The Great British Bake Off 2025 Cast Revealed — Meet The Most Talked-About Lineup Yet

Autumn is here, the tent is open, and the ovens are preheating: The Great British Bake Off is back. A fresh batch of bakers hits the white tent with Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith setting the traps, sorry, challenges. And if you believe Paul, this lot came in hot.

"I think this is an exceptional year. I think the standard of the baking has been phenomenal... Proper borderline-professional from the off."

The new season kicks off Tuesday 2 September at 8pm on Channel 4. Here is who you will be watching stress over caramel threading and collapsing mousses, and yes, there is an 'Iain from Belfast' in the mix. Make of that what you will.

The 2025 bakers

• Aaron, 38, London – Senior systems architect: French patisserie with Caribbean flair is his comfort zone, and lately he is folding in Asian flavors like miso and yuzu, especially in tidy little mono-portion desserts. When he is not baking, he is cycling the city, teaching himself French, lifting at the gym, or studying toward a Master’s.
• Hassan, 30, South Yorkshire – Analytical R&D scientist: True to the job title, he researches his bakes like a project plan. He leans into his Pakistani heritage with praline and nutty profiles that echo classic Asian sweets. Off the clock: gaming, the gym, and regular quiz nights.
• Iain, 29, Belfast – Software engineer: Combines live music fandom with sourdough by etching album cover art onto his loaves. Flavor-wise he keeps things classic but twists them with fermented fruits and vegetables. His stated mission: rewrite the Bake Off legacy of 'Iain from Belfast'.
• Jasmine, 23, London – Medical student: Baking is her creative outlet. She is big on fresh, seasonal ingredients and time-tested flavor pairings. Learned the basics of breads and cakes from her mum and aunts, and grew up batch baking for big family holidays.
• Jessika, 32, London – Service designer: Gift-giving is her baking love language. She will quietly collect intel on a friend’s tastes for months, then drop a made-to-measure birthday entremet. Her signatures mash up bold ideas like salted mango caramel with dark chocolate mousse. When she is not baking, she is skating, cycling, or performing as her Drag King persona. And yes, it is Jessika with a k.
• Leighton, 59, Surrey – Software delivery manager: Plays with Welsh, British, and American staples. Personal hits include Welsh cakes with peanut butter and a Victoria sponge stuffed with key lime pie filling. He calls himself a weekend baker for friends, family, and coworkers who never expected to actually make it into the tent.
• Lesley, 59, Kent – Hairdresser: Forty-five years on the salon floor, and regulars know a trim often comes with a slice. She started baking at 10, taught by her grandmother and aunt, and never stopped.
• Nadia, 41, Liverpool – Hairdresser: Her Italian chef dad is the north star, so expect rustic, soulful flavors. She found out she made the show while working in her salon and had to keep a straight face mid-appointment instead of yelling, which feels like a technical challenge all its own.
• Nataliia, 32, East Yorkshire – Office assistant: Learned from her grandmother using recipes passed down through generations. She still leans on those traditions, then weaves them into British classics with honey, poppy seeds, and warm spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. (If you saw a different spelling somewhere: this is the one used in her bio.)
• Pui Man, 51, Essex – Bridal designer: Brings dressmaker-level attention to detail to her bakes. She rediscovered baking during lockdown and never looked back. Her bakes are as bold as they are pretty. When she manages to step away from the mixer, you will probably find her knitting at the pub.
• Toby, 29, Warwickshire – Business development executive: Minimalist and health-leaning, he sticks to classics because, well, they are classics. Bread is his real passion, and he bakes a different loaf every day, so Bread Week should be his playground.
• Tom, 31, London – Creative entrepreneur: Grew up baking scones and flapjacks with his mum and grandmother. After stepping back from the ad agency he founded, he reconnected with baking and channels that creative energy into very polished presentation.

So, what to expect?

Paul is already calling this group borderline pro from day one, which usually means the early weeks will be more 'oh no, the freezer' and less 'what is a genoise?' Either way, the tent is full of personality: someone ices album art onto sourdough, someone else moonlights as a Drag King, and there is a knitter who prefers to purl with a pint. Should be fun.

The Great British Bake Off returns Tuesday 2 September at 8pm on Channel 4.