'The Great British Bake-Off' Season 11 Is Coming to Netflix This Month!
Baking fans can breathe a little easier: the smash hit British reality show The Great British Bake-Off (known in the U.S. as The Great British Baking Show) will be on our screens even sooner than expected. In a tweet, Netflix revealed that new episodes of the latest season will begin debuting on the service on September 25.
The tent is back open for business!
On September 25, an all-new season of The Great British Baking Show will start rolling out on Netflix in The US — new episodes will be available every Friday (three days after they premiere in The UK) pic.twitter.com/CQdzQbTiJ6— Netflix (@netflix) September 15, 2020
"The tent is back open for business!" they wrote. "On September 25, an all-new season of The Great British Baking Show will start rolling out on Netflix in The US — new episodes will be available every Friday (three days after they premiere in The UK)"
The show, which pits home bakers against one another in a series of challenges to test the heights of their culinary prowess, has had a devoted fan-following in the UK for a decade, and in recent years has become just as big a hit with American fans. Its 11th season was originally set to begin filming this April, but, like many other productions, was forced to shut down after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the show traditionally films from spring through summer, the untimely shutdown led some to wonder if they would be getting their fill of Signature Bakes and Technical Challenges at all this year.
Fortunately, Sky Studios, the parent company of Love Productions, which produces GBBO, confirmed in July that filming for the new season had resumed and now, despite a tight turnaround, it seems we'll still be able to get our fill of fresh bakes in 2020.
The Cast
Judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith will be returning this season to check for underproving and soggy bottoms, as will host Noel Fielding. Fielding's co-host for the previous three seasons, Sandi Toksvig, on the other hand, announced in January that she would be stepping back from the show to concentrate on her other commitments.
https://t.co/UrrKin8a6u pic.twitter.com/LsFDqzoDjs
— Sandi Toksvig (@sanditoksvig) January 16, 2020
In her place, Fielding will be joined by a new host, comedian and actor Matt Lucas. Brit-watchers may recognize Lucas from his work on the sketch show Little Britain as well as his stints on Doctor Who and his film work, including Bridesmaids and Alice in Wonderland.
On your marks, get set… say hello to the newest member of the Bake Off team – @RealMattLucas! #GBBO pic.twitter.com/MN6lDox94t
— British Bake Off (@BritishBakeOff) March 11, 2020
How did the show deal with the coronavirus?
Besides the change in schedule, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has prompted some significant shifts in GBBO's usual operations.
“As you can imagine, there was a lot of work collaboratively between Love Productions and our COVID protocols team just to get that right,” Sky Studios CEO Gary Davey told Deadline. He stated that the show has 55 pages of safety protocols dedicated to keeping everyone on set safe through potential spikes in the virus, and the cast and crew were reportedly quarantined in preparation for the resumption of shooting to allow for closer interactions on set.
The show has also reportedly moved its famous tent from its home in Welford Park to another undisclosed location. During a virtual Broadcasting Press Guild lunch Sky Studios' chief commercial officer Jane Millichip stated, "It’s all happening in deep secret, somewhere in darkest deepest Britain in the shires."
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