Martha Collison

Martha Collison (born 23 September 1996) is a British baker and food columnist. She rose to fame after competing as The Great British Bake Off's youngest ever contestant,[1] reaching the quarter-final of the fifth series at age 17. She writes a weekly column for the Waitrose weekend newspaper,[2] and has released two cookery books as well as running a successful baking blog.

Martha Collison
Born (1996-09-23) 23 September 1996
NationalityBritish
OccupationFood writer, author, columnist
TelevisionThe Great British Bake Off
Spouse(s)Michael Haywood (m. 2019)
Websitehttp://www.bakingmartha.co.uk/

Early life

Martha Collison grew up in Ascot, Berkshire.[3] She has one younger sister, Hannah.[3] She began baking at the age of eight, the result of her parents letting her loose in the kitchen.[4]

Career

Television

In 2014, at the age of 17, Collison took part in the fifth series of The Great British Bake Off on BBC One. She is the youngest ever contestant in the show's history, making it to the quarter finals before being knocked out of the competition.

Martha has since appeared on Bake Off: An Extra Slice, as a guest on Blue Peter[5] and has presented for Saturday Kitchen.[6]

Writing

Collison has released two cookery books. The first, Twist, was released on 14 July 2016,[7] and took simple, everyday recipes, such as chocolate cake and adapted them into new ones, like Chocolate and Passionfruit Layer Cake, or Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Cake. The second book, Crave, was published on 13 July 2017,[8] and split the recipes into chapters for various cravings, Chocolate, Caramel, Cheese, Citrus, Fruit, Nut, Spice and Alcohol.

She writes a weekly column for the Waitrose weekend newspaper[2] and runs a successful baking blog called "Baking Martha".

Personal life

Martha lives with husband Michael Haywood in Brighton, Sussex. They married in 2019, where several of the bakers from Collison's series of The Great British Bake Off were in attendance and baked cakes for a cake table.[9]

She is a Christian and attends Emmanuel Church in Brighton,[1] and has appeared at various faith-based festivals such as Newday, Big Church Day Out South & North and WestPoint. She is also a charity ambassador for the charity Tearfund,[10] and has spent time in Cambodia teaching young girls to bake funnel cakes.[11] She has also been to refugee camps in Lebanon with the charity to see Tearfund's work with those displaced due to conflict.

References
  1. "Martha Collison speaks - Woman Alive". womanalive.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  2. Limited, Waitrose. "Martha Collison Baking Recipes | Waitrose". waitrose.com. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  3. "Martha Collison on life since the Great British Bake Off". Berkshire Life. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  4. "About". Baking Martha. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  5. Douglas, Nicole (2017-04-25). "Blue Peter questions". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  6. SaturdayKitchen [@saturdaykitchen] (2018-11-27). "For this week's food film, we sent our cameras with Martha Collison to a popcorn factory! #SaturdayKitchen @marthacollisontwitter.com/marthacollison/status/1064909886696423424 …" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-07-08 – via Twitter.
  7. Collison, Martha. "Twist: Creative Ideas to Reinvent Your Baking - Martha Collison - Hardcover". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  8. Collison, Martha. "Crave: Brilliantly indulgent recipes - Martha Collison - Hardcover". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  9. Cash, Meredith. "The 'Great British Bake Off' stars reunited at a fellow contestant's wedding and each one baked an impeccable cake for the occasion". INSIDER. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  10. "Press release: Great British teen baker Martha Collison teams up with Tearfund to end child trafficking - Tearfund". Tearfund. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  11. "Why has Martha Collison been baking non-stop for 21 hours? | Christian News on Christian Today". christiantoday.com. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
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