It was early last week that it was announced that the BBC had lost the rights to The Great British Bake Off to Channel 4.
Since then, the question of which of the presenters are staying and going has been answered – Paul Hollywood will join the Great British Bake Off on Channel 4 while Mary Berry, Sue Perkins and Mel Geidroyc are sticking with BBC.
Many fans of the show criticised Paul’s move in what is believed to be an incredibly lucrative deal.
Past Great British Bake Off runner-up Ruby Tandoh made her feelings about the host’s move to Channel 4 very clear in a Twitter rant:
ahhhhhh a peacocking manchild lingering wherever the money is, i am shocked
— Ruby Tandoh (@rubytandoh) September 22, 2016
this, from a man who turned up to work revving a rental lamborghini. or was it a ferrari. i don't remember, the air was thick w testosterone
— Ruby Tandoh (@rubytandoh) September 22, 2016
call me ishmael. my child, it was a dark time: shirts tucked into bootcut jeans and the season's first dusting of spray tan on the ground...
— Ruby Tandoh (@rubytandoh) September 22, 2016
we locked in battle with a mythic beast, both bright white and mahogany, man and baby, ego and terrible, terrible fragility all at once.
— Ruby Tandoh (@rubytandoh) September 22, 2016
i will be told off for this. i did it all for you my friends
— Ruby Tandoh (@rubytandoh) September 22, 2016
According to The Mirror, BBC chiefs hope to reunite Mary, Sue and Mel for a cookery show after they were priced out of keeping Bake Off.
Sources at the network said formats will be worked on in the coming months and a new chef will be drafted in to replace Paul. The Mirror speculates that former Saturday Kitchen host James Martin could be a candidate, and said that they were informed by an insider that: ‘We’ve got three of the fab four staying with us. We’re thrilled.
‘The chances of us reuniting Mary, Mel and Sue are very high.’