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Legendary judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood are back with a new season of The Great American Baking Show with hosts Ellie Kemper and Zach Cherry, where nine amateur bakers from around America enter the iconic tent for unique signature challenges.
2024
Eight of the best amateur bakers in America enter the iconic white tent to put their baking skills to the test in the hopes of impressing judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith and becoming the Baking Show champion. It all kicks off with Cake Week, where the bakers are challenged to create elevated loaf cakes for the signature bake, a colorful British classic for the technical challenge, and a celebration-worthy sponge cake for the showstopper.
Paul and Prue test the skills and precision of the remaining seven bakers with a series of complicated cookie challenges. In the signature challenge, they tackle chocolate-covered bars with the perfect snap, then take a trip to Italy for a tricky technical bake. Finally, the bakers are tasked with creating a showstopping and highly decorative 3D cookie box that’s strong and sturdy enough to hold two dozen identical cookies within it.
For Bread Week, the bakers get started with sweet buns in the signature challenge, followed by a slice of Italy in the technical. Finally, they must create an ornate Korovai for the showstopper.
The quarter final is tense for the remaining bakers, who are served a savory twist for the signature bake that pushes their pastry prowess. A timeless all-American technical challenge puts the bakers’ expertise and time management to the test. The showstopper is the ultimate pastry challenge, as the bakers must incorporate intricate nature elements and fragile pâte à choux to create a botanically inspired masterpiece.
With a double elimination on the horizon in this stressful Semifinal, the pressure to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith has never been greater. The remaining bakers must create a perfectly baked meringue roulade for their signature challenge. For the technical bake, they’ll prove their proofing mastery as they tackle sweet and savory pretzels. Finally, the bakers take on creating a celebratory, multi-layered bombe glacée that’s as showstopping on the inside as it is on the outside.
Everything is on the line for the top 3 bakers, who must impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith in a finale that challenges every aspect of their baking mastery. For the signature bake, the top 3 take on fruit tarts. The tropical slice technical bake is a test of precision and finesse. And finally, the bakers tell their story in a stunning three-tiered dessert tower for the showstopper. Who will rise to the very top, earn the coveted cake stand, and be crowned America’s best amateur baker?
2025
Eight of America’s best amateur bakers enter the tent for Cookie Week, where their creativity and technical ability are put to the test by judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. The bakers start with filled tuiles in the Signature challenge, then take on a classic British biscuit for the Technical challenge. Finally, the Showstopper pushes the bakers to create a sweet depiction of a day in their life.
Cake Week brings a fresh set of challenges for the seven remaining bakers. In the Signature, they must present a fruit-forward bundt cake. Next, the Technical introduces a decadent Brooklyn favorite, challenging the bakers' ability to perfectly replicate this rich treat without a recipe. For the Showstopper, the bakers must create illusion cakes that reflect their ultimate cravings.
It’s Bread Week, and the six remaining bakers will knead, proof, shape and hopefully rise above the competition. The Signature challenge starts with a duo of soda breads, testing the bakers’ ability to juggle flavors. Then, in the Technical, they face a tricky custard-filled treat that demands precision in frying and filling. For the Showstopper, the bakers create a four-legged bread sculpture, whose design and structure must hold firm.
The bakers are one step closer to the final, but Pastry Week will test their skills like never before. In the Signature, they tackle a tarte Tatin, a caramelized French classic. Then, they face a Technical that demands finesse with a fancy French pastry. Finally, the Showstopper asks for a decorative vertical pie whose layers tell a story through design and flavor. Only the bakers who master these pastry challenges will earn a place in the all-important semifinal.
It’s the Semifinal, and the pressure is on as the remaining bakers tackle three difficult challenges. First up is a Signature crème caramel, where achieving the perfect wobble is essential. Then, the Technical introduces an Eastern European bake that’s as complex as it is mysterious. For the Showstopper, the bakers must create a stunning jelly art masterpiece, combining beauty and flavor in one visually captivating creation.
In the grand finale, the top three bakers face their toughest challenges yet. It begins with a rich chocolate tart for the Signature challenge, followed by a Technical that has the bakers in knots with a braided Swedish bake. For the Showstopper, they must create a breathtaking spring landscape, blending beauty, texture, and flavor into a masterpiece. Only one baker will rise above the rest to earn the coveted cake stand and be crowned America’s best amateur baker.
2026
The new season kicks off with Cake Week as eight of America's best amateur bakers strive to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith; for the Signature, they must create towering vertical layer cakes.
Hosts Andrew Rannells and Casey Wilson direct aspiring bakers who face exhilarating challenges. Paul and Prue wisely judge, sending one home a week until one is crowned America's best.
The tent fills with the smell of freshly baked loaves as Bread Week begins, and judges Paul and Prue come up with increasingly harder challenges; the signature is focaccia, and the olive oil flows.
With the finale in sight, Pâtisserie Week turns up the heat; the Signature dessert is a high-wire act creating decorative custard pies; in the Technical, Paul and Prue set a mysterious and highly intricate French pastry.
The Signature has the bakers taking on baked meringue bombs; the Technical has them creating raspberry and pistachio entremets; the finalists are asked to create a celebratory three-tier masterpiece for their Showstopper.
2023
Get ready for the ultimate cookie-baking showdown as the nine best amateur bakers in America meet in the iconic baking show tent! It's Cookie Week, and our bakers have their first chance to make their mark in the tent—unless their cookies crumble!
It's Cake Week in the iconic tent, and the bakers are "batter"-ing through three whisk-challenging bakes, including sixteen identical sheet cakes, a decorated roll cake and an "illusion cake."
It’s Bread Week in the baking tent, and the remaining bakers face three freshly baked challenges.
Six remaining bakers set out in pursuit of flakey, buttery deliciousness as they take on Pastry Week—no soggy bottoms here!
It's time for the semi-finals in the iconic baking tent as the final five bakers try to bake their way out of being sent home in a double elimination. But which bakers will impress judges Paul and Prue enough to secure a place in next week's finals?
It's the final showdown, and our bakers have just three challenges left to convince judges Paul and Prue that they deserve to win it all. Who will take home the coveted cake stand and become The Great American Baking Show champion?
Casey Wilson
Self - Host
Paul Hollywood
Self - Judge
Prue Leith
Self - Judge
Andrew Rannells
Self - Host
