10 Canadian bakers battle it out in season 8 of hit baking competition show
Published Sep 10, 2024 • 2 minute read
Two B.C. bakers have been chosen to battle it out in Season 8 of The Great Canadian Baking Show.
CBC announced on Sept. 10 the latest batch of 10 Canadian bakers that will be introduced to audiences when the hit reality competition show returns on Oct. 6.
Jen Childs, a bookkeeper from Esquimalt and Marcus Tam, a tax manager from Vancouver will be in the mix and attempting to win the top prize and follow in the footsteps of fellow B.C.’er and Season 7 winner Loïc Fauteux-Goulet a francophone high school teacher from Creston.
Season 8 will consist of eight episodes and include several new themed weeks. Comedians, actors, writers and Second City alumni, Alan Shane Lewis and Ann Pornel return as hosts, alongside top-notch pastry chefs and expert judges Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley.
Based on the beloved British format, each episode features the bakers competing in three challenges — the Signature Bake, the Technical Bake, and the Show Stopper. Once their dishes have been tasted and critiqued, the judges will decide who will be the week’s Star Baker and who will be sent home. In the final episode, the remaining three bakers will face off for the coveted cake plate and the title of Canada’s best amateur baker.
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New episodes will be available to stream weekly on Sundays on CBC Gem starting at 6 a.m., followed by broadcast on CBC TV at 8 p.m.
The 10 bakers mixing it up in season 8:
Christine Campbell, 46, a customer service rep from Saint John
Elora Khanom, 42, an ecommerce process assistant from Edmonton
Erica Schell (she/they), an ecologist from Calgary
Guillaume Boivin, 35, a psychologist from Saguenay, QC
Jen Childs, a bookkeeper from Esquimalt
Marcus Tam, 30, a tax manager from Vancouver
Pamela Kramer, 34, a cooperative education teacher from Stayner, ON
Patty De Guia, 50, a stay-at-home cat mom from Toronto
Réjean Mayer, 58, a retired communications manager from Ottawa
Rita Vathje, 59, a retiree from Calgary
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