Life in the “Great British Bake Off” tent just isn’t for everyone. This is especially true for the amateur baking competition show’s former co-host Sandi Toksvig, who served as co-host alongside longtime “Bake Off” fixture Noel Fielding between 2017 and 2020.

Sandi Toksvig, the former presenter of 'The Great British Bake Off,' says hosting the show was the longest years of her life.

Toksvig, 66, quit the show back in 2019, saying she planned to ‘spend more time’ with her other work projects. “Spending time with Prue [Leith], Paul [Hollywood] and Noel has been one of the great pleasures of my life,” she said in a statement.

The Great British Bake Off witnessed its most dramatic episode ever on 1 October, when one contestant quit and two others collapsed. The much-loved and award-winning show returned for its 15th season on Tuesday but what is usually a wholesome slice of entertainment soon went awry as contestants crumbled under the pressure of ‘biscuit week’.

The flour may have settled on Sandi Toksvig‘s Great British Bake Off tenure, but the former co-host is dishing on her departure. In a recent interview with The Times, Toksvig described her run on the hit baking reality show as “three of the longest years of [her] life,