Oven is more shoe than choux for Bake Off star

ALEXA CHUNG has revealed where she stores her designer shoes — in her oven.

The 31-year-old model and presenter is feted by fashion designers and even had a range of top-end handbags named after her.

Chung, who is competing in the Great Comic Relief Bake Off, has admitted she lacks cooking skills and had not switched on her oven for so long, she had found an alternative use for it.

“I keep my shoes in the oven. I haven’t turned my oven on for three years. That is a fact,” the former T4 presenter said.

Chung will battle it out for the Star Baker prize against former Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles and comics Victoria Wood and Kayvan Novak on tonight’s BBC1 show.

Challenges include a selfie vegetable cake and Paul Hollywood’s recipe for crumpets. But the judge spits out one celebrity’s efforts, concluding “it’s a bit raw”.

The winner of tonight’s episode will compete against the three other Star Bakers from the series — comic Jennifer Saunders, TV presenter Gok Wan and actor Michael Sheen — on Red Nose Day to become the overall champion.

Wood admitted she was nervous, saying: “In a calm environment, in my own kitchen, I can make a cake.

“I don’t want to be the one who drops everything and runs out of the tent sobbing.”

Moyles confessed: “I’m petrif ied. Baking is a science. I’m not very good at science, I never was.”

Novak suggested he felt more confident, saying: “I've never baked before but I imagine myself to be an excellent baker, because I do most things well. So why not baking as well?”

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