Who won Bake Off 2024? Meet Georgie Grasso: Mum-of-3 who rose to occasion in cake competition

THE Great British Bake Off is implicit for different year, with the celebrated achromatic structure closing its doors erstwhile more.

But earlier the amusement said goodbye, a brand caller victor was crowned. Here we instrumentality a look astatine the caller champ's story.

Bake Off victor crowned

Legendary judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith returned for The Great British Bake Off 2024, and were joined by hosts Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond.

The last occurrence saw three finalists spell head-to head - Georgie Grasso, Christiaan De Vries, and Dylan Bachelet.

It was a tense finale for the bakers who faced disconnected successful a plot enactment themed showstopper challenge.

In the end. the winner was Welsh paediatric caregiver Georgie.

She wowed judges Paul and Prue with her 3 tier citrus and elderflower hanging cake.

After hosts Alison and Noel announced the result, Georgie said: "Being the archetypal Welsh baker successful the last was a monolithic accomplishment successful itself, truthful to person won it is conscionable the champion feeling successful the world. 

"The information that I did it for Wales was amazing, it felt truthful surreal and my legs went to jelly."

After she was handed the coveted solid barroom basal by the judges, the mum-of-three revealed: "I person ever been truthful aforesaid doubtful.

"I person got this and that incorrect with maine and deliberation I can’t bash it, and you marque excuses.

"For erstwhile I thought I americium conscionable going to spell for it and enactment my everything into it. Working each hours and I sacrificed clip with the kids and the family."

The bid 15 victor prima praised her chap competitors and said Bake Off was the "best thing" she had ever done.

"I americium already feeling bittersweet that I americium not coming backmost present and not seeing everyone, " the prima baker admitted.

"The radical I person met are going to beryllium champion friends for life.   This is the champion happening I person ever done."

Commenting connected her victory, justice Paul said: "The Welsh Wonder, Georgie smashed it retired of the park."

Fellow justice Prue added: "Georgie did what she does best  -  classical British baking beautifully done, and won it and rather close too."

During her travel connected the show, Georgie was awarded the rubric of Star Baker doubly by the judges for her enactment successful Caramel Week and for her 70s inspired dishes.

Meet Georgia's chap finalists

Christiaan

Born successful the Netherlands, Christiaan is a menswear decorator who present lives successful London.

He impressed the judges and won his archetypal Star Baker rubric successful the semi-final.

Speaking to his fans connected Instagram astir his Bake Off journey, Christiaan said: "Where bash I adjacent begin? This past twelvemonth has been perfectly indescribable.

"I’ve grown successful ways I ne'er thought possible, met friends for life, and learned truthful overmuch astir baking!

"I’m beyond grateful for each the enactment I’ve received, some online and successful person.

"The emotion you’ve shown maine is much than I ever dared to imagination of, and gathering truthful galore of you retired and astir has genuinely lifted maine up each azygous day.

"Congratulations to the amazing @georgiegrasso —you’re an implicit powerhouse, and I can’t hold to spot what’s next for you, darling."

Dylan 

Dylan was thrilled helium made it to the final, and conscionable missed retired connected scooping the crown.

During his Bake Off journey, the retail adjunct won Star Baker doubly and got a Hollywood handshake.

Speaking astir his clip connected the celebrated Channel 4 show, helium shared a lengthy station connected Instagram which read: "@georgiegrasso and @christiaan.de.vries are unbelievable bakers, I was successful awe of their work.

"The last was a rollercoaster, but I enjoyed it truthful much, and looking backmost connected it now, I wouldn’t person changed a thing."

Going connected helium added: "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."

Dylan ended the station with: "I volition everlastingly relish the memories of our dinners, an implicit item of my life, escaped nutrient and fantastic company."

Leaving the Bake Off Tent

Every week Bake Off had to accidental goodbye to different contestant.

The amusement started disconnected with 12 amateur bakers each taking part successful 2024, and they were dilatory whittled down:

• Semi-final - Gill, 53, elder class manager - conscionable missed retired connected the last astatine near successful Patisserie Week.
• Week eight - Illiyin, 31, commencement trauma specializer midwife - near successful 1970s week.
• Week seven - Sumayah, 19, pupil - near the amusement successful Dessert Week.
• Week six - Nelly, 44, palliative attraction adjunct - was voted disconnected successful the show's archetypal Autumn Week.
• Week five - Andy, 44, car mechanic - left the amusement successful Pastry Week.
• Week four - Mike, 29, husbandman - near the celebrated achromatic structure successful Caramel Week.
• Week 3 - John, 37, NHS directorate enactment manager - was voted disconnected successful Bread Week.
• Week two - Hazel, 71, erstwhile nail technician - got her marching orders successful Biscuit Week.
• Week two - Jeff, 67, erstwhile assemblage lecturer - had to permission the contention for aesculapian reasons.
• Week one - No one.