TV chef Nigella Lawson will replace Dame Prue Leith on The Great British Bake Off, broadcaster Channel 4 has confirmed.
Dame Prue has been a judge on the reality baking competition since 2017, but announced last week that she would leave the series adding: "Now feels like the right time to step back".
Lawson, who will join Paul Hollywood as a judge, said in a statement: "I'm uncharacteristically rather lost for words right now.
"Of course it's daunting to be following in the footsteps of Prue Leith and Mary Berry before her, great dames both, but I'm also bubbling with excitement."
She added: "The Great British Bake Off is more than a television programme, it's a National Treasure – and it's a huge honour to be entrusted with it.
