Series 3 of The Great British Bake Off aired between August 14 and October 16 2012. For the first time, the finalists were all male.
About[]
The third series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on Tuesday 14 August 2012. The series was filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. Seven thousand applied for the competition and twelve contestants were chosen. For the first time, all three finalists were male: Brendan Lynch, John Whaite and James Morton. The competition was won by John Whaite.
Contestants[]
| Baker | Age | Occupation | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Lynch | 63 | Recruitment consultant | Sutton Coldfield |
| Cathryn Dresser | 27 | Shop assistant | Pease Pottage, West Sussex |
| Danny Bryden | 45 | Intensive care consultant | Sheffield |
| James Morton | 21 | Medical student | Hillswick, Shetland Islands |
| John Whaite | 23 | Law student | Wigan |
| Manisha Parmar | 27 | Nursery nurse | Leicester |
| Natasha Stringer | 36 | Midwife | Tamworth, Staffordshire |
| Peter Maloney | 43 | Sales manager | Windsor, Berkshire |
| Ryan Chong | 38 | Photographer | Bristol |
| Sarah-Jane Willis | 28 | Vicar's wife | Bewbush, West Sussex |
| Victoria Chester | 50 | CEO of the charity Plantlife | Somerset |
| Stuart Marston-Smith | 26 | PE teacher | Lichfield, Staffordshire |
Contestant Progress[]
| Elimination chart | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| John | STAR | Winner | ||||||||||||||
| Brendan | STAR | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||||
| James | STAR | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Danny | STAR | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Cathryn | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Ryan | STAR | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Sarah-Jane | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Manisha | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Stuart | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Victoria | STAR | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Peter | OUT | |||||||||||||||
| Natasha | OUT | |||||||||||||||
Colour key:
- – Baker was the star baker
- – Baker got through to the next round
- – Baker was eliminated
- – Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated
- – Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week
- – Baker was the series winner
- - Baker did not compete due to illness
Episodes[]
- Episode 1: Cakes
- Episode 2: Bread
- Episode 3: Tarts
- Episode 4: Desserts
- Episode 5: Pies
- Episode 6: Puddings
- Episode 7: Sweet Dough
- Episode 8: Biscuits
- Episode 9: Pâtisserie
- Episode 10: Final