The Great Canadian Baking Show
Season 7
Starring
Country of originCanada
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkCBC Television
Original releaseOctober 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)
Season chronology

The seventh season of The Great Canadian Baking Show premiered on CBC Television on October 1, 2023.[1] As with previous seasons, ten amateur bakers will compete over eight weeks of challenges, vying for the title. Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis return for their fourth season as hosts. Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley return for their seventh and fifth seasons respectively as judges.

Bakers

Baker[2] Age Profession Hometown
Andrew Evers40Public Service ManagerToronto, ON
Andy Bui30Mental health nurse practitionerMontreal, QC
Camila García Hernández28Software developerToronto, ON
Candice Riley48Partner at a tech firmBrampton, ON
Heather Allen40Literacy educatorWinnipeg, MB
Katherine "Kathy" Neiman57Retired professorLeduc, AB
Loïc Fauteux-Goulet33High school teacherCreston, BC
Niv Saberi31Full-time parentPort Elgin, ON
Rainier Maksoud29Business analystLaval, QC
Sydney Hayden23StudentHalifax, NS

Results summary

Colour key:

  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, but was not the Star Baker.
  Baker got through to the next round.
  Baker was eliminated.
  Baker was the Star Baker.
  Baker was a season runner-up.
  Baker was the season winner.
Elimination chart
Baker12345678
Loïc SB WINNER
Candice Runner Up
Camila SB SB Runner Up
Andrew SB OUT
Heather SB OUT
Kathy SB OUT
Niv OUT
Rainier OUT
Sydney OUT
Andy OUT

Episodes

  Baker eliminated
  Star Baker
  Winner

Episode 1: Cake Week

For their first signature challenge, the bakers were given two hours to create a roll cake with a distinct pattern baked into the sponge cake. In the technical challenge set by Kyla, the bakers had an hour and 45 minutes to bake a Boston cream pie. For the showstopper, the bakers had three and a half hours to make a top-forward cake - a decorated cake that stands on its side.[3]

Baker Signature
(Patterned roll cake)
Technical
(Boston cream pie)
Showstopper
(Top-forward cake)
Andrew A Taste of the Falls Roll Cake 8th Fish Bowl Cake
Andy Fallen Greek Column Roll Cake 10th Did not compete
Camila Bocadillo Con Queso Roll Cake 6th World Traveler Cake
Candice Spring Roll Cake 1st Bizz-Buzz Cake
Heather Ancient Scroll Roll Cake 3rd Prairie Skies Cake
Kathy Swirls and Whirls Roll Cake 4th Choose a Hue Cake
Loïc Treasure Map Roll Cake 2nd A Cake with a View
Niv Rock 'n' Roll Cake 5th Koala's Paradise Cake
Rainier Evil Eye Roll Cake 9th Ocean Waves Cake
Sydney Poppy the Bunny Roll Cake 7th Dream Come True Cake

Episode 2: Bread Week

For the signature challenge, the bakers were given 1 hour and 45 minutes bake a loaf of cornbread, enhanced with unique flavours, and accompanied with a condiment made by the bakers. For the technical challenge set by Kyla, the bakers had to make a rosca de reyes, "Three Kings Bread", crowned with candied fruit and decorated with coloured cookie stripes, in 2 hours. For the showstopper, inspired by the Cheung Chau Bun Festival in Hong Kong, the bakers had four hours to bake a "Festival of Buns" consisting a tower of 24 individual buns, with 12 buns each in two different flavours and with distinct appearances.[4]

Baker Signature
(Cornbread loaf)
Technical
(Rosca de reyes)
Showstopper
(Festival of Buns)
Andrew Make Your Marc Cornbread 9th Anniversary Tower
Camila Cornbread con Chili 1st Advent Tower
Candice Chicken Dinner Cornbread 6th Tanzanian Picnic
Heather Three Sisters Cornbread 2nd Bumble Buns & Bun-Shroom Tower
Kathy Ode to Mexican Street Corn 3rd Flower Tower
Loïc Drunk & Corny Cornbread 5th Tree of A-Bun-Dance
Niv Persian Cornbread 7th Monkeying Around the Banana Tree
Rainier Mediterranean Cornbread 8th Bridal Shower Tower
Sydney Seaside Cornbread on the Cob 4th Surf & Turf Tower

For the signature challenge, the bakers were given 2 hours to bake a dozen embroidery cookies, carefully piped cookies decorated with royal icing to resemble embroidered patterns. For the technical challenge set by Bruno, the bakers had 1 hour and 30 minutes to bake 12 kaâk nakache, sculpted ring-shaped cookies from Algeria, flavoured with orange blossom water, cinnamon, and cloves, filled with spiced date paste, and decorated with a crimping pattern.[5] For the showstopper, the bakers had three hours and 30 minutes to make a cookie layer cake, consisting of at least four layers, and alternating layers of any type of cookie and filling.[6]

Baker Signature
(12 Embroidery cookies)
Technical
(12 Kaâk nakache)
Showstopper
(Cookie layer cake)
Andrew Cookie Cocktail 7th Big Ol' Carrot
Camila Cumbia Cookies 4th Berry Tasty Macaron Sandwich
Candice Sugar, Spice, My Family is Nice Cookies 5th Back in Time for Trifle
Heather Plums for Oma 1st Midnight Snack Cookie Cake
Kathy Cuppa Tea Cookies 3rd Out of the Box Cookies n' Lox
Loïc Ode to William Morris 2nd Macaron Charlotte
Niv Cookie Tapestry 8th Orchard of Cookies
Rainier Proud Peacock Cookies 6th Tall, Dark, & Mysterious Cookie Cake

