'The Great British Baking Show' First Teaser Heads Back To The Tent

The Great British Baking Show is officially a fall staple for Netflix. It makes sense for American audiences to make everyone's favorite soothing baking series coincide with the cooling-off of the south since that is when Apple Pie season begins, leading directly to pumpkins, Thanksgiving, and the holiday season. But for both sides of the pond, the return to the tent, and the good feelings of amateur bakers struggling to produce cakes and biscuits worthy of a Hollywood handshake, is one everyone looks forward to, no matter what time of year.

This season is the show's 12th in the U.K. and the tenth to make it to the U.S. (Though since Season 3 is off under its own banner on the streaming service, this is called "Collection 9.") Much like last year's pandemic-produced affair, filming did not happen in the usual April-May-June period, since once again lockdowns delayed everything. Instead, Love Productions formed a Bake Off Bubble in July (one assumes the show once again used  Down Hall Hotel in Bishop's Stortford), and filming began post-European Championships. Filming took place over a much shorter one-month period, only ending recently.

But though this season will once again feel tougher on the contestants than usual, fans still cannot wait to get back to the broad lawns of Berkshire's Welford Park shining in the sun, the mixers churning with butter, and the contestants anxiously kneeling in front of their ovens. The first teaser was very welcome indeed.