Bake Off winner’s company goes into liquidation with debts of £45k – eight years after she won the show

GREAT British Bake Off star Candice Brown’s media company La Vie En Farine has gone into liquidation with debts at £44,850.

La Vie En Farine, which translates from French to English as ‘Life in Flour’, was reported on Companies House as a business of ‘public relations and communications activities.’

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Candice’s firm owe £45,500 in corporation tax and £250 in trade and expense creditors.

Its assets at liquidation reported as £35,500 owed to the business by Brown – estimated to realise ‘uncertain’ – and £1,000 in cash.

Its debts and assets are reported in a statement of affairs signed by Brown last month. The liquidator is Liverpool-based John Fisher. 

Brown set the business up in 2016, the same year she shot to fame after her win on the seventh season of the Great British Bake Off.

Brown has declared £110,008 in dividends across the five sets of accounts it has filed at Companies House.

The comany netted £160,732 in her first year of trading and at its peak it held £128,582 in accumulated earnings for her.

Candice still owns half of her pub, The Green Man in Eversholt, Milton Keynes, but is no longer a director.

The Green Man is solvent, with the last accounts filed noting £23,004 in profits held. 

This new blow comes after Candice was left heartbroken in January after her hard-won Bake Off trophy was left shattered after Storm Jocelyn.

The glass cake stand is the sole reward given in the competition, which at the time of her win was on the BBC.

After winning the trophy, Candice went on to become a household name with cooking segments on daytime TV, regular appearances on shows like This Morning, as well as public appearances.

She and her brother Ben took over The Green Man in 2018, refurbishing and reopening the business with Candice in charge of the pub’s menu.

She’s also released two cookbooks, Comfort and Happy Cooking, both of which have become bestsellers upon their released.

The Sun Online has reached out to Brown for further comment or clarification.

What happened to Bake Off winners?

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• Series One: Edd Kimber – Has released cookbooks and publishes recipes on his website.
• Series Two: Joanne Wheatley – Opened her own cookery school after winning Bake Off and released two cookery books.
• Series Three: John Whaite – is now a regular face on TV for cooking segments and appeared on Strictly in 2021.
• Series Four: Frances Quinn – has had her recipes appear in Vogue and is a regular contributor to BBC Good Food.
• Series Five: Nancy Birtwhistle – The grandmother keeps herself busy with multiple specialties including baking and gardening. Launching a series of books under the Green Living brand.
• Series Six: Nadiya Hussein – was chosen to bake a birthday cake for Queen Elizabeth II, and has hosted multiple BBC baking shows.
• Series Seven: Candice Brown – has made several appearances on Celebrity gameshows, features frequently on morning TV shows, and runs her own pub, The Green Man, with her brother.
• Series Eight: Sophie Faldo – launched Sophie Faldo’s Couture Cakes as a business offering bespoke bakes for weddings and major celebrations.
• Series Nine: Rahul Mandal – After winning Great British Bake Off, Rahul opted to largely step back from the limelight and return to his normal job at the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.
• Series Ten: David Atherton – David launched a food fitness column for The Guardian, and also released a cookbook.
• Series Eleven: Peter Sawkins – On top of the traditional cookbook release, Peter – the youngest winner of the show aged 20 – returned to University of Edinburgh to complete his finance and accounting degree.
• Series Twelve: Giuseppe Dell’Anno – Giuseppe has released his own cookbook based around his Italian roots.
• Series Thirteen: Syabira Yusoff – The research scientist has launched her own company and hosts events based around teaching others Malaysian cuisine.
• Season Fourteen: Matty Edgell – Matty has become a baking influencer since his win, posting tips and tricks on TikToks, as well as recipes on Instagram. Matty has also appeared on This Morning to share his skills with the morning show audience.

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