• The New ‘Great British Bake Off' Host Might Just Save the Show

    3 days ago - By Eater

    Alison Hammond is ready for the tent. | Lia Toby/Getty Images
    Alison Hammond will join Noel Fielding on the next season of the once-beloved baking competition show. It's been a rough couple of years for the Great British Bake Off. Thanks to obnoxiously complicated baking challenges, much-loathed former co-host Matt Lucas , and our general fatigue with the format , it's safe to say that the show has lost a bit of its shine. But as of today, things are officially looking up.
    On Friday, Channel 4 announced that Alison Hammond, a U.K. TV presenter and actress who got her start on the reality...
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