Alexa Chung does GBBO

Alexa Chung. For some reason I have always had a passive aggressive dislike for Alexa Chung, and I'm not quite sure where this has materialised from. Is it perhaps because I had a Belieber-esque crush on Arctic Monkeys front man, Alex Turner, when I was 16 and he chose to date her over me (outrageous, I know). Is it perhaps because she wrote a self-indulged, hedonistic book about her style, which has been iconic purely because she can afford to buy everything from Chanel. Is it perhaps even because her presence slightly annoys me. I've never been quite sure of her purpose and what it is she is actually famous for. In my opinion she has no talent, resembles the look of a stereotypical librarian, and is usually starring in the magazines for inexplicable reasons.

Anyway, love her or hate her, I was still intrigued when I spotted her name on the line up for tonight's Comic Relief Great British Bake Off. I thought, can she bake? Is this her hidden talent?! Will I finally see a vaguely interesting side to her? And the answer to all of those questions (which I probably could have told you prior to the show) is no.

My scrutiny began from the moment she walked in to the tent wearing a hideous ensemble of leopard print coat and navy jumpsuit (which she wore with the collar turned up underneath her apron throughout the episode *scoff scoff*).

Her opening quote was "I keep my shoes in the oven. I literally haven't turned the oven on for 3 years, that is a fact". Is that a fact Alexa, or is that perhaps an exaggeration?

I then got distracted and went on to have an OMFG moment at the sight of Chris Moyles! When did he lose this much weight?!

My attention soon turned back to Alexa when she made another ridiculous comment and said that her sugar was taking "a thousand years to heat up", when in fact it looked as though she hadn't even turned on the hob. Ridiculous.

From watching the show I have now also developed a new hatred for Kayvan Novak who was unnecessarily, and inappropriately boastful throughout for a charity show, even blaming his Mother for his terrible baking at one point.

The second challenge saw the bakers set the task of making crumpets. Although they were all useless (even Victoria Wood who bragged about her baking skills from the start), I was still appalled that Alexa managed to wangle the challenge and win!

When the final challenge came around, it seemed that Alexa miraculously found her feet and developed her baking skills within the day. Having been unaware of how to even use an oven to begin with, I grew suspicious as she examined her courgette cake, stating that it was "too flat" and "overdone", henceforth going on to bake another... Does this seem the behaviour of a novice? She then went on to candy courgettes!

It was a close call by the end of the programme and I was horrified at the prospect that Alexa could actually have won! Despite her demonstrations of ineptitude, the Salted Caramel Chocolate Brownies that she produced for the Signature Challenge were surprisingly successful, her crumpets for the Technical Challenge were tasty, and her final showstopper wasn't a total loss, although really, how delicious can a cake made from courgettes be? And from this I feel that I'm not only left with the same dislike for her (only now more rationalised), but I am also sceptical about her honesty coming in to the GBBO tent... Are her shoes really kept in the oven? That is the question.