Series 8 of The Great British Bake Off aired between 29 August and 31 October 2017. 12 bakers participated this season.
About[]
The eighth series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on 29 August 2017. Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig presented the show for the first time. Paul Hollywood returned as judge, and Prue Leith joined him.
The winner of the Great British Bake Off Series 8 was Sophie Faldo.
Contestants[]
| Baker | Age | Occupation | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Geiger | 50 | Software developer | Bristol |
| Flo Atkins | 71 | Retire | Merseyside |
| James Hillery | 46 | Banker | Brentwood, Essex |
| Julia Chernogorova | 21 | Aviation Broker | Crawley, West Sussex |
| Kate Lyon | 29 | Health and safety inspector | Merseyside |
| Liam Charles | 19 | Student | North London |
| Peter Abatan | 52 | IT programme manager | Southend, Essex |
| Sophie Faldo | 33 | Former army officer and trainee stuntwoman | West Molesey, Surrey |
| Stacey Hart | 42 | Former school teacher | Radlett, Hertfordshire |
| Steven Carter-Bailey | 34 | Marketer | Watford, Hertfordshire |
| Tom Hetherington | 29 | Architect | Edinburgh |
| Chuen-Yan "Yan" Tsou | 46 | Laboratory research scientist | North London |
Contestant progress[]
| Elimination chart | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| Sophie | STAR | STAR | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Kate | STAR | RUNNER-UP | |||||||||||||
| Steven | STAR | STAR | STAR | RUNNER-UP | |||||||||||
| Stacey | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Liam | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Yan | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Julia | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||||
| James | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Tom | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Flo | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Chris | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Peter | 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