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Nigella Lawson is 'icing on the cake', TV critics say as she enters Bake Off tent
Nigella has taken over from Prue Leith as a judge on Bake Off, alongside Paul Hollywood
TV critics have described Nigella Lawson as the "icing on the cake" of The Great British Bake Off, after the show returned for a new series on Tuesday.
Lawson has replaced Dame Prue Leith, who announced she was leaving earlier this year after nearly a decade in the programme's famous tent.
The Telegraph said Lawson gives the Channel 4 series a "new lease of life", while Digital Spy agreed she was a "brilliant addition" to the line-up.
But the Independent was cooler on the launch episode as a whole, saying the show "wastes Nigella's prodigious charms and misses chance for a true revamp".
The return of Bake Off saw Lawson join fellow judge Paul Hollywood, who has appeared on the programme since its launch in 2010, and presenters Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding.
Former Bake Off winner Giuseppe Dell'Anno told BBC Radio 4's Today that Lawson "did produce a step change" to the show and was a "nice fit with the ethos of the programme".
"She was doing her best by capturing the vibes of a cake, the feelings, what it makes you think of, which was very nicely balanced by Paul being very technical and scrutinising," he said.
"I think, however, that she will get better over time, because my gut feeling yesterday was that she was still in new territory."
Some critics noted Lawson did not deliver as much innuendo as expected during her first episode