Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding have spoken about Nigella Lawson and Paul Hollywood's relationship on The Great British Bake Off, sharing that it could sometimes be "sparky".
The baking show hosts were speaking with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett on The Dish from Waitrose podcast.
The latest series of the Channel 4 baking show began last night (Tuesday, September 22).
Nigella Lawson came in to replace Prue Leith as a judge on Bake Off after an eight-year stint on the show.
Discussing what it was like to work with her, Hammond shared: "Unbelievable.
"Yeah, she is so beautiful.
"When she walked in, I was like that, everyone just stops in their tracks- and looks, and you're like. How is she that beautiful?
"She's so lovely as well.
"Really nice.”
Meanwhile, Fielding said: "We have these little sort of shepherd's huts that we all sort of have, and they face each other, and you can just see Nigella in her shepherd's hut currently reading.
"She's got a stack of books- and she sort of lies like- Cleopatra would lie.
"On a chaise longue.
"And sometimes as you're walking by, she summons you in, and you sort of kneel down at her feet- because she lies across the whole thing- so there's nowhere to sit.
"Like a child in assembly.
"She's amazing.”
Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding discuss Paul Hollywood and Nigella Lawson relationship
Hammond and Fielding also shared some details on what the relationship between established judge Paul Hollywood and Lawson was like.
Fielding said: "Sometimes they don't agree- and it's quite exciting television.
"But you know what, they sort of, she, they have slightly different tastes, don't they?
"She likes very salty kind of- savoury things.
"And he likes more sweet.
"He's got more of a sweet tooth.
"So, they always end up resolving it and coming together.
"But yeah, it's nice when they do.
"It's quite sparky when they don't agree."
Dish from Waitrose is available on all podcast providers.
Where is The Great British Bake Off filmed?
The famous white tent is placed in Welford Park in Berkshire next to the Grade I listed Welford Park House.
Filming for the show usually starts in April and takes 10 weeks.
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The show has been filmed at Welford Park since series 5 in 2014, with it being relocated for two years during the pandemic.
During Covid, the show was filmed at Down Hall Hotel in Bishop’s Stortford, with all of the contestants having to form a “self-contained biosphere”, with their families being able to join them.
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