List of The Great British Bake Off finalists (series 1–7)

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The Great British Bake Off is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions. It premiered on BBC Two in 2010, then moved to BBC One in 2014, and then moved to Channel 4 in 2017. This list contains sections about annual winners and runners-up who appeared in the first seven series that aired on BBC.

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The information seen in tables, including age and occupation, are based on the time of filming.

Series 1 (2010)

Finalists of series one (2010)
BakerAge (on
show debut)		OccupationHometownResult
Edward "Edd" Kimber24Debt collector for Yorkshire Bank Bradford Winner
Ruth Clemens31Retail manager/Housewife Poynton, Cheshire Runner-up
Miranda Gore Browne37Food buyer for Marks & Spencer Midhurst, West SussexEliminated in
final's 1st round

No baker was awarded Star Baker this season. [1] [2]

Edd Kimber (winner)

Edd Kimber (born 7 March 1985 in Bradford), the winner of the first series in 2010, [3] previously worked as a debt collector for a bank at the time of original airing. Since then, Kimber has written the following cookbooks: The Boy Who Bakes (2011; ISBN   978-0-85783-045-6), Say It with Cake (2012; ISBN   978-0857830975), Patisserie Made Simple (2014; ISBN   978-0857832436), One Tin Bakes (2020; ISBN   978-0-85783-859-9), One Tin Bakes Easy (2021; ISBN   978-0-85783-978-7), and Small Batch Bakes (2022; ISBN   978-1-914239-28-1). He was "resident baker" on The Alan Titchmarsh Show .

He came out while attending university. [4] As of 2011, he was living in Highbury, north London, with his partner Matt. [5] [6]

Miranda Gore Browne

Miranda Gore Browne, eliminated in the finals of the first series, was a buyer of Marks & Spencer at the time of original airing. As of 2017, she is a consultant for the National Trust and ambassador for Aga Rangemaster Group. She also hosts baking classes in West Sussex. [7] She wrote her cookbooks Biscuit (2012; ISBN   9780091945022) and Bake Me a Cake As Fast As You Can (2014; ISBN   9781446489178 , 9780091945114). She also appeared in a video A Perfect Afternoon Tea (2014).

Ruth Clemens

Ruth Clemens, runner-up of the first series, established her blog The Pink Whisk, which Kate Watson-Smyth of The Independent ranked 49th out of fifty "best food websites" of 2011. [8]

Series 2 (2011)

Finalists of series two (2011)
BakerAge (on
show debut)		OccupationHometownStar Baker
(count and weeks)		Result
Joanne "Jo" Wheatley41Housewife Ongar, Essex 1 (6th)Winner
Holly Bell31Advertising executive Leicester 2 (1st and 4th)Runner-up
Mary-Anne Boermans45Housewife Kidderminster, Worcestershire NoneRunner-up

There was no Star Baker on the seventh week as Paul and Mary felt singling out one baker when the results were incredibly close would not be right.

Jo Wheatley (winner)

Joanne Wheatley (née Rutland; born 27 May 1969), the winner of the second series, [9] has started her own cookery school and written two cookbooks A Passion For Baking (2013; ISBN   9781780338774) and Home Baking (2014; ISBN   9781472109354). She has appeared in The One Show , performed cooking demonstrations on The Alan Titchmarsh Show and written a column in the Sainsbury's magazine. She writes for The Sun and various food publications. [10]

Wheatley is married to Richard, who was sentenced on 20 April 2010 to seven years in prison for a £60-million money laundering scheme. They have three sons together. [11] [12]

Holly Bell

Holly Bell, one of runners-up of the second series, worked in an advertising industry at the time of original airing. [13] She wrote her cookbook Recipes from a Normal Mum (2014; ISBN   978-1-84949-419-9)

Mary-Anne Boermans

Mary-Anne Boermans (born 1964/65), one of runners-up of the second series, had been a housewife at the time of original airing and previously played women's rugby for Wales. [14] She wrote her cookbook Great British Bakes (2013; ISBN   9781448155019 , 978-0-22-409556-3) and runs a blog Time to Cook.

Series 3 (2012)

Finalists of series three (2012)
BakerAge (on
show debut)		OccupationHometownStar Baker
(count and weeks)		Result
John Whaite 22Law student Wigan 1 (2nd)Winner
Brendan Lynch63 Recruitment consultant Sutton Coldfield 2 (4th and 6th)Runner-up
James Morton21Medical student Hillswick, Shetland Islands 3 (3rd, 8th and 9th)Runner-up

There was no elimination in the sixth, week after John sustained a major injury to his finger and could not complete the last bake. The judges therefore determined that it would be unfair to eliminate anyone.