Episode 4: Harvest Week

For the first ever Harvest Week, the bakers were given 1 hour and 45 minutes to produce 8 pide, a yeast-based Turkish stuffed flatbread, with a vegetable-based filling, for their signature challenge. In the technical challenge set by Bruno, the bakers had to make a dozen thousand-layer taro mooncakes, a Chinese dessert commonly enjoyed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, in 2 hours and 15 minutes. The variation calls for a flaky spiral layered crust with two different doughs and a taro and salted duck egg yolk filling.[7] For the showstopper, the bakers had three hours to make a fruit tile tart, decorating the tart with a precise and eyecatching geometric design made of fruit tiles set upon two layers of filling.[8]

Baker Signature
(8 Pide)
Technical
(12 Thousand-layer taro mooncakes)
Showstopper
(Fruit tile tart)
Andrew Party Favourite Pide 5th Fruit Explosion Tart
Camila French Onion Pide 2nd Sunny Day Salpicón Tart
Candice Asparagus-Obsessed Pide 4th Tropical Dream Tart
Heather Home-Grown Harvest Pide 1st Northern Lights Fruit Tart
Kathy Peppy Pepper Pide 3rd Crickets & Quilts Fruit Tart
Loïc Wild Harvest Pide 7th Throwback Tile Tart
Niv Kashke Bademjan Pide 6th Nuclear Trefoil Fruit Tart

Episode 5: Old School Week

For the signature challenge, the bakers were tasked with making 10 toaster pastries in 2 hours. For the technical challenge set by Kyla, the bakers had two and a half hours to make a knafeh, a Middle East dessert with a Palestinian origin, made of strips of phyllo-like dough, a filling of roasted pistachios and akkawi cheese, and soaked in a rose water syrup.[9] In the showstopper, the bakers had 4 hours to produce a two-tiered kitsch cake - highly decorated cakes with elaborately piped buttercream.[10]

Baker Signature
(10 Toaster pastries)
Technical
(Knafeh)
Showstopper
(Kitsch cake)
Andrew Chocolate Orange Stocking Stuffer 6th Nifty Shake Shoppe Kitsch Cake
Camila Mango Chamoy Toaster Pastry 4th Break the Mold Kitsch Cake
Candice Falling for Pumpkin Spice Latte Toaster Pastry 3rd Night at the Opera Kitsch Cake
Heather Weihnachsmarkt Toaster Pastry 5th Forest of Love Kitsch Cake
Kathy Bologna for Breakfast Pastry 2nd Groovy 70's Kitsch Cake
Loïc Rad Mixtape Toaster Pastry 1st Kitchiest of Birds Cake

Episode 6: Spice Week

For the first-ever Spice Week, the bakers had 2 hours to bake ras malai cake slices, a modern adaptation of ras malai with an eggless sponge cake soaked in a spiced milk and incorporating chhena soaked in spiced malai, for their signature challenge. For the technical challenge, the bakers had to make 12 Jamaican patties in 2 hours. In the showstopper, the bakers had 4 hours to build a cookie architectural wonder, a structure constructed from two types of spice-forward cookies.[11]

Baker Signature
(Ras malai cake)
Technical
(12 Jamaican patties)
Showstopper
(Spice cookie architectural wonder)
Andrew Raspberry Saffron Ras Malai Cake 4th Dutch Treat
Camila Chocolate with Cheese Ras Malai Cake 2nd Balcony in Bogotá
Candice Masala Chai Ras Malai Cake 5th Faces of Home
Heather Crab Apple Ras Malai Cake 3rd Notions & Potions Shop
Loïc Horchata Ras Malai Cake 1st Cookie Frigate

Episode 7: Patisserie Week

For the signature challenge, the bakers had 2 hours and 15 minutes to bake 10 religieuse. In the technical challenge set by Bruno, the bakers had to make a postre chajá, an Uruguayan cake with layers of peach syrup soaked sponge and chantilly cream, and decorated with crunchy meringue and poached peach slices, in 2 hours and 15 minutes.[12] In the showstopper, the bakers had 4 hours to make an entremet display, consisting of 24 entremets in two different flavours.[13]

Baker Signature
(10 Religieuse)
Technical
(Postre chajá)
Showstopper
(Entremet display)
Andrew Doggone Religieuses 4th Beach Day Entremets
Camila Ribbiting Religieuses 3rd Bird's Nest Entremets
Candice Welsh Rabbit Religieuses 1st Wine 'n' Dine Entremets
Loïc Fun Guy Fungi Religieuses 2nd Critter-ful Entremets

Episode 8: Finale

For the signature challenge, the bakers had 2 hours to bake a torta diplomatica, or a diplomatic cake, an Italian dessert made of layers of puff pastry, ladyfingers, and creme diplomat. In the technical challenge, the bakers had to make a passion fruit mille-crêpe cake, with creme légère between layers, in 2 hours. As an additional challenge, the crepes were to be layered in an ombré fade pattern with the darkest layer at the bottom to lightest at the top, with a larger crepe to wrap around the entire cake and a tempered white chocolate collar.[14] In the showstopper, the bakers had four and a half hours to create an anti-gravity cake, an illusion cake which appears to be suspended through concealed supports.[15]

Baker Signature
(Torta diplomatica)
Technical
(Passion fruit mille-crêpes cake)
Showstopper
(Anti-Gravity cake)
Camila Coffee & Caramel Torta Diplomatica 3rd Life Story
Candice Apple Pie Torta Diplomatica 1st Family Garden
Loïc Backyard Torta Diplomatica 2nd Underwater Oasis

References

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