Mr Mountford-Myles, who is studying for an MA in analytics, said the feedback he had received from judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith changed the way he handled criticism.
“There were times I was in the tent and I’d receive feedback which I didn’t necessarily agree with because I had my own preferences,” he said.
“But I was still able to take that and apply it, which is something I don’t think I understood or had the opportunity to utilise before.”
Asked what it had been been like after the show aired, he said: “Since then, it’s been largely the same in terms of I still have to get up and go to work every day but more people keep asking me for cakes now than they did before.
“As I’ve said a thousand times, I hate making cakes. It is just not a food that I like.”
Looking towards Christmas, the baker said he would be making a triple chocolate tart for his cousin Grace and might recreate his trifle from the show.
He also did not rule out future media appearances, adding he would “kill” to be on BBC reality series The Traitors.