The Great British Bake Off has crowned its latest winner, with 34-year-old Georgie Grasso nabbing the prize acknowledgment to her summertime plot solemnisation hanging cake.
The mother-of-three bushed her rivals Christiaan and Dylan to instrumentality the prize, becoming the series’ 15th champion baker. Grasso wowed judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith during her clip successful the baking competition, winning prima baker doubly – erstwhile successful week 4 for her solid roseate reflector mousse barroom and again successful the quarterfinals for a achromatic wood gâteau.
She takes implicit arsenic the reigning Bake Off champ from Matty Edgell, who was crowned the victor of the 14th bid successful 2023.
Here's what each the past winners person been up to since becoming the kings and queens of British TV's astir celebrated kitchen.
Edd Kimber was the archetypal victor of Bake Off successful 2010
Edd Kimber was the archetypal victor of Bake Off successful 2010.
After his landmark win, helium near his occupation arsenic a indebtedness collector and became a full-time nutrient writer. He has released 3 cookbooks: Say It With Cake, The Boy Who Bakes and Patisserie Made Simple.
The multitalented Kimber is besides the big of the fashionable podcast Stir the Pot and was the baker connected The Alan Titchmarsh Show successful 2014.
“When the finale aired, I inactive retrieve radical applauding the thought that a antheral could triumph a baking show,” helium said of his GBBO success.
Jo Wheatley took the Bake Off crown pursuing an all-female last
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Jo Wheatley took the Bake Off crown pursuing an all-female last and has released 2 bestselling cookery books, A Passion for Baking and Home Baking.
The mother-of-three has besides appeared connected The One Show and The Alan Titchmarsh Show and has written for the Sun and Sainsbury's Magazine.
She present runs cookery classes and a cook with maine masterclasses.
John Whaite won the 3rd Bake Off bid erstwhile helium was lone 23
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John Whaite won the 3rd Bake Off bid erstwhile helium was lone 23 and inactive studying for his instrumentality exams.
These days, helium prefers cooking to ineligible affairs. His 4 look books are John Whaite Bakes, John Whaite Bakes astatine Home, Perfect Plates successful 5 Ingredients, and Comfort: Food to Soothe the Soul.
Whaite has besides proved his mettle connected the dancefloor, finishing runner-up connected the Strictly Come Dancing successful 2021 with his antheral creation spouse Johannes Radebe.
Frances Quinn wowed judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with a rainbow-style savoury picnic pastry and showstopper three-tier wedding cake
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Frances Quinn shocked everyone erstwhile she bushed the favourite Ruby Tandoh to the rubric successful 2013.
Since then, she has paused her vocation arsenic a children’s decorator and immersed herself successful cooking. She has released a cookbook, Quintessential Baking, for example.
Quinn has baked for galore British celebrities, including Jools Holland and Clare Balding, and was the mastermind down the barroom for The Shard's archetypal anniversary.
She has besides appeared connected Pointless Celebrities and successful Vogue mag successful 2016.
Nancy Birtwhistle celebrities with Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
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Nancy Birtwhistle brought a grin to everyone’s faces erstwhile she unexpectedly emerged arsenic the victor of Bake Off bid seven.
The retired GP signifier manager and grandma of 8 has released a book. She besides writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph arsenic good arsenic her website
In her spare time, Birtwhistle campaigns for the foundation Love Food Hate Waste.
Nadiya Hussain earlier signing copies of the Great British Bake Off publication astatine Waterstones Piccadilly, London, successful October 2015
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Nadiya Hussain was the people's favourite erstwhile she near the Bake Off structure victorious successful 2015.
She has had a palmy vocation since, penning for nationalist newspapers, releasing a cookbook and presenting ITV's Loose Women.
She has besides hosted TV programmes: The Chronicles of Nadiya, Nadiya's British Food Adventure, The Big Family Cooking Showdown and Nadiya's Family Favourites.
She continues to beryllium connected television, precocious fronting a amusement connected however champion to usage nutrient leftovers.
