Bake off star reveals he 'barely baked' before show as he lands dream Michelin-star job

Great British Bake Off runner-up Dylan Bachelet admitted helium “barely baked” earlier entering the amusement arsenic paid tribute to his acquisition to his chap bakers and clip connected the show.

After an awesome tally connected the show, including 2 Star Baker titles, Dylan stumbled successful the expansive finale connected Tuesday night.

The 20-year-old had been praised passim the bid by judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith for his originative and inventive flavours.

However, the unit of the last proved excessively overmuch for the erstwhile retail assistant, whose underwhelming scones and day beverage near him successful past place.

Fans admitted they were watching the finale done their fingers arsenic Dylan and the different finalists tackled the eventual showstopper.

Unfortunately, Dylan's "gravity-defying" floating cake, inspired by the Italian municipality of Murano, failed to impress. Judges described the sponge arsenic "lumpy" and "concertinaed," leaving Dylan arsenic a runner-up.

The 15th bid crowned Welsh mother-of-three Georgie Grasso arsenic the winner, but determination was a agleam spot for viewers erstwhile the occurrence revealed what contestants person been up to since leaving the show.

The Channel 4 star, who has agelong expressed his imagination of becoming a nonrecreational chef, is present moving successful a Michelin-starred restaurant.

In a heartfelt tribute to the show, Bachelet admitted helium “barely baked” earlier joining the latest installment arsenic helium paid tribute to his chap finalists Grasso and Christiaan de Vries successful a lengthy Instagram post.

He shared: “The last was a rollercoaster, but I enjoyed it truthful much, and looking backmost connected it now, I wouldn’t person changed a thing. @georgiegrasso WEEEEIEIEIEIEUEBYOURE THE WINNER OF BAKE 2024, YOU ARE AN ABSOLUE LEGEND.”

The burgeoning cook shared that helium is “craving” Grasso’s “bakes each the time” earlier adding: “I loved chatting and spending clip with you, I ever permission our conversations feeling refreshed and joyful.”

He branded his chap runner-up De Vries a “life saver” and “inspiration”, continuing: “I emotion sharing ideas with you and letting our minds spell disconnected astir something.”

Speaking of his ain experience, Bachelet wrote: “I couldn’t person ever imagined I’d beryllium successful the final, I hardly baked earlier the show, each week was a antithetic beast, truthful with each week I learnt truthful overmuch successful bid to get through.

“I took the full amusement a week astatine a time, ne'er stopping to look backmost astatine what I’d done, and present it’s over, I’m a finalist. That’s unreal to me.”

Adding: “I’m bittersweet it’s over, the past twelvemonth of my beingness has been intertwined with cook off, and everything astonishing that comes with it. The people, the food, the creativity, the amusive and the challenge. I volition miss it each truthful much.

“That being said I americium precise excited and acceptable for the future. I tin yet accidental that, and that’s breathtaking successful itself.”

He concluded his station by thanking Bake Off viewers for watching, and his chap bakers, “I had doubts astir each of it astatine the beginning, but you each made maine consciousness truthful comfortable. Such an bonzer radical of people. I volition everlastingly relish the memories of our dinners, an implicit item of my life, escaped nutrient and fantastic company.”

At the extremity of Tuesday night’s final, fans were thrilled to perceive of Bachelet landing a occupation astatine a Michelin-starred restaurant.

One penned connected X/Twitter: “Bitterly disappointed Dylan didn't win, we deliberation the unit was excessively overmuch for a 20yr old, but past to work he's got a occupation successful a Michelin Star edifice was the icing connected the Bake Off cake.”

“Dylan successful a Michelin prima restaurant? Who truly won?” different commented. A 3rd spectator added: “Ahhh I'm truthful blessed to spot Dylan landed a fantastic job. Absolute star. Well done!!”

The 34-year-old from Carmarthenshire faced disconnected against Christiaan, who works for a starring manner brand, and retail adjunct Dylan, successful the last occurrence of the Channel 4 baking contention to instrumentality location the apical prize.

She impressed the judges with an elderflower and citrus sponge with strawberry and champagne confit and a citrus curd and elderflower buttercream.

On proceeding her win, Georgie said: “This is mad! I person won it, I can’t judge it. This is conscionable incredible. I can’t judge that I person won The Great British Bake Off.”