{"id":255111,"date":"2024-09-24T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=255111"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:14:06","slug":"great-british-baking-show-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/great-british-baking-show-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Fun Facts About the Great British Baking Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, The Great British Baking Show has caught the world in its oven mitts.\n</p><p>You may have found yourself shouting at the TV about soggy bottoms or drooling over beautiful tiered cakes.\n</p><p>If your stomach growled over the latest season&rsquo;s epic showstoppers, then you should dig into these facts about everyone&rsquo;s favorite baking show.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The Great British Baking Show rivals the Olympics in UK viewer count.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-256030 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-olympic.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' person sits in front of a tv showing the olympic rings width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-olympic.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The show is so popular that in 2016, during the finale for season 7, it beat the record for the number of viewers tuned in, at 15.9 million in the UK alone.\n</p><p>That\u2019s more viewers than the 2012 London <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/olympics-facts%5C/%5C%22">Olympics got!\n<p>Later, during season 11, it broke the UK\u2019s Channel 4 record for most viewers of a non-film broadcast.\n</p><p>Around 11 million people tuned in for the first episode, breaking a record that had been held since 1985!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Fans called for the arrest of a contestant after the Bingate incident.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256029 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-arrest.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' pair of metal handcuffs placed on a table width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-arrest.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/year%5C/2014%5C/%5C%22">2014, Iain Watters tried to make Baked Alaska as his showstopper dessert. While the Ice Cream was chilling in the freezer, contestant Diana Beard removed it, allowing it to melt.\n<p>Watters didn\u2019t notice until too late and threw the melted ice cream in the bin. When asked to present, he showed the judges the bin filled with his creation, and they booted him from the show.\n</p><p>Fans of the show were outraged and suggested Beard be disqualified, and some even called for her arrest!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Contestants have to submit their recipes before the season starts filming.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256028 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-recipe.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' collection of different handwritten recipes width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-recipe.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Long before the shooting begins, contestants must prepare ten signature and ten showstopper dishes.\n</p><p>If they make it all the way to the finale, they will bake these dishes over the entire season.\n</p><p>The food producer and the home economics team then study the dishes to ensure that all of the ingredients are ready before they shoot each episode.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>It\u2019s only called the Great British Baking Show in the US and Canada.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256027 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-gbbo.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' logo for the british bake off on a blue background width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-gbbo.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The show is named differently in the US and <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/canada-facts%5C/%5C%22">Canada due to a trademark owned by the Pillsbury company.\n<p>The company has had its own competition, the Pillsbury Bake Off, which has been running since 1949.\n</p><p>Elsewhere in the world, The Great British Baking Show is called the Great British Bake Off.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Contestants in season 4 swapped custards.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-256026 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-custard.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' bowl of bright yellow custard width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-custard.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The infamous custard swap happened in episode 3 when contestants were asked to make trifles for their signature dishes.\n</p><p>Deborah shocked viewers when she stole Howard&rsquo;s creme anglaise (a French pouring custard) from the fridge and used it in her trifle.\n</p><p>The judges noticed and forced Howard to use Deborah&rsquo;s custard.\n</p><p>Some fans of the show were upset about this and took to X (Formerly <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/twitter-facts%5C/%5C%22">Twitter), dubbing the incident custardgate.\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>Over 12,000 people apply to compete in the baking show every year.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-256025 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-12000.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' large crowd of people gathering and looking in one direction width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-12000.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Every year, would-be contestants must undergo a rigorous application process.\n</p><p>The process includes several elimination rounds and a filmed technical round that decides the final 12 who will be on the show.\n</p><p>The application form is also pretty difficult to navigate, with contestants needing to fill in many pages of information to prove their ability and show that they want to make it onto the show.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The technical rounds really are a secret.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256024 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-technical.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' word is written in flour next to an assortment of baked goods width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-technical.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Although the signature and showstopper rounds are planned, the technical rounds are revealed to contestants only after filming starts.\n</p><p>The rounds are designed to test the contestants&rsquo; skills in the kitchen. The contestants are given vague instructions to follow, and they have to beat the clock!\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The national week has ended for good, and we\u2019re not mad about it.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256023 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-mexico.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' pair of maracas is laid down next to two sombreros width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-mexico.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Up until season 13, viewers had to endure a themed national week during which the bakers had to cook food from a specific nation.\n</p><p>It was always a bit off with its cultural appropriation, but Season 13 really took the cake.\n</p><p>Viewers were horrified at the judges&rsquo; insensitive appropriation of sombreros and maracas and their decision to speak in a Mexican accent.