John Whaite (winner)

John Whaite (born 1988/89), winner of the third series, was a University of Manchester graduate student studying law at the time of the series. [15] [16] Whaite was raised in Wigan. He also has two older sisters. [16] He attended the University of Oxford twice. [17]

After Bake Off, Whaite graduated with a law degree. [18] He then attended London school of Le Cordon Bleu. [19]

In January 2016, Whaite also established his eponymous cookery school, John Whaite's Kitchen Cookery School, a converted 400-year-old barn on his family's farm in Wrightington, Lancashire. [20] [21] He appeared in ITV's Lorraine , [22] [23] This Morning , What's Cooking? , The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Sunday Brunch . He also co-presented ITV's cooking competition series Chopping Block with Rosemary Shrager in 2016–17. He also regularly appeared as a guest of presenter Steph McGovern's Channel 4 talk show Steph's Packed Lunch. [24] [25]

Whaite announced his engagement with his partner Paul Atkins, a graphic designer, in July 2017. [26] [27]

Whaite was a contestant on the nineteenth series (2021) of Strictly Come Dancing , appearing as part of the first ever male same-sex pairing with professional Johannes Radebe. [28] [29] Whaite and Radebe in December 2021 became one of two finalist pairs but then lost the contest to another pair, actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and dancer Giovanni Pernice, via public vote. [30]

Whaite wrote the following cookbooks: John Whaite Bakes (2013), John Whaite Bakes at Home (2014), Perfect Plates in 5 Ingredients (2016), Comfort: Food to Soothe the Soul (2018), and A Flash in the Pan (2019).

Brendan Lynch

Brendan Lynch (born 1948/49), runner-up of the third series, was a semi-retired company director at the time of the series. [15] Two years after Bake Off, in 2014, Lynch was treated in four months for his chronic ulcerative colitis, to which he attributed stress during the Bake Off filming and consumption of his own bakes. Since then, he consumed nutritional supplements and reduced use of sugar, lactose and gluten in order to control the condition. [31]

Also, after Bake Off, Lynch taught cookery courses around the UK and baking skills to dementia-diagnosed people with classic recipes that they could remember from years ago, exhibited cooking/baking events at food festivals and cruises, and wrote recipes for British national newspapers. In early 2014, he was a judge at a local junior school's charity baking contest. [32] [33]

James Morton

James Morton (born 1990/91), runner-up of the third series, was a University of Glasgow medical student when he first competed. [15] When originally aired, he became a fan favourite for "his relaxed, laid-back approach and love of experimentation". In the finals week, his Signature bake's bottom was "soggy", and he baked five cakes instead of only one as instructed for his Showstopper, both of which failed to impress the judges. [34]

Since then, Morton graduated from the University with a medical degree in March 2015, qualifying him a doctor. [35] He also established his blog containing his recipes. [36] He is the son of Tom Morton, a broadcaster. [37]

Morton re-competed against Chetna Makan (series five), Howard Middleton (series four), and Janet Basu (series two) in the Boxing Day episode of The Great Christmas Bake Off 2016 special. Makan was crowned the episode's winner. [38]

Morton wrote cookbooks, including Brilliant Bread (2013) and Shetland: Cooking on the Edge of the World (2018) with his father Tom as co-writer. His book Brilliant Bread won the Cookery Book of the Year Award at the 2014 Guild of Food Writers Awards. [39] The 2018 critically-acclaimed book Shetland was criticised by some over what they perceived as a negative portrayal of Shetlanders, particularly Morton's poem. [40] [41]

Morton also wrote baking columns for a Scottish tabloid Sunday Mail . [42]

Series 4 (2013)

Finalists of series four (2013)
BakerAge (on show debut)OccupationHometownStar Baker (count and weeks)Result
Frances Quinn31Children's clothes designer Market Harborough, Leicestershire 1 (7th)Winner
Ruby Tandoh20History of Art and Philosophy student Southend, Essex 3 (2nd, 6th and 8th)Runner-up
Kimberley Wilson30Psychologist London 2 (4th and 9th)Runner-up

Frances Quinn (winner)

Frances Elizabeth Quinn (born 1981)[ citation needed ] is a British baker and children's clothing designer from Market Harborough who won the fourth series in 2013. [43] Her first book release was Quinntessential Baking. [44]

Quinn is an ambassador of the Cream Tea Society and is a frequent guest on UK radio and TV. She has appeared on the pages of Vogue , has baked for illustrator Quentin Blake, and has appeared on Pointless Celebrities with 2014 GBBO runner-up Richard Burr. Other clients include Jools Holland and Wimbledon Tennis Club.

