Some extra Spice for US Bake Off
THE American version of Bake Off is to get an extra helping of spice.
Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton is to present The Great American Baking Show alongside former American football star Anthony Adams, whose nickname is Spice.
The series also features Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood.
Miss Bunton, 42, revealed her new role yesterday during her morning radio show on Heart.
The former Baby Spice confirmed that filming has already begun. She said: ‘Oh my goodness, dream job, dream job. I get to host The Great American Baking Show.
‘It’s a holiday edition so it’s around Christmas, and who loves Christmas more than me? So basically, it’s Christmas cakes, pastries, biscuits... which now I have to call cookies.’
She added: ‘People on Bake Off don’t really tend to eat too much. And I was there like: “Can you put that in my trailer please? I want to eat that after”. It took me a week to get used to being in the tent.’
Miss Bunton said she had so far enjoyed working with Mr Hollywood, but joked about his reputation for judging contestants harshly.
‘Paul is great fun,’ she said. ‘He’s got a great sense of humour. I did watch out for him. I know he can be trouble. Don’t look in his eyes.’
Miss Bunton, a judge on the ABC talent show Boy Band last year, said moving to cover baking for US viewers has meant minding her words.
‘There was this whole biscuit week and I was like “It’s biscuit week” and they were “Oh no, it’s cookie week”.’