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00:00And we have a winner here to celebrate the 2025 Bake Off final.
00:06Superfans John Richardson and Oti Mabusi, plus Her Majesty Dame Prue Lee.
00:16And we're joined by all of this year's bakers,
00:19including, of course, our magnificent runners-up, Aaron and Tov.
00:30And this year's incredible winner, Jasmine.
01:00APPLAUSE
01:03Hello and welcome.
01:06I'm delighted to say we're joined by the class of 25.
01:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
01:12Toy Man, Jessica and Natalia are here.
01:15CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
01:17And there's Toby, Hassan and Ian.
01:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
01:22And exciting news. Judging by this shot, Leighton, Nadia and Lesley
01:27have been auditioning to be the new faces of Matalane's spring catalogue.
01:31LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
01:38I've judged this show for nine years now.
01:41Wow.
01:42And this has been the nicest bunch of bakers we've ever had.
01:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
01:50What's been your highlight of this year's competition, John?
01:53It's good to be good at baking, obviously,
01:55but it's a sign you've got too much time on your hands, let's be honest.
01:58LAUGHTER
01:59I think truly competent, busy people with good lives
02:02come in week one, make a Swiss roll,
02:05slop it into a bowl and go home again.
02:07LAUGHTER
02:08Hassan is my star.
02:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
02:16I mean, I think I love the whole thing.
02:18I've never, I've never ever known what a long table cake was.
02:22And I was like, who can eat so much cake?
02:24Me.
02:25LAUGHTER
02:26So that was really exciting.
02:27But I think their personalities also shone through
02:29and it was really special.
02:30It just felt very personal as well.
02:32The table cake definitely smacked
02:33at the sort of end of the day after a few drinks.
02:35LAUGHTER
02:36We haven't got anything for the final.
02:37What if it was just massive?
02:39LAUGHTER
02:40There is a bit of that, you know.
02:42It's been going for 15 years,
02:44to have to keep thinking of different things is quite amazing.
02:48I'd like to see that table cake standing up the other way.
02:51LAUGHTER
02:53There were a couple of moments when I wasn't sure
02:55whether I was watching Bake Off the Final
02:57or Bake Off the Musical.
02:59I'm doing American Buttercream.
03:01American Buttercream!
03:03LAUGHTER
03:04Half an hour to impress.
03:06I'm going to catch you.
03:07American Buttercream!
03:09LAUGHTER
03:15Aaron's certainly got more chance of making it as a singer
03:18than he has as a wildlife expert.
03:20This is a unique competition
03:22in that I think most of the competitors
03:24would be as happy for someone else.
03:26Is that a wolf? Sorry.
03:28LAUGHTER
03:30It was massive!
03:32LAUGHTER
03:35I love those bits of film of the baker's families.
03:37I was mesmerised by the number of bottles
03:40Tom's parents had managed to cram onto the drink shelf.
03:43That's even more than Prue's got in her dressing room.
03:46LAUGHTER
03:47No, it's not.
03:48Is it not?
03:49It's not, apparently.
03:51Have you got loads of drinks stacked up at home?
03:54Er, yeah, yeah, a fair few.
03:56Is this therapy?
03:57LAUGHTER
03:58Is that all right?
03:59There was a lot of crying, wasn't there, in the final?
04:01I expected the final to be a bit more,
04:03haven't we all done well?
04:04But it was a bit more...
04:06I cried at the end.
04:08Yeah.
04:09No.
04:10No.
04:12Going into the final, Jasmine was summoning up
04:14all her reserves of energy for this one last push.
04:17Yeah, I feel like I need to just pull out all the energy I've got
04:20left in my...
04:22from my toes.
04:23Out.
04:24That was not English.
04:25I'm so sorry.
04:26LAUGHTER
04:27So sweet.
04:28Well, let's part the tent flaps one last time
04:31and remind ourselves...
04:33LAUGHTER
04:34..and remind ourselves what happened in the thrilling Great
04:44British Bake Off final.
04:48In the beginning, there were 12.
04:50And then there were three.
05:03It's so empty.
05:06Aaron, Tom and Jasmine started with an iced finger bun signature.
05:11And Tom made a fatal error.
05:14I put citric acid instead of salt into the dough.
05:18The flavour's not a beautiful.
05:19I'm really struggling with that bread.
05:21The technical was a Madeleine Tower, whoever she is.
05:25And this time, Tom triumphed.
05:28Jasmine came last.
05:30Second sport we had.
05:31And Aaron was left disappointed.
05:33Can't believe I've never once got a first in technical.
05:36In the incredibly stressful table cake showstopper...
05:40Oh, God.
05:41I've broken the bowl.
05:42Aaron's apricot let him down.
05:45The apricot is just not strong enough.
05:47While Tom gave Jasmine a good run for her money.
05:51You have the style.
05:53And finally, you have the substance as well.
05:56But after ten weeks of brilliant bakes,
05:59the 2025 Great British Bake Off crown went to...
06:04Jasmine!
06:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
06:08Jasmine's had a brilliant competition.
06:17Is she the best baker we've ever seen in the tent?
06:20She could be.
06:21I really think she is extraordinary.
06:23But what she has more than anybody else,
06:25and has had all the way through, is the right attitude.
06:29You know, she loves it.
06:30She enjoys it.
06:31And she doesn't panic.
06:33She's really calm, knows what she's doing,
06:36and she's got the right spirit.
06:38And she's a damn good baker.
06:40Sounds like she'd be an amazing doctor as well.
06:42What a shame she'll be.
06:43What a shame she'll be leaving the profession to bake cake.
06:46Yeah.
06:47Back to the signature ice buns.
06:49Here's Jasmine adding her apricot icing to the buns using her fingers.
06:54I tried every implement at home, and it was the one that worked best.
