Henry Bird
Henry Bird is a baker and Times journalist, known for his 2019 Bake Off run and his writing about nature, conservation and the news.
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Known for
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake OffOverview
- Work
- Baker, journalist and newsletter writer
- Breakout
- The Great British Bake Off, series 10 (2019)
- Bake Off milestone
- Festival Week Star Baker and a Hollywood handshake
- Writing
- The Times’s Daily Briefing and Environment newsletters
Mini bio
How it started.
Henry became interested in baking at 12, when the Bake Off tent appeared in his local park. He tried out bakes on family, friends and teachers before sharing them with his university housemates while studying English literature.
Into the tent.
He joined series 10 of The Great British Bake Off in 2019 and reached the quarter-final. Festival Week brought both Star Baker and a Paul Hollywood handshake for his chocolate kardemummabullar, the bake he later named as his favourite to make on the show.
Beyond baking.
Journalism became another part of his working life. In a 2020 interview, he said he was studying English literature at Durham alongside a journalism diploma. By 2025, the Wainwright Prize described him as the writer of The Times’s Daily Briefing and a co-writer of its Environment newsletter, covering nature books and environmental issues.
Where his interests meet.
His baking and conservation interests came together at International Animal Rescue’s 2025 Cakes for Apes afternoon tea. He also judged the 2025 Wainwright Prize before returning to host its 2026 ceremony.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Wainwright PrizesCeremony host
- 2026Sticky Bun Boys: Henry Bird specialGuest, two-part podcast special
- 2025Wainwright PrizeJudge
- 2025Cakes for Apes tenth-anniversary afternoon teaCo-host and baker
- 2019The Great British Bake Off, series 10Contestant and quarter-finalist
Awards
Quotes
To be inside the actual tent was totally wonderful.Henry Bird, The Great British Bake Off
Before the 2019 series, Henry recalled watching the programme being filmed near his home as a schoolboy.
Trivia
- He sang in his university choir.
- Asked which former baker he would want to be stuck in a lift with, he chose Andrew because he was an engineer.
- A university lecturer introduced him to Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain, a book he returns to often.
- A tree beside Buttermere is one of his favourite places to sit and read.
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