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These bakers are surviving the saccharine life.
While the beloved baking contention The Great British Baking Show (a.k.a. The Great British Bake Off successful the U.K.) whitethorn not connection a currency prize to its winners, being crowned the country's champion location baker surely comes with its perks.
After impressing judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith (and erstwhile justice Mary Berry) with their delicious cakes, pastries and over-the-top desserts, the series' Star Bakers person accomplished a batch implicit the years, from publishing cookbooks to opening restaurants and businesses, baking for the British royal household and more.
One abbreviated of a baker's dozen, 12 caller contestants person arrived successful the structure to amusement disconnected their skills connected the show's existent play 13 (season 10 connected Netflix), which airs Fridays connected the streamer after premiering successful the U.K.
And the contention has already heated up, arsenic Poland-born baker Janusz bushed retired the contention connected the Sept. 16 play premiere. But arsenic each Star Baker is crowned, different contestant indispensable spell home, as Will bid farewell to the structure aft the Cake Week episode.
Of course, pursuing this elimination, we couldn't assistance but wonderment what happened to past GBBS winners. Catch up with Nadiya Hussain, Rahul Mandal, past season's champ Giuseppe Dell'Anno and much below.
New episodes of The Great British Baking Show premiere Fridays connected Netflix.
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Season 1: Edd Kimber
Some fans mightiness not beryllium acquainted with the show's first-ever champion Edd Kimber, arsenic play 1 of The Great British Baking Show never aired successful the U.S. oregon appeared connected Netflix. But the baker has been up to a lot since his clip connected the amusement successful 2010, having written for respective publications, appeared connected galore TV shows and published six cookbooks.
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Season 2: Jo Wheatley
Like with play one, play 2 of the bid besides ne'er aired successful the U.S. oregon connected Netflix. In summation to publishing a cookbook, the show's 2nd champion Jo Wheatley continues to stock her latest recipes with fans connected her palmy nutrient blog, Jo's Blue AGA.
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Season 3: John Whaite
Trading successful his apron for his dancing shoes, play 3 victor John Whaite went connected to vie connected season 19 of Strictly Come Dancing (the U.K.'s equivalent to Dancing With the Stars), and came in 2nd place. But that's not each he's done. The Star Baker has opened up his precise ain cookery school and published several cookbooks.
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Season 4: Frances Quinn
Frances Quinn's gorgeous-looking bakes earned her the rubric of play 4 champion successful 2013. Since her clip connected the show, the 40-year-old has travel retired with a cookbook and started her ain baking blog. She adjacent baked the world's largest Jaffa Cake earlier this year.
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Season 5: Nancy Birtwhistle
Grandmother of 9 Nancy Birtwhistle is conscionable arsenic passionate astir baking present arsenic she was during the show's 5th play successful 2014. Along with being progressive connected social media, she has followed successful her chap competitors' footsteps and created her ain blog and written several books, some astir baking and however to unrecorded an eco-friendly lifestyle.
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Season 6: Nadiya Hussain
Season six victor Nadiya Hussain went from competing connected a TV amusement to having respective of her own. She has starred successful multiple cooking and baking shows arsenic a big and judge, including GBBS's U.K. spinoff Junior Bake Off. Not to mention, she baked Queen Elizabeth II's 90th day barroom in 2016.
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Season 7: Candice Brown
Not lone is Candice Brown a baker, cookbook author and play 7 victor of GBBS, but she besides earned the rubric of edifice proprietor with the opening of her pub, The Green Man, successful 2019.
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Season 8: Sophie Faldo
After winning the competition's eighth play successful 2017, Sophie Faldo turned her passionateness for baking into a occupation by launching her precise ain baking business, Sophie Faldo Couture Cakes.
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Season 9: Rahul Mandal
Rahul Mandal utilized his skills arsenic an technologist to unafraid his triumph connected the show's ninth season. He continues to equilibrium his passionateness for subject with his emotion of baking and shares his latest creations with fans connected Instagram. His archetypal cookbook, Showstopping Cakes, volition beryllium released this October.
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Season 10: David Atherton
Like galore GBBS winners, play 10 champ David Atherton has released multiple cookbooks, including children's cookbooks aimed astatine helping kids larn basal cooking and baking skills. When's he's not posting his latest creations connected Instagram, he's sharing saccharine pics of him and his partner, Nik Sariyski.
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Season 11: Peter Sawkins
At the property of 20, play 11 champion Peter Sawkins became the show's youngest-winning contestant successful 2020. Two years aboriginal and helium already has one cookbook nether his loop with a second on the way. Peter continues to stock his emotion for baking connected Instagram, and continues to keep successful interaction with respective of his fellow GBBS contestants.
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Season 12: Giuseppe Dell'Anno
Giuseppe Dell'Anno is the show's astir caller winner, impressing the judges with his Italian bakes connected play 12 successful 2021. Only a twelvemonth retired from his win, he's already written a cookbook—set to beryllium released this December—and made a fewer television appearances. And similar Peter, helium enjoys gathering different former contestants from the show.
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