New Great British Bake Off line-up is here and people really don't like it
If there's anything Brits love more than cake, it's TV shows about making cake.
The success of the Great British Bake Off and subsequent furore over it moving from the BBC to Channel 4 is proof of that. It's a national treasure.
So it's no surprise that the first official image of the new line-up of presenters unveiled by Channel 4 has provoked quite the reaction.
It features seasoned GBBO alumni Paul Hollywood, presenter Sandi Toksvig, funnyman Noel Fielding and restauranteur Prue Leith.
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Fans of the show didn't hold back in saying what they really thought:
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There has also been some questionable (or quality?!) Photoshopping:
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Yes, we get it. The old presenters Mel and Sue and former judge Mary Berry are sorely missed. But some people seem pretty excited about comedian Noel Fielding being on the show:
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Arguably the best question of all was Harry Potter related:
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Perhaps Neil would like to borrow the words of Snape himself: “You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of (cake) potion-making."
Accio wooden spoon and weighing scales!
Anne-Marie Tomchak is the UK Editor of Mashable, where she heads up the company's operations from London. She has spent over a decade reporting and presenting for national and international broadcasters including the BBC, RTE, Deutsche Welle, American Public Media and NPR. In 2013, Anne-Marie launched the social media investigative unit BBC Trending. During her time at the corporation, she also developed the mobile video offering on the BBC News app and fronted live social broadcasts. Anne-Marie is a leading digital media voice contextualizing the role of technology in the modern world. She has made a number of feature length TV documentaries for Ireland's national broadcaster RTE in her capacity as UK Editor for Mashable, including ‘Cloud Control: Who Owns Your Data?’ (Nov 2016) about big data and digital fingerprints and “Will A Robot Steal My Job” (Nov 2017) about the impact of AI and automation on the workforce. The Irish Times listed her as '30 Irish Women You Need to Know' for International Women's Day and she is one of Silicon Republic's '30 Incredible Irish people leading a European invasion'.
