Great British Bake Off pay touching tribute to Chloe Avery after her death

The Great British Bake Off is officially back as the bakers got stuck into cake week. Dawn, Sandro, Janusz and Syabira emerged as the most successful bakers this week with Polish baker Janusz crowned the first Star Baker.

Will became the first baker to be eliminated from the white tent in an emotional farewell. The show then shared a teaser for next weeks episode which sees the baker make masks for the showstopper challenge.

Just before the credits ran, the show aired a touching tribute to Chloe Avery. Chloe tragically passed away earlier this year.

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Chloe was a popular culinary producer on the show who tragically died after a battle with cancer. Her brother Henry shared the news of her death on social media.

He said: “My name is Henry, I am Chloe’s brother and I’m writing this because Chloë can’t. On Monday 22 of August at 23:15 Chloë passed away after a tireless battle against Cancer that started back in December last year, our Mum and Dad and I were with her in our family home in Cornwall.”

Chloe was battling cancer, which was diagnosed in December. He added: “Throughout this, Chloë remained adamant that she would get better and put this all behind her. There will be so many of you reading this now that won’t have even known she was unwell, but that was how she wanted it to be. Chloë wanted to reappear after this, healthy and strong with her baby boy and simply say when asked that ‘2022 had been a tough year." Chloe is survived by her partner James, her son Josh, her brother Henry and her parents.

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