Nigella Lawson ‘excited’ about Great British Bake Off
The TV cook and food writer has been named as a new judge on the Channel 4 show, which she called an ‘institution of national treasure status’.
Nigella Lawson has said she is “excited” to be the new judge on the Great British Bake Off.
The TV cook and food writer was named as the replacement for outgoing judge Dame Prue Leith last week.
Appearing on ITV’s This Morning, Lawson said: “Yes, I am a teeny bit
frightened. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that.
“I am excited, but I take it very seriously. The thing about Bake Off is that it’s about the programme – which is an institution of national treasure status – and it’s about the bakers. And I just want to be there and be a part of it.”
She joked that she is the “clumsiest person in the world”, so hopes she does not knock over any of the competitors’ culinary creations in the new series of the Channel 4 show.
Lawson will appear alongside long-term judge Paul Hollywood and presenters Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding.
Describing how she expects to act as a judge, she said: “I’m not someone who looks for fault, I look for pleasure.
“Paul Hollywood is Mr Technical. I’m all about the eating.
“If I see my job as eating, it’s not too daunting. I can eat.”
Lawson also said she feels like the baking show is “so enduringly popular” because “it’s about community”.
“What I feel is that they’re mixing the cosiness of baking with this, if you like, this adrenaline of competition and drama. And I feel, in a way, what’s important is not to lose either.”
Asked about stepping into Dame Prue’s shoes, as well as her predecessor, Dame Mary Berry, Lawson said: “Prue is just fantastic, and Mary Berry was just fantastic before.
“They have given me the honour of offering me this, and I just want to do it as well as I can.”
