The twelfth series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on 21 September 2021. It is presented by Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas, and judged by returning judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. The bakers were announced on 14 September 2021.
The series was won by Giuseppe Dell'Anno, with Chigs Parmar and Crystelle Pereira finishing as the runners-up. Dell'Anno is the first Italian winner of the programme.
Bakers ContestantAgeHometownOccupationFinishPlace Tom Fletcher 28 Maidstone, England Software developerEpisode 112th 51 London, EnglandHead of FinanceEpisode 211th Rochica Copeland 27 Birmingham, England Junior HR business partnerEpisode 310th Maggie Richardson 70 Poole, England Retired nurse and midwifeEpisode 49th Freya Cox 19 Scarborough, EnglandStudentEpisode 58th Amanda Georgiou 56 London, England Metropolitan Police detectiveEpisode 67th George Aristidou 34 London, EnglandShared lives coordinatorEpisode 76th Lizzie Acker 28 Liverpool, England Car production operativeEpisode 85th Jürgen Krauss 56 Brighton, England PhysicistEpisode 94th Chigs Parmar 40 Leicester, England Sales managerEpisode 10Runner-up Crystelle Pereira 26 London, EnglandClient relationship manager Giuseppe Dell'Anno 45 Bristol, England Chief engineer1st
Results summary Baker Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Giuseppe SB SB SAFE LOWWINNER Chigs SAFE SAFESB SAFE SAFE SB Crystelle SAFE SAFE SAFE SB LOWSB JürgenSBSB SAFE SAFESB OUT Lizzie SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE LOWOUT George LOW SAFE SAFE LOW LOWOUT Amanda LOW LOW SAFE LOW SAFEOUT Freya SAFE SAFE LOWOUT Maggie LOW LOWOUT Rochica SAFE SAFEOUT Jairzeno LOWOUT TomOUT
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Episode 1: Cake For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked with making 12 decorative mini rolls in 2 hours. The technical challenge, set by Prue, required the bakers to make a malt loaf served with homemade butter in 2 hours. In the showstopper challenge, the bakers were given 4 hours to create an anti-gravity illusion cake, representing a precious memory. Baker Signature(12 Mini Decorative Rolls) Technical(Malt Loaf) Showstopper(Anti-Gravity Illusion Cake) Result Amanda 'Cherry Soldier' Mini Rolls 12th Elderflower & Lemon Surf Explosion Chigs Strawberries & Cream Mini Rolls 11th 'Where it all Began' Crystelle 'Chai and Chai Again' Mini Rolls 8th 'Bouq-cake' of Flowers Freya Vegan Lemon & Raspberry Mini Rolls 2nd 'Flower Potty' George Chocolate & Hazelnut Mini Rolls 3rd Greek Table Giuseppe Easter Mini Rolls 10th 'Jack and The Beanstalk' Jairzeno Lime & Passion Fruit Mini Rolls 9th 'Kick the Can' Cake Jürgen Schwarzwald Mini Rolls 6th 'Night Time Reading' Lizzie Zoo Mini Rolls 4th Nana's Peaches & Cream Maggie 'Knit & Natter' Mini Rolls 1st Ice-cream Cornet Rochica Colin Rolls 7th Apple Cake Tom Black Forest Mini Rolls 5th Classically Spectacular Showstopper
Episode 2: Biscuits For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked with making 24 identical brandy snaps in 2 hours. The technical challenge, set by Paul, required the bakers to make 12 sandwiched jammy biscuits, consisting of two baked biscuits, jam, and buttercream, in 1 hour and 45 minutes. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers needed to create a three-dimensional biscuit replica of a favorite childhood toy and needed to have an interactive element with it in 4 hours. Baker Signature(24 Brandy Snaps) Technical(12 Sandwiched Jammy Biscuit) Showstopper(3-D Childhood Toy) ResultAmanda 'Open Sesame' Brandy Snaps 4th Carousel Rocking Horse Chigs 'Espresso Martini' Brandy Snaps 7th Snooker Table Crystelle 'Apple of My P-eye' Brandy Snaps 10th Vanity Playset Freya 'Brandy Snapuccinos' 3rd 'Winnie' George Cypriot Brandy Snaps 8th 'Paul & Prue Airlines' Giuseppe Gianduja Snaps 2nd Reversi Board Game Jairzeno Chocolate, Passion Fruit & Pineapple Brandy Snaps 9th Tall Ship Jürgen 'A Cup of Chai' Brandy Snaps 1st 'Grandpa's Windmill' Lizzie Fast-Food Apple Pie Brandy Snaps 6th 'Paint a Truck' Maggie Blackcurrant Brandy Snaps 5th Beach Playset Rochica Coffee Brandy Snaps 11th Gingerbread Pinball Game
