Bake Off: The Professionals crowns its winners of 2019
Note: This article contains spoilers from the final of Bake Off: The Professionals, which aired on Friday (June 14).
Bake Off: The Professionals has crowned its winner of 2019, after three teams fought it out in a tightly contested final.
For the first time in the competition, judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden set two challenges for the finalists.
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In the first challenge, they were given four hours to create a highly decorated afternoon tea, and in the second, they had a whopping seven hours to create a mammoth wedding feast.
And in the end, it was the team of Thibault and Erica who emerged victorious, despite failing to impress the judges with one of their wedding cakes.
Congratulations to @Thiibault_M and Erica. After a week of wins they triumphed to become the champions of Bake Off: The Professionals 2019. #GBBO pic.twitter.com/Fi8vUQyPb3
- British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) June 14, 2019
Thibault and Erica were up against Sarah and Leyre, and Nelson and Evaldas.
The victorious couple wowed the judges over the course of the competition with their artistic creations, and in tonight's final, one of their desserts was even described by Blin as "one of the best we've ever seen in this competition".
Well done to the winners of Bake Off: The Professionals – what a journey they've been on. #GBBO pic.twitter.com/Z8cGSJbZCt
- British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) June 14, 2019
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On their win, Thibault said he wouldn't have been in the final if it wasn't for Erica, who added: "The passion is just in you. Pasty is love."
Bake Off: The Professionals airs on Channel 4.
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