Bake Off’s youngest-ever contestant announces pregnancy news
Posted by  badge Boss on Jan 03
GBBO star Martha Collison has announced her happy news (Picture: X/Martha Collison)

’s youngest contestant ever has announced she’s expecting her first baby, ten years after having her foodand Mary Berry.

started off by sharing the happy news that she will soon be welcoming her first child with

Choosing a photo of herself cradling her growing bump, as she stood in front of a farm of trees for the social media post, naturally Martha had to throw in a few baking puns within a caption.

Martha, who was just 17 when she competed in the 2014 GBBO series giving her the youngest title (of course, this does not include the Junior Bake Off stars), wrote: ‘Christmas with our own little pudding. Due to be ready in spring.’

‘#BabyBaker #BunInTheOven,’ she added.

Martha later also shared how grateful she was for her blessing: ‘Beyond thankful for this little blessing – our family is growing,’ she wrote.

Martha shared the happy news on New Year’s Day (Picture: Martha Collison/Instagram)
Martha and Michael got married in 2019 (Picture: Martha Collison/Instagram)
Martha is the youngest-ever contestant (Picture: Mark Bourdillon/BBC)

The 27-year-old simultaneously shared the major life update on both X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram where she was met with many congratulatory messages.

‘Congratulations lovely xxx,’ wrote YouTube star Zoe Sugg.

GBBo alumni Selasi Gbormittah added: ‘Amazing. Congrats.’

Her GBBO co-star Nancy Birtwhistle wrote: ‘Yay – beautiful Martha x.’

The series five crew are a very supportive bunch who haveAt her nine of attended and each of them made a cake for the newlyweds to cut into. Oh, how we wish we could have been a guest dining at this affair.

Her wedding was a joyous reunion (Picture: bake_therapist)
Martha was spoilt with plenty of cakes(Picture: bake_therapist)

Martha made it to the quarter-finals of the popular BBC show and has been able to make a career out of her stint.

She has written two cookery books – Twist and Crave – and popped up on TV shows Blue Peter, The One Show, and Saturday Kitchen.

She also regularly appears on Virgin Radio UK’s The Graham Norton Radio Show as the show chef.