Alison Hammond

Known for her quick wit and big heart, Alison first entered the Tent in 2020 as a celebrity baker on The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off. She now returns, in what she says is her dream role, as co-host of The Great British Bake Off.

‍Alison has been a firm family favourite on ITV’s daytime show This Morning since she joined in 2003, and in 2021 she became one of the main hosts, presenting Fridays, alongside Dermot O'Leary.

‍Other career highlights include appearing on the judging panel for two series of BBC Ones hit primetime entertainment show I Can See Your Voice, which earned her a BAFTA nomination in 2022 for ‘Best Entertainment Performance’; hosting the prestigious EE BAFTA Film Awards alongside Richard E Grant; being nominated in the ‘Best TV Presenter’ category at the 2023 National Television Awards; being a contestant on the BBC’s hit show Strictly Come Dancing; appearing on ITV’s flagship show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here; and hosting BBC One’s tea-time Saturday night game show with comedian Joe Lycett — The Time It Takes.

In October 2021, Alison released her autobiography; 'You've Got To Laugh' and in 2022 she released children’s history book ‘Black In Time’. And not forgetting where it all started — on the original ‘Big Brother’ on Channel 4 in 2002.