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The Great British Baking Fail of Mexico
Mexican Week, or ‘The Great British Baking Show’s’ Great British Self-Own
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The Dough Also Rises on 'The Great British Baking Show's' Bread Week
Since the pandemic began in 2020, The Great British Baking Show has struggled mightily to sally forth. As one of the few live competitions to find a way to record and broadcast during some of the worst periods via the "Bake Off Bubble," it was a beacon of
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 10, Episode 2 Recap: Biscuit Week
It's Biscuit Week in the tent on The Great British Baking Show because Cookie Week does not fly around these parts. That means it's time to change the song too. Everyone sing along with me: "B is for Biscuit, that's good enough for
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 10 Premiere Recap: Cake Week
For those who have been watching The Great British Baking Show since it debuted on PBS in 2014, this has been the conform TV show for the last decade of upheaval, there for us after Brexit, the 2016 elections, and all through the pandemic. This week's premiere should
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'The Great British Baking Show: Holidays' is a Festive Return to the Tent
The problem with a weekly series with a hardcore fanbase is that in time, every season ends. How does one convert these viewers into staying the course and tuning in every week even after the show is over? There's no easy answer for those who air the once-
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9 Finale Recap
After nine weeks of terrible not-funny openings where Noel and Matt have corraled most of their obnoxious boy energy, The Great British Baking Show season finale starts with an emotional pull at the heartstrings. One loss fans have had since the move to BakeOff Bubble land is the inability
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9 Semi-Finals Recap: Pâtisserie
With The Great British Baking Show reaching the final four, it's time for one of the mainstay themes of the series, Pâtisserie. Like Cakes, Biscuits, and Bread, this theme has occurred every season the show's been on the air (and nearly always as the penultimate semi-
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9 Quarterfinals Recap: "Free-From"
The Great British Baking Show quarterfinals have always been a bit of a muddle in terms of theme and contestant skill. Unlike the opening rounds and the Semi-final themes, which have rarely varied, the quarterfinals have been everything from generalized "Desserts" to funkier ideas like "Advanced
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9, Episode 7 Recap: Caramel Week
We're reaching the final weeks of The Great British Baking Show. This year has been one of the best since the series moved over to Channel 4. Producers have recognized the series was moving too far in the direction of Nailed It! with its too-difficult challenges and
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9, Episode 6 Recap: Pastry Week
It's Pastry Week in the tent on The Great British Baking Show, one of the standard-issue weeks that has been with the show almost since the dawn of the series. Pastry Week is one of those that always falls late in the game but is never quite
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9, Episode 5 Recap: German Week
For the first four series of The Great British Baking Show (the U.K. editions, not the American ones, which means we're only talking The Beginnings Season 1 and regular edition GBBO Season 2 here), each Theme Week was a basic bake. Not Just Bread, Cakes, Biscuits, and
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'The Great British Baking Show' Collection 9, Episode 4 Recap "Dessert Week"
Now that The Great British Baking Show has finished its traditional openers, it's time to get into the wilder middle rounds. Once the series hits round four, just about anything goes. But if there's one week that's been closest to a traditional opener for