The Great Celebrity Bake Off, the Stand Up To Cancer special, will be back on Channel 4 in the spring with a fresh batch of bakers – and what a star-studded lineup we have in store for us this time.
The brand-new lineup has been confirmed today (3 February), and it’s a truly impressive and eclectic mix of faces.
Among the standouts are media personality, entrepreneur and former Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague, pop artist and Celebrity Big Brother star JoJo Siwa, Death in Paradise favourite Ralf Little, star of Netflix’s One Day Ambika Mod, and actor and author Rose Ayling-Ellis.
Emmett J Scanlan – yes, the Irish actor from Kin, MobLand and Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once – will be donning a Bake Off apron, too.
There is also a whole bunch of Taskmaster favourites, including Rose Matafeo, Joe Wilkinson, Judi Love, Roisin Conaty, Richard Herring, Babatunde Aleshe and Jon Richardson.
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From the world of music, there’ll be BRIT Award-winning singer/songwriter Rag’n’Bone Man, along with BBC Radio 2 DJ and presenter Scott Mills, TV and radio broadcaster Edith Bowman, JLS singer Aston Merrygold and Sugababes member Mutya Buena.
Popular reality television veterans Vicky Pattison, who took part in Strictly Come Dancing last year, Sam Thompson, who now also has his hit podcast with best friend Pete Wicks, and media personality Mark Wright are also going to be showcasing their baking skills.
YouTuber and presenter Nella Rose, who appeared on the I’m a Celebrity lineup in 2023, comedian Alex Brooker, and actor and writer Tom Davis round out the full 2026 Celebrity Bake Off cast list.
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Bake Off hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding will also be back in the tent, helping the new celebrity bakers with some undoubtedly funny one-liners.
Joining Paul Hollywood as guest judge each of the special Stand Up To Cancer episodes will be internationally renowned pastry chef Cherish Finden, who has previously been seen on Bake Off: The Professionals.
“I am delighted to be joining Paul in judging Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C,” Finden said, following the announcement. “Stepping from the professional kitchen into the famous Bake Off tent felt like my first day of school – my heart was racing and I had butterflies in my tummy!
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“Whilst I definitely haven’t left my ruler at home, judging these wonderful celebrities is about more than just precision, it’s about spreading joy and supporting a meaningful cause,” Finden added. “To be part of SU2C and see the contestants push themselves out of their comfort zone for such a good cause was simply brilliant.”
Although it was recently announced that Prue Leith had left Great British Bake Off, with Nigella Lawson then confirmed as her replacement, Leith had already previously stepped back from the celebrity charity spinoff. In 2025, her friend Caroline Waldegrave stepped in as a guest judge.
On Christmas Day last year, Channel 4 aired a Peep Show edition of Bake Off, with Olivia Colman, David Mitchell and more appearing in the tent, ahead of a New Year’s special.
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