As huge fans of the brilliant Great British Bake Off, we're so excited to watch this year's series of the Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer. The joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 has raised more than a whopping £93 million to date.
With the celebrity line-up finally being revealed, here's everything you need to know about the show.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2024 release date
The Great Celebrity Bake Off begins on Sunday, March 17 at 7.40pm on Channel 4 and there will be five episodes in total.
If you can't watch it on TV, you'll be able to catch up online at Channel 4, where you can also find previous series.
Who will host The Great Celebrity Bake Off?
For the first year ever, the Bake Off special will be co-hosted by Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond.
Alison, who also appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Bake Off in 2020 said, “I’m totally in awe of this year’s celebrity bakers, all putting their baking skills, or in some cases lack of, under nationwide scrutiny to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer. And as someone who proved to be something of a baking genius when I baked in the tent a few years ago, I was delighted to be able to show them the ropes and where the oven doors were. On your mark, get set, Bake for Stand Up To Cancer."
The Great Celebrity Bake Off judges
Just like on the main show, Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith will be carefully watching and judging the contestants as they complete their trademark bakes, technical challenges and of course, the Showstopper.
Recently, Prue has announced that she will be stepping down from filming future series of Celebrity Bake Off (after the 2024 episodes), due to the back-to-back filming commitments it requires with the usual series. It has not yet been announced who her replacement will be.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off contestants
The 20 contestants you can look forward to watching over the next few weeks include...
•Oti Mabuse, dancer and TV presenter
•Paloma Faith, singer and actress
•Dermot O'Leary, TV and radio broadcaster
•Jodie Whittaker, actress
•Sara Cox, broadcaster
•Mel B OBE, Spice Girl, TV presenter and patron of Women’s Aid
•Danny Dyer, actor
•Leigh Francis, comedian
•Gabby Logan, TV presenter
•The Reverend Richard Coles
•Greg James, presenter and children’s author
•Rhod Gilbert, comedian
•Spencer Matthews, broadcaster and reality TV star
•Adam Hills, comedian and presenter
•Munya Chawawa, broadcaster and satirist
•Suzi Ruffell, comedian
•Joe Locke, actor
•Yinka Bokinni, presenter and documentary filmmaker
•Fern Brady, comedian and author
The Great Celebrity Bake Off episodes
It looks like there will be 5 episodes of this year's GBBO SU2C. Now we know who the celebrity contestants are, here's the groups that are entering the famous white tent together:
•Jodie Whittaker, with Paloma Faith, Munya Chawawa and Spencer Matthews
•Danny Dyer, with Rhod Gilbert, Yinka Bokinni, and Leigh Francis
•David O’Doherty, with Oti Mabuse, Gabby Logan, and Suzi Ruffell
•Dermot O’Leary, with Greg James, Fern Brady and Mel B
•The Reverend Richard Coles, with Sara Cox, Joe Locke and Adam Hills
Don't forget, there's also the Christmas celebrity special of Bake Off each year too.
Arabella Horspool is a Commercial Content Writer for Yours at Bauer Media. She's a bookworm who enjoys cooking and spending time with her many pets.