List of The Great British Bake Off finalists (series 8–present)

After leaving the Army, she worked as a personal trainer, taught military boot camps, and was training to be a stuntwoman when she was convinced by her chef boyfriend to apply for The Great British Bake Off.

Twelve hours before the final episode, judge Prue Leith accidentally tweeted the results.

[6] Steven Carter-Bailey (born 1982/83), one of the runners-up of the eighth series, was a marketer from Watford, Hertfordshire, at the time of the competition.

[9][10] Kate Lyon (born 1987/88), one of the runners-up of the eighth series, was a health and safety inspector from Merseyside at the time of the competition.

[11] One of contestants this series was absent on the fourth week, leading the judges to decide not to eliminate anyone in that person's absence.

He came to the United Kingdom in 2010 on a scholarship to study for his PhD in Optical Metrology at Loughborough University and his thesis was on Calibration and Adjustment of Coherence Scanning Interferometry.

Kim-Joy Hewlett (born 1991), one of runners-up of the ninth series, was a psychological wellbeing practitioner at the time of the competition.

[23][24] She returned for The Great New Year Bake Off special, aired on 1 January 2022, against Jon Jenkins (series nine) and two other contestants of the eleventh series—Hermine and Rowan Williams.

[29] He has a post-graduate degree in wilderness and expedition medicine, and works as a health adviser for Voluntary Service Overseas.

[30] Atherton has worked in various countries around the world, such as Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea and Nigeria, including a stint as a clinical instructor[30] in Malawi.

[31][32] Atherton took part in the tenth series of The Great British Bake Off, encouraged by friends in his pottery class.

[36] David lives in South London with his partner Nik Sariyski, who is a visual merchandising manager at Nike.

[38] Steph Blackwell (born 21 January 1991), one of the runners-up of the tenth series, was a shop assistant at the time of the competition.

[39] Alice Fevronia (born 1990/91), one of runners-up of the tenth series, was a geography teacher from London at the time of the competition.

[52] Laura Adlington (born 28 November 1988), one of runners-up of the eleventh series, was a digital manager at the time of the competition.

[53] Due to her bakes throughout the series judged as often flavourful but poorly constructed and presented, her placement in the finals was widely criticised by viewers.

Will Chirag Parmar[63] (born 1980/81), nicknamed "Chigs", one of runners-up of the twelfth series, was a sales manager from Leicestershire at the time of the competition.

[68] Crystelle Pereira (born 1995), one of runners-up of the twelfth series, was a client relationship manager from London at the time of the competition.

[70] Then she immigrated to the United Kingdom in 2013 to study genetics and bioinformatics for her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

[71] Yusoff was crowned the 2022 winner[72] and became the first Malaysian-born Bake Off winner after delivering her own "Summer Picnic" signature bake—pork-less pie alternative, heart-shaped tea sandwiches served "with broad bean and sauce verde", and Swiss rolls infused with elderflower—and her planet-themed Showstopper bake "This Is My Home".

[75] Abdul Rehman Sharif, one of runners-up of the thirteenth series,[72] was a London electronics engineer at the time of competition.

[77] Matty Edgell was a 28-year-old science[78] and physical education teacher of Hampton College, Peterborough,[79] when first competed in Bake Off.

[78][80] Dan Hunter, a married father of two sons,[81] works in a civil engineering field[82] and was one of runners-up of the fourteenth Bake Off series at age 42.

Josh Smalley, a University of Leicester alumni and chemistry researcher,[83] was one of runners-up of the fourteenth series who was awarded Star Baker twice.

[85] She is revealed to have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) before the fifteenth series aired.

[88][89][90] Born to his Indian mother and Japanese-Belgian father,[85] Bachelet attended Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School.

[91] He achieved four A's at A-level and started a degree in biomedical engineering before dropping out to pursue a culinary career.