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Tessa Hersh

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Comedian who co-hosts a weekly recap of The Great British Baking Show. Appears on The Great British Baking Pod alongside Jonathan Braylock, Greg Nussen and Nicholas Scheppard, with episodes following each week of the show's season, from Cake Week to Biscuit Week.

Where to Find Them

Tessa Hersh hosts The Great British Baking Pod .

Recently: “S17ep04 - Bread Week” on The Great British Baking Pod (November 2026); “S17ep03 - Audience Choice” on The Great British Baking Pod (October 2026); “S17ep02 - Biscuit Week” on The Great British Baking Pod (October 2026); “S17ep01 - Cake Week” on The Great British Baking Pod (October 2026); “S16ep10 - The Final” on The Great British Baking Pod (November 2025); “S16ep09 - Patisserie Week” on The Great British Baking Pod (November 2025).

What They Said

The hosts were complaining that Paul Hollywood has turned harsher this season, and one had said Paul thinks people watch the show because of him. This is her verdict on the judge.

The Great British Baking Pod · 2026-11-01 Permalink → Listen →
The Great British Baking Pod Around 33:27 into the episode
Jonathan Braylock

Please.

Greg Nussen

…that work and succeed and put cash in everyone's pocket is to be a nasty little to everybody else in the room. And this is going to reach critical mass and we are going to have all of our shows implode unless we get some variety in the tone of the way people interact with each other on these shows.

Tessa Hersh

Amen. Preach, preach. Very well said, Nicholas. Absolutely. Very well said. And I just think that this is a man problem. This is a gen, I understand we've got like our producers and whatever, but like I really believe that the women involved in Great British Baking Show historically have understood this. And I see that Nagella is actively trying to challenge it in the moment. Yes.

Greg Nussen

Yes.

Tessa Hersh

And undo some nastiness. And literally, she said, we have to be positive to Paul, who like is a foundational original member of this show, like who should understand why people like this show. And yet he

Jonathan Braylock

thinks they like him because of him.

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