Marc from Cornwall leaves Bake Off tent after being eliminated in dessert week
The 51-year-old single dad made it to the quarter final though!
Last updated 11th Nov 2020
He's become a familiar face on our TV screens every Tuesday night, but Marc Elliott from Cornwall has been eliminated from The Great British Bake Off.
The 51-year-old single dad, who lives in the Duchy, took up baking as a form of therapy after losing his leg in a motorcycle accident four years ago.
This year, under exceptional circumstances, the twelve bakers entered a bubble for seven weeks in order to make the competition happen.
The bronze resin sculptor made it to the final five in the famous baking competition but failed to impress the judges during dessert week with one of his cakes described as being like "concrete".
Throughout the competition Marc used Cornish ingredients and inspiration for his bakes.
About Marc:
Marc decided to enter Bake Off in a bid to show his daughters that even when life throws obstacles at you, you can rise to new challenges and develop new passions.
Born and raised in Leicester, but now living in Cornwall, fervent climber Marc spent his youth travelling the world and conquering mountains, before settling back in the UK and becoming a landscape photographer.
Personal tragedy, including losing his leg in a motorbike accident in 2016, led him to baking bread as a form of therapy, and from there he came to baking cakes and pastries.
From palmiers and chausson aux pommes to opera cakes and millefeuille, his bakes now show true finesse.
He’s a support worker and single parent, and, with his daughters cheer him on, he’s taken up climbing again.