| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Flora Shedden |
| Birthday / How old is Flora Shedden Age / Date of Birth / DOB | November 18, 1995. As of 2024, she is around 29 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Partner / Boyfriend | Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | None |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| What happened to Flora from Great British baking show? | After the show, Flora published her own cookbook “Gatherings: Celebrating the Seasons” and also wrote for various newspapers and magazines. |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Flora Shedden is a Scottish baker, food writer, and published author.
- She was also a contestant on the 2015 edition of the Great British Bake Off.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Flora Shedden was born on November 18, 1995, in Dunkeld, a village dating back to the 13th century in the Highlands of Scotland, to parents Tiffany Shedden, a florist, and Colin Shedden, the director of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
- Flora has two sisters, both younger than her, Willow Shedden and Hebe Shedden.
- She grew up in her hometown of Dunkeld and went to Breadalbane Academy in Perthshire.
- Flora attended the University of Edinburgh to study architecture and the University of St Andrews to study art history, but she is currently on a break from her studies while pursuing her career in baking.
- She has been in a relationship with James Irvine since February 7, 2016. James is the general manager of the Birnam Arts and Conference Centre in Perthshire.
- In 2015, Flora was the youngest ever finalist to appear on fan favourite baking show The Great British Bake Off. She did not go on to win the competition, but she made her name in the baking world at the age of only nineteen.
- Flora lives and works in her hometown of Dunkeld in Scotland.
Work : Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth
- Flora was taking a year off from university and working at Perth’s Frames Gallery when she applied to appear on the Great British Bake Off.
- After the show, Flora did various appearances in various media.
- She was then the host of a food programme, Kitchen Café, on BBC Radio Scotland, as well as a regular columnist and contributor for The Telegraph.
- In December 2016, Flora bought a building in her hometown of Dunkeld along with a friend, Angus, and her boyfriend, James. In spring 2017, she opened her artisan bakery there, ARAN, from the Scottish word for bread, which has been occupying most of her time ever since.
- She published her first cookbook, Gatherings, in January 2017.
- This was followed by Flora’s second book, ARAN, which was published in October 2019.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Flora comes from a family of great cooks and bakers. She is known for having great expertise in the kitchen, despite her young age, and cites her mother and grandmother as her role models.
- Despite being known primarily for her baking, Flora is also a highly accomplished cook and defined herself as a cook rather than a baker before joining the Great British Bake Off.
- Flora is very passionate about sustainability and does her best to ensure that as much of the stock for her bakery is sourced locally from Scottish businesses.
- After appearing on the Great British Bake Off, Flora received some backlash from social media denizens for being ‘too middle class.’ This has led to Flora primarily using Instagram rather than Twitter.
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