Chetna started releasing several cookbooks as soon as the show ended in 2014. Over 9 million viewers tuned in to watch designer Frances Quinn crowned queen baker in October. She bakes for family and for friends, running a sociable curry club once a week. Former 2014 Great British Bake Off contestants at Martha Collinson's wedding. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. Luis met his wife, Louise, at college when they were just 17. Fake off?

With a pencil behind his ear like he’s about to give you an estimate, the 38-year-old is as comfortable creating in the kitchen as he is building one and often thinks pink, thanks to his two young daughters. This year’s series will begin with a dozen contestants, narrowed down from a whopping 16,000 potentials and, despite being in its fifth year, there are still some firsts for the hit show. The contestants for the fifth series of the Great British Bake Off have been unveiled ahead of the show’s return next week. Great British Bake Off line-up reveals youngest ever contestant in 2014 series: meet the contestants Hopefully he won’t change his name to Katie Price.Picture: BBC, The arty-farty free spirit: Kate, East Sussex - Curly-haired, hippy-ish Kate, 41, originally hoped to become an actress but now runs her own upholstery and furniture-restoring business. The Great British Bake Off starts Wednesday 6 August on BBC One.

Diana is The Great British Bake Off’s oldest baker so far. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? Claire’s jolly, giggly and a bit like a bespectacled Vicar of Dibley.

Whilst he is a perfectionist he doesn’t necessarily stick to tradition; his wife put him in charge of making their own wedding cake and he made a Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon cake…. He is the fourth generation in his family’s building business and he and his wife were born, raised and live on the same street and BOTH sets of parents still live close by. Originally from Hull, Nancy moved to Lincolnshire 24 years ago to work as a practice manager for a GP surgery, where she met her husband, Tim, who was a GP at the practice. manager. wedding guests in dresses and trainers. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Born in north London, Richard is a family man through and through. Making her daughter’s wedding cake was her proudest baking moment.

Now retired, Norman joined the Merchant Navy at the age of 19 in which he worked as a radio operator and travelled the world. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium.

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