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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
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- Daily Mirror
Dame Prue Leith sets record on Great British Bake Off exit after quitting celebrity specials
The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has been a show judge since it moved to Channel 4 from the BBC in 2017 and has given an update after she quit the celebrity version Dame Prue Leith has addressed the rumours that she is going to quit The Great British Bake Off. The renowned TV chef, replaced Dame Mary Berry as a judge on the TV favourite when it moved to Channel 4 in 2017, and has been seen alongside Paul Hollywood ever since. She has also gone on to host Prue Leith's Cotswolds Kitchen for ITV and last year appeared on The Masked Singer. But, earlier this year, she did not appear on the celebrity edition of Bake Off so fans are always asking her if she has quit for good. But that is not the case, and during an appearance on ITV's Lorraine, she told viewers that she only stopped appearing the celebrity version because she needed a break, explaining: "I keep being asked if I'm leaving. This is because I left the celebrity [version]. I stopped doing that last year because I just hadn't had a holiday in the summer for eight years. I've only given up Celebrity [Bake Off]." The TV favourite is currently busy filming the American version of the baking show, and confirmed that she is still very much a part of the original programme. She said: "I still do The Great American Bake Off, which we are filming at the moment, and I still do The Great British Bake Off, which I love, and is the mother of them all." Prue, who was replaced by Caroline Waldegrave as a judge on the latest series of the Stand Up 2 Cancer specials, has no intention of leaving the regular version of the programme, adding: "It's the best job in telly. It's absolutely the best job in telly, I don't have to learn lines, I don't have to have script. I just walk on and eat cake." The star was also quick to heap praise on the addition of Alison Hammond as presenter, who replaced Matt Lucas in 2023 and now carries out hosting duties with Noel Fielding. Noting that the Big Brother legend has had a big impact on the team, she said: "I think Alison has made a huge difference to the team, she gets on so well with Noel with all of us. She's so loving and the bakers adore her, she's like Big Mama!" It was reported earlier this year that Prue had chosen to step back from her duties on the show to relish some well-deserved rest. And at the time, she disclosed: "It's mainly because these things are filmed back to back." She went on to say: "The whole way through the summer, so you start in April and you end at the end of August. Honestly, you get no time off. And, I'm getting a bit old and there's places I want to go." But her replacement is no newbie to the small screen, as Caroline has graced programmes like Chef School, Masterchef, and Tricks of the Trade, and she has also penned several cookbooks. As The Great Celebrity Bake Off gears up for its latest season this weekend, Lady Waldegrave shared her thoughts on succeeding Dame Prue Leith as a judge. She confessed: "I was completely terrified."
The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Tom Daley to host huge new TV series to rival Bake Off
TOM Daley is set to host a huge new TV series hoped to rival The Great British Bake Off. The Olympic champion, 31, retired from diving following the 2024 summer edition. 5 Tom Daley is set to front a huge new TV series Credit: PA 5 The Olympic star retired from diving after the 2024 summer games Credit: Simon Jones 5 Tom's new presenting role channels a personal passion of his Credit: PA He will be hosting The Game of Wool, an upcoming competition series. Set in rural Scotland, the premise features a line-up of 10 creatives hoping to become the UK's first TV knitting champion. The contestants tackle two challenges in each episode: the Big Knit, where they work together as a team on a challenging project. In addition, The Wee Knit, which will see them work individually on tasks testing their skill levels and capabilities. Read more on Tom Daley They will be expected to produce creations such as clothing, furniture, jewellery and home accessories - all made from wool. Discussing his new role, Tom said: "I am very excited, and slightly nervous, to be taking on my first ever hosting role on a project that encompasses everything I'm passionate