06:57Hmm.
06:59The problem with Jasmine being a medical student
07:02is that you worry where those fingers are.
07:05Yeah.
07:06You know what I mean?
07:07Would that put you off eating them?
07:08Yes.
07:09Yes, it would.
07:10Because I think sometimes it's good we don't actually see how food is made, right?
07:17Because if I see fingers everywhere in my food, I wouldn't be touching it.
07:22But it looks delicious.
07:24As far as the final technical is concerned, you seemed a bit over it, Prue.
07:29It's going to be interesting to see how our bakers deal with this.
07:32Get this right, this could win them the bake-off.
07:35This is Aaron's last chance to win a technical, but he came second.
07:48Now, John, as a fellow perfectionist,
07:50have you got any comforting words to offer him?
07:53It's good to be a perfectionist.
07:54It means you're striving for the best,
07:56but you just have to accept you'll never be happy.
07:58LAUGHTER
08:00I'm sure he's taking that on board.
08:02Are you a perfectionist about dancing, Oti?
08:05About dancing, very much.
08:07It has to be the perfect one.
08:09Like you say, I'm just miserable all the time.
08:12LAUGHTER
08:13Never ever happy.
08:14But it's true.
08:15You want to do the best every time.
08:16I have to confess to not being a perfectionist.
08:19I don't think life's worth being so obsessed about perfection.
08:23I think we should just get on with it and enjoy it.
08:25If I mess something up, I would never throw it away and start again.
08:29I'd just eat it anyway.
08:31APPLAUSE
08:32Absolutely.
08:37For their final showstopper,
08:38the bakers had to produce a table cake that was over a metre long.
08:43Which of the three table cakes was your favourite?
08:46Jasmine's, I thought it was creative and it had a lot of heart in it.
08:50I thought Tom's looked amazing.
08:52It all looked edible, the grass and everything.
08:54It looked like the Willy Wonka thing.
08:56When they walk in, you can eat anything.
08:57And it was wonderfully colourful.
08:59Yeah.
09:00Yes, I think Tom's looked the best and Jasmine's tasted the best.
09:03The pictures looked so sad of you all,
09:05but it looked like you were at a wedding and no one's turned off.
09:08LAUGHTER
09:10My favourite was when Tom's showstopper rendered Prue speechless.
09:14There's an awful lot of shots of me just chewing.
09:27They're my favourites.
09:31It's time to welcome this year's fantastic runners-up.
09:49It's the amazing Aaron and the tremendous Tom.
09:52CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
10:05Massive congratulations, you two.
10:06Thank you so much.
10:07How does it feel?
10:08A relief to be over, to be honest.
10:10But also, kind of bittersweet.
10:12Like, it's been great. It's been amazing.
10:14Yeah, yeah, I would say so.
10:15I'd say week nine was my most terrifying moment.
10:17Once everyone saw me cry on TV five times,
10:19I think it's definitely downhill after that, so, no.
10:22Everyone was so happy and cheery.
10:23And that's so what it felt like the entire time we were there.
10:25That was after your massive beehive, was it?
10:28Some have called it massive.
10:29Some have called it grotesque.
10:31I may agree with some of those comments.
10:34But, yes, that was after beehive gay.
10:36Yeah.
10:37Can I ask a personal question as a knitwear aficionado?
10:41As a handsome and younger man, is this a thing now,
10:43cardigans without T-shirts and shirts underneath?
10:46Because some of us can't carry that off.
10:49LAUGHTER
10:50Yes.
10:51Yeah.
10:52APPLAUSE
10:58And if it wasn't, it is now.
11:00Yeah, it's trying to set a trend and it's trendy.
11:03Well, you may have such itchy breasts.
11:04It's a very classy, nice new cardigan.
11:06Thank you very much.
11:07John, what did you say?
11:08I said I'd have very itchy breasts.
11:10LAUGHTER
11:12Can you hear that correctly?
11:14Well, Aaron, let's just have a quick look at the start of your final signature.
11:19What about the timing of everything?
11:20Because obviously it's going to be critical today.
11:22Yeah, I haven't been able to do the whole thing in time.
11:25Um...
11:26Great.
11:27LAUGHTER
11:29But there was a reason why you hadn't finished in the time
11:32when you were practising.
11:34See, I blame Jasmine.
11:35LAUGHTER
11:36Because during the macaron week, she had a fan
11:39that she used to dry her macarons faster.
11:42So I thought, oh, fantastic idea.
11:44Be more Jasmine.
11:45Get a fan and I can cool my bread faster.
11:48So I ran into the bedroom to get a fan.
11:50And as I did, I pulled the fan and pulled the door into my foot.
11:55And I was like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
11:59And I broke my toe.
12:01But, er...
12:02Exciting for your neighbours, though.
12:03LAUGHTER
12:04If they hear that from your bedroom,
12:05they don't think you've broken your toe.
12:07LAUGHTER
12:09Tom, you had some of the bakers to stay with you in Dorset.
12:12Yes.
12:13What did you all get up to?
12:14Er...
12:16We locked Toby in a cupboard.
12:17LAUGHTER
12:19I can't remember much else.
12:21LAUGHTER
12:22You might be interested to know
12:23that a certain somebody was saying things about you
12:26and you're back.
12:27I hate to break up a beautiful friendship,
12:29but I found this bit of unseen footage.
12:32You said Tom was a softie.
12:33Tom is.
12:34Is he?
12:35Softie, diva.
12:36Aww.
12:37And a diva.
12:38When we go for dinner, he's like,
12:39can I have a tonic water and can I have six wedges of lime
12:41and can you squeeze them and put them in, please?
12:43LAUGHTER
12:44And you better not forget, or someone's getting fired.
12:47That's how he's like.
