Bake Off Is Back – Here’s What You Need To Know

By Ellie Smith

3 months ago

The series is returning for its 15th edition this month

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It’s officially autumn, which means it’s officially Bake Off time. The perennially popular baking show is returning to our screens for a 15th edition tonight, so what do we know so far about Great British Bake Off 2024?

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Great British Bake Off Season 15: Everything We Know So Far

Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond

Channel 4 / Love Productions / Mark Bourdillon

Will There Be A Great British Bake Off In 2024?

Yes, Bake Off will be returning for its 15th series in 2024. Applications for the 2024 series opened in October 2023, closing in January 2024.

When Is Bake Off Back?

The Great British Bake Off will kick off at 8pm on Tuesday 24 September 2024. Episodes will then drop weekly on Tuesdays until the finale 26 November. Once they have aired, episodes will be available to stream on channel4.com

The full episode schedule is as follows:

Tuesday 24 September at 8pm – read our recap of the action here
Tuesday 1 October at 8pm
Tuesday 8 October at 8pm
Tuesday 15 October at 8pm
Tuesday 22 October at 8pm
Tuesday 29 October at 8pm
Tuesday 5 November at 8pm
Tuesday 12 November at 8pm – quarter-final
Tuesday 19 November at 8pm – semi-final
Tuesday 26 November at 8pm – final

Teaser Trailer

Introducing Bake Off‘s first animated trailer: a playful cartoon clip that sees winged insect versions of presenters Noel and Alison escape a thunder storm and delve into a land of baking goodness, featuring Carl the caterpillar (wink wink), a field of Jammy Dodgers, jelly, picnic feasts and plenty more. Watch it below.

‘The Great British Bake Off is comfort telly at its best,’ says Channel 4’s deputy executive creative director, Lex Down, on the teaser. ‘We wanted our campaign to reflect this and deliver its own slice of cakey warmth and joy. We created pin badges adorned with bright baking illustrations and messages of positivity, and in a Great British Bake Off first created a fully animated world rich with detail that reveals different delights with each watch. Set to the smooth voice of Sammy Davis Jnr singing ‘Sweet Gingerbread Man’, with Noel and Alison as our metamorphosed guides, we hope to transport young and old, baking fans or not, to a place where the worst that might happen is a collapsing cake. Flour Power indeed.’

The full cast and judges for The Great British Bake Off

Back: Illiyin, Dylan, Sumayah, Nelly, John, Christiaan, Andy, Mike, Jeff, Hazel, Georgie, Gill.
Front: Prue, Paul, Alison and Noel

Who Is In The Cast?

A cast of 12 fresh bakers has been revealed by Channel 4, ahead of Bake Off series 15. With ages spanning 19 to 71 years old, we have everyone from a Dutch fashion designer to a mechanic to a midwife hoping to impress the judges with their idiosyncratic bakes. You can learn all about the series 15 cast here.

Paul, Prue, Noel and Alison

Who Are The Presenters & Judges?

Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond will all return for series 15 of The Great British Bake Off as the two judges and two presenters respectively

In 2023, Alison joined as the show’s new presenter, alongside Noel – and they’re both back for series 15. Judges Prue and Paul will also be returning, despite Prue having stepped down from the celebrity version. ‘I’m still doing The Great American Baking Show,’ she said. ‘I’m still doing The Great British Bake Off, the two main shows of Bake Off. What I’m not doing this year is the celebrity one.’

What Happens On Great British Bake Off?

Bake Off is one of the UK’s most popular baking TV shows. Over the course of 10 episodes, it sees a line-up of amateur bakers competing to take home the crown, taking part in a series of increasingly difficult challenges. Each week, contestants are given three challenges based around a theme: a signature bake, a technical challenge and a show-stopper.