The Great British Bake Off 2018 Biscuit Week – who left the tent and who was Star Baker?

THE 2018 series of The Great British Bake Off is finally underway!

The first week was Biscuit Week and the bakers rose to the challenges and produced some masterpieces. So whose biscuits didn't quite have the snap required and who claimed the coveted Star Baker title?

What happened during Biscuit Week?

Twelve bakers took o the task of making biscuits for the judges.

But who impressed Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith?

Here were the winners and losers of each challenge;

• Signature Bake - 24 biscuits were asked for. The biscuits were iced and a variety of shapes, flavours and sizes. Some were bland, some were underbaked, others were overbaked and some had no snap.Terry came bottom with his unfinished and unrefined Lake District ginger shortbread.Antony's psychedelic biscuits impressed. Karen was praised for her piping work with Kim-Joy, Luke, Imelda, Briony and Manon also impressing. Jon, Ruby, Rahul and Dan failed to shine - with Ruby making 25 biccies due to "bad maths".
• Technical Challenge - set by Paul the blind-judged challenge was to make eight wagon wheels in two and a quarter hours.A very British delicacy, two shortbread biscuits are sandwiched together with marshmallow and jam and then covered with chocolate. As is usual with the Technical, some of the bakes were disasters and others demonstrated skill.Antony came in last place, with Imelda 11th, Kim-Joy 10th, Terry 9th, Luke 8th, Rahul 7th, Karen in sixth place and Jon fifth.

  Fourth place went to Dan, Manon came third, Briony was second and the baker who came out on top was Ruby.

• The Showstopper challenge was to create a self-portrait fashioned out of biscuit. The judges were very impressed by Dan, Rahul, Briony and Terry - but did they do enough to save themselves?

Who left the tent in episode one of GBBO 2018?

After much tasting and deliberating Prue and Paul decided that 's time in the competition was over.

Before she entered the tent, the novice baker said she decided to enter the show for herself.

She revealed: "I went in for me as a challenge obviously for the baking, but also to have the confidence of meeting new people, I don’t usually put myself out there personally."

Who was the first Star Baker?

Manon Lagreve's attention to detail impressed the judges and she claimed the coveted title.

The 26-year-old wanted to go on the show for her "best friend and flatmate, and my closest girlfriends that have always rooted for me and supported me throughout my baking journey".

When is The Great British Bake Off on?

The Great British Bake Off 2018 started on Tuesday, August 28, at 8pm on Channel 4 and it will be shown in the same time slot each Tuesday.

If you miss an episode you can catch it on All 4 and Jo Brand will be back with An Extra Slice on Friday at 8pm, also on C4.

The judges and presenters are unchanged from last year - Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood judge, while Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig as hosts.