Episode 3: Bread The signature challenge tasked the bakers with making a focaccia in 2 hours and 45 minutes. The technical challenge, set by Paul, tasked the bakers with making 15 olive and cheese ciabatta breadsticks, served with a tzatziki dip, in 2 hours. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were asked to create a three-dimensional themed display using milk bread in hours. Baker Signature(Focaccia) Technical(15 Olive and Cheese Ciabatta Breadsticks) Showstopper(Themed Milk Bread Display) ResultAmanda 'Chasing Grainbows' Focaccia 3rd 'I Just FISH We Had More Time' Chigs Spanish Cheesy Meaty Focaccia 6th Honey Milk Bread Picnic Basket Crystelle Feta & Grape Focaccia with Fennel & Walnut 9th 'Bready' for Sunday Roast Freya Mexican Fajita Focaccia 4th 'Under the Sea' Milk Bread Display George Greek Inspired Focaccia 7th 'The Very Hungry Koala' Giuseppe 1st 'Your Five-a-Day' Jürgen 'Kipper-caccia' Focaccia 5th 'The Baby' Lizzie 'Final Furlong' Focaccia 2nd Pig Banquet Maggie Classic Focaccia 8th 'Things You'd Find in a Rock Pool' Rochica Roast Garlic Focaccia with Tomato, Feta & Pesto 10th Birdcage
Episode 4: Desserts The signature challenge tasked the bakers with making a beautifully decorated pavlova in 2 hours and 45 minutes. For the technical challenge, set by Prue, the bakers were asked to make 4 individual sticky toffee puddings, served with sticky toffee sauce, 2 tuile triangles, and a creme anglaise. The bakers had 90 minutes. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were given the task of making a celebratory joconde imprimé dessert, composed of a highly decorated joconde sponge wrapped around at least 2 elements, in hours. Baker Signature(Pavlova) Technical(4 Sticky Toffee Pudding) Showstopper(Joconde Imprimé Dessert) ResultAmanda 'Chocolate Pav-Love' 8th 'Adam's Temptation' Imprimé Dessert Chigs 3rd Black Forest Imprimé Dessert Crystelle 'Kiwi Lime Pie' Pam-lova 5th 'Una Piña Colada, Por Favor' Freya Peach Melba Vegan Pavlova 6th Chocolate & Orange Imprimé Dessert George Lemon Curd & Biscuit Cream Pavlova 7th Peanut Butter & Chocolate Imprimé Dessert Giuseppe 'Every Day at the Beach' Pavlova 4th Red Fruit & Pistachio Imprimé Dessert Jürgen 'Passover Pavlova' 1st 'Passtyme with Good Companye' Lizzie Easter Pavlova 2nd Liverpool Skyline Imprimé Dessert Maggie Traditional Pavlova 9th Paris Skyline Imprimé Dessert
Episode 5: German The signature challenge tasked the bakers with making 2 types of 12 German biscuits, which needed to be dipped, coated, or decorated, in 2 hours and 15 minutes. For the technical challenge, Prue asked the bakers to make a Prinzregententorte, consisting of eight thin layers of genoises sponge sandwiched with chocolate cream, coated with a shiny chocolate ganache, decorated with rosettes and tempered chocolate crowns, in 2 hours and 45 minutes. The showstopper gave the bakers hours to produce a yeast-leavened cake. The cakes must be at least two-tiered and inspired by the yeasted cakes popular in Germany. Baker Signature(24 German Biscuits) Technical(Prinzregententorte) Showstopper(Yeast Leavened Cake) ResultAmanda Spritzgebäck & Glühweinplätzchen 8th Rum. Plum & Raisin Cake Chigs Marzipan Hausfreunde & Almond Mandelhörnchen 2nd Lemon & Mixed Peel Cake Crystelle Chocolate Engelsaugen & Pistachio Heidesand 7th Bavarian Brioche Freya Lebkuchen & Zimtsterne 5th Upside-down Cake George Cherry Marzipan Biscuits & Aniseed Springerle 6th Chocolate & Tahini Anniversary Cake Giuseppe Bethmännchen & Italian Linzer Augen 1st Amarena Cherry Cake Jürgen 4th Beer Soaked Cake Lizzie Mandelhörnchen & Cheeky Boys 3rd Bavarian Fairy Tale
Episode 6: Pastry For the signature, the bakers were tasked with making 2 batches of glazed or iced chouxnuts: 6 filled and 6 not filled, to be done in 2 hours. For the technical challenge, Paul required the bakers to make a large baklava. They were asked to layer filo pastry with a pistachio and walnut filling, and cut into a star design, in 2 hours and 45 minutes. For the showstopper, the bakers were given the intricate task of making a terrine pie, in hours. The pies needed to have an ornated pastry decoration on the outside and a neat pattern or design when cut open. Baker Signature (12 Chouxnuts) Technical(Large Baklava) Showstopper(Terrine Pie) ResultAmanda Sweet & Savoury Chouxnuts 5th 'Fancy Terrine Pie' Chigs 'Oo La La Chouxnuts' 3rd 'Leicester Pork Pie' Crystelle Mango Maracujá & Miso Caramel Chouxnuts 2nd George Classic Chouxnuts 6th 'Christmas Dinner' Giuseppe Bellissima Chouxnuts 4th 'Laura's Terrine Pie' Jürgen 'Exotic Flavour & 70's Colour' 1st 'Lunch in Freiburg' Lizzie Caramel & Floral Chouxnuts 7th 'Neptune Pie'
Episode 7: Caramel For the first signature challenge, the bakers were required to produce a sharing-sized decorative caramel tart in hours. The technical challenge was set by Paul where the bakers were tasked to make 10 caramel biscuit bars in hour. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were required to make a caramel-flavored dessert with a sugar-work dome or sphere in hours. Baker Signature(Caramel Tart) Technical(10 Caramel Biscuit Bars) Showstopper(Domed or Sphered Caramel Dessert) ResultChigs Chocolate, Coconut & Ginger Caramel Tart 3rd 'Caramel Mistake' Crystelle Apple, Pecan & Miso Caramel Tart 4th 'Grandad Greg's Cactus Garden' George Caramel Custard & Banana Tart 6th Salted Caramel Almond & Hazelnut Dacquoise Giuseppe Apricot & Hazelnut Caramel Tart 1st Salted Caramel & Praline Dessert Jürgen Triple Nut Caramel Delight 2nd 'Caramel Contrasts' Lizzie 'My Tart Will Go On' 5th 'Roses Really Smell Like Caramel'
Episode 8: Free-from (Quarterfinals) For the signature bake, the bakers were given the challenge of baking 8 dairy-free ice cream sandwiches in 3 hours The technical challenge was to make 8 identical vegan sausage rolls accompanied by a sticky red onion chutney in 2 hours. In the showstopper, the bakers needed to make a gluten-free celebration cake with at least two tiers. They were given 4 hours for the bake. Baker Signature(8 Dairy-free Iced Cream Sandwiches) Technical(8 Vegan Sausage Rolls) Showstopper(Gluten-free Celebration Cake) ResultChigs Mum's Tropical Delight 1st Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cake Crystelle Tahini and Miso Coffee Ice Cream Sandwiches 5th 'My Nana's Cascading Dress' Gluten-Free Cake Giuseppe Ginger and Orange Ice Cream Sandwich 2nd Gluten-Free Black Forest Cake Jürgen 'Meet My Favourites' 4th Ultimate Gluten-Free Birthday Cake Lizzie Best Thing About Walks 3rd Gluten-Free ‘Extraordinary' Cake
Episode 9: Pâtisserie (Semifinals) In the semifinal signature challenge, the bakers were tasked to make eight pâtisserie-style layered slices in 3 hours. For the technical bake, set by Prue, the bakers are tasked in making a Sablé Breton Tart, consisting of a sablé breton pastry base, topped with raspberry confiture, piped with pistachio crème mousseline, filled with fresh berries and topped with glided meringue kisses and chocolate curls, all in two hours and forty-five minutes. A themed banquet display consisting of a crafted edible centrepiece surrounded by least twelve individual entremets desserts was set as the showstopper. The bakers were given five hours.
Baker Signature(8 Pâtisserie-style Layered Slices) Technical(Sablé Breton Tart) Showstopper(Themed Banquet Display) ResultChigs 4th 'The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree' Crystelle 3rd 'Tropical Wedding' Entremets Giuseppe 2nd 'Leaning Tower of Pisa' Jürgen Murder at the Opera 1st 'Torii Gate in the Sea'
Episode 10: Final