about. "I adore all things knitting and encourage everyone to pick up some knitting needles and give it a go. "I cannot wait to see the creations our knitters will weave together. I hope this inspires people at home to get involved too." Most read in News TV The knitters will be under the watchful eye of experts Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell, as well as a celebrity guest judge each week. Tom Daley knits a case for his gold medal won at the Tokyo Olympics Senior Commissioning Editor, Clemency Green said: 'I am thrilled to be commissioning this compelling format for More4 and I'm looking forward to seeing the incredible creations our knitters come up with. "My main hope is that The Game of Wool encourages people, young and older, to pick up the needles and experience the joy which knitting and creating can bring.' It comes as Tom is soon set to feature in another major TV series. He is part of the all-star line-up for the upcoming and highly anticipated Celebrity Traitors. The cast also includes 5 The Sun revealed Tom An insider said at the time: 'He's always been a top target for reality show bookers, but his team knew he had the pick of the crop. 'The first series of the celebrity edition blows I'm A Celebrity and Strictly out the water, really, and Tom knows it will be hugely fun to film . 'He'll make a great player too, as no one would suspect misdeeds from such a baby-faced lad.' 5 The star was recently snapped attending Wimbledon Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Scottish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Tom Daley to host huge new TV series to rival Bake Off
Scroll down to see what Tom had to say about his new role brand new gig Tom Daley to host huge new TV series to rival Bake Off TOM Daley is set to host a huge new TV series hoped to rival The Great British Bake Off. The Olympic champion, 31, retired from diving following the 2024 summer edition. 5 Tom Daley is set to front a huge new TV series Credit: PA 5 The Olympic star retired from diving after the 2024 summer games Credit: Simon Jones 5 Tom's new presenting role channels a personal passion of his Credit: PA He will be hosting The Game of Wool, an upcoming competition series. Set in rural Scotland, the premise features a line-up of 10 creatives hoping to become the UK's first TV knitting champion. The contestants tackle two challenges in each episode: the Big Knit, where they work together as a team on a challenging project. In addition, The Wee Knit, which will see them work individually on tasks testing their skill levels and capabilities. Read more on Tom Daley Meet Dustin Lance Black: Film director and Olympic diver Tom Daley's husband They will be expected to produce creations such as clothing, furniture, jewellery and home accessories - all made from wool. Discussing his new role, Tom said: "I am very excited, and slightly nervous, to be taking on my first ever hosting role on a project that encompasses everything I'm passionate about. "I adore all things knitting and encourage everyone to pick up some knitting needles and give it a go. "I cannot wait to see the creations our knitters will weave together. I hope this inspires people at home to get involved too." The knitters will be under the watchful eye of experts Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell, as well as a celebrity guest judge each week. Tom Daley knits a case for his gold medal won at the Tokyo Olympics Senior Commissioning Editor, Clemency Green said: 'I am thrilled to be commissioning this compelling format for More4 and I'm looking forward to seeing the incredible creations our knitters come up with. "My main hope is that The Game of Wool encourages people, young and older, to pick up the needles and experience the joy which knitting and creating can bring.' It comes as Tom is soon set to feature in another major TV series. He is part of the all-star line-up for the upcoming and highly anticipated Celebrity Traitors. The cast also includes Stephen Fry, Clare Balding, Jonathan Ross and Alan Carr, among several others. 5 The Sun revealed Tom had signed up for the series back in October 2024. An insider said at the time: 'He's always been a top target for reality show bookers, but his team knew he had the pick of the crop. 'The first series of the celebrity edition blows I'm A Celebrity and Strictly out the water, really, and Tom knows it will be hugely fun to film. 'He'll make a great player too, as no one would suspect misdeeds from such a baby-faced lad.'
