Beca Lyne-Pirkis
Rebecca Frances Lyne-Pirkis (born 28 September 1981), better known as Beca Lyne-Pirkis, is a Welsh cook, food writer and TV presenter.[1] She is best known for her cookery show Becws on S4C. She came to prominence as a contestant on The Great British Bake Off series 4 in 2013, where she made the Welsh speciality bara brith.[2][3][4]
After losing in the competition, Lyne-Pirkis revealed that she had found some of judge Paul Hollywood's comments upsetting.[5] However, she agreed that the judges had to be firm and said that the experience had made her stronger.
In 2014 she was given her own show by S4C, based on her own family's experiences of cookery and their favourite recipes.[6] The Welsh language cookery show, titled Becws, starting airing on S4C on 11 September 2014.[7]
Beca lives in Cardiff with her husband who is a soldier; they have two children together. [8]
References
- ^ McCrum, Kirstie (6 September 2014). "How Bake Off's Beca turned her hobby into a brand". walesonline. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Bakers - Beca". The Great British Bake Off. 8 December 2016.
- ^ Kate Rees (30 July 2014). "'I'm happy about being the only Welshie on the Great British Bake Off,' says Beca Lyne-Pirkis". Wales Online.
- ^ Ruth Dawson (2 September 2014). "Bake Off's Beca is back with new baking show Becws". South Wales Evening Post.
- ^ David Powell (18 October 2016). "'What I really think of GBBO's Paul Hollywood,' by Beca Lyne-Pirkis". Daily Post. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Ruth Dawson (2 September 2014). "Bake Off's Beca is back with new baking show Becws". South Wales Evening Post.
- ^ Kate Rees (30 July 2014). "'I'm happy about being the only Welshie on the Great British Bake Off,' says Beca Lyne-Pirkis". Wales Online.
- ^ "Great British Bake Off cook Beca Lyne-Pirkis talks about husband's war hell". Dailystar.co.uk. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
