The Great Australian Bake Off season 8 premiere

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Judges Rachel Khoo and Darren Purchese return along with hosts Natalie Tran and Cal Wilson.

note: this is the last season that co-host Cal Wilson filmed before she died of cancer



meet the bakers


Adrian Barila
Age: 28
Occupation: Theatre Performer



Arvin Garcia
Age: 36
Occupation: Nurse



Dimi Jayawardene
Age: 40
Occupation: Early Childhood Teacher



Elliot Styche
Age: 34
Occupation: Singing Teacher



Jaden Briggs
Age: 30
Occupation: K’gari Tour Guide



Jason Verner
Age: 34
Occupation: Bartender



Jill Carnovale
Age: 70
Occupation: Retired



Laurina Bowlen
Age: 36
Occupation: 50s Dress Designer



Melisa Chilimanzi
Age: 30
Occupation: Digital Manager



Molly Cameron
Age: 16
Occupation: School Student



Ryan Fiedler
Age: 29
Occupation: Learning Coordinator



Vicki Priest
Age: 43
Occupation: Government Officer

8x1: Cake Week

signature challenge: pull apart cake
who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Adrian - paint palette with orange cupcakes, macaron base, marmalade filling, swiss meringue buttercream
Arvin - Kamayan feast with banana leaf base, chocolate cupcakes, coffee buttercream, walnuts, fondant food
Dimi - field of flowers with blueberry cupcakes, lemon curd, buttercream roses, almond flakes, coconut
Elliot - treble clef with orange cupcakes, orange blossom mascarpone cream cheese icing, poppy seeds, fondant stars
Jaden - turtle with desert oak and tamarind cupcakes, wattle seeds, bunya nuts, macademias, sugar bog bush honey
Jason - moonlight galaxy with lemon cupcakes, raspberry coulis, vanilla cream cheese icing
Jill - flamingo with pink vanilla cupcakes, vanilla buttercream, fondant
Laurina - retro caravan with blueberry cupcakes, white chocolate American buttercream
Melisa - kinky hair with coffee infused chocolate cupcakes, raspberry compote, cocoa buttercream
Molly - blooming heart with raspberry cupcakes, passionfruit curd, swiss meringue buttercream, hand piped flowers
Ryan - shark with chai cupcakes, honey swiss meringue buttercream
Vicki - mermaid tail with vanilla cupcakes, salted caramel filling, white chocolate buttercream, brown sugar

technical challenge: passionfruit chiffon cake with torched swiss meringue and passionfruit curd
ranking: [Spoiler (click to open)]
1 - Adrian
2 - Arvin
3 - Jason
4 - Molly
5 - Jill
6 - Elliot
7 - Dimi
8 - Melisa
9 - Vicki
10 - Ryan
11 - Laurina
12 - Jaden

showstopper challenge: two tier birthday cake
who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)]

Adrian - disco shag cake with limoncello soaked vanilla sponge, raspberry lemon curd, toasted swiss meringue buttercream, tempered chocolate
Arvin - vanilla sponge, raspberry jam, cream cheese frosting, white chocolate ganache, fondant flowers
Dimi - Sri Lankan inspired carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, cardamom caramel, macaron tower, wafer flowers
Elliot - vintage pistachio cake, lemon swiss meringue buttercream, fresh raspberries, kafir
Jaden - vanilla sponge, candied desert limes, macademia nuts, toasted coconut buttercream
Jason - Australian wattle and Canadian mountains cake with orange chocolate cake, espresso chocolate ganache, swiss meringue buttercream
Jill - pina colada with rum infused vanilla cake, pineapple jam, coconut buttercream, fondant tropical beach scene
Laurina - cactus cake with chocolate cake, chocolate coconut ganache, fondant
Melisa - Zimbabwe inspired cake with Zumbani tea infused cake, buttercream, fondant maps of Africa and Australia, gold chocolate elephant
Molly - coffee buttercream, coconut caramel, chocolate crackle, rice paper and isomalt sails
Ryan - donut explosion with cinnamon nutmeg cake, strawberry rhubarb Davidson plum jam, apple & cinnamon donuts
Vicki - chocolate cake, raspberry buttercream, white chocolate raspberry shards, marbled fondant

star baker: [Spoiler (click to open)]Molly
eliminated: [Spoiler (click to open)]Jill

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