Is Pure Leith joining ‘The Great British Bake Off’ cast?

Prue Leith is on a shortlist to take over judge Mary Berry’s role on ‘The Great British Bake Off’ when the show moves from BBC1 to Channel 4, reports Radio Times.com today (Tuesday February 14).

Prue is a restaurant owner, author and TV judge on BBC2’s ’The Great British Menu’. Other stars rumored to be on the shortlist include TV chefs Michel Roux Jr and Rachel Allen, and chef Frances Atkins, who heads up the Michelin-starred Yorker Arms restaurant in Yorkshire.

A spokesperson for the show told RadioTimes.com: “We will be announcing the line up of ‘The Great British Bake Off’ in due course”.