Hundreds queue in central London to see winner Nadiya Hussain and finalists Ian Cumming and Tamal Ray – and try to get some tips
The Great British Bake Off finalists (left to right) Ian Cumming, winner Nadiya Hussain, and Tamal Ray, at a book signing in London. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images
Hnnah Ellis-Petersen - The Guardian Thursday 8 October 2015
Under blue skies reminiscent of those which seem to hang eternally over the Great British Bake Off tent, they queued politely down Piccadilly in their hundreds. Fans of the record-breaking series waited for their champion calmly; there was no pushing or elbowing here, it would not be the Mary Berry way.
This was the first public outing of Nadiya Jamir Hussain, Ian Cumming and Tamal Ray, the three Bake Off finalists and Britain’s newest trio of unlikely celebrities, after the dramatic final episode on Wednesday night which finally revealed Hussain as the baking queen of Britain.The reuIt was undoubtably the television moment of 2015, at one point drawing in over 14.5 million viewers, the highest television audience figures since the World Cup last July. More people tuned in to watch Hussain claim victory with her “lovely” iced buns, raspberry millefeuille and a triple-tiered lemon drizzle wedding cake – dedicated to her husband – than voted Conservative in the general election in May.
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