Alison Hammond

Hammond's arrival on The Great British Bake Off in 2023 brought a big, infectious laugh to a competition where a collapsed cake can feel like a calamity. Having previously entered the celebrity version, she also had a useful glimpse of the pressure from the other side of the bench. Her contribution is companionable energy around the bakers, rather than technical judgement. Choose the exchanges during a difficult bake to see how her humour can loosen the atmosphere without making expertise seem unimportant.