Which is why weve compiled this list of all theGBBOwinners from all 13 seasons of the beloved cooking competition.
Before becomingBake Offs first champion in 2010, 25-year-old Kimber was working as a debt collector.
Luckily, his career took a turn afterward.

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Outside the tent:After winningBake Off, Kimber left his job at the bank to pursue baking full-time.
Obviously, the main thing is that I have been able to do that every day since.
I have been offered amazing opportunities.
I applied on a whim really, she told theGazette Standardin 2015.
It really is like a family environment onBake Offwith Mel and Sue and the crew.
I think thats one of the reasons it has done so wellits very genuine.
Winning bake:Italian sausage and roasted vegetable pithivier, fondant fancies, and heaven and hell chiffon cake.
And now, perDigital Spy, he’s about to publish a memoir.
I dont think I cried, because Id gone so numb.
Winning bake:Rainbow picnic pie, sweet and savory pretzels, and aMidsummer Nights Dreamwedding cake.
Outside the tent:Quinn went on to publish her first cookbook,Quinntessential Baking, in 2015.
These days she bakes in front of the camera for her YouTube series,Baking Playlist.
Birtwhistles jaffa orange cakes made her the first Star Baker of the season.
Winning bake:Apple and lemon kites, raspberry and almond croissants, and red windmill piece montee.
Hussain has also authored several of her own cookbooks and once even baked a cake for Queen Elizabeth II.
In a 2022 interview withExpress,Brown said, I still get impostor syndrome.
I still get nervous when each new [season] comes out.
I think my time’s up and I’m about to get shifted out of the way.
Usually you have one or two [pages] of instructions, and this one had four.
Prue just said it was perfect and Paul had nothing bad to say about it.
These days you’re free to buy her bakes through her own shop,Sophie Faldo Couture Cakes.
I think as long as I live, I’ll never forget Rahul, Leith toldPeoplein 2022.
[Mandal is] the sweetest man and an absolutely amazing baker.
Instead, Dr. Mandal is still pursuing his career as a nuclear engineering researcher at the University of Sheffield.
Winning bake:Chocolate, Armagnac and prune cake, stilton souffles, and a Peachy Pic-Nik picnic feast.
I wanted to share healthy recipes that celebrate food.
Winning bake:Summer picnic, summer pudding bomb, and This Is My Home edible planet.
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