PRUE Leith has broken her silence after she was replaced by a new judge on the Great British Bake Off celebrity shows.
The Channel 4 star has stepped back from all GBBO specials, with Caroline Waldegrave OBE stepping into her shoes.
Prue Leith has broken her silence on her GBBO replacement[/caption]
The judge is being replaced by Caroline Waldegrave OBE for the celebrity specials[/caption]
Cookery expert Caroline is a close friend of Prue’s[/caption]
Prue, 84, has now given her verdict after it was confirmed the legendary cookery teacher would be taking on her role.
Sharing a picture of Caroline on Instagram, Prue gave her good friend the thumbs up.
She said: “Caroline is perfect! The kindest and most knowledgable teacher, the bakers will love her.”
Last year The Sun revealed how Prue had made the decision to step back from the Great British Bake Off specials and focus on the regular series.
This week, Channel 4 confirmed Prue’s close friend Caroline would be taking over her role.
Caroline, 72, is a former managing director of Leiths School of Food & Wine, which was originally set up by Prue in the mid-70s.
Married to former Tory politician William Waldegrave, she has also co-written several successful cookery books.
Channel 4 has also revealed the line-up for this year’s Celebrity Bake Off and it will feature famous married couples and siblings.
ompeting is a raft of actors, including Jim Howick, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Maxine Peake, Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Meera Syal and Sophie Willan taking part.
Also donning their aprons is broadcaster Sarah Beeny, creator of Chicken Shop Date Amelia Dimoldenberg and sibling TV presenters Scarlette and Stuart Douglas.
Other household names include GMB’s Kate Garraway, model and author Ellie Goldstein, Loose Women Gloria Hunniford OBE, Roman Kemp, Chris and Rosie Ramsey as well as comedians Tommy Tiernan, Adam Buxton and Phil Wang.
