Briony May Williams Credits 2013 PMOS Diagnosis for Launching Her TV Career

1 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 16

Seven months after being signed off sick from teaching in Bristol in 2013, Briony May Williams said a PMOS diagnosis pushed her into baking, a path that led to The Great British Bake Off in 2018.
Williams said exhaustion and other symptoms forced her to stop work; after treatment, she returned within two months but kept baking, which she says changed her life.
Since her 2018 Bake Off debut, Williams has built a presenting career across BBC One's Morning Live and Escape To The Country, plus Channel 4's Food Unwrapped.
PMOS, renamed from PCOS on 12 May, is a hormonal and metabolic disorder affecting the ovaries; Williams said the new name could improve understanding, diagnosis and support.