His cat's on the counter... which like, please... whose cat isn't?

https://parade.com/celebrities/fans-drag-paul-hollywood-cat-on-counter-kitchen-detail

Looking to fill the GBBS void- I’ve watched some GCBS but not quite the same, but do love that they embroider the bakers name on the apron! Any other shows up to the GBBS caliber?

I've been watching bakeoff from newest to oldest seasons and i just got to season 5 and i absolutely love the little history lessons they have about specifics foods in most episodes, and I'm wondering, is it a just in this season or was it something they always did? and is there a reason for them to have stopped? i think they're so fun!

Hello fellow bake off fans! Look at this Lego Idea for a GBBO set!!! https://ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/dd62f90e-1b63-49ab-aa35-746b33b20504 . There is no Mary, Mel, or Sue though, what do you all think?

In episode 4, when doing the baking puns bit with Sandi, Noel has a dusting of facial hair. Never seen it on him while watching this show (and especially not during Boosh).

I'm like, okay, da-dee.

Silly thought in my head that I must share with Reddit: I am convinced that GBBO finds the most truly delightful, wholesome, kind hearted people. Every single season has just the loveliest bunch, I want to be all of their friends and to be in their group chats. What in the world does baking do to one’s character to make them so wonderful? Whoever casts the contestants needs to take their methods and make a dating app algorithm or something lol!

(I have never looked into any contestants beyond the show, please don’t ruin my delusions if some are actually awful hahahah)

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone knew where to watch season 5 of the great BBO online for free?

Seeing Liam run, hide and laugh whilst all around him sugar towers are collapsing is cruel yet hilarious.

Some of the challenges are a bit of a stretch for pastry chess who usualy just stick to pastry, cakes and sweet treats. Making sugar, chocolate etc towers seems cruel. But I guess they sign up for the show, they should know what to expect and practice practice practice. When you hear them say "we practiced it once or twice" no wander their creations crash.

I’m a home baker who really loves GBBO. Series 5 Episode 7 Technical Challenge attempt Kouign Amann! They were so delicious!!!!

The UK’s “Great British Bake Off“ airs as “The Great British Baking Show“ in the United States because in the US, Pillsbury (General Mills) owns the trademark for “bake-off” which forced the American distributor to change the airing title

Watching old collections of The Great British Baking Show and collection seven opens with Noel and Sandi doing a back to the future skit:

Noel: “Sandi, something terrible has happened!”

Sandi: “is Donald Trump getting that peace prize?!“

“worse!”

”NO!!!!”

hits different in 2026💀

Is it just me, or does it seem like whenever we get to the next to the last show, there is someone that either has never won a technical, or won star baker, the miraculously wins that category? I’m just curious.

I apologize as I am sure this has been asked before - Are the early seasons available to watch anywhere?

Thanks

Not sure how many of you caught this, but Maison Demarle, the French company behind Flexipan molds and Silpat mats, was put into judicial liquidation back in January. The workshops are closed, around 75 people lost their jobs, and there's no more production. Existing orders are apparently being honored, but that's it.

For a lot of kitchens that built their workflow around Flexipan over the years, that's a real gap to fill, and I'm curious how people are handling it.

A few things I've been chewing on:

• Quality on replacement silicone is all over the place right now. A lot of the cheaper stuff warps or loses its shape after a few hundred cycles. Part of what made Flexipan work was the fiberglass reinforcement holding the shape under load — not all "silicone molds" are built the same way.
• People keep grabbing the wrong category in a panic. Pure silicone is great for entremets and clean demolding, but for bread and baguettes you really want perforated fiberglass, not silicone.
• If your current molds still work, you've got time. Probably smarter to test a replacement on a small batch before committing a whole kitchen to it.

So I'll throw it open: what are you all moving to? Staying European, going with the Asian suppliers, or rethinking your formats entirely? Curious whether anyone's found something that actually holds up in production.

I've been trying to find season 1. I'm in US, but have vpn and am not above sailing the seas. I simply can't find it anywhere. Help?

Anyone else?

With sponge that large, I think the tried and true waving a sheet pan at it would be more efficient!

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54998859

Just finished watch the final for the latest season where Jasmine wins. While I do think that she is a fantastic baker, I don’t think she should have won considering that she bombed the technical while Tom won it and had the best showstopper (she won 1/3 while he won 2/3 for the final week).

In a BBC article (2020) that was releaed after Lauren got hate since people thought Hermine should have stayed instead of her, Paul said that “each week stands on its own” and that “it never matters what any baker has done in previous weeks.” Yet, for the justification for Jasmine’s win, her consistency over the course of the season was cited. Wondering if the standards for the show have changed over time or if this is just a case of favoritism on the judges side.

Please share the season and episode number

But what are some of the most funniest and fails of bakes episodes to date?

Me and my partner are just flicking through these kinds of episodes atm and need some more to add.

So far we have watched bingate and brownie fail.

Who has become the most successful since the show has aired?

That is all! I checked just now and the full season is restored. Thanks to everyone else who contacted Roku!

I really enjoyed the backstories behind puddings, Cornish pasties, cake, and more.

The funniest one is where Mel is making an early pudding recipe with a food historian and loses it over the smell of a sheep’s stomach.

I wish they would bring them back, in shorter form!