John Whaite has joined the line-up for Strictly 2021 (Picture: BBC)
John Whaite has formally grow to be the fourth celeb to hitch the Strictly Come Dancing 2021 line-up.
It’s an thrilling one, not solely as a result of John is Bake Off legend, however as a result of he’ll type a part of the sequence’ first ever all-male couple and solely the second ever same-sex partnership after Nicola Adams and Katya Jones final yr.
John has joined stars Tom Fletcher, Robert Webb, and AJ Odudu on the already stellar line-up and we will’t wait!
The information was introduced on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday morning, with visitor presenter Matt Lucas making the announcement on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show.
‘I am so excited! I’m very, very nervous. I’m truly shaking inside,’ John stated.
‘I was born to be on that dancefloor. I’m going to need to be taken off kicking and screaming each week.’
Who is John Whaite?
John now owns a cookery faculty (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV)
John, 33, was first seen on our TV screens in The Great British Bake Off in 2012.
He gained the sequence, kicking off his profession as a TV chef.
From then on, he’s appeared on daytime reveals like Lorraine, securing his personal weekly slot the present.
He’s additionally appeared on This Morning, What’s Cooking?, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Sunday Brunch as a visitor chef, and secured one other common spot on Steph’s Packed Lunch.
John can be a presenter in his personal proper, internet hosting ITV’s cooking present Chopping Block, which aired in 2016 and 2017, alongside Rosemary Shrager.
As nicely as his TV work, John has launched his personal cookery books and has his personal cooking faculty in Lancashire, close to his hometown.
When was John Whaite on the Great British Bake Off?
John appeared on Bake Off within the third sequence in 2012.
He gained, beating fellow finalists Brendan Lynch and James Morton, however he solely ever gained Star Baker as soon as.
The star even had a whole catastrophe on the present, deciding to bake some scrumptious Rum Babas.
However, he mistakenly used salt as a substitute of sugar with Mary Berry refusing to attempt them and Paul Hollywood spitting them out.
Despite that, he gained the judges over, profitable along with his Italian sausage and roasted vegetable pithivier, fondant fancies and heaven and hell chiffon cake.
Who is John Whaite relationship?
John is considered engaged to graphic designer Paul Atkins.
Who is John Whaite’s dancing accomplice on Strictly Come Dancing 2021?
John can be a part of a same-sex couple, that means he’ll be partnered up with one in all this yr’s male professional dancers.
It will both be newbies Kai Widdrington, Nikita Kuzmin, or Cameron Lombard, or previous faves Aljaž Škorjanec, Giovanni Pernice, Gorka Marquez, Graziano Di Prima, Johannes Radebe, and Neil Jones.
Strictly Come Dancing returns this autumn to BBC One.
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