- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Aug 17, 2010
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It's a time-tested recipe, cooked to perfection. [16 Jun 2017, p.53]
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The best of current food TV. ... The measurements on GBBS are in metric and Celsius. But there are no conversion tables necessary for the sentiments expressed.
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Regular viewers can expect to encounter all the usual Baking Show elements: a weekly series of challenges focused on different types of baked goods, from cakes to breads to botanically inspired concoctions; competitors who come across, without exception, as likable, decent humans; dashes of humor and encouraging pep talks from hosts Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, for whom this is also the last season; and that huge wedding tent of a set that appears to have been set up in Lady Mary Crawley’s sprawling backyard.
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At the end of a long work week few television diversions look as sweet. And don’t be shocked if you wake up Saturday with a hankering for pancakes--and the confidence that you can make them from scratch.