"We have our own lives, otherwise we’d morph into each other. I don’t want his personality, and he doesn’t want mine"

...as anyone who saw her demise in Spooks via a deep-fat fryer will appreciate

The silver-haired baker is heading across the pond to judge on The American Baking Competition

Things haven't been going too well for the grande dame of TV cookery - but it's the Great British Bake Off judge who really did for Delia, says Claire Webb

A local specialty from DJ and oatcake obsessive Terry Bossons

"We are not going to make anyone cry. And you do not have to be a chef," says judge Tom Parker Bowles. "You just have to do one thing, perfectly"

The sister of the Duchess of Cambridge is to share culinary tips with the posh supermarket's customers in a monthly magazine column

"This is neither straight cookery programme, nor a competition like MasterChef. Every week has a theme and we cook according to that"

"My job is to encourage people to cook at home. That is my passion... I can’t see any reason to slow down"

From Ed Bryne and Bob Mortimer to Warwick Davis and Claudia Winkleman, here are the 16 celebrities putting their culinary skills to the test on BBC2's bakery battlefield