If Ruby Tandoh was your favorite contestant during the 2013 Great British Bake Off, then you might be wondering what she's doing now. The outspoken contestant once engaged in a public squabble with judge Paul Hollywood. However,Ruby’s creativity and dexterity garnered her public sympathy as she was hailed for being the greatest contestant to lose the Great British Bake Offcrown in 2013.
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Tandoh’s makeover
In 2016, the 30-year-old baker became unrecognizable. She has unapologetically rocked her wildest hairstyle so far, going through a dramatic hair makeover. Tandoh became bald and bold after shaving off all her hair. The Mirror reported that, Tandoh opted for this daring look to stop hiding:
I realized I was always hiding behind my big mop of hair and pulling it over my face so I was like… bye curls, hello being unapologetic. Such a nervous, skulking lil cockroach before. no more.
i wrote for @NewYorker about the miracle of peanuts, which have countless names and even more uses. ft. george washington carver, @jorilewis anddd a recipe for peanut + potato soup (sopa de maní meets groundnut stew) - a soup made with the caps lock on 🥜https://t.co/PSzRAvFxuC
— ruby tandoh (@rubytandoh) October 22, 2022
Where is Ruby now?
The star has now made a U-turn from bald to lilac. She has long hair dyed an elegant shade of lilac. It appears Tandoh’s mode of communicating is making a statement through hair transformations.
Being a runner-up on the show didn't prevent Tandoh from having a great career in baking. She has several cook books credited to her name. She wrote The Baking Book (2014), Flavour: Eat What You Love (2016) and Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want (2018) among others, according to Birmingham Live.
She also writes for The New Yorker, The Guardian, Vice, Taste, and Eater. She has117.7Kfollowers on Twitter and 102k on Instagram.
Tandoh has not only progressed in her career, but also in her private and love life as she went on to marry her fiancé Leah Pritchard.
So Ruby is soldiering on, making her family and friends proud in the baking industry.
Sources Used:
The Mirror: 'Former Great British Bake Off star Ruby Tandoh shaves her head: "Bye curls, hello being unapologetic"'
BirminghamLive: 'Great British Bake Off star Ruby unrecognisable after public row with Paul Hollywood'
