PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Ellie Kemper and Zach Cherry will be attending The Great American
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Baking Show. The pair has agreed to cohost the American version of the well-known British baking competition
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series, which will debut on The Roku Channel in the following year. In the UK, work is now being done on
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the six, 60-minute episodes of the series. Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Cherry (Severance),
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who serve as hosts in the British version, will take viewers inside the competition's famous tent as amateur
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bakers compete in a series of challenges in an effort to win the show's ultimate title. The judges from
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The Great British Baking Show (or The Great British Bake Off, as it is called in the U.K.), celebrity chef Paul Hollywood
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and renowned restaurateur Prue Leith, will return for the American version. Ellie and Zach are the ideal
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couple to co-host The Great American Baking Show, according to Brian Tannenbaum, head of alternative
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originals at Roku. "With a twist that we know Ellie and Zach will offer, our adaptation of the classic
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series will continue to serve up the timeless warmth and humour that fans of the Baking Show universe enjoy."
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