Eight times Bake Off stars have found their way to Sunderland
Topping up on the Bake Off memories
The timer's on and it is counting down to the return of the Great British Bake Off.
Who's ready for another round of Star Bakers and Paul's handshake.
And to get you in the spirit of the hit series, here's an Echo archive reminder of the times when the contestants from previous shows - Brendan Lynch, Martha Collison and Andrew Smyth - have come to Wearside.
They served up a treat of memories in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Read on and see how it turned out.
2. Tops in 2015
Great British Bake Off finalist Brendan Lynch, judging NPower's Cake Off, with winner Chris Hogg and runners up Louise Thornton and David Turner.
3. Baking with Martha
Martha Collison gave her support to Macmillan's World's Biggest Coffee Morning at Npower in 2016.
4. Andrew gives a hand
Bake Off star Andrew Smyth helps out at Npowers Macmillan's coffee morning in 2017.