Series 6 of The Great British Bake Off aired between 5 August and 7 October 2015. 12 bakers participated this season.
About[]
The sixth series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on 5 August 2015. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins again presented the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. The competition was held at in Welford Park in Berkshire.
The winner of the Great British Bake Off Series 6 was Nadiya Hussain.
Contestants[]
| Baker | Age | Occupation | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Magallanes | 37 | Nurse | Bracknell, Berkshire |
| Dorret Conway | 53 | Accountant | Penwortham, Lancashire |
| Flora Shedden | 19 | Art gallery assistant | Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross |
| Ian Cumming | 41 | Travel photographer | Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire |
| Marie Campbell | 66 | Retired | Auchterarder, Perthshire |
| Mat Riley | 37 | Firefighter | London |
| Nadiya Hussain | 30 | Full-time mother | Leeds/Luton |
| Paul Jagger | 49 | Prison governor | Swansea, Wales |
| Sandy Docherty | 49 | Child welfare officer | Yeadon, West Yorkshire |
| Stu Henshall | 35 | Professional musician | Guildford, Surrey |
| Tamal Ray | 29 | Trainee anaesthetist | Manchester |
| Ugné Bubnaiyte | 32 | PA and administrator | Woodford, London/Vilkaviškis, Lithuania |
Contestant progress[]
| Elimination chart | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| Nadiya | STAR | STAR | STAR | Winner | |||||||||||
| Ian | STAR | STAR | STAR | RUNNER-UP | |||||||||||
| Tamal | STAR | RUNNER-UP | |||||||||||||
| Flora | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Paul | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Mat | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Alvin | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Ugné | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Sandy | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Dorret | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Marie | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Stu | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Colour key:
- – Baker was the star baker
- – Baker got through to the next round
- – Baker was eliminated
- – Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated
- – Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week
- – Baker was the series winner
- - Baker did not compete due to illness