Luis Troyano Wiki – Biography
Luis Troyano was a Great British Bake Off finalist has died. Troyano was a marketing manager with the Salford City Council. In April, he had tweeted about his battle with cancer.
Luis was born in Stockport to Spanish parents, and often used Spanish influence in his cooking while on the show.
n 2014, Troyano opened his first bakery in his hometown, called The Hive Bakery and in 2015, he was announced as the patron of Beechwood Cancer Care Centre.
He told Manchester Evening News his father died of cancer when he was 16.
“I have lived in Stockport all my life and wanted to support a charity that was close to home,” he said.
“It feels great to be a patron at Beechwood. There was nothing like Beechwood when I lost my dad and it was a tough time.
“My time on The Great British Bake Off has been life changing and I feel honoured to support Beechwood.”
Luis Troyano Age
Luis Troyano has died at the age of 48-years-old.
Wife & Children
He is survived by his wife Louise.
He met his wife in college at the age of 17 with the pair marrying in Las Vegas 17 years later.
On a JustGiving page set up in honor of Troyano, his wife posted a message from the chef: “A special thankyou to Macmillan Cancer Support, East Cheshire Hospice and the NHS including Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust for trying to save my life and their tireless work to try and eliminate cancer. But more importantly a massive thank you to all the amazing professionals who really did try their absolute best for me, showed me absolute compassion and gave me more time than what was seemingly possible. I thank you sincerely.”
Simon Wood, British cook and winner of the 2015 MasterChef competition, paid his condolences. “Louis was a great guy, I had the pleasure of working with him many times. Such a loss. My thoughts are with all his family.”
Cause of Death
Great British Bake Off” finalist Luis Troyano has died from oesophageal cancer. He was 48.
Troyano’s agent Anne Kibel confirmed the season five contestant’s death on Twitter on Tuesday. “Sadly, my lovely client lost his brave fight against Oesophageal cancer last week. A fantastic man with a love of baking that saw him get to the finals of GBBO, write a wonderful book, Bake It Great and do so much more. Always in our thoughts.”
We are deeply saddened to hear that Luis Troyano has passed away. It was a huge honour and pleasure to have him in the Bake Off Tent for Series Five. Our condolences and thoughts go out to his friends and family. pic.twitter.com/4gLiNBGaUL
— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) November 3, 2020
“We are deeply saddened to hear that Luis Troyano has passed away. It was a huge honour and pleasure to have him in the Bake Off Tent for Series Five. Our condolences and thoughts go out to his friends and family,” the “Bake Off” official account tweeted.
Sadly, my lovely client lost his brave fight against Oesophageal cancer last week. A fantastic man with a love of baking that saw him get to the finals of GBBO, write a wonderful book, Bake It Great and do so much more. Always in our thoughts.https://t.co/S61Zgm3Vms
— Anne Kibel (@AKAManagement) November 3, 2020
Troyano was a marketing manager with the Salford City Council. In April, he had tweeted about his battle with cancer.
A year ago today I had my cancer surgery and an awful tumour removed that would have killed me. So a huge thank you to the amazing teams @SalfordRoyalNHS @TheChristieNHS @gi_upper @BilalAlkhaffaf and all the other incredible people @NHSuk that saved my life. I’m in your debt ❤
— Luis Troyano (@luistroyano) April 24, 2020
“A year ago today I had my cancer surgery and an awful tumour removed that would have killed me. So a huge thank you to the amazing teams @SalfordRoyalNHS @TheChristieNHS @gi_upper @BilalAlkhaffaf and all the other incredible people @NHSuk that saved my life. I’m in your debt.”
Produced by Love Productions, “The Great British Bake Off” is broadcast on the U.K.’s Channel 4. It also streams on Netflix under the title “The Great British Baking Show.”