The Great Canadian Baking Show (season 7)
The seventh season of The Great Canadian Baking Show premiered on CBC Television on October 1, 2023.[1] 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.
The Great Canadian Baking Show | |
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Season 7 | |
Starring | |
Country of origin | Canada |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Release | |
Original network | CBC Television |
Original release | October 1, 2023 |
Season chronology |
Bakers
Baker[2] | Age | Profession | Hometown |
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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 | 32 | 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
Colour key:
- Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
- Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but was not the Star Baker.
- Baker got through to the next round.
- Baker was eliminated.
- Baker was the Star Baker.
- Baker was a season runner-up.
- Baker was the season winner.
Elimination chart | |||||||||||||||
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Baker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
Andrew | |||||||||||||||
Camila | SB | ||||||||||||||
Candice | |||||||||||||||
Heather | SB | ||||||||||||||
Kathy | SB | ||||||||||||||
Loïc | |||||||||||||||
Niv | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Rainier | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Sydney | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Andy | OUT |
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.[3]
Baker | Signature (Patterned roll cake) |
Technical (Boston cream pie) |
Showstopper (Top-forward cake) |
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Andrew | A Taste of the Falls Roll Cake | 8th | Fish Bowl Cake |
Andy | Fallen Greek Column Roll Cake | 10th | Did not compete |
Camila | Bocadillo Con Queso Roll Cake | 6th | World Traveler Cake |
Candice | Spring Roll Cake | 1st | Bizz-Buzz Cake |
Heather | Ancient Scroll Roll Cake | 3rd | Prairie Skies Cake |
Kathy | Swirls and Whirls Roll Cake | 4th | Choose a Hue Cake |
Loïc | Treasure Map Roll Cake | 2nd | A Cake with a View |
Niv | Rock 'n' Roll Cake | 5th | Koala's Paradise Cake |
Rainier | Evil Eye Roll Cake | 9th | Ocean Waves Cake |
Sydney | Poppy the Bunny Roll Cake | 7th | Dream 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 a tower of 24 individual buns, with 12 buns each in two different flavours and with distinct appearances.[4]
Baker | Signature (Cornbread loaf) |
Technical (Rosca de reyes) |
Showstopper (Festival of Buns) |
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Andrew | Make Your Marc Cornbread | 9th | Anniversary Tower |
Camila | Cornbread con Chili | 1st | Advent Tower |
Candice | Chicken Dinner Cornbread | 6th | Tanzanian Picnic |
Heather | Three Sisters Cornbread | 2nd | Bumble Buns & Bun-Shroom Tower |
Kathy | Ode to Mexican Street Corn | 3rd | Flower Tower |
Loïc | Drunk & Corny Cornbread | 5th | Tree of A-Bun-Dance |
Niv | Persian Cornbread | 7th | Monkeying Around the Banana Tree |
Rainier | Mediterranean Cornbread | 8th | Bridal Shower Tower |
Sydney | Seaside Cornbread on the Cob | 4th | Surf & 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.[5] 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.[6]
Baker | Signature (12 Embroidery cookies) |
Technical (12 Kaâk nakache) |
Showstopper (Cookie layer cake) |
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Andrew | Cookie Cocktail | 7th | Big Ol' Carrot |
Camila | Cumbia Cookies | 4th | Berry Tasty Macaron Sandwich |
Candice | Sugar, Spice, My Family is Nice Cookies | 5th | Back in Time for Trifle |
Heather | Plums for Oma | 1st | Midnight Snack Cookie Cake |
Kathy | Cuppa Tea Cookies | 3rd | Out of the Box Cookies n' Lox |
Loïc | Ode to William Morris | 2nd | Macaron Charlotte |
Niv | Cookie Tapestry | 8th | Orchard of Cookies |
Rainier | Proud Peacock Cookies | 6th | Tall, 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.[7] For the showstopper, the bakers had three hours to make a fruit tile tart, decorating the tart with an precise and eyecatching geometric design made of fruit tiles set upon two layers of filling.[8]
Baker | Signature (8 Pide) |
Technical (12 Thousand-layer taro mooncakes) |
Showstopper (Fruit tile tart) |
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Andrew | Party Favourite Pide | 5th | Fruit Explosion Tart |
Camila | French Onion Pide | 2nd | Sunny Day Salpicón Tart |
Candice | Asparagus-Obsessed Pide | 4th | Tropical Dream Tart |
Heather | Home-Grown Harvest Pide | 1st | Northern Lights Fruit Tart |
Kathy | Peppy Pepper Pide | 3rd | Crickets & Quilts Fruit Tart |
Loïc | Wild Harvest Pide | 7th | Throwback Tile Tart |
Niv | Kashke Bademjan Pide | 6th | Nuclear Trefoil Fruit Tart |
References
- "The Great Canadian Baking Show returns to CBC this fall". CBC. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 13, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- "Meet the newest bakers to compete in the tent on Season 7 of CBC's The Great Canadian Baking Show". CBC Life. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 1, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- "CBC Gem". gem.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- "CBC Gem". gem.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- "Kaak Nakache". CBC Life. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
- "CBC Gem". gem.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
- "Thousand Layer Taro Mooncakes". CBC Life. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- "CBC Gem". gem.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-23.