Preheat your ovens, set your timers, grease your tart tins – Bake Off is back for 2019, with Noel, Sandi, Paul and Prue welcoming in another group of eager cake-makers into the tent. The new series starts on Channel 4 at 8pm on Tuesday 27 August, and it's a decidedly younger group of bakers this year, with over half of them in their twenties. Here are the thirteen contestants hoping to take home the crown after a few months of intense oven-watching.