Thousands of women were left with shattered heart, as Great British Bake Off's Tamal Ray revealed that he is not looking for a girlfriend, though he is single and ready to mingle. Tamal, who works in Manchester, opened up to Radio Times about his new found heart-throb status.
When asked if he was currently dating, he said: “I wouldn't have a girlfriend, I would have a boyfriend. But I am single at the moment.”
The 29-year-old trainee anaesthetist hasn’t been short of admirers since first appearing on the hit BBC One show.
He admitted: “Yes, I have had a few offers on Twitter!” He has many followers on twitter, some of them young women, who find Tamal really 'cute'.
On the other hand, semi-finalist Nadiya Jamir Hussain of Bangladeshi origin, is from Leeds and studying for an Open University degree. She has opened up about her fears over how the British public would perceive of her, praising British society for its "tolerance" and accepting nature.
"Originally, I was a bit nervous that people would look at me, a Muslim in a headscarf, and wonder if I could bake. But I hope that week by week people have realised that I can bake - and just because I'm not a stereotypical British person, it doesn't mean that I am not into bunting, cake and tea," she said.
"I'm just as British as anyone else, and I hope I have proved that. The feedback I have had reveals how accepting people are of different cultures and religions. Now people know who I am, I can see how tolerant and accepting British society is."
"My family is from Bangladesh, and we don't really have desserts in our culture. If there are sweet things to eat, they are eaten as a snack beforehand. But once I started to make desserts, crumbles and pies at home, it caught on. Now my family always expect one!"
