The Great British Bake Off's illustrator celebrates ten seasons of his incredible job

What a treat! August 28, 2019 - 14:37 BST Diane Shipley Have you ever wondered who draws the stunning illustrations shown in every series of The Great British Bake Off? Now's your chance to learn more! The artist behind those beautiful drawings took to Twitter to share his history with the show, in honour of its tenth season, which started on Tuesday night.In a series of tweets, Tom Hovey wrote: "I moved to London in 2010 & got a job logging footage in the edit of the first episode.

Tom went on to say that he and his Studio Hovey design team, who he named as Caspar Wain, Alex Hovey, Sophie Ridley, Liam Callebout and Lauren Gore, have drawn over 3000 bakes since the show began. He also paid tribute to his wife, Candy, for putting up with him sometimes missing anniversaries and date nights as a result. Overall, he called the job: "the hardest, longest, most challenging and brilliant project I’ve ever been a part of".

Series 10 of @BritishBakeOff starts today. Which means I’ve been producing the illustrations for 10 years! #GBBO Here is what series 1’s winning illustrations looked like in 2010 and Series 9 looked like 2018. pic.twitter.com/uIRGwtk7TkThe new season of the show is the third season to air on Channel 4 since it moved from the BBC in 2017. Original presenters Mel and Sue and judge Mary Berry opted not to make the move, but Paul Hollywood did, and he and legendary restaurateur and author Prue Leith now make a formidable judging team.

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