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As we approach the final of this season's Great British Bake Off, we take a look back at some of the previous winners and where they are now
The winners
Frances Quinn (winner, series four)
Frances may not have garnered as many headlines as Ruby Tandoh, the woman she beat to the Bake Off crown, but she has been quietly working on her career. She specialises in show-stopping cakes and has baked for the illustrator Quentin Blake, presenter Clare Balding (Wimbledon Grand Slam Jammy Dodgers) and the Tate's Matisse Exhibition. She is currently writing her first book, Quinntessential.
Recipe: Marzipan Bees
John Whaite (winner, series three)
John studied for a law degree but abandoned plans for a career in law or banking to following his baking dreams ("I'd done commercial law because my parents said there was money in it but, my God, was it boring"). It turned out to be a good decision. He has published two cookery books, is a TV chef on ITV's Lorraine and is opening his own cookery school, John Whaite's Kitchen, in Lancashire later this year.
Recipe: Marmite and cheddar swirl loaf
Jo Wheatley (winner, series two)
The mother-of-three overcame tabloid headlines (it emerged that her husband was serving a prison sentence for fraud while she appeared on the show) to launch a "wonderful career" in baking....
