Rahul Mandal

Rahul Mandal (born 1987) is an Indian baker and engineering researcher, who won the ninth series of The Great British Bake Off in 2018.[1] Mandal also works as an engineering researcher at the University of Sheffield's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

Rahul Mandal
Born1987 (age 33–34)
Howrah, India
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Baker
  • engineering researcher
Years active2010–present
TelevisionThe Great British Bake Off

Life and career

Mandal is an only child. His mother was a housewife and his father runs a business supplying engineering parts across India.[1] Born in Howrah, India, Rahul came to the United Kingdom in 2010 on a scholarship to study for his PhD in Optical Metrology at Loughborough University and his thesis was on Calibration and Adjustment of Coherence Scanning Interferometry.[2] He joined the Nuclear AMRC in 2015.[3]

In 2018, Mandal won the ninth series of The Great British Bake Off; the finale of which was viewed by 10 million households.[4] He was then signed as a columnist for The Times Magazine,[2] a part of the Saturday supplement of The Times, and occasionally cooks on the ITV daytime show This Morning.[5] In 2018, Mandal became a self-declared STEM ambassador.[6]

References
  1. "Rahul Mandal interview: 'I started baking out of loneliness — I didn't know how to meet people'". The Times. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. Sanghera, Sathnam (24 November 2018). "Bake Off winner Rahul: 'For the first two years in Britain, I didn't talk to anyone'". The Times. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. Sheffield researcher will feature on The Great British Bake Off, The University of Sheffield, 28 August 2018, retrieved 23 November 2018
  4. "Great British Bake Off: Final watched by 7.5 million viewers". The BBC. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. "Rahul's autumnal ginger and caramel cupcake". ITV, This Morning.
  6. Bake-Off winner Rahul Mandal's campaign to make engineering "cool" for kids, Rotherham Advertiser, 21 November 2018, retrieved 25 November 2018
Awards
Preceded by
Sophie Faldo		 The Great British Bake Off winner
Series Nine (2018)		 Succeeded by
David Atherton
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