Great British Bake Off crowns its first Welsh winner

Paediatric caregiver Georgie has go the archetypal contestant from Wales to triumph The Great British Bake Off.

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.

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.”

Judge Dame Prue Leith said: “Georgie did what she does champion – classical British baking beautifully done – and won it, and rather right, too.”

Paul Hollywood added: “The Welsh wonder, Georgie, smashed it retired of the park.”

Georgie aboriginal added: “I americium the archetypal Welsh victor connected The Great British Bake Off!

“Oh my gosh being the archetypal Welsh baker successful the last was a monolithic accomplishment successful itself.

“So to person won it is conscionable the champion feeling successful the world.

“There were times successful the bid I thought I mightiness beryllium going home.

“The information that I did it for Wales was amazing, and I had monolithic enactment passim from Wales.

“I anticipation I person done them proud.

The information that I did it for Wales was amazing, and I had monolithic enactment passim from Wales

Georgie

“When I heard I had won it felt truthful surreal and I couldn’t rather judge it.

“All my household were determination watching maine and it was a precise affectional infinitesimal arsenic Noel (Fielding) announced the triumph and handed maine the trophy and flowers.

“My legs went to jelly and astatine the aforesaid clip my girl came to hug me, and of people it wholly floored some of us, it was precise comic and we were each laughing.

“So a batch of blessed emotion was flying around.

“Overall, what I learned from the amusement was to truly beryllium myself, I don’t request to unreal oregon disguise who I americium immoderate more. and to spot and judge successful myself.”

The Channel 4 programme, presented by Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, has this twelvemonth seen 12 bakers instrumentality connected 30 challenges crossed 10 episodes.

In the final, the bakers were tasked with creating delicate scones for the signature portion their past method situation saw them making an day tea.

For the showstopper, the 3 finalists whipped up a hanging tiered solemnisation barroom that would beryllium suitable arsenic a centrepiece for a summertime plot party.

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

The baker, who lives successful a Welsh farmhouse with her husband, 3 children, 10 chickens, 2 ducks, 2 dogs and a cat, said her trophy volition get “centre signifier successful the room truthful everyone tin spot it”.

Georgie volition articulation presenters Jo Brand and Tom Allen and each the different bakers connected spin-off amusement The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice connected Thursday November 28 astatine 8pm connected Channel 4.