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nadiya Hussain describes brutal BBC exit for the first time
Nadiya Hussain has spoken out on her BBC exit for the first time, claiming she felt that her TV career had been a "tickbox exercise". She claimed of her experiences with the BBC: "The second you don't fit the neat little box, there'll be no space for you. I don't fit that space any more." The baker and TV cook found fame after winning The Great British Bake Off in 2015 and went on to present a number of cooking shows at the BBC, as well as publishing recipe books. But in June, she released a statement on social media saying that she hadn't been recommissioned, adding: "As a Muslim woman, I work in an industry that doesn't always support people like me or recognise my talent or full potential." Now, Hussain has given her side of the story to Paul C. Brunson for his We Need To Talk podcast, where she also claimed to have made complaints about her treatment on unnamed shows which she says were ignored. Elsewhere, she opened up on how uncomfortable she felt walking into the Bake Off tent for the first time, her experiences with the publishing industry, and being bullied and abused during childhood. Hussain gave an account of her exit from the BBC after 10 years of making cooking shows with them, as well as a series of Remarkable Places to Eat co-hosted with Fred Sirieix. She said that she had learned to keep her TV personality "unbiased and neutral", but said: "I am not neutral. I have opinions. I have things to say." The Bake Off winner claimed: "They'll (BBC) keep you until you're of no use to them. I think that's what happened. I had lots of reasons but no definitive 'this is the reason we're not recommissioning your show'. My show got great ratings every year. I can't see why there's a reason my show wasn't recommissioned." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nadiya (@nadiyajhussain) She continued: "My husband and I always spoke about it and he just said, 'there's going to be a point where they're not going to need you anymore. They have a neat little box and the second you don't fit the box… there'll be no space for you.' "I suppose I don't fit that space any more, and I'm not comfortable in boxes anyway. I prefer glass ceilings to smash through. I suppose there's no space for me and I'm kind of alright with that." In June, Hussain posted a video on social media where she explained that she had not been recommissioned by the BBC and that she hadn't always felt the industry was a supportive place for a Muslim woman. A BBC statement at the time read: "After several wonderful series, we have made the difficult decision not to commission another cookery show with Nadiya Hussain at the moment." However, she claimed to Brunson that the "back and forth" with the BBC over how to announce her exit had suggested something quite different. She said one email had read: "This is a proposed statement, I think Nadiya should say 'I no longer want to do my show on the BBC because I'm focussing on different projects'. I said, 'That's not the truth, though. I do not OK that statement and I'm not going to put that out.'" Read more: Nadiya Hussain 'won't always be grateful' after BBC axing (BANG Showbiz, 2 min read) BBC cancels Nadiya Hussain's cooking show (BANG Showbiz, 2 min read) Nadiya Hussain says BBC dropped her after 10 years for no 'definitive' reason (The Independent, 3 min read) Hussain has now chosen to work without an agent or team, saying: "I wanted to start from scratch as if I had won Bake Off ten years ago when I had nobody but myself, my husband and my instinct. It's been the most freeing thing to know every decision I make is my own and no one gets to filter me.I will figure it out and find a space where I'm welcome. It might not be in this industry and I'm OK with that." She also made allegations about her treatment on various shows, claiming that she had made complaints that had not been acted on. She told how feedback on one series had requested that she stop wearing jumpers because they made her appear larger, and explained why she had not pushed back. "I was always made to feel like my trophy was just going to get taken away from me, because I felt like I always had to be grateful for the opportunity that I was given. A Muslim who was relatable. The people's Muslim. The people's person of colour. The digestible version of myself. Gratitude should not sit on your face like a muzzle, and that's what it felt like, I felt muzzled." She added: "When you complain, you're considered a nuisance. They protect the men in our industry, and they make excuses for men." Hussain continued: "In every job that I've done, I've felt I look back and think they just needed to look diverse. They had the Muslim - tick. They had the person of colour - was all a tickbox exercise until they didn't need me any more." Hussain also detailed two experiences that had hugely affected her, although she did not name a particular show, broadcaster or TV star. She said: "I filed a complaint with a very big breakfast