Kate Garraway, Amelia Dimoldenberg, and Maxine Peake are among the stars taking part in Celebrity Great British Bake Off, which begins on March 16. 

Hosts Alison Hammond, 50, and Noel Fielding, 51, will welcome 20 stars into the tent for the Stand Up To Cancer special where their efforts will be judged by Paul Hollywood, 59, and new judge Caroline Waldegrave, 72. 

In each episode, four celebrities will be challenged to create their best bakes in the signature, technical, and showstopper rounds. 

Paul and Caroline, long-standing friends of the legendary Prue Leith, 85, will judge the celebrities’ baking efforts and decide who deserves the coveted Star Baker тιтle each week.

The celebrity line-up for this season includes Sarah Beeny, Adam Buxton, Amelia, Scarlette and Stuart Douglas, Kate, Ellie Goldstein, and Gloria Hunniford OBE. 

Also among the hopefuls are Jim Howick, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Roman Kemp, Jamali Maddix, Maxine, Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Meera Syal, Tommy Tiernan, Phil Wang, and Sophie Willan. 

Kate Garraway, Amelia Dimoldenberg, and Maxine Peake are among the stars taking part in Celebrity Great British Bake Off, which begins on March 16 (front row L-R Sophie Willan, Gbemi Ikumelo, Phil Wang, and Kate Garraway with (L-R back row) hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding and judges Caroline Waldegrave and Paul Hollywood)

Hosts Alison Hammond, 50, and Noel Fielding, 51, will welcome 20 stars into the tent for the Stand Up To Cancer special where their efforts will be judged by Paul Hollywood, 59, and new judge Caroline Waldegrave, 72 (pictured Sarah Beeny, Adam Buxton, Amelia, Scarlette and Stuart Douglas, Kate, Ellie Goldstein, and Gloria Hunniford OBE, Jim Howick, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Roman Kemp, Jamali Maddix, Maxine, Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Meera Syal, Tommy Tiernan, Phil Wang, and Sophie Willan) 

Bake Off hosts Alison and Noel will return to provide encouragement for the celebrity bakers as they go head-to-head in the Bake Off tent. 

This year’s Great Celebrity Bake Off will be a notable one, as it is the first season not judged by Prue.

Instead, celebrity chef Paul will be joined by her close friend Caroline, a former co-owner and managing director of Leiths School of Food & Wine. 

Prue’s decision to step away temporarily from the celebrity edition of the show was confirmed early last year.

However, when rumours circulated that she might be quitting the show, Prue was quick to clarify the confusion during an appearance on This Morning. 

She told This Morning hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley: ‘It’s absolutely not true at all! [that she’s quit the show]. What I’m not doing this year is the celebrity one.’ 

‘These things are filmed back-to-back all the way through summer from April to August so you don’t get any time off. I’m getting quite old and there’s places I want to see. So I’m not doing this year’s.’

Prue later told MailOnline about the decision: ‘I absolutely love working on Bake Off and am looking forward to filming the next series and meeting our new bakers.’ 

In each episode, four celebrities will be challenged to create their best bakes in the signature, technical, and showstopper rounds for the coveted Star Baker тιтle (L-R Chris Ramsey, Rosie Ramsey, Scarlette Douglas, and Stuart Douglas)

This year’s Great Celebrity Bake Off, which is set to air on Channel 4 this spring, will be a notable one, as it is the first season not judged by Prue Leith (Prue and Paul pictured last year)

Instead, celebrity chef Paul will be joined by her close friend Caroline, a former co-owner and managing director of Leiths School of Food & Wine, as the star takes a temporary step back (back row – Alison and Noel with Paul and Caroline at front)

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‘I am only stepping back from the Celebrity series, which is just a question of the filming commitment involved as we make these shows back to back.’

A spokesman for Bake Off creator Love Productions confirmed at the time: ‘Prue will be stepping back from The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer.’ 

‘Prue absolutely loves working on Bake Off but filming two series a year can be punishing on top of her other commitments,’ a source told The Sun.

‘She has already filmed the normal series, which will air this year but she will not appear on the celebrity version.’

‘Prue has made it clear she adores the show and would like to come back in 2025. She will turn 85 next year, so it’s not surprising that she wants to take time off.’ 

Stand Up To Cancer UK, the joint national fundraising campaign between Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK, has raised millions of pounds to fund life-saving cancer research.

All the money raised by Stand Up To Cancer supports translational research, helping to turn discoveries from the lab into tests and treatments that benefit patients.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will air on Channel 4 this Spring.