12:48That's Tom.
12:49That's Tom, everyone.
12:50That's the real Tom.
12:51That's Tom in a nutshell.
12:52That's the real Tom.
12:53LAUGHTER
12:54It's true.
12:55LAUGHTER
12:56APPLAUSE
12:57Well, I didn't believe for a second that you're a diva,
13:03but then I remembered this.
13:05Tiny steps, you're there.
13:06Can we turn the wind around?
13:08Turn the wind around?
13:09LAUGHTER
13:10I've done that every week and they refused.
13:14All I need to face the wind, come on.
13:16LAUGHTER
13:17Panel, who do you think is the biggest diva out of you three?
13:21I'd quite like to be a diva.
13:23Would you?
13:24You get your own way, don't you?
13:25I'm a fiancé diva.
13:26Yeah.
13:27You know what I mean?
13:28You're the queen.
13:29You are her.
13:30You did call me the queen.
13:31You are a queen.
13:32John, are you a diva?
13:34I don't think so, but if you're going to be the queen,
13:35I hear there's a vacancy for a prince.
13:37So...
13:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
13:44Thanks, guys.
13:45After the break, Tom and Aaron will be divulging more secrets
13:48from their time in the tent back in a bit.
13:51APPLAUSE
14:04Welcome back.
14:05We're celebrating the Great British Bake Off final alongside Oti Mabuse,
14:09John Richardson and Dane Prew.
14:11And runners-up, Aaron and Tom are with us.
14:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
14:16You've got handshakes from Paul in Biscuit Week and Chocolate Week.
14:21Yeah.
14:22But then you two did seem to hit a bit of a rocky patch.
14:25How did it feel from your side?
14:27That's a great question.
14:32LAUGHTER
14:34I would say I definitely picked up in week eight.
14:37The comments suddenly did seem to take a bit of a different turn.
14:40I think he had a bit of...
14:42God, dare I say post-coital clarity around week six.
14:46LAUGHTER
14:47It's like he loved the idea of me and then he had a bit too much
14:50of me and realised I don't need anymore.
14:52LAUGHTER
14:53Now, Tom, I think it's fair to say you weren't the tidiest baker
15:02in the tent.
15:03Fair.
15:04Yeah.
15:05Well, here's a picture of what your kitchen at home looked like
15:08during practice.
15:09That is pre the beehive, which is the worst it ever got.
15:12Not the tidiest.
15:13But thank God I have a boyfriend who does some of the cleaning.
15:16LAUGHTER
15:17Georgie says a round of applause.
15:19APPLAUSE
15:24So you both did tiramisu coffee cups, didn't you?
15:27The same way?
15:28Yes.
15:29Somebody copied somebody, that's all I'm saying.
15:31It's just the water in East London and...
15:33And the gay.
15:34And the gays, yeah.
15:35LAUGHTER
15:37Coffee cups.
15:38Perfect.
15:39Now, we found an exclusive clip where Tom was initially quite generous
15:45when comparing your takeaway cups to his own.
15:48And I don't know if you want to notice, Aaron had some very similar
15:51looking coffee cups.
15:52But better, because he remembered that coffee cups don't have
15:55cardboard lids.
15:56So...
15:57Although, actually, some do now.
15:58Mine are the more sustainable option, that are cardboard through
16:00and through.
16:01He's gone for single-use plastic lids.
16:03Tuck-tuck.
16:04LAUGHTER
16:05So it went from positive to negative very quickly.
16:06Yeah.
16:07Yeah.
16:08Yeah.
16:09I remember it, it's a competition.
16:10LAUGHTER
16:11Aaron, your flavours were always adventurous and made for some
16:13memorable bakes, like your Flowers in Paradise sweetbread
16:15or Earl Grey flapjacks.
16:17And your piano chocolate fondue, which won you the coveted Starbaker
16:29in Chocolate Week.
16:30Was that your proudest moment?
16:32Yeah, all three of those, I think, were.
16:35The sweetbreads, because it was in memory of my friends,
16:38and so it was quite important for me to do.
16:42As for the chocolate piano, I was just...
16:44I just really wanted to show what I could do with chocolate,
16:47and I was so shocked when I got...
16:50Well, you saw how shocked I was when I got Starbaker,
16:53because I thought it was either going to go to you or Jasmine.
16:55Yeah, it was incredible.
16:56And also, in the room, it was miles away from anyone else's,
17:00I think.
17:01It was so incredible and so detailed, and, like,
17:03the curve of the chocolate, like, yeah.
17:06Like, it was untouchable.
17:07APPLAUSE
17:09And, Tom, your incredible bakes were inspired by your globe-trotting
17:17background, like your tartan Swiss roll,
17:20Icelandic landscape cake, and your Hong Kong-inspired sausage plait.
17:25Yes.
17:26Which of those was your favourite?
17:28The landscape cake, I want to say.
17:31I was quite an inexperienced baker, and so when I presented that
17:34showstopper and it went well and Paul made that comment about it
17:36being a tombake, not that I had any idea what that meant,
17:39that was maybe the first moment, especially having come last,
17:42in the technical, where I suddenly thought,
17:44oh, maybe there's something good here.
17:47Who knows?
17:48So that one was super special, for sure.
17:49Yeah.
17:50It was delicious.
17:51It was... Even now, I still remember the taste of it.
17:53It was my favourite one from that week.
17:54Oh.
17:55I was so jealous.
17:56LAUGHTER
17:57OK, well, let's have some questions from the audience now.
18:00It's over to our other Tom.
18:03Hello!
18:04Hi, Joe.
18:05Thank you so much.
18:06And I'm sure our audience today have got lots of questions
18:09for Aaron and Tom.
18:10Who would like to kick things off?
18:13Thank goodness somebody put their hand up.