\n</p><p>The show faced so much backlash the entire concept was finally canned.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Paul Hollywood is notoriously hard to impress during bread week.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256021 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-bread-week.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' baker prepares bread and covers their hands with flour width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-bread-week.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Paul claims to be the <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/bread-facts%5C/%5C%22">bread expert on the show, and he should! His first job was in his father&rsquo;s bakery, and by his 20s, he was managing his own shop.\n<p>Fans have noticed that if you receive the \u201cHollywood Handshake\u201d after baking bread, you have perfected a bread bake.\n</p><p>Paul Jagger managed to do this in season three when he baked a <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/fun-lion-facts%5C/%5C%22">lion out of bread.\n<p>He used three different types of bread to create the tribute to Cecil the Lion, a lion in Zimbabwe that was part of a long-term study.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>The only judge who has been there from the start is Paul Hollywood.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-256020 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-paul.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Paul' hollywood zesting a lemon at food-themed event width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-paul.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>After season three, the show moved from the BBC to Channel 4 after some financial disputes.\n</p><p>Most of the original judges and presenters, loyal to the BBC, quit their positions while Hollywood stayed on.\n</p><p>He is the highest-earning judge on the show, earning around $780,000 per year (2024), far above his co-stars, Prue Leith, Alison Hammond, and Noel Feilding.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Comedian Leigh Francis baked a foot to win in 2024.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-256018 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-foot.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' person foot held out in front of them width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-foot.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>For the celebrity version of the show, famous people compete to raise funds for Stand Up 2 Cancer, a cancer research charity in the <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/united-kingdom-facts%5C/%5C%22">UK.\n<p>In 2024, Leigh Francis, a UK-based comedian, beat his rivals with a disgusting-looking severed foot.\n</p><p>The contestants were asked to bake something out of their biggest disaster. To Francis, this was losing his toenail.\n</p><p>Francis later confessed that the impressive foot cake was the first cake he had ever baked.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>A contestant in 2013 once made a cake using 124 ingredients!\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256017 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-shakespeare.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"An' old white book with the title written on cover width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-shakespeare.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Frances Quinn wowed judges and won with her Showstopper tiered cake, breaking the record for the most ingredients used.\n</p><p>The designer-turned-baker created the cake with a ginger cake base, lemon drizzle in the center, and carrot and pineapple cake to top it off.\n</p><p>The cake was inspired by A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream, written by <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/shakespeare-facts%5C/%5C%22">Shakespeare, with each tier representing a different plot line.\n<h2 class='\"list\"'>Many winning contestants switch to a baking career after their season ends.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256016 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-nadiya.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Nadiya' hussain at hampton court food fair width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-nadiya.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>After gaining fame for their baking skills, the designers, researchers, and architects who appear on the show often pursue new culinary careers.\n</p><p>A great example of this is Nadiya Hussain, who went on the show as a stay-at-home mom in <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/year%5C/2015%5C/%5C%22">2015 and has since become a TV chef and culinary author.\n<p>She has hosted a few of her own shows and written some cookbooks, including Bake Me A Story, a children&rsquo;s cookbook.\n</p><p>Most Notably, Hussain was selected to bake Queen Elizabeth\u2019s birthday cake for her 90th birthday.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Ross from Friends won the show\u2019s 2023 Stand Up 2 Cancer special.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-medium wp-image-256015 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-ross.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"David' schwimmer at the premiere of a movie width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-ross.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>David Schwimmer, known to most as Ross from Friends, did his absolute best in <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/year%5C/2023%5C/%5C%22">2023 to win on the celebrity bake-off, even securing a \u201cHollywood Handshake.\u201d\n<p>According to him, the episode was particularly important to him, having lost multiple people in his family to cancer over the years.\n</p><h2 class='\"list\"'>Filming of each episode can take around 16 hours.\n</h2><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-256014 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/09%5C/great-british-baking-show-filming.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' bright light set up on a film width='\"728\"' height='\"400\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/great-british-baking-show-filming.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Many contestants have spoken about how long it takes to shoot each week&rsquo;s hour-long episode.\n</p><p>Depending on the number of contestants left, it can take between 10 and 16 hours to shoot all of the challenges, cutaways, and close-ups.\n</p><p>The episodes are shot on the weekends, with contestants practicing their bakes during the week.\n</p><p>Usually shot over <a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.factstoryhub.com%5C/saturday-facts%5C/%5C%22">Saturday and Sunday, the contestants have to wear the same clothes on both days for continuity reasons, which can get pretty gross.\n<p>&nbsp;\n</p><p>There is so much more to this simple baking show than meets the eye. From heated drama to loving fans, it\u2019s definitely a recipe for fun.\n</p><p>This show has been whisked into the hearts and stomachs of bakers and cake-eaters around the world.\n</p><p>Between the freezer disasters and foot-shaped culinary creations, we\u2019re sure you have been inspired to be the next star baker!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Over the years, The Great British Baking Show has caught the world in its oven mitts. You may have found yourself shouting at the TV about soggy bottoms or drooling over beautiful tiered cakes. 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