Who is David Atherton on Bake Off? GBBO star’s job, age and Instagram revealed

29 October 2019, 12:13 | Updated: 29 October 2019, 12:16

The Great British Bake Off 2019 has welcomed a new bunch of contestants to the tent, but who is David Atherton?

David has reached the final of The Great British Bake Off this year, and he's been a huge fan of the series since it began.

But what do we know about David? How old is he? And what does he do for a living? We have all the answers...

1. David Atherton: The main facts

   Name: David Atherton

   Age: 36

   From: London

   Job: International Health Advisor

   Twitter: @nomadbakerdavid

   Instagram: @nomadbakerdavid

2. Who is David Atherton?

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   I'm currently on a busy work trip in Myanmar but finding time to sample all the food (yes I'm wearing my top from Dairy Week, I do have more clothes I promise). For lunch today I had fish dumplings in a garlic broth, green papaya salad, and wing bean salad with pickled tea leaves. It's such an interesting cuisine and I'm trying not to have any dish twice #feedmemyanmar ° ° ° ° ° #greatbritishbakeoff #greatbritishbakingshow #cake #baking #british #gbbo #bakeoff #bake #lgbt #lgbtqi+ #queer #instatravel #travel

   A post shared by David Atherton (@nomadbakerdavid) on Sep 19, 2019 at 8:19am PDT

   David is 36-year-old international health advisor living in London – but he's originally from Yorkshire.

   He learned his cooking skills when travelling the world as part of his career, but it was in Malawi where he learnt a variety of culinary tricks, including cooking without equipment, building an oven out of an oil drum and figuring out how to steam cook a cake over a village fire.

   Even though he's travelled far and wide, he credits growing up in a household with a mother who was an active baker as the inspiration for his baking interest.