Three Vancouver-area bakers have made it into the cast for the new season of The Great Canadian Baking Show .

When Season 9 of the show premieres Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. on CBC and CBC Gem, event planner Jo Mandet of North Vancouver will join Burnaby’s Dan Vano, a customer success associate, and student Jennifer Tsang in a group of 10 bakers battling it out. Article content Article content Article content

This is the first time the reality competition show has cast this many bakers from the Vancouver area.

CBC’s homegrown take on the wildly popular The Great British Bake Off, The Great Canadian Baking Show sees 10 amateur bakers from across Canada compete in a series of themed culinary challenges “that celebrate their diverse backgrounds, families and communities.”

Each of the 10

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