Nigella Lawson has been pictured alongside all her Great British Bake Off co-stars for the first time after rumours that she and Paul Hollywood weren\u2019t \u2018getting on too well\u2019.<\/p>\n
The 66-year-old TV chef is replacing Dame Prue Leith as a judge on the Channel 4 baking show after the 86-year-old announced in January she was stepping down.<\/p>\n
In a picture taken on her first day of filming in the Bake Off tent, Nigella is wearing a black zipped dress and standing between presenters Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, with her fellow judge Paul smiling from the end.<\/p>\n
Filming is complete on the series, which will air from next month.<\/p>\n
Channel 4 said fans can expect to see Nigella bringing her \u2018trademark warmth, wit and passion for flavour to the tent\u2019.<\/p>\n
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Paul, 60, who has been on the show since it started in 2010, returned alongside co-hosts Alison, 51, and Noel, 53.<\/p>\n
Previously Alison said that the chemistry between the two judges was \u2018unbelievable\u2019, telling host Lorraine Kelly in May, while referring to a blown-up photo of Nigella and Paul onscreen: \u2018Look, you can feel it, can\u2019t you? Don\u2019t they look good-looking? Look at them!\u2019<\/p>\n
Elaborating on her point, Alison exclaimed: \u2018Honestly, they\u2019re so good together. Because I\u2019ll be honest with you, they don\u2019t always agree, and it\u2019s so good!\u2019<\/p>\n
In July there were rumours that the judges were \u2018not getting on\u2019 as Nigella reportedly felt it was \u2018rather cringe\u2019 that Paul made an entrance by commuting to the set each day in his \u00a3500,000 helicopter, flying it himself 120 miles from his home in Kent.<\/p>\n
A source told the Daily Mail: \u2018He loves that helicopter \u2013 it\u2019s very much a status symbol for him, but frankly it also makes him come across as a right berk.\u2019<\/p>\n
The insider continued: \u2018Put it this way: imagine if you\u2019re super-rich Nigella and you see your co-star turning up in a helicopter, presumably to avoid the traffic and have a little bit of a show-off, you\u2019re going to think it\u2019s all a bit ghastly.\u2019<\/p>\n
It was also alleged, by the same insider, that Paul and Nigella \u2018aren\u2019t really getting on too well\u2019 \u2013 but nothing has been said by either to suggest any kind of friction.<\/p>\n
Speaking on ITV\u2019s This Morning in January about joining Bake Off, Nigella said: \u2018I am excited, but I take it very seriously.<\/p>\n