Luis Troyano has tragically died of oesophageal cancer, a disease he clearly fought with everything he had.
Earlier this year, the Bake Off 2014 finalist tweeted that it had been a year since he had surgery to remove a tumour that was life-threatening.
He thanked the staff at Salford Royal Hospital and the surgeons for saving his life at the time.
The tweet has resurfaced after the sad news that Luis died of cancer at the age of 48 last week, which was confirmed by his agent on Twitter.
Back in April Luis celebrated that it had been a year since his operation.
He tweeted: "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 finished the post with a red love heart emoji.
He had starred in the 2014 series of Bake Off where he earned a place in the final alongside Richard Burr and Nancy Birtwhistle.
After the show, Luis made appearances on BBC Good Food and BBC Breakfast shows and released a cookbook, Bake It Great, in 2015.
His agent Anne Kibel announced that he had died on Twitter on Tuesday.
She posted: "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."
