Prue Leith has confessed that she’d never heard of her The Great British Bake Off co-star Noel Fielding until he appeared on the show.
The popular judge on the Channel 4 baking series appeared on Lorraine today (Tuesday 20 December), where she shared some anecdotes about her early days as a cook, as well as her thoughts on Matt Lucas’ recent exit from Bake Off.
“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. But it’s become clear to me that I can’t present both Fantasy Football League and Bake Off alongside all my other projects.
“So, after three series and 51 episodes, I am cheerfully passing the baguette on to someone else.”
“So, after three series and 51 episodes, I am cheerfully passing the baguette on to someone else.” Asked who she'd like to replace Lucas on the show, Leith paused before sharing her thoughts. “I don't know any young comedians... I'd never heard of Noel Fielding when he came on,” she admitted.
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. This forced him not to drink alcohol for six months, which led him to become teetotal for a couple of years.
At the time, Toksvig said she was leaving “to spend more time with my other work”. As my waistline will testify, Bake Off is an all-consuming show,” she said in her statement. “Spending time with Prue [Leith], Paul [Hollywood] and Noel has been one of the great pleasures of my life.
If you're a fan of Matt Lucas you may have noticed something peculiar about the comedian, namely that he has absolutely no hair. This is due to an autoimmune disorder called alopecia universalis (or alopecia areata universalis) which results in diffuse hair loss.
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 ...
The Great British Bake Off presenter Noel Fielding has revealed that former co-host Matt Lucas swore at him during a "breakdown" on the set of the show. Lucas presented the Channel 4 series for three years between 2020 and 2022, before he was replaced by current host, This Morning's Alison Hammond.
Toksvig announced her departure from the programme in 2020 and was replaced by comedian Matt Lucas, with Alison Hammond later taking over his role last year. The Denmark-born broadcaster told the Radio Times: “To be honest, I left Bake Off because I stopped having fun.
Prue very unfortunately tore her Achilles tendon whilst filming The Great British Bake Off and then continued with filming with the help of her cool crutches.
“I speak Danish when I'm in Denmark and English when I'm here, and I don't distinguish between the two, because it was just a natural thing from the moment I was born.
Matt Lucas has a very rare type of alopecia areata known as alopecia universalis. It's an autoimmune condition that results in complete loss of hair from the scalp, face and body.
Lucas announced his departure from the series in a tweet on Tuesday, saying that he simply couldn't juggle his other commitments, including an appearance in the upcoming reboot of British TV show Fantasy Football League, and his Bake Off hosting duties at the same time.
The 69-year-old Women's Institute member quit the show after losing her sense of smell and taste the night before episode five was filmed. The BBC said Diana's exit this was "not connected in any way" to the Baked Alaska scandal of episode four that viewers witnessed last night.
I leap out, roaring. And as I leap, I feel a hammer blow to my ankle, and end up whimpering like the Cowardly Lion I'm portraying. I have snapped my Achilles tendon.
In 1960, Leith moved to London to attend the Cordon Bleu Cookery School and then began a business supplying high-quality business lunches. This grew to become Leith's Good Food, a party and event caterer. In 1969, she opened Leith's, her Michelin-starred restaurant in Notting Hill, eventually selling it in 1995.
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.
“With Matt it was a bit weird, because we're mates and are probably the same low-status person from our respective double acts, where he has [David] Walliams and I have Julian [Barrett],” Fielding told Times Radio last year. “It was more difficult to find how we worked together, but we managed to find a way,” he added.
Lucas said that, after a time, he felt that he wanted to focus more on Fantasy Football League, writing a book and musical, and working on a new TV series with his former Little Britain co-star David Walliams.
No, sorry to disappoint readers, but it doesn't appear that Noel is vegan after all. However, you might be interested to know that he was apparently the inspiration behind the show's vegan week; a successful attempt to win over a millennial audience.
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