Marching, Baking And Hosting Hayley Steps Up Her Career!

The Tv Presenter Sure Has A Lot On Her Plate!

- Amy Prebble

As one half of The Great Kiwi Bake Off’s dynamic hosting duo, Hayley Sproull keeps the bakers on their toes by telling them exactly how much time they have left before their creations are due with the judges.

As it turns out, the talented comedian is uniquely qualified for the job. Precision and perfect timing have been drilled into her during her 20 years as a marching girl and her team – Lochiel – is the most successful New Zealand team in the sport’s history.

Hayley (29) and Lochiel give up a couple of nights a week to train and every Saturday to compete, and their prowess hasn’t gone unnoticed. Hayley’s currently in Oman teaching the country’s female Royal Guard how to march like Kiwis.

“It sounds like an elaborate lie when I tell people what I’m currently doing,” she laughs.

“To cut a long story short, Lochiel performed at the Oman Military Tattoo in 2014. The military loved what we did − it’s not like any other style of marching around the world, especially since it’s all female – and reached out to my coach, Colleen Pobar. They asked if she would be interested in going to Oman for three months and teaching 24 of their female military how to do the Kiwi style of marching.”