“People think if you win the 'Bake Off' you walk straight into a big bo...” — John Whaite Quote

“People think if you win the 'Bake Off' you walk straight into a big book deal and all of this but it isn't like that. You've still got to work really, really hard - probably harder than before - to make the right connections, to tour with brands, to discuss opportunities and negotiations.”

“We hear a lot about this phrase 'toxic masculinity' but I think the real poison in manhood is silence.”

“I am an avid lover of taking photographs of the night sky. Whenever I can, I get myself off to Canada or to Scotland and set up around the lake and spend a few hours in the middle of the night with a flask of coffee, a little glass of whiskey and some snacks.”

“Porridge, for me, has always been of the Scottish variety: salted, and for breakfast. The idea of claggy oatmeal mixed with hollandaise and a runny poached egg is almost nauseating.”

“My body image as I grew up was very difficult... I was so conscious of being fat. But one thing I was aware of as being problematic for 12, 14 years was overeating and then purging.”

“I could quite happily run a florist or a bake shop.”

“I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework.”

“Usually I can go for three or four weeks and then I start to bake cakes or make jewellery and I think, 'hang on a minute, I'm obviously bored rigid. I need to get back out there.'”

“I bake a lot. A lot.”

“I can't bake anything. I'm the worst. My cakes always come out flat.”

“You don't have to love cooking to cook, but you have to do more than love baking to bake. You have to bake out of love.”