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It's clip for the Great British Bake Off final contiguous arsenic the iconic structure is acceptable to travel down with the year's champion baker crowned - but who'll beryllium cooking this evening?
The victor volition beryllium announced connected Channel 4 later connected aft a fewer action-packed weeks with clumsiness from Alison Hammond, awesome gateaus and unthinkable entremets. Fans of the fashionable amusement watched arsenic Christiaan de Vries was chosen arsenic prima baker during the semi-final - but who volition beryllium the prima baker erstwhile it matters tonight?
This year's finalists are Christiaan de Vries, 33, who is simply a menswear designer, retail adjunct Dylan Bachelet, 20, and paediatric caregiver Georgie Grasso, 34. It's a pugnacious contention aft Gill Howard was eliminated during Patisserie Week, conscionable missing retired connected a spot successful a final.
The countdown is connected and the show's fans are getting the goodies successful up of last night. But earlier presenters Noel Fielding and Alison Hammonds uncover this year's champion, we instrumentality a look astatine what Bake Off winners are up to these days...
Edd Kimber - 2010
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BBC)Back erstwhile Bake Off premiered connected the BBC, Edd - inactive lone 35 - was the show's first-ever victor successful 2010. He went connected to discontinue his occupation arsenic a indebtedness collector to constitute cookbooks, including One Tin Bakes.
He has amassed implicit 300,000 followers connected societal media since appearing connected the show, wherever helium showcases his recipes. Edd has been the nonmigratory baker connected the Alan Titchmarsh Show and ran a bakery successful the upmarket section store Fortnum & Mason.
The baker besides regularly contributes to nutrient magazines including BBC Good Food, Delicious, and Waitrose Kitchen.
Joanne Wheatley - 2011
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Daily Post Wales)A housewife erstwhile she competed, Joanne went connected to merchandise 2 cookbooks, constitute a file for Sainsbury’s Magazine and look connected programmes specified arsenic The One Show.
The 52-year-old from Essex present has her ain website, Jo’s Blue Aga. Soon aft she won GBBO, it was revealed that her hubby Richard was serving a seven-year jailhouse word for wealth laundering. They are believed inactive to beryllium together.
John Whaite - 2012
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BBC)Although present much associated with different world TV show, Strictly Come Dancing, John archetypal became a household sanction acknowledgment to his triumph connected the 3rd bid of Bake Off.
After beating the different bakers successful the iconic structure backmost successful 2012, went connected to survey for his patisserie diploma from Parisian schoolhouse Le Cordon Bleu. He besides released 4 cookery books pursuing his clip connected the show, co-hosted ITV’s Chopping Block and successful 2015 launched John Whaite’s Kitchen Cookery School successful a converted cattle shed.
In 2018, helium announced plans to instrumentality to his instrumentality vocation earlier aboriginal signing up for a stint connected Strictly past year, wherever helium narrowly missed retired connected lifting the Glitterball trophy with spouse Johannes Radebe.
Frances Quinn - 2013
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PA)A children’s apparel decorator earlier she won successful 2013, the 39-year-old went connected to constitute a bestselling cookbook called Quintessential Baking and adjacent appeared successful Vogue.
Frances went connected Celebrity Pointless and acceptable the grounds for the world’s largest Jaffa Cake successful 2017. But it was aboriginal revealed that she was banned from Waitrose aft being accused of shoplifting there.
Nancy Birtwhistle - 2014
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PA)At 60, Nancy was the oldest GBBO victor to date. The erstwhile GP signifier manager and grandma of 8 who retired successful 2007, said her net aft raising the Bake Off barroom basal "nicely" topped up her NHS pension.
The grandma present keeps her fans updated connected her baking endeavours connected her blog, wherever she regularly shares hints, tips, and recipes.
Nadiya Hussain - 2015
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BBC/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon)Believed to beryllium Bake Off’s astir palmy contestant, Nadiya, 36, is present thought to beryllium worthy £4million acknowledgment to her enactment arsenic a tv presenter and author.
She has hosted shows The Chronicles of Nadiya and Nadiya’s British Food Adventure was chosen to cook the Queen’s 90th day barroom successful 2016 and past twelvemonth was awarded an MBE. Earlier this year, Nadiya opened up astir immoderate of the downsides of winning the fashionable show.
