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" IT&amp;#039;S BACK! GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF IS BACK! But, let&amp;#039;s just be honest, series 6 has a lot to live up to after the high drama and excitement of series 5. Mix The Wire and Breaking Bad and you wouldn&amp;#039;t even come close to the sheer adrenaline and shock of #AlaskaGate. DIANA - HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO IAIN?! Then there was the utter brilliance of Norman, a man who thought pesto and Tarte au Citron were exotic, found the concept of tiramisu bamboozling and who always remained calm. But here are this year&amp;#039;s brave 12 bakers, who will start to feel like members of our family over the next few weeks: Alvin, 37  Originally from the Philippines, Alvin now works as a nurse in Berkshire. Fun fact: Alvin once baked bread every day for three weeks until he believed he&amp;#039;d got it right. He also smiles like Chandler in Friends and could be the one to steal our hearts this year, a la Norman. Maybe. Dorret, 53  She grew up in Preston, but Dorret is originally from the West Indies and has been baking for 40 years. Fun fact: She also enjoys tap dancing, ballet and salsa. Flora, 19  Basically this year&amp;#039;s Martha/Ruby, Flora is a history of art student who also works in an art gallery. Fun fact: Flora lives in Scotland, 20 minutes from the nearest shop, so expect lots of amaze homemade jams, chutneys, and pickled things. Ian, 41  Oh Ian, let&amp;#039;s hope the same fate does not await you as Iain from series 5. Guard your frozen deserts like your life depends on it Ian. YOUR LIFE! Fun fact: Ian is the Dalai Lama&amp;#039;s personal photographer when he visits the UK. Marie, 66  We&amp;#039;re expecting some MAJORLY impressive showstoppers from Marie, who lived in Paris when she was in her 30s and fell in love with the French Patisseries. Fun fact: Marie was entered in for The Great British Bake Off by her daughter. Mat, 37  Mat is a firefighter from London, describes himself as a &amp;quot;competent amateur&amp;quot; and says his greatest ambition is to own a dishwasher. Ours too, Mat. Fun fact: He looks a bit like a very British Ryan Gosling if you squint.  Nadiya, 30  Full-time mum Nadiya was born in Luton to a Bangladeshi family and has been baking for 10 years. Fun fact: She got into baking when she saw her father only served ice cream at his restaurant.  Paul, 49  Paul wins best career of series 6 - he used to work at Buckingham Palace as a guard. He now works as a prison governor. Fun fact: Paul hopes GBBO will be &amp;quot;an opportunity to show that men like me, stereotyped by our jobs do and can love baking and that it is a skill and talent to be proud of.&amp;quot; Sandy, 49  Sandy is a child welfare officer from Bradford. Fun fact: She is basically some kind of multi-tasking superhuman. As well as being a working mum, she also volunteers at a school and runs a cookery club where she teaches children from deprived backgrounds to bake on a budget. Stu, 35  Raised in the kitchen (well, his parents owned a restuarant, he wasn&amp;#039;t literally raised in a kitchen), Stu also brews his own beer and used to be the frontman of a dubstep/punk band called Subsource. Fun fact: Stu is hot. Tamal, 29  Tamal is a trainee anaesthetist working at a hospital in Manchester and grew up in Hertfordshire where his parents moved to from India in the 1960&amp;#039;s. Fun fact: He learned to bake from his big sister and even baked her wedding cake, ahhh.  Ugne, 32  Ugne now lives in Essex with her family, after moving from Lithuania and loves to mix Eastern European flavours with English baking. Fun fact: She&amp;#039;s also a bodybuilder. Casual. * The Great British Bake Off begins Weds 5 Aug, 8pm on BBC One Follow Claire on Twitter. THE 32 GREATEST INNUENDOS FROM GBBO SERIES 5 13 REASONS NORMAN WAS THE BEST GBBO BAKER EVER "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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