The farmer's daughter, the hairdresser, the PE teacher and even a super SLIMMER: Meet the desserty dozen trying to avoid a soggy bottom as this year's Great British Bake Off lineup is revealed

Britain's favourite show will return to our screens for a seventh season on August 24, as 12 budding bakers battle it out for the coveted Bake Off crown. 


Millions tuned in to watch Nadiya Hussain win the last series of the BBC's hit show, but with an unprecedented amount of young male bakers standing by their ovens in the Bake Off tent this season - there may be eye candy of a different kind on-screen. The group hoping to impress expert judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood with their passion for pastry and cutting-edge cakes are (pictured, from left to right) Michael, 20, Kate, 37, Andrew, 25, Benjamina, 23, Lee, 67, Rav, 28, Candice, 31, Val, 66, Selasi, 30, Jane, 61, Tom, 26, and Louise, 46.