Laura Adlington: 'I feel honoured that Bake Off brought a bit of joy this year'

The Bake Off finalist on her highs and lows, making friends with Matt Lucas - and that Freddie Mercury cake Patrick Hutchinson: 'My natural instinct is to protect the vulnerable' See the Observer's faces of 2020 in full Queen of flavour Laura Adlington, a digital manager from Kent, won the hearts of The Great British Bake Off fans when she made it to the final despite a number of melting, messy bakes - and having the untidiest workbench the series has ever seen. You seemed to spend a lot of your...