These are The Great British Bake Off most successful contestants (2024)

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Nadiya Hussain MBE, 38, won The Great British Bake Off in 2015, and earns the most of all the Bake Off winners.

He said: "Having acquired his second Star Baker accolade of the series, Josh is looking to be the best of the batch in this year's competition. "We've currently got Josh as the 8/11 favourite to win this year's series of The Great British Bake Off, with fellow finalists Dan at 2/1 and Matty sitting in third at 7/2.

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Rahul Mandal, who won The Great British Bake Off in 2018, has announced he is getting married in India today (Sunday 4 December). The research scientist, 35, posted a video of himself wearing a traditional floral garland (mala) around his neck on Instagram.

The series was won by Peter Sawkins, with Dave Friday and Laura Adlington finishing as the runners-up. Sawkins is the first Scottish winner of the programme, and also the youngest winner in the show's 10-year history, at the age of 20. Series 11 was released on Netflix in the U.S. as Collection 8.

Burr also has the largest number of star baker wins, with five. In series 6, contestant Paul Jagger was awarded a "special commendation" for his bread sculpture. Series 10 winner David Atherton is the only winner to have never won star baker.

Come showtime, production handles buying everything, including any last-minute ingredients bakers might need for their bakes. "People normally have 12–20 ingredients, but it varies," said Faenia Moore, the program's home economist, told the BBC. "Frances Quinn had 124 for her cake in the final."

The series was won by David Atherton, who became the first winner never to have won the Star Baker title since it was introduced. Alice Fevronia and Steph Blackwell finished as runners-up.

Do GBBO bakers get paid? ›

The contestants are not paid for being on the show, though they are given a modest stipend so they can practice their bakes at home.

The odds for the winner of the upcoming series of The Great British Bake Off have been revealed. The odds come courtesy of betting giants Paddy Power, with them tipping Josh to be crowned the winner for the show that begins on Tuesday, September 26.

Has Bake Off had its Brexit moment? This was the first all-male final in 10 years, following the semi-final dismissal of viewer-favourite Tasha and her trusty British Sign Language interpreter. And this being the final, we were granted a glimpse of the bakers' back stories.

'The crew will eat it,' Kim-Joy said. 'They'd know the best ones, so they all descend on the bake. ' The show's Chief Home Economist, Faenia Moore, confirmed Kim-Joy's confession but also revealed that the contestants themselves get to try their own creations.

Burr also has the largest number of star baker wins, with five. In series 6, contestant Paul Jagger was awarded a "special commendation" for his bread sculpture. Series 10 winner David Atherton is the only winner to have never won star baker.

1st place: Nadiya Hussain has been crowned the most successful contestant from the UK's TV cooking and baking shows.

Jo Wheatley (2011)

Wheatley took the Bake Off crown following an all-female final and has gone on to release two bestselling cookery books, A Passion for Baking and Home Baking. The mum of three, 49, has also appeared on The One Show and The Alan Titchmarsh show and has written for the Sun and Sainsbury's Magazine.

The contestants are not paid for being on the show, though they are given a modest stipend so they can practice their bakes at home. But the stipend apparently doesn't go very far. If you need to practice your bake multiple times at home, the cost of ingredients can get surprisingly expensive.