The Great British Bake Off is a British television baking competition to find Britain's best amateur baker. The show premiered in 2010, and is airing its thirteenth series in 2022. From series two onwards, Judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry (through 2016) or Prue Leith (since 2017) have awarded "Star Baker" to the contestant deemed to have most excelled that particular week.

Numerous bakers have received the accolade on more than one occasion. For example, Ruby Tandoh in series four won the Star Baker title three times. Richard Burr currently holds the title record, winning five times (of a possible nine).[1][2] Each series winner has usually received the Star Baker award at some point, but the accolade holds no influence on the outcome.

List of bakers

   Winner
   Runner-up
   Currently participating
Baker Age (on show debut) Finish Series No. of times won star baker Week the award was won
Abdul Rehman Sharif 29Runner-up131Week 9 (Patisserie)
Alice Fevronia 28Runner-up102Week 2 (Biscuits), Week 9 (Patisserie)
Andrew Smyth 25Runner-up72Week 7 (Desserts), Week 9 (Patisserie)
Benjamina Ebuehi 235th71Week 4 (Batter)
Brendan Lynch 63Runner-up32Week 4 (Desserts), Week 6 (Puddings)
Briony Williams 334th91Week 6 (Pastry)
Candice Brown 31Winner73Week 2 (Biscuits), Week 5 (Pastry), Week 8 (Tudor)
Chetna Makan 354th51Week 6 (European Cakes)
Chigs Parmar 40Runner-up122Week 4 (Desserts), Week 8 (Free-from)
Christine Wallace 665th42Week 3 (Desserts), Week 5 (Biscuits & Traybakes)
Crystelle Pereira 26Runner-up122Week 6 (Pastry), Week 9 (Patisserie)
Danielle "Danny" Brydon 454th31Week 7 (Sweet Dough)
Dan Beasley-Harling 367th91Week 4 (Desserts)
Dave Friday 30Runner-up111Week 2 (Biscuits)
Frances Quinn 31Winner41Week 7 (Pastry)
Giuseppe Dell'Anno 45Winner122Week 3 (Bread), Week 5 (German)
Henry Bird 205th101Week 7 (Festivals)
Hermine 394th112Week 7 (The '80s), Week 8 (Desserts)
Holly Bell 31Runner-up22Week 1 (Cakes), Week 4 (Biscuits)
Ian Cumming 41Runner-up63Week 2 (Biscuits), Week 3 (Bread), Week 4 (Desserts)
James Morton 21Runner-up33Week 3 (Tarts), Week 8 (Biscuits), Week 9 (Patisserie)
Jane Beedle 61Runner-up71Week 1 (Cake)
Janet Basu 634th21Week 5 (Pies)
Janusz Domagala 344th132Week 1 (Cake), Week 3 (Bread)
Jason White 196th22Week 2 (Tarts), Week 4 (Biscuits)
Joanne Wheatley 41Winner21Week 6 (Desserts)
John Whaite 23Winner31Week 2 (Bread)
Julia Chernogorova 217th81Week 3 (Bread)
Jürgen Krauss 564th123Week 1 (Cake), Week 2 (Biscuits), Week 7 (Caramel)
Kate Henry 416th51Week 5 (Pies & Tarts)
Kate Lyon 29Runner-up81Week 4 (Caramel)
Kimberley Wilson 30Runner-up42Week 4 (Pies & Tarts), Week 9 (French Week)
Kim-Joy 27Runner-up92Week 5 (Spice), Week 7 (Vegan)
Laura Adlington 31Runner-up111Week 5 (Pastry)
Liam Charles 195th81Week 6 (Pastry)
Lottie Bedlow 316th111Week 6 (Japanese)
Luis Troyano 42Runner-up51Week 3 (Bread)
Marc Elliot 515th111Week 3 (Bread)
Marie Campbell 6611th61Week 1 (Cake)
Mark Lutton 327th111Week 4 (Chocolate)
Manon Lagrève 265th91Week 1 (Biscuits)
Mat Riley 376th61Week 6 (Pastry)
Maxy Maligisa 295th132Week 2 (Biscuits), Week 4 (Mexico)
Michael Chakraverty 266th101Week 3 (Bread)
Michelle Evans-Fecci 358th101Week 1 (Cake)
Nadiya Hussain 30Winner63Week 5 (Alternative Ingredients), Week 8 (Patisserie), Week 9 (Chocolate)
Nancy Birtwhistle 60Winner51Week 1 (Cakes)
Peter Sawkins 20Winner112Week 1 (Cake), Week 9 (Patisserie)
Rahul Mandal 30Winner92Week 2 (Cakes), Week 3 (Bread)
Richard Burr 38Runner-up55Week 2 (Biscuits), Week 4 (Desserts), Week 7 (Pastry), Week 8 (Advanced Dough), Week 9 (Patisserie)
Robert Smart 548th41Week 1 (Cakes)
Ruby Tandoh 20Runner-up43Week 2 (Bread), Week 6 (Sweet Dough), Week 8 (Alternative Ingredients)
Ruby Bhogal 29Runner-up92Week 8 (Danish), Week 9 (Patisserie)
Ryan Chong 386th31Week 5 (Pies)
Sandro Farmhouse 30Runner-up131Week 5 (Desserts)
Sophie Faldo 33Winner82Week 5 (Puddings), Week 9 (Patisserie)
Stacey Hart 424th81Week 8 (Forgotten Bakes)
Steph Blackwell 28Runner-up104Week 4 (Dairy), Week 5 (The Roaring Twenties), Week 6 (Desserts), Week 8 (Pastry)
Steven Carter-Bailey 34Runner-up83Week 1 (Cake), Week 2 (Biscuits), Week 7 (Italian)
Syabira Yusoff 32Winner133Week 6 (Halloween), Week 7 (Custard), Week 8 (Pastry)
Tamal Ray 29Runner-up61Week 7 (Victorian)
Tom Gilliford 266th72Week 3 (Bread), Week 6 (Botanical)
Victoria Chester 5010th31Week 1 (Cakes)
Yasmin Limbert 435th21Week 3 (Bread)

Notes

  • Richard Burr, Ian Cummings, Steph Blackwell and Syabira Yusoff of series 5, 6, 10 and 13 respectively have the longest collective run of Star Baker wins, each winning the accolade three weeks consecutively in their series. Burr also has the largest number of star baker wins, with five.
  • In series 6, contestant Paul Jagger was awarded a "special commendation" for his bread sculpture.[3]
  • Series 10 winner David Atherton is the only winner to have never won star baker.

See also

References

  1. "Great British Bake Off semi-final, review: Richard remains the baker to beat as Chetna begins to flake". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. Kate Rees. "Great British Bake Off recap: Richard is the dough whisperer but Martha can't rise to the occasion". Mirror.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. "Great British Bake Off 2015: Is this the best showstopper round ever?". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
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