The Great British Bake Off (series 3)
Baker Age Occupation Hometown
Brendan Lynch 63 Recruitment consultant Sutton Coldfield
Cathryn Dresser 27 Shop assistant Pease Pottage , West Sussex
Danny Bryden 45 Intensive care consultant Sheffield
James Morton 21 Medical student Hillswick , Shetland Islands
John Whaite 22 Law student Wigan
Manisha Parmar 27 Nursery nurse Leicester
Natasha Stringer 36 Midwife Tamworth , Staffordshire
Peter Maloney 43 Sales manager Windsor , Berkshire
Ryan Chong 38 Photographer Bristol
Sarah-Jane Willis 28 Vicar 's wife Bewbush , West Sussex
Stuart Marston-Smith 26 PE teacher Lichfield , Staffordshire
Victoria Chester 50 CEO of the charity Plantlife Somerset
Bakers
The third series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on Tuesday 14 August 2012. The series was filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. Seven thousand applied for the competition and twelve contestants were chosen. For the first time, each of the three finalists, Brendan Lynch, John Whaite and James Morton, was male. The competition was won by John Whaite.