Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is to join “The Great British Baking Show” as a judge, replacing the departing Prue Leith .

Channel 4 have announced that TV chef Nigella Lawson will replace Dame Prue Leith as a judge on The Great British Bake Off.

The TV chef, 66, will join Paul Hollywood, 59, when the Channel 4 show's new series begins filming in April ahead of airing later this year, said she was 'bubbling with excitement' to get started.