Inside the Great British Bake Off’s new socially-distanced series

The Great British Bake Off 2020 is due to hit screens on September 22 with the 12 home-bakers competing for the prize unveiled last week with the show overhauling its filming process to adhere to the coronavirus crisis.  The upcoming series took place at Down Hall Hotel in Essex after five years of filming at … Read more

Matt Lucas reveals he’s ‘put on a lot of weight’ after trying the treats on Great British Bake Off

Matt Lucas reveals he’s ‘put on a lot of weight’ while hosting the Great British Bake Off and was so nervous he only got two hours sleep ahead of his debut By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline Published: 01:50 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 01:55 BST, 18 September 2020 Matt Lucas has revealed that he’s … Read more

Great British Bake Off 2020: Meet this year’s line-up competing under strict COVID-19 rules

Channel 4 has unveiled the 12 home-bakers competing in the eleventh season of The Great British Bake Off, due to hit screens on September 22.  The new batch of hopefuls boasts are as diverse as ever, with the line-up including a pantomime producer, a radiographer, an armoured guard, and an amputee who uses baking as … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Nadiya’s motto is – bake, eat and be happy

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Never mind that diet… Nadiya’s motto is – bake, eat and be happy By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 02:08 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 02:08 BST, 10 September 2020 Nadiya Bakes Rating: Simple Comforts Rating: Let out your belt a couple of notches and hide … Read more

Great British Bake Off releases first snap of new season

It’s set to return on September 22 after filming for the new season ended last month. And the first official still from The Great British Bake Off was released on Tuesday, and saw judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith as well as co-hosts Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding pose with cake. The comedian, 46, is … Read more

Great British Bake Off FIRST LOOK: Show releases new topical trailer set in the height of lockdown

The Great British Bake Off has released a first look trailer ahead of the new series.  The topical 40-second video is set in the height of lockdown and even pokes fun at the flour shortage. The trailer sees the nation frantically searching for the key baking staple as a young boy cycles to his grandmother’s … Read more

TALK OF THE TOWN: Is Becks about to cook up a storm on Celebrity Bake Off?

TALK OF THE TOWN: Is Becks about to cook up a storm on Celebrity Bake Off? David Beckham is set to show off culinary skills on Channel 4 show By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:00 BST, 30 August 2020 | Updated: 00:15 BST, 30 August 2020 … Read more

Bake Off’s Candice Brown slams diner

Bake Off star Candice Brown has slammed a diner for insisting her pub continues to run the Eat Out to Help Out discount – even after the scheme has ended.   Candice, 35, from London, who runs The Green Man in Eversholt, Milton Keynes, took to Twitter and penned: ‘Eat out to help out……. help being the key word … Read more

Heatwave Britain could bake in 100F temperatures today as Met Office issues flood warnings

Britain’s heatwave could see temperatures rise up to 100F today as the Met Office warns of flood warnings after thunderstorms battered parts of the nation with 50,000 lightning strikes and hail the size of golf balls landed in Wales.  While some parts of the country awoke to the sound of thunder during the night, others … Read more

PICTURED: The Great British Bake Off has a new Essex home (closer to judge Paul Hollywood’s pad)

It appears that the only way is Essex for The Great British Bake Off. The 11th series has commenced filming in the newly-located Bake Off tent in the grounds of Down Hall, a swanky hotel in England’s south-east. Aerial shots of the structure show the famous tent erected on the lawns of the hotel – which … Read more