When does Celebrity Bake Off start as 2021 contestants including Jade Thirlwall announced?

Channel 4's Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer is back for 2021.

The Signature, the Technical and the Showstopper will return to televisions once more, much to the delight of the nation, but this time it will be twenty celebrities who go head-to-head in the famous tent.

Celebrity Bake Off has confirmed this year's contestants. Including Little Mix singer Jade Thirlwall, Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley, Atonement star James McAvoy, Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes, YouTube favourite KSI and more. You can read more about the 2021 line-up here.

Also returning to the tent will be judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood, while new host Matt Lucas will present.

Celebrity Bake Off start date as 2021 contestants announced (C4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon)

When does Celebrity Bake Off 2021 start?

While an exact date is yet to be confirmed, Channel 4 has announced the show will be back in spring.

When it does launch Celebrity Bake Off will air across five episodes with the celebrities doing their bit in aid of Stand Up To Cancer, a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4.

Paul Hollywood, Matt Lucas and Prue Leith on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (C4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon)

Full list of Celebrity Bake Off 2021 contestants

James McAvoy

Daisy Ridley

Stacey Dooley

Dame Kelly Holmes

John Bishop

Tom Allen

David Baddiel

Jade Thirlwall

KSI

Ade Adepitan

Philippa Perry

Nick Grimshaw

Rob Beckett

Alexandra Burke

Anneka Rice

Reece Shearsmith

Dizzee Rascal

Anne-Marie

Nadine Coyle

Katherine Ryan

You can read more about this year's celebrity line-up here.