John Whaite
| John Whaite | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Whaite Chorley, Lancashire, England |
| Residence | Greenwich, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Manchester |
| Occupation | Chef, author, baker, television personality |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Television |
The Great British Bake Off Lorraine The Chopping Block |
| Partner(s) | Paul Atkins |
| Website | www |
John Whaite is an English baker who won the third series of The Great British Bake Off in 2012. He works as a chef, television presenter, and author. He is a presenter and judge on the ITV daytime cookery competition show The Chopping Block.
John Whaite was born in Chorley and grew up on a farm in Wrightington. He has two sisters, Jane and Victoria. He became interested in baking when he was five after his parents divorced. He won a place at Oxford to read modern and medieval languages, but switched to study Law at the University of Manchester so as to be nearer home. He gained a first-class degree after sitting his law exams while filming Bake Off, and worked briefly as banker in the Royal Bank of Scotland's asset finance department. However, he rejected a career in law or banking after winning the series, and opted to take classes at Le Cordon Bleu to pursue a career in baking.
In 2012, at the age of 23, Whaite took part in the third series of The Great British Bake Off on BBC Two. After making it through to the final, he won the show with his Italian sausage and roasted vegetable pithivier, fondant fancies and heaven and hell chiffon cake. Despite winning the show, he only won 'Star Baker' once in the series.
Whaite appears as a resident chef on ITV's Lorraine programme, hosted by Lorraine Kelly. In addition, he has also appeared on This Morning, What's Cooking?, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Sunday Brunch as a guest chef.
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