Get your spatulas at the ready, The Great Kiwi Bake Off is back for a cake-tastic third series! But this time around the show will have a new home on TVNZ 1, launching on Thursday 14th October, at 7.30pm. 

Madeleine Sami and Hayley Sproull return to hosting duties, while Kiwi baking legends Dean Brettschneider and Sue Fleischl are back to sort the best bakers from the rest. 

This year, a brand-new batch of the country’s best amateur bakers prepare to do baking battle. Our 10 bakers tackle three challenging cooks in each 90-minute episode, taking on a Technical, Signature and Showstopper bake. 

The bakers eying up the coveted title are: 

Alby Hailes, 26, Whangarei 

Christina Fehlmann, 30, Hamilton 

Courtnay Fatetia, 27, Masterton 

Gabriel Weibl, 43, Timaru 

Hamish Russell, 32, Auckland 

Jasmin Hohaia, 35, Auckland 

Pera Bella Tipene, 53, Tauranga 

Teniqua Jones, 29, Hamilton 

Thomas Anderson, 38, Auckland 

Wendy Banks, 43, Queenstown  

They’re ready to prove that they have what it takes to win, but it won’t be easy!  

The Great Kiwi Bake Off premieres Thursday 14th October, 7.30pm on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ OnDemand.  

The Great Kiwi Bake Off is made even sweeter with the help of our Broadcast Sponsor New World, and Proud Partners Lindt, Lewis Road Creamery, Stevens, Pams, Queen, Fisher and Paykel, and Harvey Norman.