In May 2020, it was reported that Quinn had been banned from Waitrose for shoplifting. An officer representing Leicestershire Police stated: "She admitted her involvement to officers and the matter was dealt with by way of a community resolution”. [45]

She is the youngest of five siblings, having three brothers and one sister.[ citation needed ]

Ruby Tandoh

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Ruby Tandoh in 2020

Ruby Tandoh (born 1991/92), runner-up of the fourth series, was a first-year University College London student, studying history and art at the time of filming. [46] She was also a former model. [47] Her grandfather came from Ghana. She grew up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Her mother is a school administrator; her father, a Royal Mail staff. She has three younger siblings. [48]

Allegations arose regarding Paul Hollywood's favouritism toward Ruby Tandoh, [49] resulting in personal attacks against Tandoh including by the chef Raymond Blanc. [50] [51] [52] Both Hollywood and Tandoh denied the accusation. [53] After Bake Off, Tandoh has written column articles for The Guardian , [54] The New Yorker , [55] Financial Times , [56] and Vice . [57]

Tandoh wrote cookbooks Crumb (2014; ISBN   0701189312), Flavour (2016; ISBN   0701189320), Eat Up! (2018; ISBN   1781259593), Breaking Eggs (2021), and Cook As You Are (2022). She also wrote an essay "Tikim Nang Tikim" for a collection book In the Kitchen (2020).

Tandoh admitted her many years of eating disorder in a 2016 interview. [58] She also wrote a one-off magazine Do What You Want, whose profits went to charities, including ones tackling eating disorders. [59]

Tandoh came out as bisexual in a 2018 interview with The Times . [60] She married her partner Leah Pritchard in September 2018. [61]

Kimberley Wilson

Wilson at the British Library in 2022 Kimberley Wilson at the British Library.jpg
Wilson at the British Library in 2022

Kimberley Wilson (born 1982/83), runner-up of the fourth series, was a psychologist at the time of filming. [46] Wilson was born when her mother was aged 22; Wilson's brother was born five years prior. Their single mother raised both Kimberley and her brother in East London. [62]

After Bake Off, Wilson has run a private clinic in Central London and wrote a self-help book titled How to Build a Healthy Brain (2020), her first book. [62] She hosts her own podcast Stronger Minds, which debuted in 2020. [63] She and Xand van Tulleken co-host a BBC psychology-based podcast Made of Stronger Stuff, which debuted in 2021. [64]

Series 5 (2014)

Finalists of series five (2014)
BakerAge (on
show debut)		OccupationHometownStar Baker
(count and weeks)		Result
Nancy Birtwhistle60Retired practice manager Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire1 (1st)Winner
Richard Burr38Builder Mill Hill, London5 (2nd, 4th, 7th–9th)Runner-up
Luis Troyano42Graphic designer Poynton, Cheshire1 (3rd)Runner-up

Because the judges were unable to agree, no-one was eliminated in the sixth week.

Nancy Birtwhistle (winner)

Nancy Birtwhistle (born c. 1954) is a British baker who, in winning the fifth series in 2014 at the age of 60, became the oldest winner of The Great British Bake Off . Birtwhistle had applied to appear in the program in 2013 but was unsuccessful. [65]

Before taking baking up seriously, Birtwhistle was a Practice Manager at a GP surgery. [66] She was born in Hull, [67] lives in Barton-upon-Humber with her husband, Tim, and is a grandmother of eight. [68] [69]

Birtwhistle has contributed to national papers such as The Daily Telegraph , has her own website, gives baking demonstrations across the UK and has appeared on BBC's Morning Live and ITV's This Morning to demonstrate some of her eco living and cleaning tips. [70]

Birtwhistle has released a number of books, focused on baking and eco-friendly living. In 2019, Birtwhistle released a self-published cookbook, Sizzle & Drizzle: Tips for a Modern Day Home-maker. [71] She also wrote Clean & Green: 101 Hints and Tips for a More Eco-Friendly Home (2021), Green Living Made Easy: 101 Eco Tips, Hacks and Recipes to Save Time and Money (2022), The Green Gardening Handbook: Grow, Eat and Enjoy (2023), and The Green Budget Guide: 101 Planet and Money Saving Tips, Ideas and Recipes (2024). In 2024 Birtwhistle announced that she would be release a second print of Sizzle and Drizzle with her current publisher and is due to be released in October 2024.

