Alison Hammond Confirmed as New Co-Host of 'The Great British Baking Show' After Matt Lucas Exit

Alison Hammond.Photo: Gareth Cattermole/BAFTA/Getty Images

Mixing bowls at the ready —The Great British Baking Showhas a new co-host!

“It’s official!! It’s happeningThe Great British Bake Off! Let’s have it,” Hammond shared alongside a Twitter video of her interviewing herself and her costars in cake form. “The cake that is 🤣. So excited.”

“So yes it’s breaking news, Alison Hammond is joining the team ofThe Great British Bake Off,” she said in the tongue-in-cheek video. “Alison, have you got any words whatsoever? ‘Well, do you know what I’m just absolutely thrilled, I’m going to be meeting the bakers very soon. I’m joiningThe Great British Bake Off, I’m so very excited!’ "

The star then moved the microphones on the screen across to her costar cake figurines. “As you can see all my colleagues are absolutely speechless! Yes, yes, just speechless,” she continued. “We’re so very, very happy and we can’t wait to get started.”

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‘Finally I can talk about it! I’m absolutely thrilled to be joiningThe Great British Bake Offand can’t wait to meet this year’s bakers,” Hammond said in a Channel 4 release. “It’s a huge honor to be back in the tent and I can’t wait to get started.”

Alison Hammond.Channel 4/ Love Productions

Hammond recently hosted the2023 BAFTA Awardsalongside actorRichard E. Grantand is known for co-hosting the popular U.K. daytime showThis Morning, where herinterviewswith stars includingHarrison FordandRyan Goslinghave gone viral.

The mother-of-one is no stranger to the tent and previously appeared as a baker in 2020 for the show’scelebrity specialin aid ofStand Up To Cancer.

Channel 4 also confirmed filming for the 14th series of the show, which airs on Netflix in the U.S., begins this spring. The series will air later this year.

source: people.com