Charity line-up announced

Comedians Jamali Maddix, Tommy Tiernan, Adam Buxton, Phil Wang, Sophie Willan and Chris and Rosie Ramsey are among the stars taking part in the celebrity version of Bake Off this year.

Ghosts’ Jim Howick, Black Ops star Gbemisola Ikumelo, Goodness Gracious Me’s Meera Syal and Chicken Shop Date online creator Amelia Dimoldenberg are also among the new season’s line-up.

The series – again in aid of Channel 4’s Stand Up to Cancer campaign – will feature a new judge, with Prue Leith replaced by Caroline Waldegrave, managing director of Leiths School of Food and Wine and formally Lady Waldegrave of North Hill as her husband is Tory peer Lord [William] Waldegrave. Paul Hollywood will remain as the other judge.

The rest of this year’s line-up comprises property broadcaster  Sarah Beeny, fellow property experts Scarlette and Stuart Douglas, broadcasters Gloria Hunniford, Kate Garraway, Roman Kemp, actress Maxine Peake, model Ellie Goldstein and singer Self Esteem aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor.

It has been confirmed that Noel Fielding will be presenting the show – despite his absence from the set of  The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin earlier this month which caused Apple TV to pull the plug on the comedy. He will again be joined by Alison Hammond.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer will air on Channel 4 sometime this spring.

Published: 30 Jan 2025