18:15LAUGHTER
18:16Yes, sir, stand up.
18:17What's your name?
18:18My name's Stuart.
18:19Stuart, lovely to see you.
18:20What's your question?
18:21I just want to say congratulations on getting to the final,
18:24to both of you.
18:25Fantastic.
18:27APPLAUSE
18:28And my question is, if you were able to bake for any celebrity
18:32in the world, who would you bake for and what would you bake?
18:35Ooh!
18:36Great question, Stuart.
18:38I know mine hands down.
18:40It's Reese Witherspoon.
18:41Mm.
18:42For the Legally Blonde 3 premiere.
18:44Wow.
18:45So if anyone knows her, I can start seeding her.
18:48That's for one.
18:49I've got a tattoo for her.
18:50I'm a bit of a creepy fan, so...
18:52Mm.
18:53Maybe we stop there.
18:54That was a weird answer, wasn't it?
18:56Yes.
18:57LAUGHTER
18:58How about Aaron?
18:59Aaron, yeah.
19:00Say something older.
19:01LAUGHTER
19:02I always...
19:03I don't know, something about Cate Blanchett.
19:05I just love Cate Blanchett.
19:06Cate Blanchett.
19:07Yeah.
19:08Yeah, I just feel like Cate Blanchett would love a cheesecake,
19:10so maybe Cheesecake Blanchette.
19:11Yeah.
19:12Yeah?
19:13Better one.
19:14Great, great.
19:15You're welcome.
19:16APPLAUSE
19:17Who's got another question?
19:21Another question down the front here.
19:23Hello.
19:24Hello, madam.
19:25Stand up, stand up, stand up.
19:26What's your name?
19:27Izzy.
19:28Izzy, lovely to see you, Izzy.
19:29And what's your question?
19:30My question is, what tips would you give to a person
19:33that would apply for Bake Off in the future?
19:35Good.
19:36What was the thing that, kind of, you think finally got you in?
19:39Oh!
19:40Oh!
19:41What is it, Tom?
19:42What is it, Aaron?
19:43So I think you shouldn't really think about
19:46what gets you in.
19:47You should just bake what you love and be yourself.
19:51And that's what people want to see when they watch Bake Off.
19:55In my application, I tried to fit an entire Christmas dinner
20:00inside a Wellington, like a beef Wellington.
20:03And I got to about, like, eight layers
20:05and realised I needed to do a second one to finish it.
20:07And I think, in submitting that,
20:09maybe they saw that they were going to get some real car crash
20:11moments like the Beehive.
20:13I think that may have helped me, but otherwise,
20:16everything Aaron said, I'm sure.
20:17Tom, I don't really understand what you're talking about,
20:19because you said you filled in an application
20:22by making a Christmas dinner into a pastry.
20:25Yes.
20:26Why didn't you just fill in the form like everybody else?
20:28LAUGHTER
20:30Strange, isn't it?
20:32Thanks, Izzy.
20:34Back to you, Jo.
20:36APPLAUSE
20:37Well, Tom and Aaron, we've absolutely loved watching you
20:43in the tent.
20:44Massive congratulations, again, for making it all the way
20:47to the final.
20:48And I believe that Tom and John are on their way with the trolleys.
20:53APPLAUSE
20:54Oh, thank you, John. Thank you. Perfectly done.
21:05Now, OK, well, let's start with you, Aaron, shall we?
21:09What was the best thing about being on Bake Off?
21:12One was Noel referring to Paul as meringue tits.
21:16LAUGHTER
21:17It literally sent me to tears.
21:19And the other one was Prue's sculpted tart dance.
21:23Oh, yeah, that was brilliant.
21:26APPLAUSE
21:29Well, look at us, just three alpha gays...
21:35..here on a baking show.
21:36Who'd have thunk it?
21:37It must be a television first, I think.
21:39I know you didn't get a handshake, but you know what?
21:43Get over it.
21:44Because I hear it's not that great an experience.
21:47He doesn't even use hand cream.
21:49Oh, yeah.
21:50It's like wringing out a Brillo pad.
21:54It's not about winning, it's about the fact that you were better
21:57than the nine other bakers who didn't make it to the final.
22:00And I think that's...
22:02APPLAUSE
22:04Sorry I didn't see you there, sorry.
22:09Oh, how embarrassing.
22:11Anyway, Aaron, always remember that.
22:13And please keep believing in yourself,
22:15because we all think you're absolutely brilliant.
22:18So thank you very much.
22:20APPLAUSE
22:22Thank you, Tom.
22:27OK, Aaron, let's enjoy a look back at your time in the tent.
22:31It is wild to be here at the competition.
22:34Ooh!
22:35So my best work has been done in my pants.
22:38Heat me, that bit.
22:40That's delicious.
22:42I mean, I do love a jiggle.
22:43Yeah, yeah!
22:44I think that's pretty faultless.
22:45Yes, Aaron.
22:46What a great tribute.
22:47Thank you. Thank you.
22:50I love you some chocolate.
22:52Star Baker this week.
22:53Whilst doing the jig and singing a song.
22:55Aaron.
22:56Oh, my God!
22:57Yeah!
22:58I'm just so happy.
22:59I'm just basking in this moment,
23:01knowing that very few people will ever experience this.
23:04I get to be one of them.
23:05APPLAUSE
23:11OK, and time for the grand unveiling.
23:17Oh!
23:18Oh!
23:22Oh!
23:25So, there you are, Aaron, holding your coffee mousse cup
23:28with your beautiful sweet bread and amazing piano fondue.
23:32Well done.
23:33Oh, thank you.
23:38Now, oh, Tom, it's over to you now.
23:42Tell us, tell us, what was your Bake Off highlight?
23:46Honestly, ten weeks of eating nothing but sugar and delicious food,
23:49I'm going to say.
