The Great British Bake Off fan favourite signs up as a judge for Worthing micropub The Brooksteed’s Christmas baking competition

For seven weeks, Lottie Bedlow from Littlehampton put the south coast on the televisual map with her tasty treats on The Great British Bake Off last year.

Lottie believes that baking is in her blood and cites her Lancastrian great-grandmother, who was a fervent cake baker, as the ancestor who gave her the culinary gene.