A FORMER Great British Bake Off star from Belfast - famed for his on-screen baked Alaska meltdown - is proving a cool hit with students while working on a building site on their univeristy campus.
The construction engineer has now been spotted in hard hat and hi-vis jacket helping to construct a new gym and library at Queen Mary University of London campus in east London.
Speaking to student newspaper The Tab, 32-year-old Iain said: "I've been really busy lately with different building projects and have been working at Queen Mary.
"I have had quite a few tweets from different people on the campus who have spotted me."
Even after cutting his trademark bushy red beard, Iain is still recognisable as the Baked Alaska man.
He said: "It was quite a craze to have beards back then when I was on the show, but now I fancy a bit of a change really.
'It's not completely gone, as it's now a more of a long stubble."
The builder and baker said he was busy continuing to work in London.
We love ya @iain_watters (you were cheated mate) #bakedalaska pic.twitter.com/chvH3PoIlS
— Fran Bishop (@franalicia) September 22, 2015
"I'm working on the campus for Sykes & Son and I'm undertaking construction works on the Q-motion gym and library building."
The "bin-gate" scandal - in which Iain Watters dumped his "showstopper" baked Alaska dish into a bin - was one of the most watched television programmes of last year, drawing in 10.25 million viewers.
The controversial episode - in which contestant Iain dumped his "showstopper" baked Alaska dish - also caused an unlikely media kerfuffle.
The 32-year-old construction engineer, who lives in London, stormed out of the famous baking tent after his creation dissolved in front of his eyes.
It emerged during the show that fellow baker Diana Beard had taken his ice-cream out of the freezer before it had set.
The row prompted many viewers to call for him to be reinstated.
Viewers were subsequently told Ms Beard had pulled out of the show due to ill health.
Even Secretary of State Theresa Villiers mentioned the row in a speech to a British-Irish Association conference at the time.
"I'm sure the Belfast baker Iain Watters could have clinched that top slot were it not for the scandalous Baked Alaska sabotage controversy," she said.
