The seventh season of The Great Canadian Baking Show premiered on CBC Television on October 1, 2023. As with previous seasons, ten amateur bakers will compete over eight weeks of challenges, vying for the title. Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis return for their fourth season as hosts. Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley return for their seventh and fifth seasons respectively as judges.

Bakers Baker Age Profession Hometown Andrew Evers 40 Public Service Manager Toronto, ON Andy Bui 30 Mental health nurse practitioner Montreal, QC Camila García Hernández 28 Software developer Toronto, ON Candice Riley 48 Partner at a tech firm Brampton, ON Heather Allen 40 Literacy educator Winnipeg, MB Katherine "Kathy" Neiman 57 Retired professor Leduc, AB Loïc Fauteux-Goulet 33 High school teacher Creston, BC Niv Saberi 31 Full-time parent Port Elgin, ON Rainier Maksoud 29 Business analyst Laval, QC Sydney Hayden 23 Student Halifax, NS

Results summary

Elimination chart Baker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Loïc SB WINNER Candice Runner Up Camila SB SB Runner Up Andrew SB OUT Heather SB OUT KathySB OUT Niv OUT Rainier OUT SydneyOUT AndyOUT

Episodes Baker eliminated Star Baker Winner

Episode 1: Cake Week For their first signature challenge, the bakers were given two hours to create a roll cake with a distinct pattern baked into the sponge cake. In the technical challenge set by Kyla, the bakers had an hour and 45 minutes to bake a Boston cream pie. For the showstopper, the bakers had three and a half hours to make a top-forward cake - a decorated cake that stands on its side.

+BakerSignature(Patterned roll cake)Technical(Boston cream pie)Showstopper(Top-forward cake)Andrew A Taste of the Falls Roll Cake8thFish Bowl CakeAndy Fallen Greek Column Roll Cake 10thDid not competeCamilaBocadillo Con Queso Roll Cake 6thWorld Traveler CakeCandiceSpring Roll Cake1stBizz-Buzz CakeHeatherAncient Scroll Roll Cake3rdPrairie Skies CakeKathySwirls and Whirls Roll Cake4thChoose a Hue CakeLoïcTreasure Map Roll Cake2ndA Cake with a ViewNivRock 'n' Roll Cake5thKoala's Paradise CakeRainierEvil Eye Roll Cake9thOcean Waves CakeSydneyPoppy the Bunny Roll Cake7thDream Come True Cake

Episode 2: Bread Week For the signature challenge, the bakers were given 1 hour and 45 minutes bake a loaf of cornbread, enhanced with unique flavours, and accompanied with a condiment made by the bakers. For the technical challenge set by Kyla, the bakers had to make a rosca de reyes, "Three Kings Bread", crowned with candied fruit and decorated with coloured cookie stripes, in 2 hours. For the showstopper, inspired by the Cheung Chau Bun Festival in Hong Kong, the bakers had four hours to bake a "Festival of Buns" consisting of a tower of 24 individual buns, with 12 buns each in two different flavours and with distinct appearances.

+BakerSignature(Cornbread loaf)Technical(Rosca de reyes)Showstopper(Festival of Buns)Andrew Make Your Marc Cornbread9thAnniversary TowerCamilaCornbread con Chili 1stAdvent TowerCandiceChicken Dinner Cornbread6thTanzanian PicnicHeatherThree Sisters Cornbread2ndBumble Buns & Bun-Shroom TowerKathyOde to Mexican Street Corn3rdFlower TowerLoïcDrunk & Corny Cornbread5thTree of A-Bun-DanceNivPersian Cornbread7thMonkeying Around the Banana TreeRainierMediterranean Cornbread8thBridal Shower TowerSydneySeaside Cornbread on the Cob4thSurf & Turf Tower

Episode 3: Cookie Week For the signature challenge, the bakers were given 2 hours to bake a dozen embroidery cookies, carefully piped cookies decorated with royal icing to resemble embroidered patterns. For the technical challenge set by Bruno, the bakers had 1 hour and 30 minutes to bake 12 kaâk nakache, sculpted ring-shaped cookies from Algeria, flavoured with orange blossom water, cinnamon, and cloves, filled with spiced date paste, and decorated with a crimping pattern. For the showstopper, the bakers had three hours and 30 minutes to make a cookie layer cake, consisting of at least four layers, and alternating layers of any type of cookie and filling.

+BakerSignature(12 Embroidery cookies)Technical(12 Kaâk nakache)Showstopper(Cookie layer cake)Andrew Cookie Cocktail7thBig Ol' CarrotCamilaCumbia Cookies4thBerry Tasty Macaron SandwichCandiceSugar, Spice, My Family is Nice Cookies5thBack in Time for TrifleHeatherPlums for Oma1stMidnight Snack Cookie CakeKathyCuppa Tea Cookies3rdOut of the Box Cookies n' LoxLoïcOde to William Morris2ndMacaron CharlotteNivCookie Tapestry8thOrchard of CookiesRainierProud Peacock Cookies6thTall, Dark, & Mysterious Cookie Cake

Episode 4: Harvest Week For the first ever Harvest Week, the bakers were given 1 hour and 45 minutes to produce 8 pide, a yeast-based Turkish stuffed flatbread, with a vegetable-based filling, for their signature challenge. In the technical challenge set by Bruno, the bakers had to make a dozen thousand-layer taro mooncakes, a Chinese dessert commonly enjoyed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, in 2 hours and 15 minutes. The variation calls for a flaky spiral layered crust with two different doughs and a taro and salted duck egg yolk filling. For the showstopper, the bakers had three hours to make a fruit tile tart, decorating the tart with a precise and eyecatching geometric design made of fruit tiles set upon two layers of filling.

