Bake Off has featured challah, charoset and rainbow bagels. Now the Great Celebrity Bake Off will feature a new trio of Jewish stars: Tracy-Ann Oberman, Matt Lucas and Ruby Wax. 

They are among a fresh crop of bakers to don their aprons as the series returns to Channel 4 in the spring in aid of Stand Up To Cancer. 

Mr Lucas, 47, who joined Noel Fielding as co-host in 2020, will be swapping sides, this time stepping into the tent as a participant vying for the coveted title of star baker. 

He said, “I was forced to bake by my bosses at the last minute when one of the bakers became unavailable. I can’t tell you how happy I was that my humiliation was caught on camera." 

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Tracy Ann Oberman on The Great Celebrity Bake Off (Credit: Channel 4)

The long-running baking competition has over recent years featured various Jewish recipes.

Last year’s installment saw three-time star baker Jurgen Krauss - whose wife Sofia is a member of Brighton Reform - impress judges with his challah, charoset and matzah pavlova.

 The challah-loving baker told the JC last year, "When my mother-in-law was ill a few years ago and lost her appetite, she would still enjoy challah so I started baking challah for her — and still make it on Fridays.”

He added: “Making bread is magic. The dough comes alive, takes different shapes and sizes and I feel that a special relationship is formed with the bread during its creation.”

 And in 2020, bakers tackled chocolate babka and a controversial multi-coloured bagel challenge. 

Other celebrity bakers joining this year will include Love Island presenter Laura Whitmore, Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah and Strictly Come Dancing judge Motsi Mabuse.