Britain is facing another major exit.
Hot on the heels ofPrince HarryandMeghan Markle‘s announcement that they’ll be stepping back assenior members of the royal family, broadcaster Sandi Toksvig has announced that she’ll be leaving her hosting gig on the popular reality cooking showThe Great British Baking Show.
The comedian, 61, revealed news of her departure on Thursdayin a statement on Twitter.
In Toksvig’s statement, she said she would be moving on from the program to focus on other work projects.
“When stepping down from a job it is quite common for people to say they are doing so in order to spend more time with their family. Unusually I am departing from theGreat British BakeOff so I can spend more time with my other work,” Toksvig said — joking, “As my waistline will testify,Bake Offis an all consuming show.”
“Spending time with Prue, Paul, and Noel has been one of the great pleasures of my life,” Toksvig continued. “These are friendships which I know will continue beyond the confines of television.”
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The Great British Bake Off Judges Paul, Sandi, Noel and Prue.Mark Bourdillon/Love Productions
Perkins, Giedroyc and Berry all left the show in 2016, during a network shift in the U.K.
“Bake Offis a wonderful program which has already proved it can happily withstand a change of hosting personnel,” Toksvig wrote in her statement. “The reason for that, of course, is that the true stars of the show are the bakers themselves. I wish everyone well.”
The Great British Baking Showhas become a crossover success, with American audiences falling in love with the series due to repeat airings on PBS and Netflix.
source: people.com
