The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer – new judge and new bakers revealed!

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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will return to Channel 4 this spring with a star-studded line up, and a new judge! 

Each episode, four celebrities will be challenged to create their best bakes in the signature, technical and showstopper rounds. At the end of each episode just one celebrity will be crowned Star Baker. 

Former co-owner and managing director of Leiths School of Food & Wine, and a longstanding friend of Prue, Caroline Waldegrave OBE, joins the show alongside fellow judge Paul Hollywood. Together Paul and Caroline will judge the celebrities best baking efforts in these celebrity episodes for Stand Up To Cancer. 

The stars facing the Signature, Technical and Showstopper challenges this year are:

Broadcaster, best-selling author, businesswoman and podcaster Sarah Beeny, Comedian Adam Buxton, Broadcaster and creator of Chicken Shop Date Amelia Dimoldenberg, sibling TV presenters and property experts Scarlette and Stuart Douglas, TV presenter and broadcaster Kate Garraway, Model, actor, author and changemaker Ellie Goldstein, TV presenter, national treasure and TV royalty Gloria Hunniford OBE, Actor and writer Jim Howick, Actor, writer and director Gbemisola Ikumelo, Broadcaster Roman Kemp, Comedian and writer Jamali Maddix, Actress and writer Maxine Peake, Record-breaking podcasters and broadcasters Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Singer, songwriter and actress Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Actress and writer Meera Syal, Comedian and actor Tommy Tiernan, Comedian Phil Wang, and Actress, writer and comedian Sophie Willan.

Bake Off hosts Alison and Noel will also return to provide encouragement, tea and sympathy for the celebrity bakers going head-to-head in the Bake Off tent . 

Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4. The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will air on Channel 4 this Spring.

About Stand Up To Cancer

  • Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 that brings the UK together to speed up progress in life-saving cancer research. 
  • Supported by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) in the US and launched in the UK in 2012, Stand Up To Cancer funds translational research, turning academic breakthroughs in the labs into new treatments that make a real difference for people with cancer.
  • More than £113 million has been raised in the UK to date, funding over 73 clinical trials and research projects involving more than 13,000 cancer patients.
  • Research projects include developing pioneering technology using lasers and robots to improve cancer surgery, using AI to optimise radiotherapy treatment for rectal cancer, creating lollypops that could detect mouth cancer and much, much more.
  • Stars such as Naomi Campbell, Noel Gallagher, Tom Hardy, Gillian Anderson, Idris Elba, Andy Murray, James Corden, Martin Freeman, Jamie Oliver, Richard Ayoade, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Peter Crouch, Abbey Clancy, Danny Dyer, Louis Tomlinson, Lily James, Rosamund Pike, Sophie Turner, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Maya Jama, Joe Lycett and Roman Kemp are just some of the talent who have supported Stand Up To Cancer