A NURSE from Bracknell will be kneading all the luck he can gets when he swaps his bandages for a wooden spoon for the first episode of the Great British Bake Off tonight.

Alvin Magallanes, who works at Heatherwood Hospital, is one of twelve amateur bakers who will be hoping they can rise to the challenge and impress judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry.

Alvin lives with his wife and their two children and says he is constantly jotting down everything from recipes to techniques so he can pass all his knowledge onto them both as they grow up.

Seven years ago he questioned why he was buying bread and cakes when he had an oven and now bakes at least four times a week and owns every tin imaginable - much to his wife’s amusement.

A true perfectionist, Alvin once baked bread every day for three weeks until he believed he’d got it right.

How will Mr Magallanes fare when the new season starts? The proof will be in the pudding when the show broadcasts tonight at 8pm on BBC1.