# The Great Kiwi Bake Off season 5

The fifth season of The Great Kiwi Bake Off return to Parihoa Farm in Muriwai, Auckland. This season premiered on Thursday 25 January 2024 at 7.30pm on TVNZ 1 and streams on TVNZ+. As with the previous season, it was hosted by comedians Pax Assadi and Hayley Sproull, with the judges being Peter Gordon, Jordan Rondel, and - for episode 3 - New Zealand TV chef and restaurateur Michael Van de Elzen.

## Bakers

Ages, names, and hometowns stated are at time of filming.
Bakers of The Great Kiwi Bake Off Season 5 :
| Baker | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Outcome |
| Anna Wainwright | 28 | Teacher | Auckland | Winner |
| Devoney Scarfe | 47 | Commercial Artist | Auckland | Runners-up |
| Sally Eagle | 37 | Wedding Dress Designer | Lower Hutt | Runners-up |
| Danielle Windfuhr | 39 | Executive Assistant | Auckland | 4th place |
| Aidan Woodward | 42 | Electrician/Registered Nurse | Nelson | 5th place |
| Josephine Tjandra | 36 | Food Analyst | Palmerston North | 6th place |
| Chantelle Reihana | 23 | Model/Hospitality | Kaikohe | 7th place |
| Josh Duncan | 32 | Civil Engineering Project Manager | Nelson | 8th place |
| Lillian Wrigglesworth | 56 | Homemaker | Amberley | 9th place |
| Paul Dickson | 45 | Founder of Oke Charity | Auckland | 10th place |

## Bakers progress

Progress of bakers including rank/position in each episode :
| Baker | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode |
| Baker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Anna | SAFE | SB | SB | HIGH | LOW | SB | SAFE | WINNER |
| Devoney | SB | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Runner-up |
| Sally | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | SB | SAFE | SB | Runner-up |
| Danielle | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |
| Aidan | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SB | LOW | OUT | | |
| Josephine | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | |
| Chantelle | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | | | | |
| Josh | LOW | SAFE | OUT | | | | | |
| Lillian | SAFE | OUT | | | | | | |
| Paul | OUT | | | | | | | |
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## Episodes

    Baker eliminated/withdrew
    Star Baker
    Winner

### Episode 1: Cake Week (25 January 2024)

For their signature, bakers had ninety minutes to bake a Swiss roll, featuring two flavours. Peter Gordon's mini boiled orange cakes, with pandan custard was set as a technical challenge to be completed in ninety minutes. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers had to create a double-sided reveal cake in four hours, with one side of the cake representing who the baker is as a person, and the other side their family.
| Baker | Signature (Swiss Roll) | Technical (Mini Boiled Orange Cakes, with Pandan Custard) | Showstopper (Double-sided Reveal Cake) |
| Aidan | Apple Crumble Swiss Roll Hybrid | 3rd | Curtis-Sea Jaffa Cake |
| Anna | Clara the Caterpillar | 5th | "Who is Anna?" Funfetti Cake |
| Chantelle | Chocolate & Coffee Swiss Roll | 4th | Music and Camping Cake |
| Danielle | Spiced Roll with Fruit & Fragrance | 6th | Pink & Blue Vanilla Caramel and Sticky Date Cakes |
| Devoney | Pistachio Roll with Sour Plums & Cream | 9th | After Midnight Chocolate Cake |
| Josephine | Earl Grey & Poached Pear Swiss Roll | 1st | A Cake of Two Twins |
| Josh | Strawberries & Cream with a Twist | 10th | Wedding and Weight Loss |
| Lillian | Chocolate Roll with Banoffee Filling | 7th | A Journey from Honiara to Beekeeping |
| Paul | Pistachio Roll with Cherry & White Chocolate | 8th | Life Story and Love of Travel |
| Sally | Belgian Biscuit Inspired Roll | 2nd | Gamer vs Nature |

### Episode 2: Biscuit Week (01 February 2024)

For their signature, bakers had ninety minutes to bake eight filled biscuits, with at least two flavour components. The technical challenge was to make ten Flødebollers within ninety minutes. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers had four hours to create an historical scene made using biscuits. Due to Peter Gordon being unavailable, this challenge was judged by Jordon Rondel alone.
| Baker | Signature (Filled Biscuits) | Technical (Flødebollers) | Showstopper (Historical Moment using Biscuits) |
| Aidan | Afghan with Walnut Buttercream | 9th | Anzac Day Memorial |
| Anna | Toasted Coconut and Raspberry Jammie Dodger | 2nd | Rihanna Superbowl Half-Time Show |
| Chantelle | Lemon Melting Moments with Vanilla Buttercream | 6th | Mother of the Nation |
| Danielle | Flourless Black Forest Cookies | 3rd | The Fall of the Berlin Wall |
| Devoney | Carrot Cake and Almond Cookies | 4th | Extinction of the Dinosaurs |
| Josephine | Alfajores | 1st | Prehistoric Impact |
| Josh | Carrot Cake and Raisin Cookies | 7th | Marriage Equality Bill Passing |
| Lillian | Chocolate Orange Sandwich Cookies | 8th | The Queen's Passing |
| Sally | Honey and Almond Blossom Linzers | 5th | The Royal Wedding William and Kate |

