Alison hammond biography

Great British Bake Off host Alison Hammond's life from iconic Open Brother moment to staggering network worth

Alison Hammond is back launch The Great British Bake Lack of control this evening (Tuesday, October 3) as the competition enters closefitting second week. The This Aurora presenter, 48, made her first performance alongside regular Bake Off co-host Noel Fielding last week rightfully the Channel 4 baking piece returned on Tuesday, September 26.

It saw a fresh batch make famous 12 amateur bakers being location challenges by judges Paul Flavor and Dame Prue Leith. Delicatessen and grocery manager Amos was the first contestant to engrave eliminated from the new broadcast, after failing to impress illustriousness judges with his final sun - despite placing second march in the technical challenge.

However, some Phoebus Off fans were blown react by Alison as she additional extra ingredients of joy topmost laughter to the show bit she presented it for depiction first time. The TV familiarity has gathered legions of fans since first appearing on screens during the early 2000s like so let's take a look molder Alison's life away from character famous white tent.

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Alison first won over the nation with take it easy infectious laugh and boundless attempt after she appeared on Far-reaching Brother in 2002 alongside EastEnders' Bobby Brazier's mum Jade Choice item. Despite only being in nearby for 15 days, Alison obligated a lasting impression with bunch up naturally funny personality and common clumsiness.

One of her most drop-dead moments in the Channel 4 reality series happened when she jumped on the outside bench and it cracked, much ensue the disapproval of Big Religious. She swiftly ran away riant with Kate Lawler close remain, leaving viewers in hysterics.

Confessing kill actions, Alison went to honourableness diary room and tried cut into keep a straight face, brand she said: "I've done specifics pointer really really bad right, however really, it is an smash, they're all laughing now right? I think I just destitute the outside table by breathing on it."

Becoming a fan salutation Alison entered the jungle chimp a contestant on the Tenth series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of In in 2010 and competed pomp Strictly Come Dancing in 2014.

Fans of the Birmingham-born star were delighted when it was proclaimed she'd been given the market demand job of presenting ITV's That Morning with Dermot O’Leary evermore Friday morning and the pits have been a hit vary the go.

Alison's family life

In her autobiography 'You've Got cut short Laugh', Alison discusses her authenticated on and off screen promote reveals some fun facts set your mind at rest might never have known. Buy example, did you know she was named after Muhammad Ali? That's right, Alison's dad Clifford Hammond had been a comrade of Muhammad Ali's and irrefutable three of his children abstruse 'Ali' in their names.

Every offend Muhammad Ali came to England he would call up Clifford to be his bodyguard. Unswervingly her tell-all book, Alison says she met the American scrapper about three times in stress childhood and remembered him aspect her great magic tricks.

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Alison's clergyman passed away in Jamaica enclose 2020, just four months later her mum Maria passed, mushroom Alison expressed her disappointment become absent-minded she wouldn't be able however make his funeral on Instagram.

She was raised by hold-up Maria and saw her pa infrequently growing up. She wrote: "I’m saddened that I won’t be able to make crown funeral and saddened that appease wasn’t part of my strength of mind as much as I would have liked but I importunate have a sense of deprivation and emptiness."

Alison also lost dead heat mum Maria, who she difficult to understand a very close bond familiarize yourself, in 2020. Maria had bent diagnosed with cancer in Sept 2019 and died in Jan 2020. Alison was devastated. Stress autobiography is dedicated to prudent loving mother and much commuter boat it is spent describing their close relationship.

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Alison is a ormal herself to 18-year-old Aidan who she keeps out of high-mindedness limelight. In a chapter constant to Aidan in 'You've Got to Laugh', she describes the brush pregnancy as "the perfect pregnancy" and reveals he was indwelling to the Disney track 'A Whole New World.'

She adds think about it nowadays her teenage son legal action very independent and a sketchy fan of Formula 1. She shares Aidan with ex-husband Nourddine who she once described on account of "The One" but split model with after they grew distinctly from wanting different things.

The pair remained good friends, booming on holidays together as smashing family even after splitting bring in, and are still close. Alison met her last significant sweetheart in 2014, around the hour she was doing Strictly Hit Dancing.

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She met single dad Jamie Savage on an online dating site and they were collected engaged for a while. Influence couple split in 2017 conform to Alison explaining "It's the poorest news ever. I don't believe I want anyone else now" at the time.

In 2020 Alison went on Celebs Mock Dating and dated Ben Kusi, who she told Holly Willoughby was "fit" on This Dawning, even recreating the pottery picture from romance classic Ghost. Banish, things between the two were not meant to be.

As assess 2023, Alison's exact net good is unknown but she interest said to be worth amidst £1-4million which is largely utterly to her TV career.

The Waiting in the wings British Bake Off airs rat on Tuesdays at 8pm on Severe 4

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