The Great British Bake Off series 3

This article is about the third series, which aired as the fifth season of the PBS broadcast. For the fifth series, see The Great British Bake Off (series 5).

The Great British Bake Off
Series 3
Promotional photo of the main cast and contestants of the third series
Starring
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkBBC Two
Original release14 August (2012-08-14) –
16 October 2012 (2012-10-16)
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The third series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on Tuesday 14 August 2012.[1] The series was filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset.

Seven thousand applied for the competition and twelve contestants were chosen.[2] The competition was won by John Whaite.[3]

The third series was broadcast as the fifth season on PBS in the United States.

  1. ^ Food on BBC Two, 26 April 2012
  2. ^ "'Sir' beat 7,000 hopefuls to join baking dozen". Lichfield Mercury. 9 August 2012.
  3. ^ Vicky Frost (16 October 2012). "Great British Bake Off: John Whaite is surprise winner". The Guardian.