Great Australian Bake Off 8x2

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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

8x2: Bread Week
The amateur bakers aim to make the best loaves in bread week. They make signature bread sticks, a Zopf and showstopping scored and painted loaves.

signature challenge: 24 savoury bread sticks with a dipping sauce
who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Adrian - braided black garlic and sesame grissini with ricotta & mortadella pâté
Arvin - garlic & onion bread sticks with caramelised chicken liver dip and red wine shallot dip
Dimi - coriander and sea salt twisted grissini with spicy beetroot dip
Elliot - raisin and coriander seed bread sticks with roasted red capsicum dip
Jaden - saltbush & thyme bread sticks with pineapple tomato chutney
Jason - honey, sesame, and caraway grissini with whipped feta harissa dip
Laurina - dill, lemon, poppyseed, and carraway twisted bread sticks with smoked salmon and sundried tomato dip
Melisa - baobab bread sticks with peanut butter porridge
Molly - prosciutto, feta, parmesan, and blue cheese twisted bread sticks with blue cheese & fig dip
Ryan - corn chip grissini with guacamole, salsa, and queso
Vicki - twisted rosemary parmesan garlic bread sticks with bacon & caramelized onion dip

technical challenge: orange blossom Zopf with roasted vanilla chantilly cream
ranking: [Spoiler (click to open)]
1 - Melisa
2 - Adrian
3 - Jaden
4 - Molly
5 - Vicki
6 - Elliot
7 - Laurina
8 - Ryan
9 - Dimi
10 - Arvin
11 - Jason

showstopper challenge: 2 scored & painted loaves
who made what: [Spoiler (click to open)]
Adrian - astrology loaves with lemon fennel bread and olive bread
Arvin - parol loaves with beer-infused white dough
Dimi - Mexican fiesta loaves with jalapeño bread
Elliot - picnic loaves with sourdough
Jaden - traditional bush damper with oregano and roasted wattleseed
Jason - Mexican street corn inspired loaves with charred corn, jalapeño, and cheese bread
Laurina - sunflower loaves with rye bread
Melisa - Zyivo loaves with finger millet and baobab
Molly - mandala loaves with olive bread
Ryan - day of the dead loaves with pumpkin bread and cranberry bread
Vicki - bee loaves with honey oat bread

star baker: [Spoiler (click to open)] Jason
https://instagram.com/p/DAX3SMhNxO4

eliminated: [Spoiler (click to open)] Vicki

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