Information about each baker and their performance during the series they appeared on.
Format
A data frame with 120 rows representing individual bakers and 24 variables:
- series
An integer denoting UK series (
1-10).- baker_full
A character string giving full name.
- baker
A character string giving given or nickname.
- age
An integer denoting age in years at first episode appeared.
- occupation
A character string giving occupation.
- hometown
A character string giving hometown.
- baker_last
A character string giving family name.
- baker_first
A character string giving given name.
- star_baker
An integer denoting the number of times a given baker won Star Baker.
- technical_winner
An integer denoting the number of times a given baker won first place in the technical challenge.
- technical_top3
An integer denoting the number of times a given baker was in the top 3 (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) on the technical challenge.
- technical_bottom
An integer denoting the number of times a given baker was in the bottom 3 on the technical challenge.
- technical_highest
An integer denoting the best technical rank earned by a given baker across all episodes appeared (higher is better).
- technical_lowest
An integer denoting the worst technical rank earned by a given baker across all episodes appeared (higher is better).
- technical_median
An integer denoting the median technical rank earned by a given baker across all episodes appeared (higher is better).
- series_winner
An integer. Is
0if not the series winner,1if series winner.- series_runner_up
An integer. Is
0if not a runner-up,1if a runner-up.- total_episodes_appeared
An integer denoting the total number of episodes in which a given baker appeared.
- first_date_appeared
A date denoting original airdate of the first episode in which a given baker appeared (equivalent to the series premiere episode in the UK.)
- last_date_appeared
A date denoting original airdate of the last episode in which a given baker appeared (in the UK).
- first_date_us
A date denoting original airdate of the first episode in which a given baker appeared (equivalent to the series premiere episode in the US).
- last_date_us
A date denoting original airdate of the last episode in which a given baker appeared (in the US).
- percent_episodes_appeared
A percentage denoting the number of episodes in a given series/season in which a given baker appeared out of all episodes aired in that series/season.
- percent_technical_top3
A percentage denoting the number of episodes in which a given baker placed in the top 3 for the technical challenge, out of the number of total episodes that the baker appeared in.
Source
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_Off_(series_1)#The_Bakers, for example, for Series 1 bakers.
Examples
if (require('tibble')) {
bakers
}
#> Loading required package: tibble
#> # A tibble: 120 × 24
#> series baker star_…¹ techn…² techn…³ techn…⁴ techn…⁵ techn…⁶ techn…⁷ serie…⁸
#> <dbl> <chr> <int> <int> <int> <int> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <int>
#> 1 1 Annet… 0 0 1 1 2 7 4.5 0
#> 2 1 David 0 0 1 3 3 8 4.5 0
#> 3 1 Edd 0 2 4 1 1 6 2 1
#> 4 1 Jasmi… 0 0 2 2 2 5 3 0
#> 5 1 Jonat… 0 1 1 2 1 9 6 0
#> 6 1 Lea 0 0 0 1 10 10 10 0
#> 7 1 Louise 0 0 0 1 4 4 4 0
#> 8 1 Mark 0 0 0 0 NA NA NA 0
#> 9 1 Miran… 0 2 4 1 1 8 3 0
#> 10 1 Ruth 0 0 2 2 2 5 3.5 0
#> # … with 110 more rows, 14 more variables: series_runner_up <int>,
#> # total_episodes_appeared <dbl>, first_date_appeared <date>,
#> # last_date_appeared <date>, first_date_us <date>, last_date_us <date>,
#> # percent_episodes_appeared <dbl>, percent_technical_top3 <dbl>,
#> # baker_full <chr>, age <dbl>, occupation <chr>, hometown <chr>,
#> # baker_last <chr>, baker_first <chr>, and abbreviated variable names
#> # ¹star_baker, ²technical_winner, ³technical_top3, ⁴technical_bottom, …
head(bakers)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 24
#> series baker star_…¹ techn…² techn…³ techn…⁴ techn…⁵ techn…⁶ techn…⁷ serie…⁸
#> <dbl> <chr> <int> <int> <int> <int> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <int>
#> 1 1 Annetha 0 0 1 1 2 7 4.5 0
#> 2 1 David 0 0 1 3 3 8 4.5 0
#> 3 1 Edd 0 2 4 1 1 6 2 1
#> 4 1 Jasmin… 0 0 2 2 2 5 3 0
#> 5 1 Jonath… 0 1 1 2 1 9 6 0
#> 6 1 Lea 0 0 0 1 10 10 10 0
#> # … with 14 more variables: series_runner_up <int>,
#> # total_episodes_appeared <dbl>, first_date_appeared <date>,
#> # last_date_appeared <date>, first_date_us <date>, last_date_us <date>,
#> # percent_episodes_appeared <dbl>, percent_technical_top3 <dbl>,
#> # baker_full <chr>, age <dbl>, occupation <chr>, hometown <chr>,
#> # baker_last <chr>, baker_first <chr>, and abbreviated variable names
#> # ¹star_baker, ²technical_winner, ³technical_top3, ⁴technical_bottom, …