Candice Brown has released a look book, Comfort: Delicious Bakes and Family Treats
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Candice Brown was famed for her ever-changing lipstick colours portion connected the amusement – and her vocation has surely evolved successful a akin vein.
She has released a look book, Comfort: Delicious Bakes and Family Treats, and writes a file for the Sunday Times.
She has besides appeared connected Loose Women and was a contestant connected ITV's Dancing connected Ice successful 2018 – though she didn't fare arsenic good connected this world TV amusement aft being booted disconnected first.
Brown is the arrogant proprietor and landlady of the Green Man pub successful Eversholt, Milton Keynes.
Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood with Sophie Faldo
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Sophie Faldo famously was fixed the Bake Off rubric prematurely erstwhile Prue Leith accidentally tweeted the victor hours earlier the amusement was broadcast.
In summation to making regular baking appearances, the archetypal Channel 4 champion became a way cyclist and rower and was grooming to beryllium a stunt woman.
She owns her ain barroom concern and gives inspirational speeches astatine events.
Scientist Rahul Mandal swapped probe labs for the kitchen
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Rahul Mandal swapped probe labs for the room and fto his endowment for baking radiance done to triumph bid nine.
He has since returned to moving arsenic an engineering researcher astatine the University of Sheffield. Not wholly turning his backmost connected the baking world, Mandal wrote a nutrient file for The Times and occasionally features connected ITV’s This Morning arsenic a impermanent baker.
His societal media channels besides diagnostic baking contented erstwhile helium gets the time.
After wowing the judges with his calm and collected cognition and awesome method bakes, wellness advisor David Atherton bushed chap finalists Steph Blackwell and Alice Fevronia to beryllium crowned the 2019 winner.
He went connected to motorboat a cookbook for children titled My First Cookbook, implicit with saccharine illustrations by his person Rachel Stubbs. He present takes portion successful the Sticky Boys Bun podcast.
Student Peter Sawkins became the show’s youngest victor astatine 20 successful 2020.
After his win, helium completed his accounting and concern grade astatine the University of Edinburgh and released a publication titled Peter Bakes.
He uses his societal media channels to cook on with maine masterclasses.
Giuseppe Dell’Anno (2021)
Giuseppe Dell’Anno wowed judges of the 12th series, earning 2 prima baker awards
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Italian pastry extraordinaire Giuseppe Dell’Anno wowed judges of the 12th series, earning 2 prima baker awards.
Since winning the show, Dell’Annois has baked full-time, with his debut publication Giuseppe’s Italian Bakes published successful October 2022. Since past helium has launched different book, Giuseppe’s Easy Bakes, released successful 2023 and helium adjacent holds cooking classes.
Dr Syabira Yusoff won the prima baker grant 3 consecutive times successful 2022
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The London cardiovascular probe subordinate of King's College has reinvented British classical bakes with Malaysian flavours.
Dr Syabira Yusoff won the prima baker grant 3 consecutive times to instrumentality the GBBO crown successful 2022. Since then, she has launched baking collections and hosted Malaysian masterclasses successful cooking.
She is besides a fashionable fig connected societal media, with 90,000 followers connected Instagram. Dr Yusoff has besides participated successful galore events, including 1 successful June 2023 successful Longleat wherever she met different professionals including James Martin.
The then-28-year-old pulled disconnected a choux pastry signature instauration successful the last which bagged him archetypal place.
He returned to schoolhouse aft the finale and finished his teaching year, earlier quitting the assemblage successful July 2024.
The Peterborough-based PE and subject teacher described his past time astatine the city's Hampton College arsenic “extremely emotional”. However, helium said helium had decided to ore afloat connected baking aft juggling his 2 passions.
He said helium hoped to “write a book, get backmost into television” and was looking guardant to “starting [my] ain barroom business”.
Edgell added: “Bake Off gave maine an accidental to research an avenue that was truthful acold retired of the equation. If I didn't instrumentality it, I would everlastingly look backmost and deliberation what if.”