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|birth_name = Ruby Tandoh
|birth_place = ], ], England
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1992|07|04|df=yes}}
|nationality = British
|television = '']''
|occupation = ], baker, newspaper columnist, author, model
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|years_active = 2013–present
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'''Ruby Alice Tandoh''' (born 4 July 1992)<ref>"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, (: 1 October 2014), Ruby Alice Tandoh, Jul 1992; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Southend On Sea, Essex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.</ref> is a ] baker, columnist, author, and former model.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/tv-radio/55625/ruby-tandoh-why-so-much-vitriol-and-misogyny|work=The Week|title=Ruby Tandoh: Why so much 'vitriol and misogyny'?|date=23 October 2013|access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref> She rose to fame after becoming a runner-up on ] of BBC's '']'' in 2013.

==Early life==
Tandoh's grandfather is from ].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">, '']'', 4 November 2013.</ref> She grew up in ].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/>

Tandoh studied ] and ] at ].

==Television==

{{main article|The Great British Bake Off (series 4)}}
Tandoh was a contestant on the fourth series of ''The Great British Bake Off''. She reached the all-women final and finished runner-up to ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/oct/22/frances-quinn-wins-great-british-bake-off |title=Frances Quinn wins The Great British Bake Off |first=John|last= Plunkett|date= 22 October 2013 |work=The Guardian }}</ref>

==Writing career==
She has written three books: ''Crumb: The Baking Book'' in 2014, ''Flavour: Eat What You Love'' in 2016<ref name="nyt-eat-what-you-love">{{cite news|last1=Rao|first1=Tejal|title=Ruby Tandoh Just Wants You to Eat What You Love|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/dining/ruby-tandoh-flavour-eat-what-you-love.html|access-date=5 January 2017|work=The New York Times|date=3 January 2017}}</ref> and ''Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want'' in 2018. ''Eat Up'' explores aspects of food culture, such as eating disorders (which Tandoh suffered from in her teenage years), the wellness craze, food snobbery and pleasure of food.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/05/ruby-tandoh-fine-to-enjoy-ready-meal-eat-up-interview |title=Ruby Tandoh: 'I want to remind people that it's fine to enjoy a ready meal'|first=Killian |last=Fox|work=The Guardian |date=5 February 2020 }}</ref>

She was a writer for '']'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ruby-tandoh |title=Ruby Tandoh |work=The Guardian }}</ref> but announced in June 2018 that she would stop, citing the "elitist" nature of the industry.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coghlan |first1=Adam |title=Food Writer Ruby Tandoh Announces She’s Leaving the Guardian |url=https://london.eater.com/2018/6/7/17437558/food-writer-ruby-tandoh-leaves-guardian-food-hell |access-date=10 June 2018 |work=Eater London |date=7 June 2018}}</ref> By March the following year she was again writing occasional articles for the paper.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tandoh |first1=Ruby |title=Pinch of Nom suddenly makes Delia and Heston look a little stale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/29/pinch-of-nom-delia-heston-cookbook-weight-loss |access-date=13 May 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tandoh |first1=Ruby |title=Ruby Tandoh: how I was turned into a human cheese |url=https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/may/13/ruby-tandoh-i-was-turned-into-human-cheese |access-date=13 December 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=13 May 2019}}</ref>

Along with her wife, Leah Pritchard, Tandoh co-founded ''Do What You Want'', a ] about mental health. All profits from the zine go to charities and non-profits.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dowhatyouwantzine.co.uk/about-us/ |title=Do What You Want}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Tandoh lives with her wife, Leah Pritchard, in ], where they married in a low-key ceremony on 31 August 2018.<ref>https://www.independent.ie/style/weddings/real-weddings/celebrity-weddings/bake-off-star-ruby-tandoh-weds-fiance-leah-pritchard-and-celebrates-with-a-trip-to-the-cinema-37295343.html</ref>

Tandoh has spoken out about her struggles with eating disorders, criticising the bodyshaming common in "wellness" culture and advocating a healthier, more positive approach to food writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gal-dem.com/gal-dem-in-conversation-with-ruby-tandoh/|first=Suyin|last=Haynes|title=gal-dem in conversation with Ruby Tandoh |publisher= gal-dem|date=16 October 2016}}</ref> She was voted the ''Great British Bake Off''{{'}}s favourite past contestant by the '']'' audience in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-08-05/ruby-tandoh-is-your-favourite-ever-great-british-bake-off-contestant|title=Ruby Tandoh is your favourite ever Great British Bake Off contestant|work=Radio Times|date=5 August 2015|access-date=18 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, Tandoh identified herself as bisexual in a tweet.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tandoh |first1=Ruby |title=(bisexual!) |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043339/https:/twitter.com/rubytandoh/status/1250790766215073796 |website=Twitter.com |access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

* ''Crumb: The Baking Book'' (September 2014), {{ISBN|0701189312}}
* ''Flavour: Eat What You Love'' (July 2016), {{ISBN|0701189320}}
* ''Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want'' (2018), {{ISBN|1781259593}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=6083930|name=Ruby Tandoh}}

{{The Great British Bake Off}}

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