Who is in it for the long haul? Who is a cake cannibal? And who is secretly an international super spy? Here’s our entirely factual guide to this year’s bakers
The 15th series of The Great British Bake Off begins next week, ushering in a new season of tents, handshakes and excruciatingly elaborate bakes. As always, 12 would-be star bakers will spend the series attempting to prove their worth. The best way to judge their ability would be to watch the show and discern talent based on output. But we’re all busy people and that would take too long, so let’s judge them the way nature intended: on the basis of the contestant biographies sent out by Channel 4. Here they are, from worst to last.