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His former sidekick Nick Hewer has revealed how the multi-millionaire businessman could give Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay a run for their money.

Countdown host Nick teases: “Actually Lord Sugar is quite a good cook.”

And he’s quick to spill the beans when he appears on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer.

Nick finds himself up against Loose Women’s Stacey Solomon, Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson and Diversity’s Perri Kiely.

However – unlike his former Apprentice boss – he proves a total flop in the kitchen and admits: “I never cook.”

And many of his recipes prove a disaster with one “looking like a dog with tummy trouble has just passed through”.

Judge Prue Leith calls him “the most appalling baker”. ¬Ê CHAMPION ice dancer Jake Quickenden may be a whizz on skates now but he’s not after Torvill and Dean’s crown. Hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are the ones who need to look out. Despite learning a new skill on the ITV show thanks Endeavour Sir Bruce: A Celebration

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer is screened tonight on Channel 4 at 8pm. ¬ÊThe series starts tomorrow on Gold at 8pm.

to his partner Vanessa Bauer, Jake actually wants a job as a TV presenter rather than a pro skater.

He said: “I want to do TV presenting now. That’s my main goal. I want to get a show where I can just be myself and talk to contestants.”

Dancing On Ice’s final got 6.8million viewers. The show is back next year.

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