Great British Bake Off star announces engagement 💍

Lovely news!

Author: Alex RossPublished 19th Nov 2020

Star of The Great British Bake Off Manon Lagrève has announced the lovely news she's engaged after a super cute proposal from her boyfriend Luke.

Manon, who appeared on the 2018 series of the popular baking show, announced her news on Instagram, revealing Luke popped the question on a beach whilst the pair were enjoying a romantic trip in Barbados.

Sharing a number of photos from the cute moment, Manon told her followers, '🥰💎 We got engaged 💎🥰 Luke proposed on our romantic trip to Barbados a couple of weeks ago 🤩 Thank you so much for all of the love today, and we are over the moon! I have answered a lot of questions on @hellomag and we are just enjoying our time as fiancés until hopefully 2022 🤗🍾'. (sic)

Speaking about the surprise moment to Hello Magazine, Manon said, "Not long after we arrived at our beautiful boutique hotel by the sea, I was being nosy, looking around our kitchen and Luke crept up behind me and dropped to one knee.

"We'd been talking about getting married for a while. It was love at first sight. We were boyfriend and girlfriend after two weeks and I moved in with him within four months. When you find the one, you just know."

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Ahead of Tuesday night's Bake Off semi-final, Manon took to her Instagram Story to show off her stunning diamond.

She wrote, 'Hey guys! Happy Tuesday and happy Bake Along Tuesday! Firstly I wanted to say thankyou to all of you for your congratulations on our engagement with Luke! I can finally show my ring. (Even though I have been bad at hiding it).'

Manon appeared on the 2018 series of The Great British Bake Off, and despite being a fan favourite throughout the competition, Manon was voted out of the show in week eight.

Congratulations to Manon and Luke on their lovely news. 💍

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