Meet The Great British Bake Off 2024 Contestants

Here is the line-up of amateur bakers for series 15

Bake Off 2024 contestants

by Shereen Low |
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Our Tuesday nights are totally made, now that the 15th series of The Great British Bake Off is under way. Twelve amateur bakers are hoping to wow judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their creative bakes so they can follow in the footsteps of past winnerssuch as Nadiya Hussain and John Whaite in the famous tent.

Here's everything we know about the 2025 Bake Off contestants.

Andy

Bake Off 2024 contestant Andy
Bake Off 2024 contestant Andy ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 44

From: Essex

Job: Car mechanic

Andy’s love of baking started when he was a child when he cooked alongside his mum, making much-loved family staples of apple crumble and Bakewell tarts. He now bakes for his partner Nickie and wants to inspire daughter Maisie to follow in his baking footsteps. When he’s not in the kitchen, Andy plays football, goes to the gym, loves long walks with Nickie, Maisie and their miniature Schnauzer, Arthur, and exploring the country in their motor home.

Christiaan

Bake Off 2024 contestant Christiaan
Bake Off 2024 contestant Christiaan ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 33

From: London

Job: Menswear designer

Born in Emmen in the Netherlands, Christiaan studied fashion in Amsterdam before moving to the UK seven years ago. His eye for fashion and design is something he brings to his bakes, as well as his love of gardening – floral scents and citrus notes are among his favourite flavours. Bread is where he finds comfort, reminding him of the age-shaped bakes his mum would make for him and his siblings on their birthdays.

Dylan

Bake Off 2024 contestant Dylan
Bake Off 2024 contestant Dylan ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 20

From: Buckinghamshire

Job: Retail temp

A keen traveller and skateboarder, Dylan, who travelled through Southeast Asia on his gap year, has a curiosity for culture. Proud of his fusion roots – his mother is Indian and his father Japanese–Belgian – Dylan loves experimenting with sweet and spice in his baking.

Georgie

Bake Off 2024 contestant Georgie
Bake Off 2024 contestant Georgie ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 34

From: Carmarthenshire

Job: Paediatric nurse

Georgie’s love of food, and particularly of baking, is firmly embedded in her Italian roots and in the days she spent cooking with her Nonna Rosa. The nature-loving forager, who’s a self-proclaimed cannoli connoisseur, takes inspiration from the food growing in the fields, hedgerows and her garden and the discoveries she has made on her travels. Georgie, who has a husband and three children, has a menagerie of animals at their Welsh farmhouse including ten chickens, two ducks, two dogs and a cat.

Gill

Bake Off 2024 contestant Gill
Bake Off 2024 contestant Gill ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 53

From: Lancashire

Job: Senior category manager

Baking has been in Gill’s bones since childhood, with pies, cakes and pastry – including her dad’s signature lemon meringue pie – staples of her childhood. Her sticky toffee Christmas pudding has been a hit at family celebrations for the past five years. Since her father passed away in 2015, Gill has used baking as a source of comfort and has put her skills to good use, raising money for Alzheimer’s charities in his memory.

Hazel

Bake Off 2024 contestant Hazel
Bake Off 2024 contestant Hazel ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 71

From: Kent

Job: Former nail technician

Family is at the heart of Hazel’s life, who’s been married to her childhood sweetheart for 51 years. They have four children and ten grandchildren. Hazel loves nothing more than to gather everyone together for dinners and parties, and especially loves their get-togethers at Christmas. She’s a dab hand at baking birthday cakes with working parts – she has made several ‘car’ cakes with remote-controlled wheels and working lights, and her granddaughter’s seventh birthday cake was a carousel with 500 edible diamonds that took Hazel two weeks to make!

Illiyin

Bake Off 2024 contestant Illiyin
Bake Off 2024 contestant Illiyin ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 31

From: Norfolk

Job: Birth trauma specialist midwife

Born in London as one of eight siblings, Illiyin grew up in Norfolk in a busy household in which she helped her mum to bake, soon becoming the go-to family member for birthday cakes. Living in a community of myriad cultures and nationalities, Illiyin – who is mum to two young children with her Spanish husband – is inspired by the ingredients and flavours of many different cuisines. She loves using Middle Eastern ingredients, such as dried fruits, nuts, honey, rose and mint, in her cakes; while her savoury bakes are typically inspired by the flavours of the Caribbean.

Jeff

Bake Off 2024 contestant Jeff
Bake Off 2024 contestant Jeff ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 67

From: West Yorkshire

Job: Former university lecturer

New York-born Jeff has made the UK his home for the past 45 years alongside his beloved wife. He began baking when his children were little, having learned the basics from his grandmother and Hungarian great-grandmother when he was a child. As you might hope – and perhaps even expect – he makes a mean New York Cheesecake.

John

Bake Off 2024 contestant John
Bake Off 2024 contestant John ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 37

From: West Midlands

Job: Directorate support manager

Born and bred in the West Midlands, John has been a hairdresser and an estate agent, but he found his calling working in the NHS. John learned to bake with his nan, making fairy cakes and pies, and now bakes to honour his nan’s memory and pass on the skills she taught him to his two young nephews. He loves classic bakes with a twist, using herbs and other flavourings to give his bakes something different. His favourite bake is a classic lemon tart.

Mike

Bake Off 2024 contestant Mike
Bake Off 2024 contestant Mike ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 29

From: Wiltshire

Job: Farm manager

Mike is a fourth-generation farmer, working on his family farm alongside his parents and sister. An advocate for the LGBTQ+ community within farming, he was an ambassador for the National Farmers Union in 2022 and was shortlisted for Young Farmer of the Year 2024. Mike likes making big, hearty bakes using high-quality local ingredients. He loves using seasonal fruits and edible flowers from his garden and farm and is even making his own wedding cake.

Nelly

Bake Off 2024 contestant Nelly
Bake Off 2024 contestant Nelly ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 44

From: Dorset

Job: Palliative care assistant

Nelly, who is self-taught, only started baking as an adult when she tried to follow a neighbour’s gingerbread recipe. Her dad loved to bake bread but wasn’t keen on sweet baking. The mum of two – who grew up in Slovakia and lived in Austria – loves adding the flavours of Slovakian cuisine into her bakes, as well as spices representing her husband Chand’s Pakistani heritage, with apple and cinnamon among her favourite ingredients.

Sumayah

Bake Off 2024 contestant Sumayah
Bake Off 2024 contestant Sumayah ©Channel 4/Mark Bourdillon

Age: 19

From: Lancashire

Job: Dentistry student

Presently on her gap year, Sumayah is a self-taught baker who made a macaron tower for her aunt’s mehndi wedding celebration. The result was a 1m tall tower with 240 macarons in four different flavours, and a cascade of flowers. Sumayah – who’s also a keen sewer and makes her own clothes and an amateur photographer – meticulously researches her creations, combining myriad techniques and recipes to create an eclectic and imaginative fusion of cultures and flavours.

Shereen Low is a Senior News and Entertainment writer for Grazia UK.

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