Paddy McGuinness had viewers in stitches on The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off as he created an eye-catching tribute to his home town Bolton made with gingerbread. The Great British Bake Off tent was rocking with laughter as the Top Gear and Question of Sport host put his baking skills to the test on the charity spin-off of the popular Channel 4 baking show.
Supported by hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas, Paddy was one of a new batch of celebs facing judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith for three challenges. Bolton-born Paddy was joined by Loose Women star Coleen Nolan, Inbetweeners actor Joe Thomas and Ted Lasso star Ellie Taylor.
For his showstopper he made a gingerbread chimney in a nod to the mill town where he grew up with a Bolton Mess dish on the side. "Bolton is a mill town," he explained. "When I grew up in the seventies I could see chimneys everywhere."
