Nancy Birtwhistle
Nancy Birtwhistle is best known as the winner of the fifth series of The Great British Bake Off. Birtwhistle (born circa 1954 in Hull)[1], a grandmother of eight,[2] had applied in 2013 as well but was unsuccessful.[3] She now contributes to national papers such as The Daily Telegraph, has her own website, and gives baking demonstrations across the UK.[4]
She lives in Barton upon Humber with her husband Tim.[5] Before taking baking up seriously, Birtwhistle was a Practice Manager at a GP surgery.[6]
References
- ^ "Nancy Birtwhistle".
- ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (4 August 2015). "Great British Bake Off's past winners – where are they now?" – via The Guardian.
- ^ "Nancy Birtwhistle: How to win Great British Bake Off".
- ^ "Bake Off previous winners: where are they now?". The Telegraph. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Rise of a star baker leaves Nancy in demand". yorkshirepost.
- ^ Mikhailova, Anna (29 October 2017). "Nancy Birtwhistle: Bake Off has really helped my dough rise". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 August 2018.