The Great British Baking Show (2010)

Game-Show · Reality-TV

This British television baking competition selects from amongst its competitors the best amateur baker. The series is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the UK, and many of its participants, including winners, have gone on to start a career based on baking.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (16,190 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 -1.0 vs IMDb
Seasons: 16
Streaming (US): Netflix
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 16 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

7.43 avg 7 episodes 7.7 → 6.9 58 min avg

Bad finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cakes	7.7	128
2	Biscuits	7.5	80
3	Bread	7.4	76
4	Puddings	7.5	70
5	Pastry	7.5	71
6	Tea Party (Final)	7.5	69
7	The Great British Wedding Cake	6.9	36

Season 2 (2011)

7.28 avg 11 episodes 7.7 → 6.2 58 min avg

Bad finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cakes	7.7	68
2	Tarts	7.5	59
3	Bread	7.4	56
4	Biscuits	7.5	57
5	Pies	7.4	56
6	Desserts	7.5	54
7	Patisserie	7.3	56
8	The Final	7.5	56
9	Masterclass 1	7.1	31
10	Masterclass 2	7.0	30
11	Revisited	6.2	29

Season 3 (2012)

7.53 avg 16 episodes 8.0 → 6.5 58 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cakes	8.0	98
2	Breads	8.0	83
3	Tarts	7.9	82
4	Desserts	7.8	80
5	Pies	7.7	82
6	Puddings	7.9	79
7	Sweet Dough	7.8	73
8	Biscuits	7.8	71
9	Patisserie	7.9	73
10	Final	7.7	79
11	Masterclass 1	7.2	29
12	Revisited	6.7	26
13	Masterclass 2	6.8	28
14	Masterclass 3	7.8	41
15	Christmas Masterclass	7.0	30
16	Easter Masterclass	6.5	29

Season 4 (2013)

7.68 avg 16 episodes 7.7 → 7.8 59 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake	7.7	111
2	Bread	7.9	98
3	Desserts	7.8	95
4	Pies and Tarts	7.7	93
5	Biscuits and Traybakes	7.7	88
6	Sweet Dough	7.6	90
7	Pastry	7.7	86
8	Quarter Final	7.7	81
9	French Week	7.9	81
10	Class of 2012	7.5	43
11	The Final	7.8	82
12	Masterclass 1	8.3	38
13	Masterclass 2	7.4	27
14	Masterclass 3	7.0	28
15	Masterclass 4	7.4	27
16	Christmas Special	7.8	36

Season 5 (2014)

7.79 avg 16 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 57 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cakes	7.8	136
2	Biscuits	7.9	106
3	Bread	7.9	104
4	Desserts	8.0	106
5	Pies & Tarts	7.8	98
6	European Cakes	7.9	99
7	Pastry	7.9	101
8	Advanced Dough	8.1	98
9	Patisserie: The Semi Final	8.0	91
10	The Final	8.1	97
11	Class of 2013	6.8	25
12	Masterclass 1	7.4	34
13	Masterclass 2	7.7	30
14	Masterclass 3	7.8	29
15	Masterclass 4	7.8	30
16	Christmas Masterclass	7.7	32

Season 6 (2015)

7.69 avg 16 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 58 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cakes	7.8	120
2	Biscuits	7.8	105
3	Bread	7.9	100
4	Desserts	7.9	98
5	Alternative Ingredients	7.9	94
6	Pastry	7.8	93
7	Victorian	7.8	96
8	Patisserie	7.9	94
9	Chocolate	7.9	94
10	The Final	8.2	108
11	Class of 2014	6.8	24
12	Masterclass 1	7.8	27
13	Masterclass 2	7.2	24
14	Masterclass 3	7.3	23
15	Masterclass 4	7.3	23
16	Christmas Masterclass	7.7	33

Season 7 (2016)

7.55 avg 13 episodes 7.9 → 7.5 58 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	7.9	111
2	Biscuit Week	7.8	99
3	Bread Week	7.7	93
4	Batter Week	7.4	98
5	Pastry Week	7.4	92
6	Botanical Week	7.7	87
7	Dessert Week	7.8	87
8	Tudor Week	7.7	81
9	Patisserie Week	7.8	79
10	The Final	7.9	86
11	Class of 2015	6.3	24
12	"The Great British Bake Off" (2016) Christmas Special 1	7.3	30
13	"The Great British Bake Off" (2016) Christmas Special 2	7.5	31