23:50Mmm.
23:51The crash must be coming any time now.
23:53It's hard.
23:54I would actually...
23:55It's that and the crying, I would say.
23:57Oh!
23:58I didn't cry for ten years and crying that much feels good,
23:59I would say, so, yeah.
24:00Oh!
24:01That's good advice.
24:02Let it out.
24:03As you say, it probably was a result of eating so much sugar
24:05that you were then crying.
24:06Just a constant rollercoaster.
24:07Seriously, the diabetes, yeah.
24:08Of course, Tom, you are the most alpha of us alpha gays.
24:12And you had us all in tears last week.
24:15He did, didn't he?
24:16With that 400-kilogram chocolate beehive that Paul hated.
24:23And...
24:24No.
24:25I'll tell you who didn't hate it, Tom.
24:27Bourneville.
24:28Oh!
24:29Those...
24:30Those...
24:31Those...
24:32Those chocolate suppliers.
24:34Oh!
24:35They...
24:36They shut up shop and sent their workers on a cruise
24:41when they got your order through.
24:43In the other first, you got Prue to say that the rum
24:47was too dominant in your iced fingers.
24:49I know.
24:50I mean, how much rum was there?
24:52Prue loves rum.
24:53I've seen her drink a pirate under the table.
24:55LAUGHTER
24:56But in all seriousness, you've been a fantastic baker
25:00and we wish you all the best with whatever you do next,
25:03which will no doubt be perfect, as well as everything else
25:06you've done.
25:07OK, so well done, Tom.
25:08Thank you very much.
25:15Thanks for that.
25:16And now let's enjoy a look back at your time on Bake Off.
25:19Finally being here, it's like now all we have to do is bake.
25:23Flavours are great.
25:24Punchy, strong.
25:25I think it's delicious.
25:26Very light.
25:27So the whole thing together, it is exceptional.
25:29Well done.
25:30Stop it.
25:31This hand is for sale.
25:32Which means, Tom.
25:33Every week I have some sort of baking-related nightmare.
25:35Oh, my God.
25:37Tom, congratulations.
25:39Slick as anything.
25:40The overall look I think is amazing.
25:42I love that.
25:43I could eat a lot of it.
25:44Can we turn the wind around?
25:45Pretty much untouchable in everything you've done.
25:47Oh, stop it.
25:48I love this.
25:49This week, Starbaker.
25:50T to the O to the M.
25:51Yes, Tom.
25:52Yes!
25:53Yes!
25:54I couldn't be more proud of myself for standing here in the final to live a life highlight like
25:59this with your friends and family around you.
26:01I don't think it gets any better.
26:03APPLAUSE
26:04So, Tom, will you please reveal all?
26:05Thank you, James.
26:06Thank you, James.
26:08So, Tom, there you are with your handshake-worthy Biscuit Cottage, along with your four-in-a-row
26:27tart and magnificent mushroom bacheran glacé.
26:31Aaron and Tom, everybody.
26:33CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
26:35Thanks, Tom.
26:44And after the break, the winner of Bake Off 2025, Jasmine, will be here.
26:49See you in a bit.
26:50APPLAUSE
26:51Welcome back.
26:52I'm reliving all the action from the Bake Off final with Oti Mabuse, John Richardson,
27:06and Bake Off judge Prue Leith.
27:09And now, will you please welcome the champion of the Great British Bake Off 2025?
27:15It's Jasmine, everybody.
27:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
27:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
27:20Firstly, Jasmine, a huge congratulations on being this year's winner.
27:36Now, your Bake Off stats are incredible.
27:39Oti, let's hear them.
27:40Winner of five technical challenges, two Hollywood handshakes, and you're a record-breaker.
27:47Starbaker five times and Bake Off champion!
27:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
27:53Now, I'm sure you've been asked this quite a few times, but how does that feel?
28:02I don't really know how it feels.
28:04Honestly, my dream was just to get on the show, so I was there in week one.
28:07And my aim was just kind of to survive to week two.
28:10So getting into the final, let alone winning, is just unbelievable for me.
28:14But not only did you do that, but you were doing also your medical exams.
28:18That is crazy. How did you get all of that done?
28:22Oh, my goodness.
28:23I basically became a social hermit for three months.
28:25LAUGHTER
28:26I kind of disappeared.
28:27I prayed a lot.
28:28And also, my two flatmates and my boyfriend basically did a lot of washing up.
28:33Yeah.
28:34All of the time.
28:35While I was preparing for Bake Off, I was in the middle of surgery.
28:38So it was kind of a weird thing of kind of going from, like, chopping up nuts,
28:42and then I'd be in surgery the next day and it was kind of...
28:45LAUGHTER
28:46Chopping up nuts again.
28:48Yeah, yeah, chopping nuts again.
28:50APPLAUSE
28:57Where are you in your medical studies?
28:59I'm in my fifth year of six.
29:01Right.
29:02So, yeah, it just kind of keeps going.
29:03Wow.
29:04I hope you do keep going.
29:05I definitely will.
29:06I feel like I can't do just baking or just medicine.
29:09No, I think you can't let such a strong string to your bow go
29:13just because you're a great baker.
29:15Got to do both.
29:16And I love it so much.
29:17Yeah.
29:18Now, here's an unseen moment of you in Pastry Week.
29:21Jasmine, tell us all about your tart sculpture, please.
29:24So, um, it's a tree.
29:28LAUGHTER
29:29Sorry.
29:30No.
29:31I know.
29:33You'll see why you're going to be a doctor.
29:35LAUGHTER
29:38Have you got your exam results?
29:40I have.
29:41I passed all of them first time somehow.
29:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
29:46Your family must be so proud.
29:50I mean, despite the claim you made this week.
