Bake Off’s Nigella Lawson and Paul Hollywood ‘not getting on’

Seasoned judge Mr Hollywood and newbie Ms Lawson have been filming for the new series of The Great British Bake Off and – according to a source for the Mail Online – “they aren’t really getting on too well”.

The latest season is expected to be shown on Channel 4 in September, although the dates for episodes have not yet been revealed.

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There is some anticipation for it as Ms Lawson replaces Prue Leith, who stepped down as a judge at the end of the last series.

The 66-year-old has strong Oxford connections as she was once a student at the Oxford University college Lady Margaret Hall.

Paul Hollywood. (Image: PA)

Ms Lawson read Modern Languages, edited the student magazine Isis, later saving it from financial trouble, and graduated in 1979.

Mr Hollywood has been a judge since the series first aired on the BBC in 2010, sharing the role with Mary Berry and then Ms Leith.

Having struck up a rapport with both, he is getting on less well with Ms Lawson according to Mail Online, partially because he uses a helicopter to commute from his Kent home to the fabled Bake Off tent.

The Bake Off tent (Image: The Great British Bake Off)

The paper’s sources say she finds it “all rather cringe” and that there has been “some sniggering behind the scenes”, although this is not confirmed as being from Ms Lawson.

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On the other hand, 60-year-old Mr Hollywood is apparently “put out” by her arrival as she takes some of his limelight.

The source for the Mail said: “He loves himself and revels in being the top dog.”

This will be the 17th series of The Great British Bake Off and it will be presented by Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond.