Great British Bake Off: 2019 contestants revealed - BBC News
A new batch of contestants get ready to battle it out in front of the cameras for the Bake Off crown.
The Great British Bake Off class of 2019

A geography teacher, a vet and a fashion designer are just three of the contestants hoping to win this year's Great British Bake Off.

It returns to Channel 4 on Tuesday 27 August, the third series since it moved across from BBC One.

The presenters and judges remain the same, with Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig back for another year of puns.

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith will also be on hand to judge the best bakes produced in the famous white tent.

This year's line-up consists of a baker's dozen - 13 - instead of the usual 12, and there's a decidedly younger contingent.

More than half of the contestants are in their 20s, while the oldest contestant is 56.

TV critic Scott Bryan tweeted that the show had encouraged younger people to don their aprons.

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Leith said that the programme was "a very inclusive show".

She said: "What's so interesting is when they're choosing the bakers, the main thing they want to know is that they're getting the 12 best bakers in the country.

"They're not choosing, they're not set up to find somebody who's the right ethnic mix, or the right height, or the right age or anything."

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