Jo Wheatley
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Jo Wheatley was the winner of The Great British Bake Off
in 2011.
Jo Wheatley has always had a love of baking since a very early age. One of her earliest memories is of making jam tarts with her Nan while standing on an upturned bucket by her Nan’s work surface. For the past twenty-five years Jo has been a wife and a mother and without realizing it, extending her knowledge and perfecting her skills as a baker daily, through cooking and baking for her family of three boys.
Last year Jo watched BBC’s The Great British Bake Off
and thought how she would love to enter. It made her realise she would like nothing more than to pursue a career in the thing she loves doing most of all – baking! Jo feels incredibly proud that not only did she make it onto The Great British Bake Off
, but also she went on to win against some amazing bakers. Since winning The Great British Bake Off
, Jo has set up a small cookery school from her home in Essex.
This October Jo was lucky enough to give Jay Rayner
a mini baking lesson on the art of scone making For BBC TV’s The One Show
. Jo has an extremely successful blog entitled Jo's Blue AGA. Jo has recipes published on the BBC website, in The Great British Bake off book and forthcoming in The Daily Mail “Weekend” Magazine.
Her mantra in life if it doesn't work first time, try again until you get it right. She says” I think with baking it's mainly about flavour, if you get that right all the other elements will fall perfectly into place”.
When she is not baking Jo loves to ride horses in the countryside around her or go swimming.
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off is a British television cooking/Baking competition first shown by the BBC in the summer of 2010.The judges are cookery writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood. Mel & Sue present both the series' of The Great British Bake Off , while Aaron Craze present the...
in 2011.
Jo Wheatley has always had a love of baking since a very early age. One of her earliest memories is of making jam tarts with her Nan while standing on an upturned bucket by her Nan’s work surface. For the past twenty-five years Jo has been a wife and a mother and without realizing it, extending her knowledge and perfecting her skills as a baker daily, through cooking and baking for her family of three boys.
Last year Jo watched BBC’s The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off is a British television cooking/Baking competition first shown by the BBC in the summer of 2010.The judges are cookery writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood. Mel & Sue present both the series' of The Great British Bake Off , while Aaron Craze present the...
and thought how she would love to enter. It made her realise she would like nothing more than to pursue a career in the thing she loves doing most of all – baking! Jo feels incredibly proud that not only did she make it onto The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off is a British television cooking/Baking competition first shown by the BBC in the summer of 2010.The judges are cookery writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood. Mel & Sue present both the series' of The Great British Bake Off , while Aaron Craze present the...
, but also she went on to win against some amazing bakers. Since winning The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off is a British television cooking/Baking competition first shown by the BBC in the summer of 2010.The judges are cookery writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood. Mel & Sue present both the series' of The Great British Bake Off , while Aaron Craze present the...
, Jo has set up a small cookery school from her home in Essex.
This October Jo was lucky enough to give Jay Rayner
Jay Rayner
Jay Rayner is a British journalist, writer, broadcaster, and food critic.Rayner is the younger son of journalist Claire Rayner and Desmond Rayner, and attended the independent Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. He joined The Observer newspaper after graduating from Leeds University in 1988 where...
a mini baking lesson on the art of scone making For BBC TV’s The One Show
The One Show
The One Show is a topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD, hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Chris Evans joins Jones to present the programme on Friday...
. Jo has an extremely successful blog entitled Jo's Blue AGA. Jo has recipes published on the BBC website, in The Great British Bake off book and forthcoming in The Daily Mail “Weekend” Magazine.
Her mantra in life if it doesn't work first time, try again until you get it right. She says” I think with baking it's mainly about flavour, if you get that right all the other elements will fall perfectly into place”.
When she is not baking Jo loves to ride horses in the countryside around her or go swimming.