Mel and Sue
| Mel & Sue | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mel Giedroyc 15 June 1968 Epsom, Surrey Sue Perkins 22 September 1969 East Dulwich, London |
| Occupation | Television presenters, comedians |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Television |
The Great British Bake Off (2010–2016) Mel and Sue (2015) RI:SE (2003) Light Lunch (1997–98) |
Mel Giedroyc (born 15 June 1968) and Sue Perkins (born 22 September 1969), known collectively as Mel and Sue, are an English comedy double act best known for hosting the BAFTA Award-winning BBC One cookery series The Great British Bake Off. Previously they hosted their lunchtime chat shows Light Lunch and Late Lunch on Channel 4.
Mel and Sue met at a comedy gig in 1988 while both students at the University of Cambridge in England (Giedroyc at Trinity College and Perkins at New Hall) where both were members of the famous performance club Footlights. They made their debut with The Naked Lunch, after which they took their show Planet Pussycat to the Edinburgh Festival. Geidroyc recalls of their early partnership: "We got on extremely well. We did some very lame gigs performing sketches with two guys, and Sue would compere. But because she was a year younger than me we never knew each other well until after college. We both got very shit degrees, and I failed to get into every drama school, so I gave her a ring and said, 'Do you want to write stuff for Weekending?'"
The pair's television breakthrough came on the French & Saunders sketch show, where they appeared together in several episodes. Mel and Sue gained widespread popularity in March 1997 when they launched a lunchtime chat show on Channel 4, Light Lunch, where celebrity chefs cooked lunch for the duo's celebrity guests. The show's first episode featured Cliff Richard with later guests of the first series including Richard Curtis, Joely Richardson, Tom Conti, Ken Russell, Toyah Willcox, Magnus Magnusson, Jackie Collins, Honor Blackman and Patrick Macnee. Light Lunch returned for a second series in 1998 with guests including Jonathan Ross, Jools Holland, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McKellen, Twiggy, Terry Wogan, Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane, Kenny Rogers, Sacha Distel and Bill Bailey.
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