The Great Australian Bake Off (2013)

Genre

reality television, cooking show

Country

Australia

Length

10 seasons, 88 episodes

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Australian home bakers compete in challenges to impress judges. The show follows their efforts to make cakes, breads and pastries each week.

gentlewarmcozylightheartedupbeatrelaxedcompetitive

What happens

The Great Australian Bake Off is an Australian television baking series that is based on the BBC baking competition The Great British Bake Off. The series first premiered on 9 July 2013 on the Nine Network and ran for one season with presenters Shane Jacobson and Anna Gare and judges Dan Lepard and Kerry Vincent. On 1 April 2015, it was announced that the series had been picked up by pay television channel LifeStyle Food and production company FremantleMedia Australia for a second season which premiered on 13 October 2015 with presenters Claire Hooper and Mel Buttle and judges Maggie Beer and Matt Moran. Another three seasons aired on LifeStyle Food and LifeStyle between 2016 and 2019. In December 2020, there was speculation the series was to be picked up by the Seven Network for its sixth season, however in March 2021, Foxtel was in "advanced discussions" for a series return. In June 2021, it was officially renewed by Foxtel with auditions open from June to 18 July 2021, with BBC Studios Australia taking over production from Fremantle Australia. The sixth season premiered on 27 January 2022. On 4 August 2022, Foxtel announced a new-look seventh season had been commissioned, to air in 2023 with filming commencing in September. Maggie Beer, Matt Moran, Claire Hooper and Mel Buttle departed the show; on 30 August 2022 Foxtel revealed pastry chef Darren Purchese and culinary expert Rachel Khoo as the show's new judges, with comedians Cal Wilson and Natalie Tran to host. The seventh season premiered on 13 June 2023. Maggie Beer made a guest appearance in the seventh season. The eighth season, filmed earlier in 2023, aired in 2024 and was the second and final appearance of Cal Wilson as host as she died in October 2023. The eighth season premiered on 18 September 2024 and will honour Cal Wilson. In June 2025, Foxtel announced comedian Tom Walker would take over Wilson’s position as co-host alongside Tran and began airing on 29 July 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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