29:52Cos I'm, like, middle child, I just get forgotten about it.
29:55That surely won't be the case.
29:58Over to your mum.
29:59As the second child, you know, she was often ignored.
30:01LAUGHTER
30:03You've created so many incredible winning bakes.
30:11We really need an extended edition of the show to talk about them all.
30:15Your tiered sweet bread, incredible pastry tart and delicious trifle.
30:19I mean, even the weeks you didn't win Starbaker, your bakes still look perfect.
30:24Paul, at some point, gave you a weird left-handed handshake.
30:28What did you think about that?
30:29The first ever one in Bake Off history.
30:31Yeah.
30:32I mean, I haven't watched it since.
30:33LAUGHTER
30:34Don't say that as a dog, I'm sorry.
30:35Don't say that as a dog, I'm sorry.
30:36Don't say that as a dog, girl.
30:37Don't say that as a dog, girl.
30:38Don't say that as a dog, girl.
30:39Don't say that as a dog, girl.
30:40Don't say that as a dog.
30:41Don't say that as a dog on television.
30:42LAUGHTER
30:43Let's have some questions from the audience.
30:45Over to you, Tom.
30:46Hello, hello, what's your name?
30:47Jan.
30:48Jan?
30:49Nice to see you, Jan.
30:50Jan, do you have a question for Jasmine?
30:52Yeah.
30:53Did you bake a birthday cake for a family member?
30:55Oh, have you?
30:56And how was it?
30:57I feel like I end up always being the person to end up making the birthday cakes.
31:01I mean, you'll have to ask them.
31:02They're literally right there.
31:03LAUGHTER
31:04What is Jasmine's family?
31:06Oh, hello, everybody.
31:07Hi.
31:08I suppose I should go and ask you.
31:10Just Jas...
31:11Sorry, Jan, but...
31:12LAUGHTER
31:14Hello, Jasmine's family.
31:16Are you Jasmine's family all along here?
31:17Are you Jasmine's family?
31:18Oh...
31:19No.
31:20No?
31:21LAUGHTER
31:22No, you've just sat with Jasmine's family.
31:23Yes.
31:24Oh, that must be awkward for you.
31:25Yes.
31:26Hello.
31:27Sorry, get out of the way, then.
31:28Jasmine's family.
31:29Hi, everyone.
31:30Hi, hi, hi.
31:31Hi.
31:32Jasmine cooked a delicious birthday cake for me.
31:35I still remember it.
31:36It was scrumptious.
31:38Aww.
31:39You...
31:40Who are you?
31:41LAUGHTER
31:43I'm Jasmine's dad.
31:44Who are you?
31:46I'm Jasmine's sister.
31:47Ah, I thought you might be.
31:49What do you do?
31:50I am university.
31:52Yes, what do you study?
31:53Engineering.
31:54Engineering.
31:55Wow.
31:56Not quite a doctor, but...
31:58LAUGHTER
32:01And where's Jasmine's boyfriend that had to do all the washing up?
32:05Oh, oh, hello, hello there, sir, hello.
32:07So, crucially, not family.
32:09LAUGHTER
32:13So, you do a lot of the washing up?
32:15Yeah.
32:16Um...
32:17Do I say it?
32:18LAUGHTER
32:19There's this thing called a scrub daddy.
32:21LAUGHTER
32:22Come on, that's what we call Paul Hollywood.
32:24LAUGHTER
32:25When I was first getting to know Jasmine's family,
32:28they all started calling me scrub daddy,
32:30because I was the guy who was just washing everything up.
32:33LAUGHTER
32:34Yeah, you weren't meant to see that.
32:36LAUGHTER
32:37And so...
32:38Well, that was lovely to get that little insight.
32:40Thank you, scrub daddy.
32:41LAUGHTER
32:42Sorry, excuse me.
32:43Well, thank you, Jasmine's family.
32:45Who's got a question?
32:47Have we got another question now from our audience?
32:49Someone over here?
32:50Have we got coverage?
32:51She's had her hand up for ages.
32:52Oh, you've had your hand up for ages.
32:53All right, all right.
32:54I think we can get coverage here.
32:55Yes, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello.
32:57Hello, you.
32:58What's your question for Jasmine?
33:00So, I'm here with my fellow food teachers.
33:02Oh, great.
33:03Not really a question, you're just describing your life.
33:06LAUGHTER
33:07We were wondering, were you as successful with your food lessons
33:11at school as you have been in the tent?
33:13That is a wonderful question.
33:15I can't even remember my lessons at school.
33:18Oh, that's worrying for a doctor.
33:20LAUGHTER
33:22I wish they'd taught us how to make a fondant fancy, honestly.
33:25Do you think we could do that in an hour?
33:27We have an hour for our lessons and they have to do their own washing up.
33:30Oh!
33:31They haven't got their own stuff there.
33:33LAUGHTER
33:34Could they do that in an hour, do you think?
33:36To be honest, I don't think you could do that in three hours,
33:39so maybe...
33:40Maybe we've got to go back to...
33:41Maybe Swiss roll.
33:42Oh, that's not...
33:43Don't say that.
33:44Hassan's right there!
33:45LAUGHTER
33:46So cruel, so cruel.
33:47You did a Swiss roll in an hour?
33:49Yeah.
33:50My gosh, we should take notes.
33:52LAUGHTER
33:53I was going to say, we've got everybody here from the tent.
33:56I wanted to ask, what did you enjoy most of all
33:58about being in the tent with Jasmine?
33:59The first time I think Jasmine ever saw the word chihuahua written down.
34:03Oh, no!
34:04She thought it said chia hua hua.
34:06LAUGHTER
34:07As we go into the tent to do the showstoppers,
34:09we're all going chia hua hua to each other.
