Nigella Lawson has been photographed alongside her new Great British Bake Off co-stars for the first time.
The 66-year-old TV chef is joining the popular Channel 4 baking show as a judge, replacing Dame Prue Leith.
Dame Prue, 86, announced her departure in January after joining the programme in 2017.
First look at Nigella Lawson in new Bake Off series
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In a newly released image from her first day of filming in the Bake Off tent, Ms Lawson is seen in the iconic Bake Off tent wearing a black zipped dress, standing alongside presenters Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, and fellow judge Paul Hollywood.
Channel 4 said fans of the show “can expect to see Nigella bringing her trademark warmth, wit and passion for flavour to the tent”.
Ms Lawson spoke about the role during an appearance on ITV’s This Morning in January.
She said: “I am excited, but I take it very seriously.
“The thing about Bake Off is that it’s about the programme – which is an institution of national treasure status – and it’s about the bakers, and I just want to be there and be a part of it.”
Ms Lawson first rose to fame in the late 1990s through her bestselling cookbooks and cookery programmes.
Her first cookery book, How To Eat, became a bestseller, while her follow-up, How To Be A Domestic Goddess – described as the book that “kick-started the cupcake revolution” – was also hugely successful, winning her the British Book Award for author of the year in 2001.
Why did Prue Leith leave Bake Off?
Dame Prue said previously that her decision to leave Bake Off was because she wanted to enjoy her summers off, spend time in her garden, and travel.
At 86 years old, she stated that she wanted to step back while she still has the energy to enjoy life, noting that the show’s summer filming schedule had long prevented her from taking normal European summer holidays.
Filming for the new series of Bake Off has now wrapped and it is set to air on Channel 4 next month.
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