In 2024, Birtwhistle appeared on the CW show The Big Bakeover. In each episode she visits a struggling bakery and helps makeover the menu and premises alongside carpenter Erik Curtis [72]

Richard Burr

Richard Burr (born 1975/76), one of runners-up of the fifth series, worked as a fourth-generation construction worker for his family building business, co-run by his father, at the time of the competition. At that same time, his mother worked as a bursar for a secondary school. [73]

Burr attended Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, a boys' grammar school. When he was a teenager, he worked at a bakery in Mill Hill. [73]

Burr graduated from Birkbeck, University of London in 2012 with his first-class honours degree in biodiversity and conservation. [73] As of December 2019, he works in conservation. [74]

Burr has a wife with three daughters. [73]

Burr wrote BIY: Bake It Yourself, released on 27 August 2015. He also has his own blog (https://richardburr.london). [73]

Luis Troyano

Luis Troyano (late 1971 – late October 2020), one of the runners-up of the fifth series, owned a graphic design business at the time of competition. [75] He was born in Stockport, England to his Spanish-born parents, Maria and Manuel, who emigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1960s. He began working daily for his father's Italian restaurant after school at age 12. His father Manuel died of cancer when Luis was 16. [76]

After Bake Off, Troyano wrote a 2015 cookbook Bake It Great. [77] He opened The Hive Bakery in Poynton, Cheshire in 2016. [76]

In April 2019, Troyano had a cancer surgery, which he mentioned on Twitter. As confirmed by his agent on 5 November 2020 via Twitter, he died of esophageal cancer at age 48 on the week of 25 October 2020. [78] Until his death, he was married to Louise, also a graphic designer. [76] [78]

Series 6 (2015)

Finalists of series six (2015)
BakerAge (on
show debut)		OccupationHometownStar Baker
(count and weeks)		Result
Nadiya Hussain 30Full-time mother Leeds / Luton 3 (5th, 8th and 9th)Winner
Ian Cumming41Travel photographer Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire 3 (2nd–4th)Runner-up
Tamal Ray29Trainee anaesthetist Manchester 1 (7th)Runner-up

Nadiya Hussain (winner)

Hussain in 2019 Nadiya Hussain 2019.jpeg
Hussain in 2019

Nadiya Jamir Hussain [79] (née Begum; [80] born 25 December 1984), the winner of the sixth series, was a full-time mother and housewife at the time of the competition. Also, at the time, she lived in Leeds with her husband Abdal [81] —an IT specialist—and three children, and she studied for an Open University degree in Childhood and Youth Studies. [82] Her appearance on the show and ensuing popularity with audiences were deemed important steps toward shifting stereotypes about the Muslim community and acceptance about cultural diversity. [83] [84] [85]

Hussain is a second-generation British Bangladeshi, born and raised in Luton, Bedfordshire, where she attended Beech Hill Primary School, Challney High School and Luton Sixth Form College. She has five siblings: three sisters and two brothers. Her father, who originates from Beanibazar, was a chef and owned an Indian restaurant. [86]

After Bake Off, the Hussains moved to Milton Keynes, nearer to London, in order for Nadiya to pursue a culinary career. [81] Nadiya also worked as a contributing editor of BBC Good Food . [87] She also wrote her debut cookbook Nadiya's Kitchen (2016); children's books Nadiya's Bake Me A Story (2016) and Nadiya's Bake Me a Festive Story (2017), both of which also contains recipes; her novel The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters (2017); and her autobiography Finding My Voice (2019).