34:11LAUGHTER
34:12It's like our version of Hakuna Matata.
34:15Yeah.
34:16True would like to ask a question.
34:18Who are you going to ask a question of?
34:20I want to ask a question of all the bakers.
34:22Oh, fine.
34:23We've heard so much about how much some of them have cried.
34:26Mmm.
34:27I want to know if anyone got through Bake Off without crying.
34:30Yes, is anybody not weak?
34:32What's that, Toby?
34:33Well, I thought Ian never cried until very recently
34:36I found out that he actually used to sneak off for a secret cry
34:39in the toilets away from the toilets that everybody else uses.
34:42Aww!
34:43Oh, Ian, is this true?
34:45Yeah, it was a separate toilet.
34:46There was no one beside you, so no one could hear you.
34:48So you could cry as loud as you wanted as well.
34:50And it was fine.
34:52In Bake Off, no one can hear you cry.
34:54LAUGHTER
34:55And I forgot that we're mic'd up as well,
34:57so the sound people are probably just listening to me crying.
35:00And we've got the audio of it now!
35:02LAUGHTER
35:03Oh, Ian, that's...
35:05Very sweet.
35:06Yeah, I feel like I just needed a release after every showstopper
35:09because I lost my mind every single time.
35:12Much better to say you're going to the toilet for a cry than a release.
35:15Yes.
35:16LAUGHTER
35:17Yes.
35:18Ian and Toby, thank you.
35:20Back to you, Jo.
35:21You're just there.
35:22Yeah, hi.
35:24Thank you, Tom.
35:25APPLAUSE
35:26Thanks for now, guys.
35:28Coming up, we'll be presenting Jasmine with a special memento
35:31of her time in the tent.
35:33Plus, she'll be taking on O.T. and John in our final celebrity challenge.
35:37See you shortly.
35:38APPLAUSE
35:39Welcome back.
35:40Bake Off champion Jasmine is here, along with O.T. John and Dame Prew.
35:56Let's have one last look at what you've been baking in the kitchens of Britain.
36:00And just when I think surely they can't get any weirder, up pops a cake from Danielle depicting
36:06the storage box that her father Bruce had helped them build.
36:10And here's the cake Danielle made for Bruce's 70th birthday.
36:15Oh!
36:16That's so cute.
36:18That's pretty accurate.
36:19I can work out with the boyfriend's paper.
36:23Over to Dublin now, where Maria decided to make some delightful pink flamingo meringues
36:28she saw online.
36:30Here's what she was aiming for.
36:32Mmm.
36:33And here's how Maria's turned out.
36:35LAUGHTER
36:40While in Cornwall, Andrew baked a cake for his mother's 80th.
36:45She loves her garden and also the fox, who is a regular visitor, digging up the grass at night.
36:50So here's the cake Andrew made.
36:52APPLAUSE
36:54That's so bright.
36:56That is brilliant, isn't it?
36:57I know.
36:58We get some brilliant unicorn cakes sent through, like this one Olivia sent in,
37:03made by her dad Wayne.
37:05Let's also celebrate the efforts of Jolie.
37:08Here's her equally delicate cake of the mythical creature.
37:12LAUGHTER
37:14And finally, Wendy's had a go at some chocolate berry cakes,
37:20which didn't quite go to plan.
37:22Here they are.
37:23LAUGHTER
37:24Oh, wow.
37:25Is that what happened to me?
37:27Yes.
37:28Wait, what is that?
37:29The chocolate came out.
37:31LAUGHTER
37:32Maybe you could use some of those in anatomy classes.
37:36LAUGHTER
37:37But thank you to everyone who sent their pictures in this series.
37:40APPLAUSE
37:42They've been brilliant.
37:44And time now to have one last nosy around a celebrity's kitchen.
37:48See if you can identify our mystery star baker.
37:51Somebody with a foot.
37:52Yeah.
37:53Interesting.
37:54Narrows it down.
37:55And the fridge.
37:56LAUGHTER
37:57Blueberries.
37:58Why blueberries?
37:59Why blueberries?
38:00I think that's a female hand.
38:01Mm-hm.
38:02There's some spices being held by a girl.
38:03Spices.
38:04Look like Leeds United football socks.
38:05Oh.
38:06Yeah.
38:07What are you thinking, Oti?
38:08Mel B.
38:09Oh, let's have a look and see.
38:10APPLAUSE
38:11Oh, let's have a look and see.
38:12APPLAUSE
38:13Hi.
38:14Hi.
38:15Hi.
38:16Hi.
38:17It's me, Mel B.
38:18Woo-hoo!
38:19Woo-hoo!
38:20I think that's a female hand.
38:21I think that's a female hand.
38:22Mm-hm.
38:23There's some spices being held by a girl.
38:24Oh, spices.
38:25OK, yeah.
38:26Spices.
38:27They look like Leeds United football socks.
38:29Oh.
38:30Yeah.
38:31What are you thinking, Oti?
38:32Mel B.
38:33Oh, let's have a look and see.
38:36APPLAUSE
38:37Hi.
38:38It's me, Mel B.
38:41Woo-hoo!
38:42I think that I've been trying to figure it out before.
38:44Congratulations.
38:45Now, back to you, Jasmine, and here comes Tom, with his trolley.
38:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
38:53Oh, hi, Jasmine.
38:55Jasmine, what would you say was the best thing about being on this year's Bake Off?
39:00Oh, hi, Jasmine.
39:05Jasmine, what would you say was the best thing about being on
39:08this year's Bake Off? There were so many highlights.
39:11I mean, all of you guys, there's definitely a highlight.
39:14And the crew, everyone behind the scenes.
39:17Like, the runners, the washer-upperers, the camera crew,
39:20the soundies, the presenters, the judges.
