When is the Bake Off final and who is favourite to win?
THE Great British Bake Off final is just one week away and viewers can’t wait to find out which baker will be crowned the winner.
But who is leading the race and what will their prize be? We have all the details below…
When is the Bake Off final?
The final episode air date and time for the tenth series will take place NEXT TUESDAY (October 29.)
You can catch the final showdown from 8pm-9:15pm on Channel 4 where one lucky baker will be crowned champion.
If you miss any episodes you can catch it again on All 4.
But before we reach the final, the The bakers will be tasked with nailing everything that falls under the patisserie category.
Who is favourite to win Bake Off 2019?
According to the latest odds from Ladbrokes, here’s who is being tipped to win already:
Steph Blackwell – 5/4
Steph is a 28 year old shop assistant, who got into baking thanks to her granddad, who loves homemade bread.
The Chester-native is self-taught and considers herself an “intermediate, still-learning” baker and her passion for sports and wellness inspires her creations.
She likes challenging herself by making her bakes healthier, adding vegetables or fruits, lowering the refined sugar content and prioritising more nutritional fats.
David Atherton – 5/1
David was brought up in Yorkshire, where his mother, who was an avid baker, inspired him to take up baking.
The 36-year-old continued to explore his pastries making abilities when he travelled to Malawi, among other places, as part of his work as a health adviser.
Alice Fevronia – 6/1
Alice, 28, is a geography teacher from London.
At just 15, while recovering from a back operation for scoliosis and no longer able to do sport, she turned her hand to baking.
Rosie Brandreth-Poynter – 8/1
Rosie, 28, is a vet from Somerset.
When she is not performing surgery or on call, she bakes to unwind and treats the practice nurses with some of her creations.
Her go-to bake is patisserie and her baking is inspired by her rural surroundings, from the orchards next door, to the fresh eggs laid by her ducks and chickens.
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What is the Great British Bake Off prize?
With all the drama, sweat and tears that the dedicated bakers go through, you would expect they would be aiming for some grand cash prize, but the answer is no.
The winning prize is just flowers and a cake stand, at least that’s what has happened so far.
Previous Bake Off contestant Martha Collison, who reached the quarter-finals in the 2014 series, confirmed to Barrelhouse: “Everyone is so surprised and thinks there must be some secret cash, but all we really get is a bunch of flowers and a cake stand.
“But then, you also kind of become a national treasure just by doing it because everyone in Britain loves the Bake Off so much.”