+BakerSignature(8 Pide)Technical(12 Thousand-layer taro mooncakes)Showstopper(Fruit tile tart)Andrew Party Favourite Pide5thFruit Explosion TartCamilaFrench Onion Pide2ndSunny Day Salpicón TartCandiceAsparagus-Obsessed Pide4thTropical Dream TartHeatherHome-Grown Harvest Pide1stNorthern Lights Fruit TartKathyPeppy Pepper Pide3rdCrickets & Quilts Fruit TartLoïcWild Harvest Pide7thThrowback Tile TartNivKashke Bademjan Pide6thNuclear Trefoil Fruit Tart

Episode 5: Old School Week For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked with making 10 toaster pastries in 2 hours. For the technical challenge set by Kyla, the bakers had two and a half hours to make a knafeh, a Middle East dessert with a Palestinian origin, made of strips of phyllo-like dough, a filling of roasted pistachios and akkawi cheese, and soaked in a rose water syrup. In the showstopper, the bakers had 4 hours to produce a two-tiered kitsch cake - highly decorated cakes with elaborately piped buttercream.

+BakerSignature(10 Toaster pastries)Technical(Knafeh)Showstopper(Kitsch cake)Andrew Chocolate Orange Stocking Stuffer6thNifty Shake Shoppe Kitsch CakeCamilaMango Chamoy Toaster Pastry4thBreak the Mold Kitsch CakeCandiceFalling for Pumpkin Spice Latte Toaster Pastry3rdNight at the Opera Kitsch CakeHeatherWeihnachsmarkt Toaster Pastry5thForest of Love Kitsch CakeKathyBologna for Breakfast Pastry2ndGroovy 70's Kitsch CakeLoïcRad Mixtape Toaster Pastry1stKitchiest of Birds Cake

Episode 6: Spice Week For the first-ever Spice Week, the bakers had 2 hours to bake ras malai cake slices, a modern adaptation of ras malai with an eggless sponge cake soaked in a spiced milk and incorporating chhena soaked in spiced malai, for their signature challenge. For the technical challenge, the bakers had to make 12 Jamaican patties in 2 hours. In the showstopper, the bakers had 4 hours to build a cookie architectural wonder, a structure constructed from two types of spice-forward cookies.

+BakerSignature(Ras malai cake)Technical(12 Jamaican patties)Showstopper(Spice cookie architectural wonder)Andrew Raspberry Saffron Ras Malai Cake4thDutch TreatCamilaChocolate with Cheese Ras Malai Cake2ndBalcony in BogotáCandiceMasala Chai Ras Malai Cake5thFaces of HomeHeatherCrab Apple Ras Malai Cake3rdNotions & Potions ShopLoïcHorchata Ras Malai Cake1stCookie Frigate

Episode 7: Patisserie Week For the signature challenge, the bakers had 2 hours and 15 minutes to bake 10 religieuse. In the technical challenge set by Bruno, the bakers had to make a postre chajá, an Uruguayan cake with layers of peach syrup soaked sponge and chantilly cream, and decorated with crunchy meringue and poached peach slices, in 2 hours and 15 minutes. In the showstopper, the bakers had 4 hours to make an entremet display, consisting of 24 entremets in two different flavours.

+BakerSignature(10 Religieuse)Technical(Postre chajá)Showstopper(Entremet display)Andrew Doggone Religieuses4thBeach Day EntremetsCamilaRibbiting Religieuses3rdBird's Nest EntremetsCandiceWelsh Rabbit Religieuses1stWine 'n' Dine EntremetsLoïcFun Guy Fungi Religieuses2ndCritter-ful Entremets

Episode 8: Finale For the signature challenge, the bakers had 2 hours to bake a torta diplomatica, or a diplomatic cake, an Italian dessert made of layers of puff pastry, ladyfingers, and creme diplomat. In the technical challenge, the bakers had to make a passion fruit mille-crêpe cake, with creme légère between layers, in 2 hours. As an additional challenge, the crepes were to be layered in an ombré fade pattern with the darkest layer at the bottom to lightest at the top, with a larger crepe to wrap around the entire cake and a tempered white chocolate collar. In the showstopper, the bakers had four and a half hours to create an anti-gravity cake, an illusion cake which appears to be suspended through concealed supports.

+BakerSignature(Torta diplomatica)Technical(Passion fruit mille-crêpes cake)Showstopper(Anti-Gravity cake)CamilaCoffee & Caramel Torta Diplomatica3rdLife StoryCandiceApple Pie Torta Diplomatica1stFamily GardenLoïcBackyard Torta Diplomatica2ndUnderwater Oasis

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