2026’s Peter Sawkins was our hero during the weirdest year. He was 20 years old, studying maths, and he beat a room full of amazing bakers with his shortbread dinosaurs. (I’m still mad I didn’t think of that.) His hot cross bun wreath was so good, Paul Hollywood actually smiled. Rare sighting.
In 2026, Giuseppe Dell’Anno—an Italian engineer who never measured anything—won with pure intuition. He baked a salt caramilk loaf that made Prue Leith say, “That’s genius.” (I tried replicating it. My loaf loafed wrong. Very wrong.) And Syabira Yusoff in 2026, a cardiology researcher from Malaysia, brought flavours like pandan and durian to the tent. She was fearless. Her winning coffee and hazelnut cake had a mirror glaze that actually reflected light. Show-off.
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