Alison, who has been with This Morning for 21 years, went on to sing the praises of her fellow Bake Off presenters Paul Hollywood and Noel Fielding and, in particular, Prue Leith.<\/p>\n
“Prue’s a gentle guiding force, generous, kind and knowledgeable. It’s kind of like having my mum there,” she gushed.<\/p>\n
However, she also recently revealed it wasn’t all sprinkles and sugar on the show. The mum-of-one was in fact put through her paces to bag her role.<\/p>\n
Show bosses wanted to get a sense of her ability to small talk to gauge how she would handle spontaneous chats with the contestants on the show, so they came up with a novel way to test this.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n \u201cFor the second audition, I went to a garden centre to see if I could speak to random people,\u201d the This Morning host recalled.<\/p>\n \u201cThe dreamiest people came my way. I met a couple who were both 93 and I asked them the secret of a successful marriage, and they gave me advice,\u201d she recollected to Radio Times.<\/p>\n Alison has previously appeared on Bake Off on the other side of the table as a contestant on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer, back in 2020.<\/p>\n But hosting wasn\u2019t even something she considered until fans on social media started calling for it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first time I even thought about the job was when Matt Lucas left and Twitter went berserk about me taking his role,\u201d she confessed.<\/p>\n
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