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The Great Sport Relief Bake Off

Following the success of the Great British Bake Off, twelve Sport Relief personalities take on the Great Sport Relief Bake Off, and bake their way through a special challenge in January. The contestants may be full of enthusiasm, but they’re finding it’s not exactly a piece of cake! Find out more and donate

Outrage as no men shortlisted for the final of The Great British Bake Off

The BBC has been inundated with complaints today after the popular baking contest announced an all-female shortlist for its series finale. ‘I think this decision really highlights the gender inequalities that still exist in the baking community,’ said 31-year-old hopeful Darren, five-time winner of the Stourbridge fete cake competition. The the whole story at News [...]

This years contestants on Twitter – Follow Friday

#GBBO @Buff_Baker @robertbillingto @JoanneWheatley @BotanicalBaker @HollyBellMummy @BakersBunny If you know more suitable follows, please comment  

Highlights from the new series

Hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins and judged by legendary cookery writer Mary Berry and acclaimed Master Baker Paul Hollywood. This clip shows the impressive bakes and disasters that the twelve amateur bakers experience over the competition as their cake-baking, pastry, bread-making and patisserie skills are tested to the limit. From the perfect tarte [...]

The Great British Wedding Cake

Wednesday 20th April, 8:00pm - 9:00pm on BBC2     Cookery writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood explore the history of the wedding cake, from the earliest Tudor creations to the present day, examining the extravagant Victorian period and the post-Second World War efforts along the way. They also challenge finalists of The Great British Bake [...]

And the winner is….

Click here to find out who won (don’t click if you don’t want to know yet!)

The Great British Bake Off begins on 17th August

According to @bakingbynumbers on Twitter Finally confirmed The Great British Bake Off will air on BBC2 8PM Tues 17th August But I don’t yet have any confirmation of that.

Mel and Sue to reunite for The Great British Bake-Off

  mirror.co.uk reports this autumn they are reuniting on BBC2 with a quest to find the UK’s best amateur baker. They’ll front a six-part series The Great British Bake-Off – a bit like MasterChef except with, er, bread. And cakes. Filmed in locations all over Britain, the pair have one aim – to get the [...]