Ruby Bhogal
Ruby Bhogal is a baker, cookbook author and 2018 Great British Bake Off finalist sharing cakes from around the world and recipes for both traditional and plant-based baking.
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Channel 4Overview
- Work
- Baker, cookbook author and recipe creator
- Before baking
- Studied for an MA in architecture and worked as a project manager
- Breakout
- The Great British Bake Off finalist, 2018
- Newsletter
- The Last Bite
- Latest book
- Around the World in 80 Cakes, 2026
Mini bio
Finding her way.
Ruby studied architecture, but a spell of unemployment gave her a different kind of project. Baking became a calming hobby while she lived with her parents and looked for work. She has described learning the foundations from a Paul Hollywood baking book.
Into the tent.
In 2018, Ruby reached the final of The Great British Bake Off. Her vegan cake famously collapsed, but she kept going and earned consecutive Star Baker titles in Danish Week and Pâtisserie Week. She finished as a runner-up to Rahul Mandal.
A slice for everyone.
Her first cookbook, One Bake, Two Ways, appeared in 2024, pairing 50 bakes with a plant-based version of each. Its flexible approach grew out of her British-Indian upbringing and mostly vegetarian diet. Her online series Around the World in 80 Cakes became a second cookbook in 2026, exploring the stories as well as the flavours behind international cakes. On The Last Bite, she shares recipes alongside chatty updates from her own kitchen.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2026Around the World in 80 CakesAuthor
- 2024One Bake, Two WaysAuthor
Television
- 2018The Great British Bake Off, series nineContestant and finalist
Podcasts
- 2026BA Bake Club: Plum KarpatkaGuest
Awards
Quotes
Taking that risk and betting on myself was the best thing I have ever done.Ruby Bhogal, The Last Bite
In her August 28, 2026 newsletter, Ruby reflected on changing careers and finding her own voice after Bake Off.
Trivia
- One of her earliest baking memories is helping her mum make jalebis.
- She kept her Bake Off filming weekends quiet at work by saying she was attending Indian weddings.
- Her Danish Week showstopper was inspired by her sister and decorated with her sister’s favourite sweets.
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