Inspiring display of baking talent
Every year, The Great British Bake Off graces our screens with a jaw-dropping display of baking talent, as a group of amateur bakers – with seriously expert skills – head into the famous white tent to bake their hearts out for judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
While the regular series is a source of great inspiration, the celebrity series – which has become a regular fundraiser for Stand Up To Cancer – tends to result in more funny moments than culinary finesse.
This year, 20 famous faces are braving the Bake Off tent, competing in signature, technical and showstopper challenges against their fellow celebs. Split across five episodes, each cohort will have two days to bake their best and impress the judges.
Greasing their pans and whipping out their whisks for Stand Up To Cancer this time are: comedian and presenter Adam Hills, actor Danny Dyer, comedian and author David O’Doherty, TV and radio broadcaster Dermot O’Leary, comedian Fern Brady, TV presenter Gabby Logan, presenter and children’s author Greg James, actress Jodie Whittaker, actor Joe Locke, comedian Leigh Francis, Spice Girl, TV presenter and patron of Women’s Aid Mel B, broadcaster and satirist Munya Chawawa, TV presenter Oti Mabuse, singer and actress Paloma Faith, broadcaster and writer the Rev Richard Coles, comedian Rhod Gilbert, broadcaster Sara Cox, broadcaster Spencer Matthews, comedian Suzi Ruffell, and presenter and documentary filmmaker Yinka Bokinni.
Jodie Whittaker said: “I’m starting to wonder if I might be slightly better than I give myself credit for. Like, if you can follow a recipe, you can bake. But I couldn’t go off-piste and start designing my own thing. Just to be a complete stereotype, I’m absolutely brilliant at Yorkshire puddings!”
Greg James, pictured above, said: “I’ve not baked, really, but I can follow instructions well, and I am enthusiastic. But I’m not the sort of person who bakes for pleasure. Who knows, I might be when the show is finished. Or I might never want to do it again.”
“I don’t think it really matters whether I’m a baker or not, I’m just going to have a nice time and hang out in the tent with Alison Hammond. What’s nicer than that?
Stream Celebrity Bake Off on the Channel 4 app.