### Episode 3: Free-From Week (08 February 2024)

Due to Peter Gordon being unavailable, Michael Van de Elzen joined Jorden Rondel to judge this episode. For the Signature dish, the bakers had two hours to make a savoury vegetarian pie. The technical challenge was to make Jordon's vegan mulled wine and blackberry cake within two hours, with Jordon supplying instructions from the front of the shed. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers had four hours to create a dairy-free mousse and jelly art cake.
| Baker | Signature (Vegetarian Pie) | Technical (Vegan Mulled Wine and Blackberry Cake) | Showstopper (Dairy-free Mousse and Jelly Art Cake) |
| Aidan | Creamy Leek & Potato Pie | 5th | PB & J |
| Anna | Butter Paneer Pie | 1st | Chocolate Blood Orange Jelly Mousse Cake |
| Chantelle | Potato Top Pie | 6th | Berry Medley Mousse Cake |
| Danielle | Kūmara & Red Lentil Dahl Pie | 4th | Orange Chocolate & Cointreau Mousse Cake |
| Devoney | Veggie Patch Pie | 2nd | Guava, Apple & Coconut Entremet |
| Josephine | Rendang Potato Top Pie | 8th | Java Jelly Avocado Mousse Cake |
| Josh | Samosa Pie | 7th | Banoffee Mousse Cake |
| Sally | Gluten-Free Creamy Mushroom Pie | 3rd | Summer Cocktail Dessert |

### Episode 4: Bread Week (15 February 2024)

For the signature dish, the bakers had two hours to make eight burger buns, two of which then being served as burgers. Judging was done by Jordon Rondel and Hayley Sproull. The technical challenge was to make a decorated focaccia bread, using a rēwena starter, within two hours. Judging for that challenge was done by Jordon. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers had four hours to create a Pull-Apart Sweetbread Centre-piece. Peter Gordon returned, to join Jordon to judge this challenge.
| Baker | Signature (Burger Buns) | Technical (Decorated Focaccia) | Showstopper (Pull-Apart Sweetbread Centre-piece) |
| Aidan | Juicy Venison Burgers | 2nd | Ode to the Millennium Dome |
| Anna | Cajun Chicken Burgers | 1st | Carnavale Croquem-Buns |
| Chantelle | Cajun Veggie Burgers | 3rd | Spiced Apple Flower Tower |
| Danielle | Classic Beef Burgers | 5th | Boozy Bread Dome |
| Devoney | Secret Veggie Beef Burgers | 4th | Braided Berry Bread |
| Josephine | Funky Blue Cheese Burgers | 6th | Indonesian Inspired Stack |
| Sally | Jammy Beef Burgers | 7th | Brioche Ballerina |

### Episode 5: Dessert Week (22 February 2024)

For the Signature dish, the bakers had two hours to make six small misu-style desserts. The technical challenge was to make Jordan's poached rhubarb tart within two hours. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers had four hours to create a bombe dessert.
| Baker | Signature (Misu-style Desserts) | Technical (Poached Rhubarb Tart) | Showstopper (Bombe Dessert) |
| Aidan | Strawberry, Irish Cream & Caramel Misu | 5th | Chocket Rocket |
| Anna | Chocolate Hazelnut Rumisu | 6th | White Chocolate, Plum & Pistachio Bombe |
| Danielle | Strawberry & Brandy Misu | 3rd | Death by Chocolate |
| Devoney | Strawberry & Cream Misu | 2nd | Black Forest Bombe |
| Josephine | Kaya Misu | 4th | Mont Bombe |
| Sally | Earl Grey & Chocolate Misu | 1st | Plum, Ginger & Caramel Bombe |

### Episode 6: Sugar Week (29 February 2024)

For the Signature dish, the bakers had two hours to make twelve Middle Eastern pastries. The technical challenge was to make Peter's sugar six ways dessert within two hours. The dessert contains six different types of sugar; coconut, brown, raw, caster sugar, golden caster, and maple syrup. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers had four hours to create a fairytale-themed krokan-bouche, a hybrid of the croquembouche and krokan.
| Baker | Signature (Middle Eastern Pastries) | Technical (Sugar Six Ways) | Showstopper (Krokan-Bouche) |
| Aidan | Baklava Ricotta Cigars | 5th | Krokan the Beanstalk |
| Anna | Turkish Baklava | 2nd | Rapunzel's Croquem Krokan |
| Danielle | Chocolate Baklava | 4th | Toffee Apple Cinderella "Ever After" |
| Devoney | Knafeh | 3rd | The Tower of Terror: An Orange Scented Nightmare |
| Sally | Fig and Honey Baklava | 1st | The Swan Princess |

### Episode 7: Whānau Week (7 March 2024)

For the Signature dish, the bakers had two hours to make a jigsaw slice, made up of three layers and cut into twenty evenly-sized pieces. The technical challenge was to make Death by Chocolate within two hours. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers had half an hour to design, and then four hours to create, a child's birthday cake.
| Baker | Signature (Jigsaw Slice) | Technical (Death by Chocolate) | Showstopper (Child's Birthday Cake) |
| Anna | Banana & Brown Butter Caramel Slice | 1st | Sparkly Princess Kataleiya the Party Llama Cake |
| Danielle | Cinnamon, Pear & Panna Cotta Slice | 3rd | Strawberry Mermaid Cake |
| Devoney | Busy Bee Ginger Slice | 4th | Time to Party Cake |
| Sally | Chocolate Orange Butterfly Slice | 2nd | Tropical Mermaid Cake |

### Episode 8: Season Final (14 March 2024)

For the Signature dish, the bakers had one hour 45 minutes to make four savoury soufflés, with an accompanying sauce or gravy. The technical challenge was to make a high tea, consisting of two sweet and one savoury bakes, and incorporating elements of their previous bakes. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers had four hours to create an anti-gravity illusion cake.
| Baker | Signature (Savoury Soufflé) | Technical (High Tea) | Showstopper (Anti-gravity Illusion Cake) |
| Anna | Salmon Soufflé | 3rd | Sticky Toffee Witch's Cauldron |
| Devoney | Pea and Gruyère Soufflé | 1st | Reg the Raspberry Racehorse |
| Sally | Parmesan and Gruyère Soufflé | 2nd | Let's Build a Sandcastle |