Rahul Mandal: Sheffield's Great British Bake Off star shares 'hopelessly romantic' post about new wife Shreya

The 2018 GBBO winner, who works as a researcher at the University of Sheffield's Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), got married in December. He has now shared a heart-melting video showing a ‘very personal’ moment during the happy couple’s wedding celebrations, in which he is seen creating a beautiful henna paste decoration on his bride’s wrist and arm.

Posting on Instagram, where he has more than 400,000 followers, he said the ‘Mehendi’ henna ritual combined two of his loves – his wife and baking.

“As I was also invited for that ceremony, I decided to do a part of my brides ‘mehendi’ myself,” he wrote. “I thought, maybe it will be similar to piping #royalicing, but trust me it is a lot harder. The designs I made on her hand weren’t great, but it was special for both of us.”

Despite his modesty, the design looks amazing and showcases the incredible artistry which he uses to such great effect in his baking. Sharing the video ahead of Valentine’s Day, he added: “This is might be a bit #soppy and hopelessly #romantic but this week is definitely the best week to share this.”

Rahul has previously thanked his Instagram followers for their ‘beautiful and kind messages’ ahead of the wedding, calling them a ‘part of our extended family’. He also revealed that they did not have a wedding cake ‘as everyone is far too nervous to do a cake for me’.