[4] The eating disorder continued for a total of six years, including throughout her university studies, and her Great British Bake Off appearance.

[1][11] Tandoh became one of runners-up to Quinn, who made a three-tier wedding cake inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream which the judges said "beat the other two guys hands down".

[7] After the conclusion, Tandoh published a much-cited editorial in The Guardian in which she hit back at the criticism that she encountered during the airing of the show, which she said was surprising, personal, and misogynist.

addresses culinary culture from a social justice point of view, including the colonialist origins of tea, the classism associated with sugar, and food-associated body shaming.

[31] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution describes the book as "focus[ing] on flexible, mostly low-effort, daily cooking, with charming illustrations of various down-to-earth home settings".

[33][34][35] Tandoh's online criticisms of and conflicts with fellow chefs, often via Twitter, have drawn extensive news coverage.

[37] During Tandoh's stint on Great British Bake Off, comments had been made that she flirted with Paul Hollywood to gain favour.

[38] In 2016, she made insulting comments about Hollywood when he announced that he was moving with GBBO--but without Mary Berry--from BBC to Channel 4, implying he was primarily interested in the money.

[41][4] In April 2017, she refused an offer to appear on Good Morning Britain, referring to host Piers Morgan as a "sentient ham".

[42][43] In a series of tweets later in April 2017, Tandoh criticised multiple celebrity chefs including Jamie Oliver, Lorraine Pascale, the Hairy Bikers, and Tom Kerridge, for what she called elitism, selfishness, and fatphobia.

[44] In May of that year, Tandoh criticised chefs Nigella Lawson, Kerridge, and Anthony Bourdain for supporting boring and privileged cooking.

[45] In June, Tandoh jointly and separately criticised chefs Oliver, Nigel Slater, Lawson, the Hairy Bikers, and Hollywood for not speaking up before the 2017 United Kingdom general election.

[50] In 2020, Tandoh joined a chorus of voices criticising the Horizon episode about "The Restaurant That Burns Off Calories", first tweeting, then writing in The Guardian, that it would encourage fat-shaming and disordered eating.

[61] They share episodes of depression and anxiety, such as Tandoh feeling trapped inside her home for multiple days at a time.

[3] Tandoh has spoken out about her struggles with eating disorders, criticising the body shaming common in "wellness" culture and advocating a healthier, more positive approach to food writing.