Great British Bake Off 2018: Meet the bakersPublished21 August 2018Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Get your bake on: Noel Fielding, Sandi Toksvig, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood return for another year of baking mayhem in the big tent. Check out this year's hopefuls for the Bake Off crown!Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Manon, 26, is a software project manager from London. French-born Manon says that the Great British Bake Off was the first show she watched when she moved to the UK!Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Antony, 30, from London is a banker. He says his friends will be surprised to see him on the show.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Terry, 56, is a retired air steward from the West Midlands. He said he wanted to "shake [life] up a bit" by taking part in Bake Off.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Jon, 47, from Newport is a blood courier. He says he loves baking as much as he can, particularly when his kids are at school so he has the house to himself.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Luke, 30, from Sheffield is a civil servant and DJ! He only started watching Great British Bake Off two years ago.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Briony, 33, a full-time parent from Bristol says she is looking forward to making her family proud.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Karen, 60, is an in-store sampling assistant from West Yorkshire. She says that being a part of Bake Off has been "freeing" and says her daughters encouraged her to take part.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Imelda, 33, is a countryside recreation officer from County Tyrone. She says she is looking forward to challenging herself and to meeting new people.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Kim-Joy, 27, from Leeds is a mental health specialist. She says she never felt confident enough to apply but her friends encouraged her to go for it.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Dan, 36, from London works as a dad full-time. Now that his kids are all in school he says he wants to spend more time on his passion - baking.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Rahul, 30, is a research scientist from Rotherham. He says lots of his friends and colleagues will be surprised to see him in the tent.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, Ruby, 29, is a project manager from London, and is another secret baker. She says she only started baking recently so thinks lots of people will be surprised when they see her on the show.Image source, Love ProductionsImage caption, The Great British Bake Off will begin on Tuesday 28 August on Channel 4 at 8pm. Best of luck to this year's Bake Off contestants!More on this storyGrab your spatulas! It's time for Great British Bake OffPublished28 August 2018Did the right person win Bake Off?Published2 November 2017How you reacted to the new Bake Off series. Video, 00:01:45How you reacted to the new Bake Off seriesPublished30 August 20171:45