The Great British Bake Off
British television baking competition
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| 2025 | Adam Buxton was scheduled to be a contestant in the fourth episode, though specific challenge details were not yet determined. |
| 2025 | Phil Wang appeared as a contestant in the third episode, featuring challenges such as mini loaf cakes, chilli cheese buns, and a hidden talent choux pastry challenge. |
| 2025 | Third episode featured Kate Garraway as a contestant, with specific challenge details yet to be announced. |
| 2025 | Second episode featured Amelia Dimoldenberg as a contestant, with challenges including 12 Novelty Cupcakes, 10 Raspberry & Hazelnut Flapjacks, and a Biscuit Romantic Scene challenge. |
| 2025 | Series 8 of The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off aired, featuring contestants Chris Ramsey, Rosie Ramsey, Scarlette Douglas, and Stuart Douglas. |
| 2025 | Series 8 of The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off featuring contestants Chris Ramsey, Rosie Ramsey, Scarlette Douglas, and Stuart Douglas is announced. |
| 2024 | A holiday special was created featuring soap opera stars from shows like Emmerdale, EastEnders, Coronation Street, and Hollyoaks. |
| 2024 | Producers decided not to produce nationality-themed challenges for the fourteenth series in response to fan backlash, particularly after the Mexican Week episode, though this decision was subsequently criticized by TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson. |
| 2024 | Series 7 included unique challenges such as cake pops, biscuit portraits, Arctic rolls, and 3D meringue scenes, highlighting the show's creative baking format. |
| 2024 | Throughout the series, episode viewership ranged from 5.89 million to 7.84 million viewers, consistently ranking first on Channel 4's weekly rankings. |
| 2024 | The 14th series of The Great British Bake Off aired on Channel 4, with the first episode achieving an overnight viewing figure of 4.3 million viewers, slightly lower than the 4.4 million viewers in 2022. |
| 2024 | The third episode of the series included David O'Doherty, Oti Mabuse, and Gabby Logan participating in baking challenges such as creating an Arctic Roll and vegan iced rings. |
| 2024 | Greg James hosted the fourth episode, which featured Dermot O'Leary, Fern Brady, and Mel B competing in baking challenges including iced buns and chocolate & raspberry roulade. |
| 2024 | The fifth episode of the Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off featured Richard Coles, Sara Cox, and Joe Locke, with challenges including biscuit bars and custard slices. |
| 2024 | A soap opera stars special was produced, featuring actors from popular British soap operas competing in the Bake Off. |
| 2024 | Published 'The Green Budget Guide: 101 Planet and Money Saving Tips, Ideas and Recipes'. |
| 2024 | The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off Series 7 aired, featuring celebrity contestants including Jodie Whittaker in the first episode. |
| 2024 | Series 7 featured a total of 5 episodes with unique challenges such as cake pops, biscuit portraits, vegan iced rings, and novelty cakes. |
| 2024 | Celebrity participants across the series included Paloma Faith, Munya Chawawa, Spencer Matthews, Danny Dyer, Rhod Gilbert, Yinka Bokinni, and others. |
| 2024 | Appeared on the CW show 'The Big Bakeover', helping struggling bakeries with menu and premises makeovers. |
| 2024 | Georgie Grasso was crowned the winner of the fifteenth series of The Great British Bake Off, with Dylan Bachelet and Christiaan De Vries finishing as runners-up. |
| 2024 | Matty Edgell wins Series 14 of The Great British Bake Off on Channel 4. |
| October 2024 | Announced a second print of 'Sizzle and Drizzle' with her current publisher, set to be released in October. |
| September 24 2024 | Love Productions announced the renewal of The Great British Bake Off for its sixteenth series in 2025, confirming the show's continued popularity. |
| September 24 2024 | The show was officially renewed for its sixteenth series in 2025, demonstrating its continued popularity and success. |
| September 24 2024 | The fifteenth series of The Great British Bake Off began, with Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding hosting, and Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith judging. |
| September 17 2024 | The bakers competing in the fifteenth series of The Great British Bake Off were publicly announced. |
| July 5 2024 | Contestant Dawn Hollyoak passed away at the age of 61, with Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith leading tributes to her memory. |
| January 2024 | Argentina introduces Bake Off Famosos Argentina (Celebrity Bake Off Argentina) on Telefe, hosted by Wanda Nara. |
| January 11 2024 | Spain launched 'Bake Off: Famosos al horno' (Bake Off: Celebrities to the oven), hosted by Paula Vázquez and featuring judges like Paco Roncero and Eva Arguiñano on La 1. |
| 2023 | The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off Series 6 aired, featuring celebrity contestants including Jesy Nelson, David Schwimmer, Rose Matafeo, Tom Davis, AJ Odudu, Gemma Collins, Jessica Hynes, Tim Key, Adele Roberts, David Morrissey, Tom Daley, Lucy Beaumont, Paddy McGuinness, Joe Thomas, Coleen Nolan, Ellie Taylor, Mike Wozniak, Deborah Meaden, Judi Love, and Jay Blades. |
| 2023 | Published 'The Green Gardening Handbook: Grow, Eat and Enjoy'. |
| 2023 | During the Bake Off Festive Special, Prue Leith jokingly referenced her previous Twitter reveal incident while speaking to Sophie Faldo, saying "this time I won't Tweet it". |
| 2023 | The series maintained top ranking on Channel 4 throughout all 10 episodes, with weekly viewership ranging from 5.89 to 7.84 million viewers. |
| 2023 | Matty Edgell was crowned the winner of series 14, with Dan Hunter and Josh Smalley finishing as runners-up. |
| 2023 | Dan Hunter, a 42-year-old resource planner from Cheshire, was the runner-up in the 14th series of The Great British Bake Off, earning Star Baker twice during the competition (in weeks 1 and 7). |
| 2023 | Published his second cookbook 'Giuseppe's Easy Bakes'. |
| 2023 | Peter graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in accountancy and finance. |
| 2023 | Peter was elected President of the Edinburgh University Sports Union (EUSU) for a one-year term. |
| 2023 | Syabira Yusoff becomes the winner of Series 13 of The Great British Bake Off on Channel 4. |
| September 2023 | The show's producers announced they would discontinue nationally-themed weeks and replace them with a new party-cake week for series 14, in response to ongoing cultural sensitivity concerns. |
| September 26 2023 | The fourteenth series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on television. |
| September 18 2023 | The bakers competing in series 14 were officially announced, including the show's first ever deaf contestant. |
| March 2023 | Alison Hammond was announced as the new co-host, joining Noel Fielding for the 14th series of the show. |
| January 2023 | Returned for the Bake Off New Year special, competing against Lottie Bedlow, Antony Amourdoux, and Manon Lagrève. Ultimately lost the special to Manon Lagrève. |
| January 28 2023 | The Algerian Best Pastry Chef (Bake Off Algeria) debuts on Echourouk TV, hosted by Mehdi Yades and Mehdi Hadj Mebarek, with Lella Louza as a judge. |
| 2022 | Began writing a regular 'Britalian Bake-Off Review' column for Radio Times, recapping Bake Off episodes. |
| 2022 | A Channel 4 legends special was broadcast to commemorate the channel's 40th anniversary, featuring well-known Channel 4 personalities. |
| 2022 | The third episode of Series 5 included Ed Gamble, Example, Matt Lucas, and Annie Mac, with challenges focused on stained glass biscuits and raspberry doughnuts. |
| 2022 | The fifth and final episode of Series 5 included Sophie Morgan, Ellie Goulding, Tracy-Ann Oberman, and Mawaan Rizwan, with challenges centered on marble cake and hero biscuit portraits. |
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