39:22I don't know how they fit so many incredible people
39:24into one little white tent.
39:26Oh. Yeah.
39:28Great.
39:32Aw.
39:34Shame on you guys for not even referencing those people.
39:37Another reason why you didn't win.
39:40OK.
39:42Jasmine, or should I say Dr Jasmine?
39:46Not yet, not yet. Not yet. Oh, fine.
39:48OK, cos I was going to say, in your professional opinion,
39:51what are the symptoms of citric acid poisoning?
39:54Although I would say I'm glad you're not mighty.
39:57I'm glad you're not my doctor, because my doctor tells me
39:59to cut down on sweet treats.
40:01She doesn't go around making delicious cakes to tempt me with.
40:05Or maybe she does. I don't know.
40:06We don't have long enough in the appointment to talk about recipes.
40:09But...
40:10Do you bring up the NHS?
40:11Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
40:13I mean, if I talked about recipes, we wouldn't have time
40:15to talk about my rash.
40:16Anyway.
40:17Where are we?
40:18Oh, yes.
40:19Congratulations.
40:20And none of us saw that coming, did they?
40:22None of us saw you being the winner coming.
40:25I think it was totally out of the blue, wasn't it?
40:28What a surprise.
40:29I mean, you only won Starbaker, what was it?
40:31Five?
40:32Five times!
40:33And...
40:34We're all so, so over the moon for you and for your well-deserved win.
40:41What a year, what a final, and what a worthy winner indeed.
40:47APPLAUSE
40:48Thanks, Tom.
40:49And now, Jasmine, let's take a look back at your time in the tent.
41:01I can't imagine myself being competitive over baking.
41:04You've ticked all the boxes.
41:06It looks very attractive.
41:07It tastes great.
41:08Yee-haw!
41:09First place, Jasmine.
41:10This is the winner.
41:11Jasmine.
41:12Excellent.
41:13Really neat.
41:14It's very professional.
41:15Looks lovely.
41:16Everything tastes wonderful.
41:17My goodness.
41:18That is very good.
41:21This week, Starbaker has already won the Starbaker four times.
41:24Jasmine.
41:25Jasmine.
41:26Jasmine.
41:27Jasmine.
41:28The winner of the great British Bake Off 2025.
41:34I would really, really, really love to win.
41:37Like, really love it.
41:39Jasmine!
41:40When I was in the middle of exams and trying to bake while I was trying to learn all my stuff,
41:44and it's been so much, but I've done it.
41:46And I'm just unbelievably happy.
41:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
41:54Time for the grand unveiling.
41:59So, there you are with Prue and Paul, all holding your mini meringue pies along with your showstopper final table cake,
42:15handshake-worthy chocolate fondue and Christmas tree macaron tower.
42:20Jasmine, everyone.
42:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
42:22But, sir, we're not going to let you go yet, because you're joining in our final Extra Slice Celebrity Challenge.
42:36And to find out what it is, it's over to the Selectatron.
42:50It's the Eggstacle Course.
42:53APPLAUSE
42:54Tom, can you just remind us of the rules?
42:57I'd be delighted to, Jo.
42:59You've all got to complete the obstacle course whilst balancing an egg on your cake stand.
43:06If you get to the end, you have to curtsy before Dame Prue,
43:10and then tip your egg into the mixing bowl.
43:13The quickest to complete the course is the winner.
43:15Drop your egg, and that's your go.
43:17Oh!
43:18Finished.
43:19Right, Oti, you're up first.
43:21So, start when you hear Tom's whistle, OK?
43:24Yep.
43:25WHISTLE BLOWS
43:26Go on, Oti.
43:27Go on, Oti.
43:28Go on!
43:29APPLAUSE
43:31Very good, Oti.
43:32One!
43:33Eight!
43:34Oh!
43:35Five!
43:36Fail, fail.
43:39Nice!
43:40Aw!
43:42cheer, o Youth, o
43:46Know!
43:47Wow!
43:55Oh!
43:57Look at my hair!
44:00Taiwan go, toe!
44:01Fairly there.
44:08That was a good one.
44:09Jon, 39 seconds to beat there.
44:12I'm going to go full Cruft, scrap on the floor and then just leg it.
44:15LAUGHTER
44:17OK, so, Jon, your time starts now.
44:20Go on, Jon.
44:22Go on, Jon.
44:24Come on, Jon.
44:26Oh, Jon.
44:29Very good, very good.
44:32Wow!
44:39That's Debrun in the ball!
44:42Oh, Jon!
44:44Very good, very good.
44:47How long was that?
44:50About 21 seconds you did there, Jon.
44:53Very strong, very strong one.
44:56OK, Jasmine, see if you can beat Jon's 21 seconds.
45:00Are you ready?
45:02OK.
45:03Go, Jon!
45:04Go, Jon!
45:05Go, Jon!
45:10Go, go, go, go!
45:12Go, go, go, go!
45:15Go, go, go!
45:17Go, go, go!
45:22Oh!
45:23Wow!
45:25The end.
45:28The air is brilliant. I've never seen gameplay like it.
45:31Jasmine, that was amazing. Let's have a look in slow-mo.
45:35Sorry, I just chucked the egg in.
45:37Oh.
45:41We love it.
45:43And so the winner of our final Extra Slice Celebrity Challenge
45:49is, with 19 seconds, Jasmine.
45:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
45:59Well, that's it for this year's Bake Off.
46:02Another fantastic series it has been.
46:05A big thank you to Tom and all the Bake Off bakers,
46:08our runners-up, Aaron and Tom, our panel,
46:11Oti Mabusi, John Richardson and Dame Prue Leith.
46:16And to our 2025 Bake Off champion, Jasmine.
46:20See you next time. Goodbye.
46:23APPLAUSE
46:24MUSIC
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