Hussain appeared in her television shows The Chronicles of Nadiya (2016), Nadiya's British Food Adventure (2017), Nadiya's Family Favourites (2018), Time to Eat (2019), Nadiya Bakes (2020), and Nadiya's Fast Flavours (2021). [88] [89] She also appeared as one of judges for the fourth series of Junior Bake Off on CBBC. [90]

In 2016, Nadiya was given the opportunity to bake the official cake for Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday. [91] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts. [92]

Ian Cumming

Ian Cumming (born 1972/73), one of runner-ups of the sixth series, has been a travel photographer since the 1990s. Cumming's pictures appeared in various publications like National Geographic and British Airways ad campaigns. His father was an engineer. [93]

Cumming lives in Cambridgeshire with his wife, who is a doctor, and two children (one daughter and one son). [93]

Tamal Ray

Tamal Ray (born 1985/86), one of runner-ups of the sixth series, was a trainee anaesthetist at the time of the competition. His parents emigrated from India to the United Kingdom in the 1970s. [94] Ray moved to Manchester with his parents while attending the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School (Habs). He graduated from the Habs in 2004, and then from King's College London with a bachelor's degree in Medicine. [95]

After Bake Off, Ray appeared in one of January 2016 episodes of BBC's This Week supporting junior doctors' strike amidst government negotiations over pay and working conditions. [96] [97] He also appeared in a one-episode medical programme Be Your Own Doctor (2016) with co-host Kate Quilton. [98] He also has written columns and published his recipes for The Guardian . [94] [99]

Ray re-competed for the 2018–19 New Year's special against other previous contestants Candice Brown (series seven, winner), Kate Henry (series five), and Steven Carter-Bailey (series eight). Carter-Bailey was crowned the winner of that special. [100] He and another Bake Off contestant Kim-Joy of the ninth series attended the finale screening of the first series (2019) of RuPaul's Drag Race UK . [101]

Ray publicly came out as gay in autumn 2015. [102] [103]

Series 7 (2016)

Finalists of series seven (2016)
BakerAge (on
show debut)		OccupationHometownStar Baker
(count and weeks)		Result
Candice Brown31PE teacher Barton-Le-Clay, Bedfordshire 3 (2nd, 5th and 8th)Winner
Jane Beedle61Garden designer Beckenham 1 (1st)Runner-up
Andrew Smyth25Aerospace engineer Derby / Holywood, County Down 2 (7th and 9th)Runner-up

Candice Brown (winner)

Candice Brown (born 21 December 1984), the winner of the seventh series, was a PE teacher at Ashlyns School [104] at the time of the competition. [105] In her victory speech, she attributed her success to starting baking at four years old. [106]

Brown graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Bachelor's degree in teaching. [107] [108] As reported in November 2016, after Bake Off, she left her job as a PE teacher at Ashlyns School, Berkhamsted in order to pursue a career in baking. [109]

She wrote the cookbooks Comfort: Delicious Bakes and Family Treats (2017; ISBN   1785037072) and Happy Cooking (2021; ISBN   9781529108330).

Brown occasionally cooks on the ITV daytime programme This Morning . She took part in the tenth series of Dancing on Ice on ITV in 2018, in which she was partnered with Matt Evers. [110] In 2019 she appeared in The Great New Year's Bake Off and on Celebrity Mastermind , which she won having taken Audrey Hepburn as her specialist subject. [111]

In 2018, Brown worked for a short time in the pub kitchen run by Tom Kerridge, [112] before taking up the lease, with her brother Ben, of the Green Man pub [113] in Eversholt, Bedfordshire.

Brown announced her split from her husband Liam Macauley in June 2020, whom she married in 2018. [114]

Jane Beedle

Jane Beedle (born 1954/55), one of runner-ups of the seventh series, is a garden designer. Her company has worked on London gardens, including ones of Bromley. Beedle's grandfather owned a bakery in Hastings. She has a younger brother. [115] She also has a husband with a son and a daughter. [116]

Beedle re-competed against Andrew Smyth (series seven), Liam Charles (series eight), and Flo Atkins (series eight) in the 2018 Christmas special of Bake Off. She was crowned the special's winner. [117]

Andrew Smyth

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Smyth in 2019

Andrew Michael Smyth (born 1990/91), one of runners-up of the seventh series, is an aerospace engineer for Rolls-Royce Holdings in Derby, designing jet engines. [118] He was born in County Down, Northern Ireland, to his parents Nigel and Kay and has one brother, Jamie. [119] [120] He sings tenor especially for a choir group in Derby. [120]

Smyth graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 2013 with a degree in Engineering. [118] [120]

Smyth re-competed against Jane Beedle (series seven), Liam Charles (series eight), and Flo Atkins (series eight) in the 2018 Christmas special of Bake Off. Beedle was crowned the special's winner. [117]

In 2021, Smyth was one of the executive producers of a Netflix baking competition series called Baking Impossible . [121] He also served as a judge on the show. [122]

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