Great British Bake Off: Where are previous winners now?

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The Great British Bake Off makes its return to our screens on Tuesday night (September 13). A fresh batch of amateur culinarians are ready to take on signature, technical and showstopper bakes in a bid to impress the judges - and prove themselves as star baker.

The first show of the new series will air in its usual 8pm slot. Judges Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith will return alongside presenters Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding for the fan-favourite baking competition.

It comes as many British channels including BBC One and ITV continue to make changes to their regular programming schedules during a period of mourning for the Queen.

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The return of the iconic baking show will undoubtedly have viewers reminiscing about their favourite Bake Off winners from season gone by. With the help of the Mirror, we look at all the winners since the first series in 2010.

Here's what they've been up to since their bake-off victories...

Edd, still only 36, was GBBO’s first winner back in 2010. He quit his job as a debt collector to write cookbooks. Edd has published four, including One Tin Bakes. He has amassed 388,000 followers on social media, where he showcases his recipes.

Edd has been the resident baker on the Alan Titchmarsh Show and ran a bakery in upmarket department store Fortnum & Mason.

Jo has written several cookery books, which have been best sellers A housewife when she competed, Joanne went on to release two cookbooks, write a column for Sainsbury’s Magazine and appear on programmes such as The One Show.

The 52-year-old from Essex now has her own website, Jo’s Blue Aga. Soon after she won GBBO, it was revealed that her husband Richard