Kate Garraway and Sarah Beeny are brilliant broadcasters at the top of their game... but ask them to bake a Battenberg or a brioche and they don't know where to begin.
Which is why entering The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer will be a bit of a challenge. "I've never really baked," laughed Sarah, 53. "I think I'm a bit too impatient.'
Kate, 57, told a similar story. "I've never really done it. I love cooking and always seem to know how to combine ingredients to make something delicious but that's different because you can taste it as you go. Baking is a different ball game entirely.
"You take egg and flour and butter, that taste and look like one thing on their own, then put them together and they create something completely different. Baking is alchemy. So, I don't think I've come out proving myself a Merlin but I'm hoping not to be the Wicked Witch of the West."
The pair are joining comics Adam Buxton, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Jamali Maddix and Phil Wang, model Ellie Goldstein, TV veteran Gloria Hunniford and actors Jim Howick, Tommy Tiernan, Meera Syal, Sophie Willan and Maxine Peake.
Also in the famous white tent will be presenters Roman Kemp and Amelia Dimoldenberg, married podcasters Chris and Rosie Ramsey, singer Self Esteem and property expert siblings Scarlette and Stuart Douglas.
The celebs are all taking part in support of Stand Up To Cancer, a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4. Hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding will be providing encouragement as the stars take on a signature bake, a technical bake and a showstopper.
Original judge Paul Hollywood is back while Prue Leith's long-standing friend and former colleague Caroline Waldegrave is standing in for Prue. And it doesn't look like they are going to be very impressed with Sarah and Kate as not only does Sarah not bake, she doesn't even like cake.
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"I don't actually like cake much," she whispered. "Can I say that? They're really low on my priority list. I guess you're a pudding or a cheese person and I'm a cheese person. Starter or pudding? Starter. Give me smoked salmon rather than dessert. That's got bang for bucks."
Kate enjoys cakes but admitted the savoury bakes are equally as tempting.
"You can't go wrong with a Victoria Sponge with a fresh cream middle, I love cake," said Kate. "But I also love savoury bakes - sausage rolls and so on. It's all delicious."
The pair also don't mind admitting they have had their fair share of nightmares in the kitchen. For Sarah, it's a cottage pie ...
Which is why entering The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer will be a bit of a challenge. "I've never really baked," laughed Sarah, 53. "I think I'm a bit too impatient.'
Kate, 57, told a similar story. "I've never really done it. I love cooking and always seem to know how to combine ingredients to make something delicious but that's different because you can taste it as you go. Baking is a different ball game entirely.
"You take egg and flour and butter, that taste and look like one thing on their own, then put them together and they create something completely different. Baking is alchemy. So, I don't think I've come out proving myself a Merlin but I'm hoping not to be the Wicked Witch of the West."
The pair are joining comics Adam Buxton, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Jamali Maddix and Phil Wang, model Ellie Goldstein, TV veteran Gloria Hunniford and actors Jim Howick, Tommy Tiernan, Meera Syal, Sophie Willan and Maxine Peake.
Also in the famous white tent will be presenters Roman Kemp and Amelia Dimoldenberg, married podcasters Chris and Rosie Ramsey, singer Self Esteem and property expert siblings Scarlette and Stuart Douglas.
The celebs are all taking part in support of Stand Up To Cancer, a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4. Hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding will be providing encouragement as the stars take on a signature bake, a technical bake and a showstopper.
Original judge Paul Hollywood is back while Prue Leith's long-standing friend and former colleague Caroline Waldegrave is standing in for Prue. And it doesn't look like they are going to be very impressed with Sarah and Kate as not only does Sarah not bake, she doesn't even like cake.
image [https://cdn.magzter.com/1583517504/1742004687/articles/CoTr2DzmaSlvswHqg9sys/6K6pQEQpF1742018133101.jpg]
"I don't actually like cake much," she whispered. "Can I say that? They're really low on my priority list. I guess you're a pudding or a cheese person and I'm a cheese person. Starter or pudding? Starter. Give me smoked salmon rather than dessert. That's got bang for bucks."
Kate enjoys cakes but admitted the savoury bakes are equally as tempting.
"You can't go wrong with a Victoria Sponge with a fresh cream middle, I love cake," said Kate. "But I also love savoury bakes - sausage rolls and so on. It's all delicious."
The pair also don't mind admitting they have had their fair share of nightmares in the kitchen. For Sarah, it's a cottage pie ...
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