This British television baking competition selects from amongst its competitors the best amateur baker. The series is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the UK, and many of its participants, including winners, have gone on to start a career based on baking.
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The Great British Bake Off
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⭐7.5/10101 votes
Quick facts
First Aired
2010
Seasons
7
Episodes
89
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.5/10
Votes
101
Genre
Reality
Status
Canceled
Network
BBC One
Language
EN
Seasons
S01E01
Cake Week
Aug 17, 201060 min
This first show uncovers that Queen Victoria is responsible for Britain's wedding cake tradition, that the Puritans tried to ban cake because it was too pleasurable, and that cake …
S01E02
Biscuits Week
Aug 24, 201060 min
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins take the eight passionate home bakers who made it through the first round to Scone Palace near Perth to make biscuits and teatime treats.
Judging thei…
S01E03
Bread Week
Aug 31, 201060 min
It is week three of the competition and the six remaining bakers are making bread in Kent. If they found cakes and biscuits challenging, it’s bread that’s considered the real test …
S01E04
Puddings Week
Sep 7, 201060 min
It’s week four of and the remaining five bakers have travelled to Bakewell in Derbyshire. This time the bakers are reinventing an often neglected British classic – the pudding.
Th…
S01E05
Pastry Week
Sep 14, 201060 min
It’s the penultimate round and as the travelling marquee pitches up in the Cornish village of Mousehole, it’s time for the bakers to get to grips with the most difficult of all bak…
S01E06
Tea Party
Sep 21, 201060 min
It's the Grand Final and the last three surviving contestants face their biggest challenge yet - baking for the Bake Off's Afternoon Tea Party. In order to be crowned the victor, t…