Great British Bake Off 2018 LIVE: Manon named star baker as Imelda becomes first contestant to leave the show

All the latest from the Berkshire-based tent

Great British Bake Off 2018 Trailer

Britain’s most beloved baking show is finally back! Bake Off returned with a batch of new contestants hoping to win over Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith’s taste buds.

The second series to air on Channel 4 kicked off with biscuit week and saw the 12 newcomers tasked with creating a set of traditional biscuits inspired by something personal to them. A gentle enough start – unlike the technical challenge, which featured some devilishly tricky marshmallow-making as the new dozen were asked to make wagon wheels.

Following a difficult showstopper that saw the bakers make selfie biscuits, France's own Manon was voted star baker, while Imelda was voted out (narrowly losing to Terry).

The Independent live-blogged along all the action from the Berkshire-based tent below. Catch up on everything that happened below – please give the live-blog a moment to load.

The Independent recently ran through everything we learnt from a preview screening of the first episode, also including some tantalising snippets of news about the upcoming series from Prue and Paul. (Spoiler: Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding are back and better than ever.)

You can also learn more about each of the new contestants by flicking through the below gallery.

Bake Off airs Tuesday on Channel 4 at 8pm.

[28 August 2018 21:06 · Andrew Buncombe]

Terry's work looks both terrifying and incredible - a surprising expressionist piece. One of the best today. Has he pulled it back? Can he beat Imelda who, we should remember, told us that she "only needed to beat one person". Has she managed to do just that?

[28 August 2018 21:07 · Andrew Buncombe]

Feels a shame to even eat this one, a modern day Van Gogh...

[28 August 2018 21:12 · Andrew Buncombe]

Briony and Manon are in line for star baker, while Terry, Imelda and Ruby are looking to be dumped. "What's amazing is that we've just met these 12 and it feels a shame to lose any of them," says Sandi. True.

[28 August 2018 21:12 · Andrew Buncombe]

Star baker goes to..... Manon. Of course. An obvious choice.

[28 August 2018 21:13 · Andrew Buncombe]

Imelda's going home! Not Terry! Our guy made it through! Madness! his expressionist masterpiece saved him! Good for him.

[28 August 2018 21:14 · Andrew Buncombe]

Imelda in tears though. And so's Manon. Nawww.

[28 August 2018 21:15 · Andrew Buncombe]

Next week, we're finally seeing some cakes! At least they got the most boring week (biscuits) out the way first thing...

[28 August 2018 21:24 · Andrew Buncombe]

Our review of Bake Off is here, and our critic was not enamoured by the new episode... 

[28 August 2018 21:32 · Andrew Buncombe]

Thanks to everyone who followed our live-blog. I had fun - even if our critic didn't. I'll be dreaming of Wagon Wheels tonight.