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

[1][2] 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.

[5][6] Miranda Gore Browne, eliminated in the finals of the first series, was a buyer of Marks & Spencer at the time of original airing.

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.

[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.

[13] She wrote her cookbook Recipes from a Normal Mum (2014; ISBN 978-1-84949-419-9) 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.

There was no elimination in the sixth, week after John sustained a major injury to his finger and could not complete the last bake.

[20][21] He appeared in ITV's Lorraine,[22][23] This Morning, What's Cooking?, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Sunday Brunch.

[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.

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.

[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.

[42] 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.

[44] Quinn is an ambassador of the Cream Tea Society and is a frequent guest on UK radio and TV.

[citation needed] 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.

[53] After Bake Off, Tandoh has written column articles for The Guardian,[54] The New Yorker,[55] Financial Times,[56] and Vice.

[63] She and Xand van Tulleken co-host a BBC psychology-based podcast Made of Stronger Stuff, which debuted in 2021.

In 2019, Birtwhistle released a self-published cookbook, Sizzle & Drizzle: Tips for a Modern Day Home-maker.

In each episode she visits a struggling bakery and helps makeover the menu and premises alongside carpenter Erik Curtis[72] 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.

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

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.

[76][78] 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.

[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.

[86] After Bake Off, the Hussains moved to Milton Keynes, nearer to London, in order for Nadiya to pursue a culinary career.

[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.

Cumming's pictures appeared in various publications like National Geographic and British Airways ad campaigns.

[94] Ray moved to Manchester with his parents while attending the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School (Habs).

[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.

[102][103] 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.

[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.