Who would you want to replace Prue now she is retiring from GBBO

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Are there any chefs/cooks that you think would be a good replacement now she has decided to retire? I can’t think of any of the current to chefs who could do it.

Delia would be the obvious choice IMHO, but I doubt it’ll be her. I think Nancy would be a GREAT choice. But honestly? I think the show has had its day. Once it switched to C4 I never really watched it much. Missed Mel & Sue, and of course Mary. Never warmed to Prue, and have never had any time for that sleazebag Paul.

John Whaite gave up TV and won’t be back, he said as much a few years ago. Very much focussed on his mail order brownie business.

Is she still working in the UK

I hope it’s not Nadiya. She was so out of order when her BBC shows ended, blaming racism. She had zero grace to acknowledge how many great opportunities she’d already been given.
C4 will probably pick a suitably woke candidate.

Some of the press are saying that it's Nigella. DH will be delighted ☺️

What about the lady that does Junior Bake-off? Rav someone.

Nancy would be fantastic. Great credibility as a previous winner and with her post win career.
Also a woman of a certain age, to represent the vast majority of home bakers.
Not a hope C4 will pick her.

Would support all of your suggestions. This last series was unrecognisable from the original brief.

Delia

Front page of the Sun says it is Nigella!

My mum made chocolate Guinness cake every Christmas. Everyone loved it.

Rustie Lee.

Daily Fail also saying Nigella is the next judge.

Excellent - I'd probably return to watching if it is Nigella. Wasn't a fan of Prue.

I'd be amazed if Nigella Lawson has actually signed up for it.

Wry smile at the post above about John Whaite saying he's done with tv; more like he's cooked his goose with hard-core porn on his OnlyFans and twitter account.

I love Rustie Lee. Disappointed if it is Nigella, she makes me cringe.

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I’d vote for Nigella or Rachel Khoo

If she or Gregg Wallace gets the job I'll have to stop watching.

What is Ainsley up to these days 🤔

I'd go with Ravneet Gill. She's been a Judge for the junior bake off and is a great pasty chef.

I do understand though for these types of roles they are legally obligated to offer the role to Holly Willoughby first.

I don't know i haven't really heard anything about him since he brought his book out.

Google is telling me he was run over by a car a few weeks ago 😮

She was playfully being slightly dismissive of him, puncturing his sense of self importance, which would be a very welcome change from the fawning sycophancy and the contestants who practically fall to their knees in stunned gratitude at a 'Hollywood handshake'.
I'd like back to basics too and for the challenges to produce food that the people watching will really want to cook, although I got criticised for saying that on a thread last year! I used to really like the food history inserts, and I'd be happy if the casting was a bit more focused on baking and less on marketing. I have a friend who tried out and only got so far in auditions because she wasn't sufficiently media savvy and wasn't interested in promoting herself or social media. Surely they can build that profile once someone has made it - I don't think Nadiya was particularly out there on SM but she certainly didn't hold back once she won.
I'd also ban matcha and pistachio next year as they were ubiquitous last year - sometimes you just want a beautifully produced coffee cake rather than a matcha latte four tiered monstrosity that would never get finished.

Maybe it’s time to get rid of Paul Hollywood as well?