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Season 11 – The Great British Bake Off

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Twelve amateur bakers compete against each other to win the title of Greatest British Baker. Each round sees an aspiring baker eliminated, until finally the winner is selected from the remaining contestants. Their skills on baking essentials like cakes, breads, pastries and desserts are tested in each round, and the difficulty increases as the competition unfolds. The judges are set to taste all the goods created carefully by the contestants, and the audience is able to follow all the trials and tribulations with a wholesome twist.
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The Great British Bake Off — Season 11

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Critics Consensus

Overcoming a pandemic is no easy feat, but with an exciting group of bakers and a warm new host, The Great British Baking Show's eleventh outing manages to do just that.

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Melanie McFarland Salon.com 11/30/2020
Compared to the fullness past seasons instilled in us, however, these felt like empty calories even though the components are more or less the same, save for a couple of ingredient swaps. Go to Full Review Rachelle Hampton Slate 09/30/2020
The increasing strain of the technical challenges demonstrates the trend away from the homey and familiar of The Great British Baking Show toward the spectacle and inflated stakes that define so many other cooking competitions. Go to Full Review Emily Bootle New Statesman 09/28/2020
There is a greater joy to be found in an emotional landscape where the greatest disappointment is some unrisen dough, the purest thrill some beautifully neat piping. Yes, it's the same old Bake Off -- but it's a slightly different world. Go to Full Review Michael McWhertor Polygon 09/29/2020
I'm delighted that appointment television is here again. Go to Full Review Ani Bundel WETA 09/29/2020
Even if this season winds up wobblier than usual with more soggy bottoms all around, there's new host Matt Lucas. His quiet, friendly energy has brought back a much needed "contestant friend" element to the Tent. Go to Full Review Emily Alford Jezebel 09/28/2020
I'm too fatigued by the ordinary horrors of life outside the tent to make any case against a one-hour-a-week escape into the sweetly stressful sublime. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/29/2021 I have watched nearly every season and episode of this show and have found it, particularly during this pandemic, to be unusually a positive and uplifting part of this world, BUT sending arguably the best baker in the season home in the semi-final to keep the most incompetent begs credulity. Seriously, I have watched close decisions before but this wasn't one of those. Laura, at least from what the viewers were shown, should have been sent home many weeks earlier (is she someone's cousin?). It certainly made the final a bit of a joke, no matter how talented the two guys were. Like throwing Usain Bolt out of the Olympic finals. There is nothing Paul and Pru could say to support this ridiculous decision that wouldn't sound embarrassing. They lost all credibility here. Not sure how anyone with integrity or a heart can continue watching with the same enthusiasm or trust. Is one or both of them racist? I cannot fathom any rational way they could have done this and I am furious at such a betrayal of trust. See more 06/06/2021 I really like the addition of Matt Lucas, even though no one has really replaced Mel and Sue. I think the Great Brits might have sniffed on "Nailed It" this season, as the contestants had to recreate their heroes in cake, and in doing so, created the most hilarious episode of this show...ever. I'd really love it if they had to bake more American dishes, because the Brits always throw poop at American pies, just like we think mincemeat is horribly disgusting. See more 12/07/2020 I like the 2020 introduction of the new co-host Lucas, he is adorable and funny, but the vibe of the show seems off. It felt manic and chaotic, and what I like about the show is that is it usually has a relaxing vibe, even during the last 5 minutes of a challenge. The show has lost a lot a pinch of its sweetness, its gentle vibe. It was my go-to show if I needed to relax because it made me smile and I enjoy the cheerful look and vibe of the tent. 2020 felt somehow tense, forced and the comments and jokes did seem to center too much on sexuality, it felt like an out of control classroom. It used to feel more authentic, more genuine, now it feels a little forced. Like when a great show tries to bring in a new audience with a new vibe, or new rules but loses its old audience in the process. British Bake Off isn't there yet, but it is heading in that direction. I hope they pull it back, but the reigns on the tipsy horse, take some deep breaths, and realize that not all change is positive. See more Read all reviews
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Paul Hollywood

Judge

Prue Leith

Judge

Noel Fielding

Host

Matt Lucas

Host

Jenna Mansfield

Producer

Jeanette Goulbourn

Director

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 22, 2020 Cake Week The new baking bubble abounds with bold Battenbergs, pineapple upside-down cakes and heroic cake busts. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 29, 2020 Biscuit Week The bakers devise novel chocolate Florentines, stress over filled macaroons, and sculpt memorable meals in biscuit. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 6, 2020 Bread Week Just what you knead; Free-form soda breads, vivid rainbow-colored bagels and mighty, meaningful harvest plaques see the cooks rising to the occasion. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 13, 2020 Chocolate Week The chefs hope to score points with gooey brownies, get twisted over chocolate babkas and beat the heat with white chocolate-tiered celebration cakes. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 20, 2020 Pastry Week Tasty pasties packed with fresh flavors, refined éclairs, and appetizing yet architectural caged tarts push the competitors toward pastry's pinnacle. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 27, 2020 Japanese Week Winsome steamed buns, cunning matcha crepe cakes and kicky kawaii showstoppers. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 3, 2020 1980s Week The cooks feel the heat of '80s eats, including buttery quiches, fried finger doughnuts, and super cool ice cream cakes. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 10, 2020 Dessert Week The bakers prepare party staples in the quarterfinal from flavorful sausage rolls to adorable caterpillar cakes and sweet and savory buffet dishes. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 17, 2020 Semi-Final: Patisserie Week Syrup-draped savarins, almondy Danish cornucopias, and dainty cube cakes test the chefs. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 24, 2020 The Final Custard slices send the chefs scrambling, walnut whirls have them in a twirl, then dessert towers push them to new heights. Details

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The Great British Bake Off — Season 11

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Season Info

Director
Jeanette Goulbourn
Executive Producer
Letty Kavanagh, Richard McKerrow, Kieran Smith
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Reality, Special Interest
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Sep 22, 2020
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