My career could go up in smoke and as long as I've got my health and my family then nothing else matters. — John Whaite Career Copy Share Image
In my family, depression is spoken of in hushed tones. As farmers we have always ploughed through our feelings. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Baking helps lift my depression. It can't cure it but it helps. — John Whaite Baking Copy Share Image
If I'm peckish and I want something sweet and quick, I make a batch of scones, because they're easy and reliable. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
As a depressive, routine is sand slipping through my fingers. Being self-employed doesn't help. — John Whaite Being Copy Share Image
I like pie! Pie with proper pastry and a meaty filling always works. It just makes you feel good. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Wigan is the town I come from. We're all known as pie eaters in Wigan. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
I have to disagree with William Shakespeare: love doesn't look with the mind. For me, and most of those around me, love… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Read a recipe twice, weigh all the ingredients out before you start so that you don't forget something and start with a… — John Whaite Food Copy Share Image
The problem with a lot of modern recipes is that you have a great list of ingredients and you only need a… — John Whaite Food Copy Share Image
As a child my life was shrouded by fear. Every night I would crawl into the alcove outside my sisters' bedrooms and… — John Whaite Alone Copy Share Image
During the 'The Great British Bake Off' I didn't get to know Mary all that well. We weren't allowed to interact with… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
People think bakers are dainty little housewives but they are not. They are quite controlling people who want to be told that… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
I just want to say to men, it doesn't matter if you're straight, it doesn't matter if you're gay, asexual, whatever you… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
How could anyone not use the humble chestnut at Christmas? It has a great flavour and can be used to make chocolate… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
I'm all for a healthy diet. I don't eat junk very often, and I try not to have too much sugar or… — John Whaite Diet Copy Share Image
People think if you win the 'Bake Off' you walk straight into a big book deal and all of this but it… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
If I'm going through a particular period at work or where I feel that I'm out of control and everything's sort of… — John Whaite Bulimia Copy Share Image
I mean, you don't go into 'Bake Off' expecting anything. There's no big-money prize, no contract. It's not like 'The X Factor,'… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
At school I used to hang out with the girls - they looked after me but the boys would call me gay… — John Whaite Gay Copy Share Image
My dance skills are reliant on me being a bit pickled in a nightclub, if I try to do a dance move… — John Whaite Ballet Copy Share Image
I've grown to love veg - I didn't have a choice - and I've always been mad on cauliflower. It has a… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Life shouldn't be about arbitrary power, for power's sake, but about respect, mutuality, decency. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
I had been offered a six-figure deal to write two cookery books. Six figures, at just 23. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
One of my favourite low-carb suppers is a Spanish tortilla using cauliflower in place of the potato. — John Whaite Cauliflower Copy Share Image
The Great British Bake Off' has rapidly evolved into one of the nation's favourite TV shows. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a little lad, the sun has seemed to shine during my birthday weekend. — John Whaite Birthday Copy Share Image
We hear a lot about this phrase 'toxic masculinity' but I think the real poison in manhood is silence. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
There's something very relaxing about the aromatic scent of rosemary. I adore it. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
I really want to learn a really intense samba and really go for it. — John Whaite Education Copy Share Image
To see a world where two men can dance together, it can instil the fear of God into people. — John Whaite Fear Copy Share Image
As a farmer's son, I am familiar with the long, mucky shifts of our dairy workers. — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Addiction to the razzle dazzle came naturally to the youthful me. — John Whaite Addiction Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be in the food industry, so I had to break away from the novelty of the 'Bake Off'… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Porridge, for me, has always been of the Scottish variety: salted, and for breakfast. The idea of claggy oatmeal mixed with hollandaise… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm, so I've always been keen on nature, animals and the simpler things in the life -… — John Whaite Animal Copy Share Image
I was doing my barrister training in Leeds, so I was getting up at 5 A.M. and getting home and 10 P.M.,… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
When I started to use fewer ingredients in my cooking, I was reminded of the uncomplicated flavours of my childhood. — John Whaite Childhood Copy Share Image
I was a 23-year-old law student when I won the 'Great British Bake Off' in 2012. For 10 weeks I had balanced… — John Whaite British Copy Share Image
