Amanda Holden surprises daughter’s school bake sale with Simon Cowell as a judge

Amanda Holden revealed the children at her daughter’s school bake sale ‘lost their minds’ when she bought out good pal Simon Cowell to judge the cakes. 

The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 52, was originally asked to go into the tent and pick a winner for the themed cake creations, but she brought out her co-star as a surprise. 

Amana said Simon, 63, arrived ‘armed with a fork’ to taste test the children’s baked goods and the pair decided on a winner together.

Speaking on Heart Breakfast on Tuesday with co-host Jamie Theakston, Amanda said: ‘They asked me at my daughter’s school, would I go and judge some cakes, and I was like “Hmm I’m going to have to think about it”. 

‘So yes they had a tent, it was fantastically set up, all the kids making cakes. They were all sort of given sort of different themes. My favourite cake was a cross country run. 

‘You’re kidding’: The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 52, was originally asked to go into the tent and pick a winner for the themed cake creations, but she brought out her co-star as a surprise

‘It was a bright green cake and they’d made a run track out of chocolate drops and I thought there were turtles running on the track but they weren’t. They were humans and it had like a finish line, but that was one of my favourites. 

‘There was one sort of Christmas cake that looked an abomination, there were only two people in this team and I did feel bad for them and it looked awful and I thought “Oh my god I’m going to have to put my fork in that and eat that” and it was actually a very good sponge.’

She continued: ‘I was in the middle of judging them on the appearance and sort of creativity and team effort and then I surprised everyone because my friend Simon Cowell turned up in the tent!’ 

Jamie replied: ‘You’re kidding me! A Bake Off Britain’s Got Talent mash-up!’

‘They lost their minds, these kids! And he came in, armed with a fork and then we sort of decided the winner between us based on taste,’ she added.

Amanda shares two daughters Lexi, 17, and Hollie, 11, with talent manager husband Chris Hughes, who she met in 2003. 

Pals: Amanda said Simon arrived ‘armed with a fork’ to taste test the children’s baked goods and the pair decided on a winner together

Family: Amanda shares two daughters Lexi, 17, (left) and Hollie, 11, (right) with talent manager husband Chris Hughes, who she met in 2003