Rotten Tomatoes
Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Season 13 – The Great British Bake Off

Play trailer Poster for Season 13 – The Great British Bake Off Sep 2022 Reality Special Interest Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
70% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
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.
The Great British Bake Off — Season 13

What to Know

Critics Consensus

The custard begins to curdle as The Great British Bake Off's lovable frivolity is weighed down by cultural blindspots and recycled gimmicks -- but it's still overall a treat.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Judy Berman TIME Magazine 11/11/2022
Bake Off is now a mess of toddler-in-the-kitchen proportions. Go to Full Review Melanie McFarland Salon.com 10/03/2022
Every season's contestants are the binder holding this show together, but Sandro Farmhouse, Abdul Rehman Sharif and Syabira Yusoff kept us loyally engaged through these 10 episodes. Go to Full Review Vicky Jessop London Evening Standard 09/15/2022
4/5
Even thirteen seasons in, the formula hasn’t curdled; indeed, there’s something comforting in its consistency. Bake-Off remains as wholesome as a wholegrain loaf, and as defiantly cheesy as a cheddar scone. Go to Full Review Kayleigh Donaldson Pajiba 11/18/2022
Things have been on the turn for a while now, and this year’s season was easily the show’s worst. Things just feel off now. What used to feel so effortlessly appealing is now trying hard to reinvent the wheel. Go to Full Review Alberto Cox Délano Pajiba 10/11/2022
It’s not that the judges should’ve known better; it’s that they didn’t apply the Socratic principle to realize their known unknown: Cordon Bleu and haute cuisine is not a good framework to understand cuisines like Mexico’s. Go to Full Review Ann Marie Hourihane Irish Independent 09/24/2022
Bake Off has made a virtue of predictability. The judges are the same, the competition is the same, even the competitors are pretty much the same. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
Renee N @RT43818304 11/26/2022 This latest season of GBBS left me feeling rather hollow inside. It was like they took out all the butter and replaced it with margarine, homemade butter cream for cheap fondant, personally designed molds for silicone molds from Target...oh wait, they did two out of that three. They lifted some rules--like making contestants make their own molds and fondant--which lead to extreme amateurs showing their unsophisticated colors. This year you'll find tacky shapes with no finesse throughout the entire season. The show stopper finales would have been heavily critiqued and booted mid-way through any other previous season. Let's just say Prue and Paul tried to convince us that burnt cake in the finale wasn't so bad. While I agree the winner was one of the best bakers, they did remove two contestants who were clear contenders and push two mediocre bakers into the final for what seemed like no reason. Perhaps they booted them for shock value? The two comedians aren't funny. Nothing worse than a comedian that only knows how to be annoying. They took out the magic of the show and it breaks my heart. I'm not a producer or filmmaker, but I rewatch the entirety of the series every year. I start with the earliest episode I can find and work my way back up to the most recent season (usually ending on the newest)--yes, I know I have no life. Anyway, the difference between the last couple of seasons compared with the rest are stark. It's like they took the Beatles and reduced them down to N-Sync. Some people like that kind of thing, but once I get used to quality it's hard to let it go. Next year may be the first year I don't watch the new season. Goodbye, GBBS. It was nice knowing you. Some recourse: you can't get old episodes with Mary Barry and the funny Comedians of GBBS most places, but you can on ROKU television. See more Read all reviews
The Great British Bake Off — Season 13

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Paul Hollywood

Judge

Noel Fielding

Host

Prue Leith

Judge

Matt Lucas

Host

Letty Kavanagh

Executive Producer

Richard McKerrow

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 16, 2022 Cake Week Mind the sponge! A dozen hopefuls whip up gorgeous, gooey mini cakes and a classic red velvet before adding a new layer to their status as home bakers. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 23, 2022 Biscuit Week It’s tense in the tent as the bakers take on tricky macarons, fruity Garibaldi biscuits and fanciful cookie masks that won't hide any mistakes. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 30, 2022 Bread Week It's Paul's favorite week in the tent, as the bakers put a global spin on pizza, roll out pain aux raisins and build an intricately layered smörgåstårta. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 7, 2022 Mexican Week A shocking decision awaits the bakers as they prepare perfectly puffy pan dulce, steak tacos with from-scratch tortillas and an airy tres leches cake. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 14, 2022 Dessert Week The bakers feel the stress of crafting decadent desserts as they take on steamed pudding, lemon meringue pie and mousse. Who will crumble under pressure? Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 21, 2022 Halloween Week Halloween means fun fall favorites for the bakers as they create apple cakes, s'mores and an eerie showstopper that lets their imaginations run wild. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 28, 2022 Custard Week The bakers put their twist on floating islands, tackle a summer staple, and make custard gâteau. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 4, 2022 Pastry Week Pastry panic sets in during quarterfinal week with a vexing vol-au-vent challenge, a 29-ingredient technical and a not-so-humble pie showstopper. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 11, 2022 Patisserie Week The degree of difficulty rises as the four remaining bakers take on dainty mini Charlottes, delicate vertical tarts and an almondy, artistic showstopper. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 18, 2022 The Final Time's up for the bakers; the final three create a picnic with sandwiches, cakes and pies, build pudding bombs and construct a scrumptious salute to the planet. Details

More Like This

View All
No Kitchen Required % % No Kitchen Required Watchlist Destroy Build Destroy % % Destroy Build Destroy Watchlist Nailed It! Holiday % 67% Nailed It! Holiday Watchlist TRAILER for Nailed It! Holiday Baking Impossible 100% 68% Baking Impossible Watchlist Crime Scene Kitchen % % Crime Scene Kitchen Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

The Great British Bake Off — Season 13

The Great British Bake Off The Great British Bake Off The Great British Bake Off View more photos

Season Info

Director
Jeanette Goulbourn
Executive Producer
Letty Kavanagh, Richard McKerrow, Kieran Smith, Jenna Mansfield
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Reality, Special Interest
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Sep 16, 2022