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Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Celebrity Bake Off star creates 'repulsive' Alien-inspired pie
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer opened its tent doors to Self Esteem, Tommy Tiernan, Meera Syal and Adam Buxton this weekend. Airing on Sunday, 6 April, the latest instalment of Channel 4's charitable series tasked the foursome with baking a batch of crumpets, a Lambeth cake, and a portrait (or 'pie-trait') of their favourite famous person. For his Showstopper ode to filmmaker Ridley Scott, Buxton recreated a classic scene from the 1979 horror Alien, which features a xenomorph hatching out of the chest of John Hurt's character Kane. The comedian, who hosts The Adam Buxton Podcast and guests on panel shows like Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News For You, and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, cobbled together a cherry pie monstrosity, topped with an alien in banana form that would appear to be bursting out of its centre. "I'm just worried that the banana might bake before the pastry is baked," judge Caroline Waldegrave told him in the early stages of the Showstopper round. "That's the big worry, I did test it," replied Buxton, before confirming his "third attempt" at home was OK. Read more: Celebrity Bake Off fans correct Roman Kemp after cupcake claim Celebrity Bake Off unveils the latest Star Baker Celebrity Bake Off's Chris Ramsey has bizarre sleeping condition that keeps wife awake Low and behold, the prematurely baked banana toppled over and wouldn't stay in place, which completely ruined Buxton's blood-caked vision. What he ended up with was a pie straight out of Bake Off viewers' nightmares. "Adam's alien creation is probably the most repulsive and disgusting creation I've seen on #GBBO for some time," tweeted one of them. "Paul & Caroline tasting alien pie. They sure do earn their wages on that show!" read another reaction on social media. Meanwhile, writer/comedian/actress Syal took home the coveted Star Baker apron this week. "I can't put it into words, this apron is never gonna leave me. I'm so thrilled," she smiled in the aftermath. Paul Hollywood went on to tell the cameras: "I think Meera did unbelievably well with her flavours, certainly on the Signature and Showstopper, they were absolutely delicious!" The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer airs Sundays on Channel 4.
The Independent
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Prue Leith's Great British Bake Off replacement has been revealed
Prue Leith 's replacement on the forthcoming special of Great British Bake Off has been revealed. The restaurateur, 84, has been a part of the much-loved baking programme since its move from the BBC to Channel 4 in 2017, replacing the expert role formerly held by Mary Berry. Last year, Leith said she realised Bake Off ' s filming schedule had become too intense when she was forced to sacrifice time off and seeing her family in order to keep up with the show's demands. Her longtime friend, Caroline Waldegrave OBE, will step in for her. Waldegrave is the former managing director and co-owner of Leiths School of Food and Wine. She will join co-hosts Noel Fielding, Alison Hammond, and Paul Hollywood for the show's special edition, Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer. Although Leith was adamant she has not quit the show for good in an interview on This Morning last year, she said she found it difficult to keep up with its challenging schedule. 'These things are filmed back-to-back all the way through summer from April to August so you don't get any time off,' she said. 'I'm getting quite old and there's places I want to see. So I'm not doing this year's.' She shut down rumours she was quitting, saying: 'It's absolutely not true at all!. What I'm not doing this year is the celebrity one.' Twenty famous faces will take part in the contest including Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway, property presenter Sarah Beeny, Loose Women panelist Gloria Hunniford, radio host Roman Kemp, and Dinnerladies star Maxine Peake. Last year, Leith confessed she didn't actually watch the show she presented. 'I just think, 'Oh my God, why do they always have me eating?' Which is a very ugly thing to be doing. And never Paul [Hollywood, her fellow judge]. 'I may be imagining this. I think, 'Oh my God, I wish the cameraman wasn't going round the back and taking photographs of my fat places. And my profile is awful.'
