Prue Leith's Great British Bake Off replacement revealed
Prue Leith's Great British Bake Off replacement revealed
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The 84-year-old said the show’s filming schedule had become too intense. Prue Leith’s replacement on the forthcoming special of Great British Bake Off has been revealed. The restaurateur, 84, has been a part of the much-loved baking programme since its move from the BBC to Channel 4 in 2017, replacing the expert role formerly held by Mary Berry.
![[Leith has previously said the show’s filming scheduel]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/30/10/12/GettyImages-2153067012.jpg)
Last year, Leith said she realised Bake Off’s filming schedule had become too intense when she was forced to sacrifice time off and seeing her family in order to keep up with the show’s demands. Her longtime friend, Caroline Waldegrave OBE, will step in for her. Waldegrave is the former managing director and co-owner of Leiths School of Food and Wine.
![[Leith will be replaced by her longtime friend Caroline Waldegrave]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/30/10/19/Paul-Caroline-Noel-Alison.jpg)
She will join co-hosts Noel Fielding, Alison Hammond, and Paul Hollywood for the show’s special edition, Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer. Although Leith was adamant she has not quit the show for good in an interview on This Morning last year, saying she found it difficult to keep up with the challenging schedule.
“These things are filmed back-to-back all the way through summer from April to August so you don't get any time off,” she said. “I'm getting quite old and there's places I want to see. So I'm not doing this year's.”. She shut down rumours saying: “It's absolutely not true at all!. What I'm not doing this year is the celebrity one.”.
