Who is Toby? Meet The Great British Bake Off 2025 contestant and executive
It's Bake Off time!
It's been a long time coming, but The Great British Bake Off is finally back!
Returning to TV screens tonight (2nd September), it will see a fresh batch of bakers head into the tent to hopefully impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking abilities.
One baker looking for a Hollywood handshake is Toby, who admits it was "daunting" heading into the tent for the first time, adding that it "felt like some sort of strange fever dream".
Read on to find out more about The Great British Bake Off 2025 contestant.
Who is Toby?
Age: 29
Location: Warwickshire
Job: Business development executive
Toby is a 29-year-old business development executive living in Warwickshire who takes a stripped-back, healthy approach to baking and tends to lean more towards classic recipes and flavours.
But it'll be Bread Week where Toby thrives, as he bakes something different every day.
Reflecting on the moment he found out he'd be going on Bake Off, Toby admitted he never thought he'd make it on the show.
"I just somehow kept getting the call to tell me I was through to the next stage of interviews," he explained.
"I'm still convinced there was a mistake in the casting process! When I finally got the call to tell me I was going to be a baker, I was in absolute disbelief. I was in the kitchen, staring at my girlfriend trying to hold it together but I couldn’t stop laughing. It was so surreal."
What are Toby's strengths and weaknesses as a baker?
As a baker, Toby's strengths lie in recreating classic bakes and flavours. He especially loves comforting foods that remind him of his "childhood gluttony".
But his weakness "is without a doubt decorating with finesse", and despite trying many times, he has "failed almost every single one of them".
The Great British Bake Off returns to Channel 4 on Tuesday 2nd September at 8pm.
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Authors
Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
