a result, Paul was left as the solo judge.[30]

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Episode 6: Pastry

For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked to make 12 samosas—6 savoury, 6 sweet—in 2 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 6 puits d'amour, meaning "well of love", in 2 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]

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Episode 7: Vegan

The remaining 6 bakers were required, in the signature challenge, to make 8 savoury vegan tartlets of 2 different fillings using shortcrust pastry that contained no butter or eggs in 2 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 4 hours.[32]

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Episode 8: Danish (Quarterfinals)

In the quarterfinal signature challenge, the final 5 bakers were tasked to make a rye bread and from it to make 2 types of Smørrebrød in 3+1⁄2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers were instructed to make 14 Æbleskiver containing a cinnamon and apple filling, and served with a strawberry jam dipping sauce in 1 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]

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Episode 9: Pâtisserie (Semi-final)

In the pâtisserie semifinal signature challenge, the bakers were tasked to make 24 dipped Madeleines, in 2 designs and flavours, in 1+1⁄2 hours. For the technical challenge, the bakers tackled Prue Leith's complex recipe for Torta Setteveli, a 7-layered cake containing 2 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 were tasked to create a Parisian pâtisserie window containing 36 pâtisserie in 3 types: choux pastry, pate sucree and puff pastry mille-feuille, in 5 hours.[34]

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Episode 10: Final

For the final signature challenge, the last 3 bakers were required to make 12 iced doughnuts of 2 types, filled and ring, in 3 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 6 pita breads in 90 minutes, to be served with 3 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 3 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, requiring clean up from the production team. As a result, he was given an extra 15 minutes for the challenge.[35]

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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 12 iced biscuits based on the theme of The Twelve Days of Christmas, which can be the bakers' own personal interpretation, in 2+1⁄2 hours. 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 4 hours to make a cake in the shape of a Christmas present that reveals a spectacular hidden design when cut open.

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The Great Festive Bake Off

The returning bakers were tasked to bake an iced stollen wreath for their signature challenge in only 3 hours. The technical challenge was set by Prue, who asked the bakers to make 4 snow eggs crowned with delicate spun sugar cages in 1+1⁄2 hours. For the final showstopper challenge, the bakers were tasked to make a 3D New Year's Resolution Cake, where all decorations must be edible, in 4+1⁄2 hours.

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  1. Received a "Hollywood hug"

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]

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Episode
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Airdate 7 day viewers
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28 day viewers
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weekly ranking
Weekly ranking
all channels[38]
1 28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)9.559.9213
2 4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)9.319.76
3 11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)8.919.352
4 18 September 2018 (2018-09-18)8.889.413
5 25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)8.679.15
6 2 October 2018 (2018-10-02)8.919.304
7 9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)9.229.543
8 16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)9.699.932
9 23 October 2018 (2018-10-23)9.509.703
10 30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)10.3410.542
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