show. They were mocking a recipe out of my book. I can almost guarantee if a Jamie Oliver or James Martin was on there, they would not sit at the end of the show and mock a recipe out of their book." The recipe had been for "chaat in a bag", which the show had suggested sounded like "s*** in a bag". Hussain called the comments "really distasteful and really hateful... deeply disrespectful" but said that the show had refused to apologise. Hussain also added that she had been "quite badly bullied" by a man that she had worked with, to the point that she had such a bad panic attack that she wet the bed. She said that she had filed a complaint with the show they worked on, but that nothing happened. "I've walked on sets and heard I'm not working if she's working. I'm not working with her," she added. Yahoo UK contacted the BBC for comment on all of the claims made, although the BBC was not directly mentioned in connection with Hussain filing complaints, and the "very big breakfast show" was not named. A BBC spokesperson told Yahoo UK: "After several wonderful series we have made the difficult decision not to commission another cookery show with Nadiya Hussain at the moment. Nadiya remains a much valued part of the BBC family, and we look forward to working together on future projects." The star also spoke about feeling like her voice didn't matter when her idea for a book about parenting children with two cultures was turned down by a publisher, and said that when she published her book Rooza with recipes for Ramadhan, various brand partnerships dried up. Hussain spoke about feeling uncomfortable as the only Muslim woman on her series of Bake Off, recalling: "I walked into the tent and was like, 'oh great'. I know that feeling, I know what it's like to be me and to walk into a room of people who all feel familiar to each other, but I felt like the alien...I stuck out like a sore thumb, and I felt different." She added: "My whole life I've constantly shrunk myself to make everyone else feel comfortable. So even when I was in that tent, I would speak, but I would try so hard not to sound like I was from Luton. I was like, sound as not bilingual as possible. Pronounce your Ts. Speak slowly. Say every word properly. I'm thinking that while trying to bake, while being judged." "I want to say that I stepped away feeling like my self-worth was at its best and I felt amazing," she continued. "But what happened to me so quickly after winning Bake Off was that I fell into a career I never expected to have and didn't want. Winning Bake Off did not prepare me for the cesspit that it is to be in the public eye. Hussain told how at one point production staff had to live in her family home with her as she had received death threats, and she had to have panic buttons installed. But she said that her TV work had been important, saying: "I didn't know how important it was to be the voice for the voiceless." She added of her children: "I tell them, 'elbows are going to work 10 times harder for 10 times less than everyone else.' I know because I have worked 10 times harder than others in my industry for 10 times less." Paul C. Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast is available to stream now.
The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Celebrity Bake Off sign up iconic British girlband star as she joins A-list line up
SUGABABES star MUTYA BUENA is ready to Push The Button on a Kitchen Aid mixer after signing up to the celebrity version of The Great British Bake Off. One of my telly contacts has revealed the singer, who dropped new song Shook with her bandmates 3 Mutya Buena has joined Celeb Bake Off Credit: Getty 3 Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy of Sugababes Credit: Getty 'Mutya will be seeing if she can get a handshake from PAUL HOLLYWOOD when she goes into the tent,' my insider said. 'She doesn't consider herself much of a baker, but it's for charity and there are bound to be some .' Mutya will be in good company in this year's competition, with singers Strictly contestant VICKY PATTISON has also joined the line up, along with READ MORE ON SUGABABES Mutya will be hoping to have more luck in the kitchen after struggling with her cheesecake on Celebrity MasterChef last year. She created a buttery biscuit base that was so thick you could have used it to wedge open a door. But despite crashing out, Mutya said she was impressed with her progress. She said: 'I wanted to do Celebrity MasterChef because I enjoy cooking in general and I love cooking for my family and friends. Most read in Reality This Morning viewers say Mutya Buena is unrecognisable as the Sugababes appear on show after reuniting 'I wanted to learn some new things in the kitchen, some new tricks that I could bring home.' Bring to the Bake Off tent more like… Good luck, Mutya. We're rooting for you. It comes as beloved judge The Channel 4 star has stepped back from all GBBO specials, with cooking expert, and 3 Cherish is a multi-award winning Executive Pastry Chef who viewers know and love Credit: Mark Bourdillon (Channel 4)
