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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Tim Lewis

Ellie Taylor: ‘Some comics buy vodka if they’ve had a bad gig. I buy cereal and pints of milk’

Ellie Taylor, comedian, actor and host of Bake Off: The Professionals. Hair and makeup: Aga Dobosz at Carol Hayes Management using ILIA and Authentic Beauty Concept.
Ellie Taylor, comedian, actor and host of Bake Off: The Professionals. Hair and makeup: Aga Dobosz at Carol Hayes Management using ILIA and Authentic Beauty Concept. Photograph: Alex Lake/The Observer

I have a massive sweet tooth. I don’t think I’ve ever met a cake or a biscuit I didn’t like. So I was really chuffed to get this gig [presenting Bake Off: The Professionals]. I imagine somewhere there’s a montage of all the times that I was caught snaffling things I shouldn’t. And you know what? I don’t care. I regret nothing.

I love cereal so much. I have to be careful what I have in the house because otherwise a box of Frosted Shreddies is not going to last longer than a night. It’s always been a celebratory thing, or commiseratory as well. Some comics if they’ve had a bad gig, they’ll buy a bottle of vodka on the way home. I would buy a packet of Fruit ’n Fibre and two pints of milk.

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