"There are truthful galore fantastic things astir being good known and doing a occupation I perfectly love," she told the Express implicit Zoom successful September. "I person truthful overmuch fun, it doesn't truly consciousness similar a job, actually. But it has its downsides, too."
Candice Brown - 2016
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PA)Former PE teacher Candice, 36, was estimated to nett £1million successful the twelvemonth aft winning. She appeared connected Dancing connected Ice successful 2018 and won Celebrity Mastermind successful 2019.
She divided from her hubby Liam Macaulay successful 2020, describing it arsenic her hardest twelvemonth arsenic her pub The Green Man, successful Bedfordshire, besides struggled. The baker has remained successful the spotlight since uncovering fame connected Bake Off, often enjoying appearances connected shows specified arsenic Loose Women, and has released a bid of books.
Sophie Faldo - 2017
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Contour RA)Sophie's triumph successful 2017 caused rather a disturbance astatine the time, acknowledgment to justice Prue accidentally revealing her arsenic the victor connected societal media hours earlier the large last aired connected Channel 4!
The Army officer, who served successful Afghanistan, changed vocation aft she won. She launched Sophie Faldo Couture Cakes, but says she earned much wealth earlier GBBO and went done "dark times".
She said: “I had to punctual myself what was important to me.”
Rahul Mandal - 2018
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Channel 4)Dr Rahul Mandal is the lone Bake Off victor not to pen a publication pursuing his triumph connected the Channel 4 show.
The 34-year-old went backmost to being an engineering researcher astatine the University of Sheffield's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre aft being crowned champion 5 years ago. But helium has been connected This Morning, written a paper file and precocious led a run to promote much women into the engineering field.
David Atherton - 2019
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Press Association Images)David, 38, was arguable arsenic the lone victor to person ne'er been a prima baker during their tenure connected the show. He was an planetary wellness advisor erstwhile helium went connected GBBO.
"I've watched this since the 2nd bid truthful for 9 years I've been dreaming of Bake Off," David said aft his astonishment triumph was revealed. "It wasn't adjacent successful my caput that I could triumph this. I was ever the underdog." He has since written a file connected nutrient for fittingness and My First Cookbook, aimed astatine children.
Peter Sawkins - 2020
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PA)One successful six Brits are believed to person watched Peter, present 21, go the youngest-ever victor successful 2020. Peter did his Accounting and Finance grade astatine the University of Edinburgh, wherever helium was besides president of the university’s badminton society.
He released his archetypal cookbook Peter Bakes, with twists connected classical favourites arsenic good arsenic immoderate accepted Scottish recipes.
Giuseppe Dell'Anno - 2021
The 45-year-old took location the rubric of Star Baker successful past year's final, arsenic viewers fell successful emotion with the Italian's passionateness for baking and his tales of watching his nonrecreational cook begetter marque a barroom each Sunday.
Like different Bake Off winners, Giuseppe has released a cooking book. He told his fans earlier this year: "Big news! I tin yet denote that my archetypal cookbook, Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes, is coming retired this Autumn. If I’m honest, I cannot judge that this is truly happening, and I’m inactive successful disbelief portion I’m penning this… idiosyncratic pinch me, please."
Syabira Yusoff - 2022
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PA)The Malaysian-born baker romped to the 2022 rubric aft her awesome skills successful the room stole the show.
Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith sang Syabira's praises aft a tense last saw the cardiovascular probe subordinate spell caput to caput with Abdul Rehman Sharif, 29, and Sandro Farmhouse, 30, successful the infamous achromatic tent.
Syabira said aft proceeding the large news: “Thank you truthful much. I can’t judge it, honestly, it hasn’t sunk successful yet, this is the biggest accomplishment successful my life." Judge Paul told her: “Some of the flavours we person ne'er had successful the structure earlier and are improbable to person again, she is an unthinkable baker.”
Matty Edgell - 2023
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Channel 4 / Mark Bourdillon / Love Productions)Following a tense last alongside Josh Smalley and Dan Hunter, the PE and subject teacher from Cambridgeshire was crowned the 2023 play 14 winner.
"I anticipation GBBO mightiness conscionable alteration my beingness a small spot but being a PE teacher is thing I truly enjoy. My adjacent large baking task is our wedding cake," Matty explained. During the series, helium called himself 'the authoritative underdog' arsenic galore of the different contestants had much baking acquisition than him.
Matty had thought helium “wasn’t bully enough” to vie successful the amusement but, with encouragement from his fiancée, became assured successful his skills.
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