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TV legend supports Alison Hammond after she was told to lose Brummie accent

EXCLUSIVE: Bake Off star Prue Leith has given the show’s host Alison Hammond her seal of approval - telling OK! she just loves how the proud Brummie is always true to herself

Joining the Bake Off tent as its new co-host alongside Noel Fielding last September, replacing Matt Lucas, she went down a storm with viewers. Alison Hammond is a force to be reckoned with Read MoreRelated Articles ITV 'to offer Claudia Winkleman six-figure sum' to leave BBC Alison has proved a popular addition to the Bake Off tent (Image: Channel 4 / Mark Bourdillon / Love Productions)Indeed, the pair get on so well, Prue told OK!, at the gala performance of the musical, The King and I, that she even invited Alison t her gorgeous home in the Cotswolds, to take part in her upcoming Saturday morning series, Prue Leith’s Cotswolds Kitchen, which begins on 24 February on ITV.

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