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Meet the newest bakers to compete in the tent on Season 7 of CBC's The Great Canadian Baking Show

Warm up those ovens; a new batch of fresh contestants is ready to vie for the title of Canada's Best Amateur Baker

A new batch of fresh contestants is ready to vie for the title of Canada's Best Amateur Baker

Bakers from Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show pose for a group shot on set wearing aprons.
Meet The Great Canadian Baking Show's Season 7 bakers (L-R) Niv Saberi, Rainer Maksoud, Sydney Hayden, Heather Allen, Andy Bui, Kathy Neiman, Andrew Evers, Candice Riley, Camila García Hernández, Loïc Fauteux (CBC)

This season's bakers are ready to roll up their sleeves and head into the tent. We looked far and wide to find an incredibly talented group of home-taught bakers.

From a software engineer to a mental health nurse and a super fan who's applied to be on the show six times, Season 7 is the most exciting competition yet!

Watch | Official trailer for Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show

The Great Canadian Baking Show returns to CBC for Season 7 | The Great Canadian Baking Show

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This season's bakers are ready to roll up their sleeves and head into the tent.

Tune in Sunday, October 1 at 8 pm (8:30 NT) for the season launch on CBC and CBC Gem.

Andrew Evers 

Andrew Evers on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Andew Evers appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Being on the cast of The Great Canadian Baking Show is at the top of Andrew's bucket list. On his sixth audition, he finally landed a spot!

Read more about Andrew.

Andy Bui

Andy Bui is wearing an apron and standing in front of a counter top oven on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Andy Bui appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Andy is a mental health nurse practitioner from Montreal who uses baking to unwind. 

Read more about Andy.

Camila García Hernández

Camila García Hernández stands on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Camila García Hernándezappears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Camila is a software developer and a recent immigrant from Bogota, Colombia. She developed her passion for baking when she arrived in Canada.

Read more about Camila.

Candice Riley

Candice Riley stands on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Candice Riley appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Candice is a partner at a tech firm, a mother of three, a photographer, a singer and, of course, a baker.

Read more about Candice.

Heather Allen

Heather Allen stands on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Heather Allen appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Heather is a literacy educator from Winnipeg who loves to bake for charity.

Read more about Heather.

Kathy Neiman

Kathy Neiman stands on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Kathy Neiman appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Raised on a farm in Alberta, Kathy loves her two small dogs and baking.

Read more about Kathy.

Loïc Fauteux-Goulet

Loïc Fauteux-Goulet stands on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Loïc Fauteux-Goulet appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Loïc  is a high school teacher living in B.C. who loves to bake with ingredients he forages.

Read more about Loïc 

Niv Saberi

Niv Saberia stands on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Niv Saberi appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Niv formerly worked in nuclear engineering and left work to focus on parenting and pursue her love of baking.

Read more about Niv.

Rainier Maksoud

Rainier Maksoud stands on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Rainier Maksoud appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Rainier is a business analyst who started selling his baking to raise money for disaster relief in Lebanon.

Read more about Rainier.

Sydney Hayden

Sydney Hayden stands on the set of the Great Canadian Baking Show.
Sydney Hayden appears in Season 7 of The Great Canadian Baking Show. (CBC)

Sydney is a student from Halifax who's loved baking since before she could remember!

Read more about Sydney.

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