As much as we are very much on board for the cake, the real draw of the Great British Bake Off is the contestants. You can always count on meeting the ‘cool’ young blood who suddenly gets really good somewhere between Bread week and Patisserie week. There will always be a flamboyantly eccentric ‘go with the flow’ type person to put Paul on edge and provide a bit of contrast to the very sensible, not very good at decorating contestant whose life is ruled by logic and reason. And then, of course, there’s the person who unknowingly steals are hearts, makes us laugh and becomes the very spirit of what we all love the Great British Bake Off. This season, that person is Flo.
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We want a night out on the town with Flo just as much as we’d like to pop over for a tea and listen to all of her wise words about life (cake) over a game of biscuit operation. Here’s why you probably will too.
Is Bake Off Flo on Twitter?
She IS you guys. At least, we think it’s her. Her handle is @flo_atkins17, and while the account seems very new – as in was only created last month – there are gems like this video of her singing into a rolling pin in the back of a car. We want more of this, please.
Where is Bake Off Flo from?
She’s from Merseyside mate, couldn’t you tell? She was raised in Huyton, a little town in Liverpool and seems to have stuck to the great North West.
How old is Bake Off Flo?
At 71 years young Flo Atkins is the oldest contestant in GBBO history but equally, might I add, one of the most entertaining. And funny. She’s just an all-around great gal.
What does Bake Off Flo do?
Well, she's currently retired and we like to imagine most of her time is spent baking or on cocktail themed pub crawls in the big L.I.V. But also, there was once a time when Flo worked in a sausage factory.
Bake Off Flo loves a bit of a dance, btw
The VT of her having a bit of a dance to ‘All About That Bass’ at the pub with her pals was everything we could ever want from our futures selves.
And Bake Off Flo thinks gin is the answer to everything too
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.