Tommy Tiernan leads the Irish charge in star-studded line-up for Great Celebrity Bake Off

Irish legend Tommy Tiernan is among the star-studded line-up for the latest series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer on Channel 4 this spring.

Each episode of the hit series will see four celebrities challenged to create their best bakes in the signature, technical and showstopper rounds, with one contestant crowned star baker.

Dame Prue Leith’s longtime friend Lady Caroline Waldegrave will take over her role as co-judge on the new series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer, teaming up with judge Paul Hollywood to appraise the bakes of a new batch of famous faces.

Hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding will return to provide encouragement for the celebrity bakers as they go head-to-head in the Bake Off tent.

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Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway, veteran broadcaster Gloria Hunniford and TV presenter and property expert Sarah Beeny are among the stars hoping to impress on the upcoming series.

Also among the hopefuls are comedian Adam Buxton, Chicken Shop Date presenter Amelia Dimoldenberg, radio host Roman Kemp, actress Maxine Peake, singer Self Esteem, actress and writer Meera Syal and model and activist Ellie Goldstein.

Podcasting couple Chris and Rosie Ramsey will also be whipping out their whisks on the new series, as will Ghost star Jim Howick, actress Gbemisola Ikumelo, comedians Phil Wang and Jamali Maddix, Alma’s Not Normal actress Sophie Willan and sibling property experts Scarlette and Stuart Douglas.

Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4.

The new Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer series will air on Channel 4 this spring.