Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Nigella Lawson will replace Dame Prue Leith on Great British Bake Off, it’s been announced. On Monday (26 January), Channel 4 revealed that the celebrity chef will succeed Leith on the popular baking competition for its next series, with Lawson saying she is “uncharacteristically rather lost for words” by her appointment. Lawson said “it’s daunting to be following in the footsteps” of both Leith and Mary Berry, who was involved with the show during its time on the BBC. However, she added: “I’m also bubbling with excitement”. “The Great British Bake Off is more than a television programme, it’s a national treasure – and it’s a huge honour to be entrusted with it,” she said in a statement. “I’m just thrilled to be joining the team and all the new bakers to come, I wish the marvellous Prue all the best, …