The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025: release date, bakers, episode guide, hosts, judges and everything we know

Paul, Caroline, Alison and Noel all posing together with a cup of tea in the Bake Off tent
(Image credit: Channel 4 / Mark Bourdillon)

The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 for Stand Up To Cancer is back on Channel 4, but the show will have one major change as judge Dame Prue Leith has been replaced.

The new celebrity series of the baking show will see more familiar faces heading into the famous white tent as they try their hand at whipping up impressive bakes in the kitchen while also raising much-needed funds for Stand Up To Cancer.

As in previous years, the celebrities will be challenged to create their best bakes in the three rounds - the Signature, Technical and Showstopper challenges - and at the end of each episode, just one of the four will be crowned Star Baker.

First up in week one is married couple Chris and Rosie Ramsay along with siblings Scarlette and Stuart Douglas. Speaking of the challenge, Rosie told us: "I bake the odd cake with the kids every now and then. But I don’t think that exactly qualifies me as an expert." While Chris admitted: "I can’t bake at all. I’ve never made a cake in my life!" Now this we have to see!

Here is everything we know about The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 so far...

Chris, Rosie, Scarlette and Stuart sitting in a line in the Bake Off tent holding a Stand Up To Cancer sign

Chris, Rosie, Scarlette and Stuart are in episode 1. (Image credit: Channel 4)

The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 release date

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer will air on Sunday, March 16 at 7.40pm on Channel 4.

Episodes will then air in the same slot each week.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 bakers

The celebrities from The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 lined up in the tent, all wearing their Bake off aprons.

Rosie Ramsey will be trying to beat her husband, Chris in the kitchen! (Image credit: Channel 4)

This year the show will see a fresh batch of celebrity bakers heading for the famous white tent, but who will be impressing the judges and who will be suffering from a soggy bottom?

Here is the official lineup for The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025...

  • Sarah Beeny - broadcaster, best-selling author, businesswoman and podcaster
  • Adam Buxton - comedian
  • Amelia Dimoldenberg - Broadcaster and creator of Chicken Shop Dates
  • Scarlette and Stuart Douglas - sibling TV presenters and property experts
  • Kate Garraway - TV presenter and broadcaster
  • Ellie Goldstein - model, actor, author and change-maker
  • Gloria Hunniford OBE - TV presenter, national treasure and TV royalty
  • Jim Howick - actor and writer
  • Gbemisola Ikumelo - actor, writer and director
  • Roman Kemp - broadcaster
  • Jamali Maddix - comedian and writer
  • Maxine Peake - actress and writer
  • Chris and Rosie Ramsey - record-breaking podcasters and broadcasters
  • Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor - singer, songwriter and actress
  • Meera Syal - actress and writer
  • Tommy Tiernan - comedian and actor
  • Phil Wang - comedian
  • Sophie Willan - actress, writer and comedian

Scarlette Douglas and her brother Stuart taking a selfie in the tent with Paul Hollywood

Scarlette Douglas and her brother Stuart make friends with Paul. (Image credit: Channel 4)

The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 episodes

Sunday, March 16
Married couple Chris and Rosie Ramsey go up against each other, alongside a sibling rivalry, as Scarlette Douglas squares up to her brother Stuart. The celebs make tea-time classic scones, before taking on a chocolatey old-school favourite and recreating their career highlight in cake.

Sunday, March 23
Roman Kemp, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Sarah Beeny and Maxine Peake take on a Signature challenge that takes cupcakes to a new level, and in the Technical they try not to get into a flap with a classic. They open their hearts in the Showstopper, as they recreate their most memorable romantic date in biscuit form.

As soon as we get more information about future episodes we will add it to this guide.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 judges

Paul Hollywood standing leaning against a table in the Bake Off tent wearing a dark blue shirt and looking stern

Paul Hollywood is back, but with a new fellow judge. (Image credit: Channel 4 / Mark Bourdillon)

Paul Hollywood is back in his usual presenting role, but one person missing from the judging lineup will be Dame Prue Leith as she is replaced by former co-owner and managing director of Leiths School of Food & Wine, and her longstanding friend, Caroline Waldegrave OBE.

It is understood that Prue's absence is temporary and she will be back for the main show later in the year. She told This Morning: "It's mainly because these things are filmed back to back. The whole way through the summer, so you start in April and you end at the end of August. Honestly, you get no time off. And, I'm getting a bit old and there's places I want to go, so I'm not doing this year's."

Speaking of Caroline joining the show, host Alison said: "Caroline and Prue are really good friends. Prue was telling us how amazing she was, so we were really excited about meeting her and she was lovely – an absolute breath of fresh air. Caroline got on really well with the bakers. She's not too strict. I don't think she's as strict as Paul. She’s a really lovely lady and really passionate about baking. Most of the jokes go over her head - she’s quite innocent. I found that endearing. She’s a lovely addition to the family."

The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 hosts

The Great British Bake Off 2023 hosts Alison and Noel

Alison and Noel are back for another series. (Image credit: Channel 4)

Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond will return to host and encourage our famous bakers in the Bake Off tent - and as with the main Bake Off show, expect lots of capers, silliness and of course, pep talks from Alison as bakers get the wobbles.

The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 trailer

Unfortunately, we don't have a trailer for The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 yet, but as soon as one is released we will add it to this page.

Chris and Rosie sample their baking in the tent

(Image credit: Channel 4)

Behind the scenes and more on the The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2025 and 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.

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.

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, Liam Payne, 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 over the years.

Gloria Hunniford wearing a pastel patterned top and smiling for the camera as she bakes in the Bake Off tent

Gloria Hunniford will be showing the other celebrity bakers how it is done! (Image credit: Channel 4)
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Claire is Assistant Managing Editor at What To Watch and has been a journalist for over 15 years, writing about everything from soaps and TV to beauty, entertainment, and even the Royal Family. After starting her career at a soap magazine, she ended up staying for 13 years, and over that time she’s pulled pints in the Rovers Return, sung karaoke in the Emmerdale village hall, taken a stroll around Albert Square, and visited Summer Bay Surf Club in sunny Australia. 

After learning some tricks of the trade at websites Digital Spy, Entertainment Daily, and Woman & Home, Claire landed a role at What’s On TV and whattowatch.com writing about all things TV and film, with a particular love for Aussie soaps, Strictly Come Dancing and Bake Off

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