Overview
- Channel 4 premiered The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer on March 22, opening a new charity run featuring 24 celebrities across the series.
- Pastry expert and Bake Off: The Professionals judge since 2016, Cherish Finden joined Paul Hollywood on the panel with Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding hosting.
- Alison Hammond called her a natural addition to the tent, while Paul Hollywood lauded her as one of the country’s best pastry chefs and noted her forthright feedback.
- The first episode spotlighted returning comedians tackling the Signature, Technical and Showstopper rounds, with Cherish setting a matcha-and-yuzu biscuit Technical.
- Viewers reacted positively on social media to her arrival, echoing her own remark that she was delighted to judge the special in support of the cancer charity.