New faces in the tent as The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2026 line up is announced

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer is back on Channel 4 this spring, welcoming a fresh batch of famous faces into the tent, plus a brand-new guest judge ready to dish out the verdicts.

The celebrity bakers stepping into the tent to face the Signature, Technical and Showstopper challenges this year are:

Pop-star and dancer JoJo Siwa, media personality and entrepreneur Molly- Mae Hague, TV star and broadcaster Vicky Pattison, Broadcaster, DJ and host on BBC Radio 2’s Breakfast show Scott Mills, singer and songwriter Rag’n’Bone Man AKA Rory Graham, actor Emmett J Scanlan, singer, songwriter and DJ Aston Merrygold, broadcaster Edith Bowman, actor Ralf Little, comedian, multi-award-winning podcaster and writer Richard Herring, comedian Joe Wilkinson, comedian, podcaster and actor Babatunde Aleshe, comedian and actress Rose Matafeo, comedian, presenter and actress Judi Love, comedian, actor and writer Tom Davis, TV and radio host Mark Wright, Youtuber and presenter Nella Rose, singer and songwriter Mutya Buena, comedian and actor Jon Richardson, actor, author and producer Rose Ayling-Ellis, TV personality, author, and radio and podcast host Sam Thompson, comedian and actress Roisin Conaty, broadcaster, podcaster and comedian Alex Brooker, and actress and comedian Ambika Mod.

Each episode, this year’s celebrity bakers will roll up their sleeves and take on the Signature, Technical and Showstopper challenges, all in the hope of impressing the judges and avoiding a soggy bottom. By the end of each show, only one star will rise above the rest and be crowned Star Baker.

Joining Paul Hollywood at the judging table is Bake Off: The Professionals judge, Cherish Finden, an internationally renowned pastry chef, celebrated for her exceptional technical skill and meticulous approach to patisserie. Together, Paul and Cherish will taste, test and judge the celebrities’ baking efforts in each of these special Stand Up To Cancer episodes.

Bake Off hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding also return, on hand to offer encouragement, laughter and a comforting shoulder as the celebrity bakers go head-to-head in the Bake Off tent.

Cherish Finden said, “I am delighted to be joining Paul in judging Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C. 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! 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. To be part of SU2C and see the contestants push themselves out of their comfort zone for such a good cause was simply brilliant.”

Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4. The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer will air on Channel 4 this Spring.

Almost 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime. 100% of the money you donate will fund life-saving research. To find out more about Stand Up To Cancer and how you can donate, visit su2c.org.uk.

Stand Up To Cancer returning to Channel 4 soon.

About Stand Up To Cancer

• Stand Up To Cancer is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 that brings the UK together to speed up progress in life-saving cancer research.
  
  
• Supported by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) in the US and launched in the UK in 2012, Stand Up To Cancer funds translational research, turning academic breakthroughs in the labs into new treatments that make a real difference for people with cancer.
  
  
• More than £113 million has been raised in the UK to date, funding over 73 clinical trials and research projects involving more than 13,000 cancer patients.
  
  
• Research projects include developing pioneering technology using lasers and robots to improve cancer surgery, using AI to optimise radiotherapy treatment for rectal cancer, creating lollypops that could detect mouth cancer and much, much more.
  
  
• Stars such as Naomi Campbell, Noel Gallagher, Tom Hardy, Gillian Anderson, Idris Elba, Andy Murray, James Corden, Martin Freeman, Jamie Oliver, Richard Ayoade, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Peter Crouch, Abbey Clancy, Danny Dyer, Louis Tomlinson, Lily James, Rosamund Pike, Sophie Turner, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, Maya Jama, Joe Lycett and Roman Kemp are just some of the talent who have supported Stand Up To Cancer
• To find out more about Stand Up To Cancer and how you can support, visit channel4.com/SU2C or su2c.org.uk, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.