Tommy Tiernan better get his apple tart and scone recipes up to scratch as he is set to fly the flag for the Irish on the Stand Up To Cancer Great Celebrity Bake Off special very soon.

Twenty famous faces are set to try their hand at securing a position as the top baker this season, though they are split up into seperate episoses.

Tommy's episode will air on the Sunday, 6 April. The comedian will be joined by fellow funny-man Adam Buxton, actress and writer Meera Syal, and singer Self Esteem, who will all be vying for top spot.

The series is set to kick off on Sunday 16 March, with podcaster couple Chris and Rosie Ramsey competing against sibling property experts Scarlette and Stuart Douglas.

The following week will see Chicken Shop Date's Amelia Dimoldenberg, Say Nothing actress Maxine Peake, property expert Sarah Beeny, and Roman Kemp compete to bake the best creation.

Kate Garraway will go up against comedian Phil Wang, and actors Sophie Willan, and Gbemisola Ikumelo in the third week, while Gloria Hunniford, activist Ellie Goldstein, actor Jim Howick, and comedian Jamali Maddix will close out the show on 13 April.

Fan favourite presenter Prue Leith will be noticeably absent from the Channel 4 special as she has been replaced by her close pal Caroline Waldegrave.

Caroline was the Managing Director and co-owner of Prue's School of Food and Wine. The 72-year-old applied for the job before she became a close friend of 84-year-old Prue.

Prue confirmed her departure from the specials on This Morning in March, citing back-to-back filming demands as the reason she won't be partaking in the special episodes. Alison Hammond, Noel Fielding, and Paul Hollywood will remain firm fixtures on the show.

Tommy seems raring to go on Bake Off and shared his official portrait in the Stand Up To Cancer apron on Instagram.

'Ready to cause cake-y chaos, The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off 2025 line-up has just been announced and you might spot a very familiar face,' he wrote.

She explained that she would not be parting ways with the show for good, saying: 'It's absolutely not true at all! [that she's quit the show]. What I'm not doing this year is the celebrity one.'

'These things are filmed back-to-back all the way through summer from April to August so you don't get any time off. I'm getting quite old and there are places I want to see. So I'm not doing this year's.'