Mary Berry is set to become a dame after being nominated as part of this years delayed Queen’s birthday honours list. The former judge on the Great British Bake Off will receive the accolade for services to broadcasting, culinary arts and charity. With 70+ cookery books under her belt, the first published 50 years ago in 1970, Berry is […]
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If you find yourself currently in America without a good understanding of just what went down last Tuesday in the House of Commons, leave it to The Daily Show to use one of the major British exports that Americans are actually familiar with, The Great British Bake Off, to try and explain. Essentially, Britain’s ruling Conservative party has until Monday […]
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Attention foodies! It’s time to preheat your ovens as PBS stations across the U.S. turn their collective mind palaces to the Easter weekend and bring you The Great British Baking Show — Easter Masterclass. The former Great British Bake Off judging duo of Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood showcase some of their favorite Easter recipes. In a step-by-step guide, Mary […]
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While it might be a bit like the Beatles reuniting without Ringo Starr, at long last, Mary Berry, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are getting the Bake Off band back together for a one-off Christmas special. For those that have been in denial since Paul Hollywood, the fourth member of the band packed up his tent […]
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The ‘all-new’ Great British Bake Off is set to hit the Channel 4 airwaves beginning on 29 August. With its massive tent and only Paul Hollywood in tow from last year’s BBC series finale, the current version of the long-running BBC series welcomes new co-judge (and Mary Berry replacement) Prue Leith, with Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig taking […]
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The first trailer for Channel 4’s incarnation of The Great British Bake Off has finally been released. Honestly, I’m not sure if I’m very scared or if I can’t wait to see this. My first thought was that this looks kind of cute because, well, it features singing dough, cakes, muffins and even croissants! But then you quickly […]
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According to the BBC, Mary Berry, the former Great British Bake Off host will be “returning to her first love” as the lead judge in new food competition series Britain’s Best Cook, set to premiere in 2018 on BBC1. Replacing the dearly departed GBBO, which picked up its tent and moved to the ovens of […]
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The BBC ‘officially’ bid farewell to the Great British Bake-Off with a Boxing Day broadcast filled with their best contestants, heartwarming moments and a video tribute that capsulized the past six series into perfection and worthy of at least a few boxes of tissues. For the one person that may have missed the GBBO melodrama […]
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Buck up little cookery campers, looks like there’s a new baking sheriff in town and it goes by the name of The Big Family Cooking Challenge. The new amateur cookery program will pit family teams of home cooks against each other (with appropriate British civility, I’m sure), with the judges visiting homes to deliver the challenges and […]
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Much like the feeling the swept across the UK on 24 June, 2016 (the Brexit vote), more than 15 million fans of The Great British Bake-Off are wondering just what the heck happened as the most-watched program of 2015 is getting ready to bid farewell to the BBC and head into the unknown waters of Channel 4. […]
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