Who will replace Matt Lucas as The Great British Bake Off co-host?
by Amelia Hill from on (#66NWP)
Show's makers to sift through cream of UK comics from Tom Allen to Ellie Taylor to find new co-host
Who will seize the whimsical baguette, so cheerfully passed on by Matt Lucas this week as he announced he would be stepping down as the co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off ?
What other comedic genius would have the acumen to take on spring rolls and pistachio ice-cream? The compassion to wipe away Iain Watters' tears over his sloppy, Baked Alaska bingate" disaster in season five or the beginner-level intuition required to stay away from maracas and sombreros during Bake Off's much-criticised Mexican week"?
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