List of The Great British Bake Off Star Bakers
The Great British Bake Off is a British television baking competition to find Britain's best amateur baker. The show premiered in 2010, and as of 2015, six series have been completed. From series two onwards, the judges have given the award of "Star Baker" to a single baker who was seen to have excelled in that particular week.
The award is given by judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry, and numerous bakers have received the accolade on more than one occasion. For example, Ruby Tandoh in series four won the title of Star Baker three times. Currently, Richard Burr has won the title the most times, winning it five of a possible nine times. Winners of the programme usually have received the award at some point, but being the overall winner is not counted as winning the accolade.
List of bakers
Baker | Age | Position Reached | Series | No. of times won star baker |
Alice Fevronia | 28 | Runner-Up | 10 | 2 |
Andrew Smyth | 25 | Runner-up | 7 | 2 |
Benjamina Ebuehi | 23 | 7 | 1 | |
Brendan Lynch | 63 | Runner-up | 3 | 2 |
Briony Williams | 33 | 9 | 1 | |
Candice Brown | 31 | Winner | 7 | 3 |
Chetna Makan | 35 | 5 | 1 | |
Christine Wallace | 66 | 4 | 2 | |
Danielle "Danny" Brydon | 45 | 3 | 1 | |
Dan Beasley-Harling | 36 | 9 | 1 | |
David Atherton | 36 | Winner | 10 | 0 |
Frances Quinn | 31 | Winner | 4 | 1 |
Henry Bird | 20 | 10 | 1 | |
Holly Bell | 31 | Runner-up | 2 | 2 |
Ian Cumming | 41 | Runner-up | 6 | 3 |
James Morton | 21 | Runner-up | 3 | 3 |
Jane Beedle | 61 | Runner-up | 7 | 1 |
Janet Basu | 63 | 2 | 1 | |
Jason White | 19 | 2 | 2 | |
Joanne Wheatley | 41 | Winner | 2 | 1 |
John Whaite | 23 | Winner | 3 | 1 |
Julia Chernogorova | 21 | 8 | 1 | |
Kate Henry | 41 | 5 | 1 | |
Kate Lyon | 29 | Runner-up | 8 | 1 |
Kimberley Wilson | 30 | Runner-up | 4 | 2 |
Kim-Joy | 27 | Runner-up | 9 | 2 |
Liam Charles | 19 | 8 | 1 | |
Luis Troyano | 42 | Runner-up | 5 | 1 |
Marie Campbell | 66 | 6 | 1 | |
Manon Lagrève | 26 | 9 | 1 | |
Mat Riley | 37 | 6 | 1 | |
Michael Chakraverty | 26 | 10 | 1 | |
Michelle Evans-Fecci | 35 | 10 | 1 | |
Nadiya Hussain | 30 | Winner | 6 | 3 |
Nancy Birtwhistle | 60 | Winner | 5 | 1 |
Rahul Mandal | 30 | Winner | 9 | 2 |
Richard Burr | 38 | Runner-up | 5 | 5 |
Robert Smart | 54 | 4 | 1 | |
Ruby Tandoh | 20 | Runner-up | 4 | 3 |
Ruby Bhogal | 29 | Runner-up | 9 | 2 |
Ryan Chong | 38 | 3 | 1 | |
Sophie Faldo | 33 | Winner | 8 | 2 |
Stacey Hart | 42 | 8 | 1 | |
Steph Blackwell | 28 | Runner-Up | 10 | 4 |
Steven Carter-Bailey | 34 | Runner-up | 8 | 3 |
Tamal Ray | 29 | Runner-up | 6 | 1 |
Tom Gilliford | 26 | 7 | 2 | |
Victoria Chester | 50 | 3 | 1 | |
Yasmin Limbert | 43 | 2 | 1 |
Notes:
- Series 10 winner David Atherton is the only winner to have never won star baker since it was introduced.
- Richard Burr, Ian Cummings, and Steph Blackwell of series 5, 6, and 10 respectively have the longest collective run of Star Baker wins, each winning the accolade three weeks consecutively in their series.
- In series 6 of the programme, contestant Paul Jagger was awarded a "special commendation" for his bread sculpture.