Bake Off winner Matty Edgell has revealed that he is engaged to his girlfriend Lara after being crowned the champion in the final.
The news was shared just after the teacher, 28, overcame competition from Josh and Dan to win the Channel 4 series on Tuesday night’s episode.
Following the announcement that Matty had won, The Great British Bake Off’s X (formerly Twitter) account shared a post congratulating Matty and Lara on their engagement.
The post read: ‘A huge congratulations from all of us at Bake Off to Matty and Lara on their engagement!’
Matty revealed in his exit interview that he had proposed during a trip to Sorrento in Italy and gushed that it was one of the ‘happiest moments of his life’.
Bake Off winner Matty Edgell has revealed that he is engaged to his girlfriend Lara after being crowned the champion in the final
Lara (centre in white dress) was present when the final was filmed as she watched her fiancé win the show
In the photo Lara showed off her beautiful dazzling ring as he hugged her and planted a sweet kiss on her cheek.
The PE and science teacher from Cambridgeshire has yet to share the announcement to his own Instagram.
Matty has previously shared that Lara was the one responsible for signing him up for the competition.
After being named the winner, Matty said: ‘I don’t know what to say… everyone said you should go on Bake Off and I thought it was a throwaway comment and never really listened to it. I never thought I would be on the show let alone win it!’
He sweetly added, mentioning Lara: ‘I hope GBBO might just change my life a little bit, but being a PE teacher is something I really enjoy at the moment.
‘I loved being in the tent and another of my happiest life moments was when I got engaged in Sorrento to my fiancée Lara.
‘I am not sure what’s next for me, but my next big baking project is making our wedding cake. I am just going to keep enjoying it.’
Judge Paul Hollywood, 57, heaped praise on Matty after he was crowned the winner.
The chef noted that Matty got ‘better and better’ throughout the series.
He said: ‘He just got better and better and better and if you are going to smash it you do it in the last challenge, and that is exactly what he did.’
Dame Prue Leith, 83, was also full of praise for the new Bake Off winner.
Following the announcement that Matty had won, The Great British Bake Off’s X (formerly Twitter ) account shared a post congratulating Matty and Lara on their engagement
Matty has previously shared that Lara was the one responsible for signing him up for the competition (seen in the final with Dan and Josh)
She said: ‘I have never met a more cheerful, smiling, uncomplaining and willing baker.
‘He was just having such a good time, learning as much as he could, taking on board everything either of us said.’
Matty managed to wow the judges with his showstopper cake.
Despite this, the teacher joked that his eye-catching effort was leaning a bit for ‘dramatic effect’.
Dame Prue said: ‘What a great cake.’
Paul described the cake as being ‘absolutely delicious’.
Elsewhere, Dan made a lemon drizzle cake. However, the sponge cracked on his effort and Dan was told that the lemon flavour needed to be stronger.
Meanwhile, Josh’s Slice For All Seasons cake received a mixed response from the judges.
Paul observed that the ‘the pipe work is not very neat’, while the flavors were simply described as ‘adequate’.
However after the win viewers slammed the final result on Tuesday when Matty was announced at the winner, with fans insisting Josh should have won.
While judges Paul and Dame Prue heaped praise on Matty after they chose him as the winner, some fans of the show were not so convinced.
Many took to social media to complain about the result, insisting it should have been Josh who won the show.
One person wrote: ‘They clearly wanted the person who would promote the show best to win. He’s definitely not the best baker, that’s Josh, but that’s tv.’
After being named the winner, Matty said: ‘I don’t know what to say… everyone said you should go on Bake Off and I thought it was a throwaway comment and never really listened to it’
Matty impressed the judges with his huge celebration cake showstopper which was the final round of the competition
Josh crested a colourful pastel tiered cake during the celebration cake showstopper in Tuesday’s final
Matty beat Dan (pictured) to triumph in the choux pastry signature bake challenge and the celebration cake showstopper
Someone else shared: ‘We all love it when the under dog wins & happy for Matty, but I feel for Josh, that trophy should have been his.’
‘I think Matty is such a lovely young man but I think Josh was robbed,’ wrote another viewer, while someone else posted: ‘Josh was robbed because Matty is a better fit for TV.’
Another show fan commented: ‘Not convinced the right baker was crowned this evening. Josh was my winner from Day 1. Excellent series to watch however…’
And someone else wrote: ‘Matty is a great bloke but based on what we’ve just seen, Josh was robbed.’