Rahul Mandal
Rahul Mandal | |
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| Born | 1987 (age 36–37) Howrah, India |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Television | The Great British Bake Off |
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.
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 STEM ambassador.[6]
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Sheffield researcher will feature on The Great British Bake Off, The University of Sheffield, 28 August 2018, retrieved 23 November 2018
- ^ "Great British Bake Off: Final watched by 7.5 million viewers". The BBC. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Rahul's autumnal ginger and caramel cupcake". ITV, This Morning.
- ^ Bake-Off winner Rahul Mandal's campaign to make engineering "cool" for kids, Rotherham Advertiser, 21 November 2018, retrieved 25 November 2018
External links
- Rahul Mandal at IMDb
