Giuseppe Dell'Anno in 2022

Giuseppe Dell'Anno (born 17 February 1976) is an Italian engineer and baker who won the twelfth series of The Great British Bake Off in 2021.[1] He works as a chef, an author and an engineer.

Early life

Dell'Anno was born in Rome (Italy) to Maria, a civil servant, and Cosmo (Mimino), a professional chef.[2] He has one younger sister, Maria Teresa. He spent his early life in Gaeta, where he attended Liceo Scientifico E. Fermi, obtaining maturità scientifica with top marks in 1994 [3] He graduated from the University of Pisa in chemical engineering with a thesis on polymeric nanocomposites[4] in 2004. He moved to England in 2002,[5] working as a research assistant at Cranfield University, where he completed his doctoral degree in 2007 with a thesis on tufting, a composite manufacturing technology.[6] He worked for a series of academic and industrial employers; at the time of The Great British Bake Off, he was chief engineer at the National Composites Centre and industrial fellow at the University of Bristol.[7]

Television career

In 2021, Dell'Anno took part in the twelfth series of The Great British Bake Off. After winning Star Baker twice[8] and collecting two Hollywood handshakes throughout the show, he became the first Italian to win the competition.[1]

The following year, Dell'Anno wrote a regular "Britalian Bake-Off Review" column for the Radio Times, covering each episode of the next season's Great British Bake Off.[9] In September 2022, Dell'Anno made a guest appearance as a judge on the 5th episode of Bake Off Italia - Dolci in Forno,[10] the Italian edition of the show.[5]

In June 2022, Dell'Anno announced the publication of his debut cookbook, Giuseppe's Italian Bakes, with recipes based on his father's lifetime notes.[11]

Personal life

Dell'Anno moved to the United Kingdom in 2002 and has lived in England ever since.[5] He briefly relocated to Milan shortly after filming The Great British Bake Off in July 2021,[3] but returned to the UK in February 2022. He currently lives in Bristol with his wife Laura and three sons:[2] Giorgio, Riccardo and Alberto.

Publications

  • Giuseppe's Italian Bakes (2022; ISBN 9781787139350, 1787139352)

References

  1. 1 2 "The Great British Bake Off crowns its 2021 winner". BBC News. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Giuseppe". thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 Bird, Henry (25 November 2021). "How to bake like Giuseppe Dell'Anno". The Times. Gale A683765620. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Dell'Anno, Giuseppe (26 February 2004). "Development of a new class of hybrid reinforced thermoplastic composites based on nanoclays and woven glass fibres". University of Pisa. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 Odell, Michael (19 October 2022). "Bake Off winner Giuseppe Dell'Anno: 'I want Paul Hollywood's job'". The Times. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Dell'Anno, Giuseppe (November 2007). "Effect of tufting on the mechanical behaviour of carbon fabric/epoxy composites". Cranfield University. hdl:1826/2608. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  7. ↑ Baker, Hannah (20 September 2021). "The Great British Bake Off 2021: National Composite Centre's chief engineer Giuseppe Dell'Anno to compete". Business Live. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  8. ↑ Hogan, Michael (10 November 2021). "The Great European Bake Off: are you Team Giuseppe or Team Jürgen?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  9. ↑ Dell'Anno, Giuseppe (26 October 2022). "Britalian Bake Off review: Giuseppe on "unfair" Custard Week and final 5 contestants". Radio Times. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  10. ↑ Lillywhite, Maisie (29 September 2022). "Great British Bake Off: 2021 winner Giuseppe Dell'Anno to judge Bake off Italia". Bristol Post. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  11. ↑ Andrews, Bethan (6 June 2022). "Bristol's GBBO winner Giuseppe Dell'Anno announces his debut cookbook". Bristol World. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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