Here’s who’s replacing Mary Berry, Mel and Sue on ‘The Great British Bake Off’ (2024)
B(re)aking news! The wait is over, soggy bottomfans. ’The Great British Bake Off’ has finally revealed who will be taking over from Mary Berry, Mel and Sue when the sweet-toothedshow kicks off on Channel 4 later this year.
The new Queen of Baking (lolz - no one can ever really replace Bezza) is Prue Leith. While double act Mel and Sue will be replaced by Sandi Toksvig (🙌) and, er, The Mighty Boosh’s Noel Fielding.
Leith, who is known for founding her London cookery school, has long been rumoured as Paul Hollywood’s new partner in the kitchen. We are already totally on board for Toksvig’s cosy brand of humour, while Fielding seems like a properly leftside move. But we’re intrigued. We’ll go with it.
‘Iam just so thrilled to be joining Paul, Sandi and Noel on the biggest show on TV and I cannot wait to see what the real stars of the show – the bakers – are going to create for us,’ says Leith.
Sandi Toksvig OBE called her new gig an ‘extraordinary honour’, adding: ‘Noel Fielding is one of the nicest guys in show business. The first time I met him I felt like I had met a rather wayward cousin whose take on the world made me laugh. The only downside is that he has much better dress sense that I do.’
While Fielding, who is known for his kooky, creative comedy, says: ‘“GBBO” is one of my favourite shows. I’ve always loved brightly coloured cakes and Sandi Toksvig so this is a dream come true for me!’
‘The Great British Bake Off’ will be back, tent and all, on Channel 4 later this year.
The new Queen of Baking (lolz - no one can ever really replace Bezza) is Prue Leith. While double act Mel and Sue will be replaced by Sandi Toksvig (🙌) and, er, The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding (/ˈnoʊl/; born 21 May 1973) is an English comedian and actor. He was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the 2000s, and has been a co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off since 2017. He is known for his dark and surreal comedic style.
Mary announced she was leaving Bake Off alongside original hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins when it was confirmed Channel 4 had outbid the BBC on the rights to continue airing the show in 2017. She was replaced by Prue Leith, with Noel and Sandi Toksvig replacing Mel and Sue as presenters.
Chef Pâtissier at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Benoit Blin and former Executive Pastry Chef of the Pan Pacific London Hotel Cherish Finden will be back once more as judges of Bake Off: The Professionals.
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins' seven-series tenure as hosts of The Great British Bake Off nearly did not happen after they resigned on the first day of filming. The pair have revealed that they quit because they feared producers wanted to make a more intrusive and crueller show than they were happy with.
The Great British Bake Off began airing on Tuesday 26 September 2023 on Channel 4 with Alison Hammond replacing Matt Lucas as host alongside Noel Fielding. The fourteenth series will be broadcast on Netflix as Collection 11, releasing weekly on Fridays three days after the UK air date.
He explained that it had become too much of a struggle juggling his various TV commitments. “Farewell Bake Off!” he wrote in a statement. “It's been a delicious experience and I can't imagine a more fun way of spending my summers.
Speaking to The Times, Sue Perkins admitted she's not watched Bake Off since she stopped presenting it, revealing she thinks it “would make me sad”. “We gave it everything we had and we made a decision that was easy to make, but hard sometimes to reflect upon,” Sue said. “You just wish it well.”
An ill-looking Tasha told the crew: “It's quite hot, I need some air.” She was then rushed outside. A tearful Tasha was comforted by new host Alison Hammond. Tasha was filmed having a discussion with the camera crew and revealed she had suffered with a migraine the night before.
The duo have now known each other for 32 years. They met at Cambridge University and have worked together in radio and TV ever since. When Bake Off was at its peak, it was announced that the show would move from the BBC to Channel 4. Giedroyc and Perkins quit, saying they were "not going with the dough".
In 2009, a Sunday Times article revealed that Fielding developed alcohol-induced hepatitis during his college years; he said that he was helped through this time by his friend and collaborator Nigel Coan.
“To be honest, I left Bake Off because I stopped having fun,” she said. “I was literally standing there watching meringues dry and thinking, 'Oh my god, my brain is atrophying. ' “So after three years, I thought, 'That'll do, go and do something else!
Channel 4 confirmed that Prue would be stepping back from Celebrity Bake Off in a statement provided to The Independent which read: “Prue will be joining Paul as usual to judge The Great British Bake Off but will be stepping back from The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer.” Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson ...
In a joint Twitter and Instagram statement, Matt explained that his time on The Great British Baking Show has come to an end so that he can focus on other opportunities.
The Denmark-born broadcaster told the Radio Times: “To be honest, I left Bake Off because I stopped having fun. “I was literally standing there watching meringues dry and thinking 'Oh my God, my brain is atrophying'. “So, after three years, I thought 'That'll do; go and do something else!
His first public comments on the row came as the BBC disclosed that shortly after the controversial episode, the fourth in the series, was filmed in the spring, Beard quit the show due to illness. "The night before episode five, Diana made a decision not to come back.
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