Jasmine Mitchell was juggling medical exams when she built a cake 1.2 metres tall for her final showstopper. It was the biggest in the show’s history, and it won her the title in November 2025. She is the sixteenth name on a list that began in 2010 with a debt collector. People searching for the Great British Bake Off winners usually want three things: who won each year, what happened to them afterwards, and who might join the list when series 17 ends this autumn. Here is all of it, in order.
Quick Biography: The Show at a Glance
| Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Full name | The Great British Bake Off (called The Great British Baking Show in the US) |
| First aired | 2010 |
| Format | Twelve amateur bakers face weekly signature, technical, and showstopper challenges, with one eliminated each week |
| Creator | Anna Beattie |
| Broadcaster | BBC for its early years, then Channel 4 from series 8 in 2017 |
| Current hosts | Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding |
| Current judges | Paul Hollywood and Nigella Lawson |
| Winners so far | 16 (series 17 is currently airing) |
Every Winner, Series by Series
| Series | Year | Winner | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | 2010 | Edd Kimber | A debt collector when he won, he later became a food writer. |
| Series 2 | 2011 | Joanne Wheatley | |
| Series 3 | 2012 | John Whaite | He went on to study patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu in London. |
| Series 4 | 2013 | Frances Quinn | She has since written a cookbook. |
| Series 5 | 2014 | Nancy Birtwhistle | She was a GP practice manager before her win. |
| Series 6 | 2015 | Nadiya Hussain | The best-known winner by a distance (more on her below). |
| Series 7 | 2016 | Candice Brown | She published a baking book called Comfort. |
| Series 8 | 2017 | Sophie Faldo | A former army officer and the winner of the first series on Channel 4. |
| Series 9 | 2018 | Rahul Mandal | He became a STEM ambassador after winning. |
| Series 10 | 2019 | David Atherton | |
| Series 11 | 2020 | Peter Sawkins | At 20, he is the youngest winner ever. |
| Series 12 | 2021 | Giuseppe Dell’Anno | |
| Series 13 | 2022 | Syabira Yusoff | |
| Series 14 | 2023 | Matty Edgell | A PE teacher from Cambridgeshire. |
| Series 15 | 2024 | Georgie Grasso | A paediatric nurse from Carmarthenshire. |
| Series 16 | 2025 | Jasmine Mitchell | A medical student, 23 at the time. |
What the Early Winners Taught Everyone
Look at the first handful of champions, and you can see the show’s whole premise at work. A debt collector, a mother of three, a practice manager and a law student were all unknown names, and by the end of their series they were national figures.
Nadiya Hussain is the clearest example. She signed with the BBC and went on to present several cookery shows, including a documentary series and programmes like Nadiya’s British Food Adventure. Few other winners have come close to that kind of career, and she is still the benchmark when people ask whether winning leads to anything.
Nancy Birtwhistle is remembered for the opposite reason. Her 2014 win came as a shock, and she is often cited as the oldest winner in the show’s history. It was an early sign that the best baker in the tent was not necessarily the youngest or the most polished.
John Whaite took the most conventional route. He won, then trained professionally in patisserie.
Younger, Faster, More Social
The Channel 4 era, from series 8 onwards, has leaned a little younger. Peter Sawkins won in 2020 while still a student at Edinburgh. His final was one of the closest in years, against Dave Friday, and the judges’ reaction to his showstopper was mixed. The scoreboard didn’t matter much in the end. He took the title.
The 2023 winner, Matty Edgell, was a different type again. His win came from steady, quiet confidence that built over the series rather than from a single spectacular week.
Georgie Grasso: A First for Wales
Georgie’s win in 2024 was historic in a small but real way. She was the first contestant from Wales to win the show, and MPs tabled a parliamentary motion congratulating her. The motion also noted her openness about ADHD.
Her final bake was a hanging celebration cake. It combined elderflower and lemon sponge with strawberry and champagne confit. Prue Leith’s verdict at the time was blunt and fair: classic British baking, done beautifully. The fan reaction was more divided. Many viewers had backed the younger finalist, Dylan Bachelet, but most agreed afterwards that Georgie’s final was the stronger one.
Jasmine Mitchell: The Most Recent Winner
Jasmine is the most recent entry among the Great British Bake Off winners, and her series produced several records. She won two Hollywood Handshakes and became only the second baker in the show’s history to collect five Star Baker titles. She was also the first winner living with alopecia, having chosen to go without a wig.
Paul Hollywood called her the best winner the show had had in a long time. She beat two finalists, Tom Arden and Aaron Mountford-Myles, both of whom had strong runs of their own.
One small detail: reports differ slightly on her hometown. She grew up in Edinburgh, while Channel 4 lists her as being from London, where she was based during the series.
Her post-show plans have not been confirmed by any reliable source. Several lists online claim a keynote-speaking career or a cookbook, but those claims come from pages that don’t back them up, so they are best left aside until she announces something herself.
Does Winning Pay Off?
The honest answer is that it depends on what the winner wants. Nadiya turned the title into a full television career. Some winners wrote books, some returned to their old jobs, and several simply carried on with their lives and baked for pleasure.
Recent champions have tended to keep their day jobs or studies going: Matty teaching, Georgie nursing, Jasmine finishing medical school. That is a long way from the early years, when the show was new, and a win could change everything overnight.
What Comes Next: Series 17 and the Nigella Era
The next name for the list is already being decided. Series 17 premiered on Channel 4 on Tuesday 22 September 2026 at 8 pm. It is the first without Prue Leith, who has retired as a judge. Nigella Lawson has joined Paul Hollywood on the judging panel, and critics have been broadly positive, with at least one five-star review calling the casting perfect.
A new twist called Audience Choice Week has also been introduced. An official final date has not been confirmed at the time of writing, though the broadcast schedule suggests the series will run through November.
Final Thoughts
Looking back over the Great British Bake Off winners, the pattern is not really about talent alone. It is about timing, nerve on the day and, now and then, a cake that is simply bigger than everyone else’s. Whoever lifts the cake stand in a few weeks will be number 17, and the whole list will look slightly different with a new name at the bottom.
