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Team GB diver Tom Daley eyes the Great British Bake Off after summer at the Rio Olympics

Tom wants to show off his cooking skills - he is a keen baker and has cheesecake down to a tee

TEAM GB star Tom Daley is eyeing a new challenge after the Olympics - The Great British Bake Off.

The diver, 22, wants to show off his cooking skills on the celebrity version of the hit BBC1 show.

Tom has a mean sweet tooth and has cheesecake down to a tee
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Tom has a mean sweet tooth and has cheesecake down to a teeCredit: PA:Press Association

Speaking to the Radio Times about his plans post-Rio, he said: “I’ll want to get back to the gym, because I don’t like being out of shape.

“But I have a real sweet tooth and I treat myself to a frozen yogurt or bit of cheesecake a couple of times a week. I’m a very keen baker. I’ve got the art of cheesecake down to a T.

But pleasing Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood is a fine art
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But pleasing Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood is a fine artCredit: PA:Press Association
The diver has a strict training diet of egg whites, porridge and spinach for breakfast, chicken and pulses at lunch and chicken or salmon with vegetables for dinner
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The diver has a strict training diet and is always hitting the gymCredit: PA:Press Association

“Celebrity Bake Off? Yep, that’s the dream.”

Tom, who won bronze at London 2012, has a strict training diet of egg whites, porridge and spinach for breakfast, chicken and pulses at lunch and chicken or salmon with vegetables for dinner.

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