Season 8 (2017)

7.38 avg 12 episodes 7.6 → 6.7 50 min avg

Bad finale

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	7.6	177
2	Biscuit Week	7.6	130
3	Bread Week	7.6	126
4	Caramel Week	7.5	125
5	Pudding Week	7.4	117
6	Pastry Week	7.6	118
7	Italian Week	7.3	113
8	Forgotten Bakes Week	7.1	111
9	Patisserie Week	7.3	106
10	The Final	7.6	116
11	The Great Christmas Bake Off	7.2	49
12	The Great Festive Bake Off	6.7	47

Season 9 (2018)

7.51 avg 12 episodes 7.6 → 7.3 57 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Biscuit Week	7.6	161
2	Cake Week	7.7	132
3	Bread Week	7.5	123
4	Dessert Week	7.6	121
5	Spice Week	7.6	119
6	Pastry Week	7.6	118
7	Vegan Week	7.3	127
8	Danish Week	7.2	121
9	Semi-Final: Patisserie Week	7.5	109
10	Final	7.6	131
11	The Great Christmas Bake Off	7.6	46
12	The Great Festive Bake Off	7.3	42

Season 10 (2019)

7.58 avg 12 episodes 7.7 → 8.2 57 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	7.7	149
2	Biscuit Week	7.8	124
3	Bread Week	7.8	118
4	Dairy Week	7.5	121
5	The Roaring Twenties	7.1	127
6	Dessert Week	7.5	107
7	Festival Week	7.5	102
8	Pastry Week	7.3	104
9	Semi-Final: Patisserie Week	7.5	101
10	Final	7.3	108
11	The Great Christmas Bake Off	7.8	49
12	The Great Festive Bake Off	8.2	102

Season 11 (2020)

7.47 avg 12 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 60 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	7.7	149
2	Biscuit Week	7.5	126
3	Bread Week	7.5	120
4	Chocolate Week	7.4	115
5	Pastry Week	7.3	110
6	Japanese Week	7.2	115
7	1980s Week	7.3	117
8	Dessert Week	7.5	107
9	Patisserie Week	6.9	115
10	Final	7.9	119
11	The Great Christmas Bake Off	7.7	38
12	The Great New Year's Bake Off	7.7	37

Season 12 (2021)

7.63 avg 12 episodes 7.7 → 7.7 60 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	7.7	148
2	Biscuit Week	7.5	110
3	Bread Week	7.6	112
4	Dessert Week	7.6	111
5	German Week	7.6	104
6	Pastry Week	7.9	103
7	Caramel Week	7.6	104
8	Free-From Week	7.6	112
9	Patisserie Week	7.2	156
10	The Final	8.1	115
11	The Great Christmas Bake Off	7.5	37
12	The Great New Year's Bake Off	7.7	32

Season 13 (2022)

7.36 avg 12 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 60 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	7.9	137
2	Biscuit Week	7.5	97
3	Bread Week	7.5	100
4	Mexican Week	6.9	137
5	Dessert Week	7.6	93
6	Halloween Week	7.3	98
7	Custard Week	7.3	83
8	Pastry Week	7.2	84
9	Patisserie Week	7.4	88
10	The Final	7.0	95
11	The Great Christmas Bake Off	7.3	31
12	The Great New Year's Bake Off	7.4	28

Season 14 (2023)

7.91 avg 12 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 60 min avg

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	8.0	153
2	Biscuit Week	8.3	118
3	Bread Week	8.1	102
4	Chocolate Week	7.8	100
5	Pastry Week	8.0	101
6	Botanicals Week	7.6	90
7	Dessert Week	7.8	91
8	Party Week	7.9	77
9	Patisserie Week	7.9	74
10	The Final	7.8	95
11	Great Festive Bake Off - Christmas	7.9	19
12	Great Festive Bake Off - New Year's	7.8	23

Season 15 (2024)

7.85 avg 11 episodes 7.8 → 7.4 61 min avg

Season 15 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	7.8	99
2	Biscuit Week	7.8	95
3	Bread Week	7.9	86
4	Caramel Week	7.8	82
5	Pastry Week	7.8	77
6	Autumn Week	7.6	77
7	Dessert Week	8.0	75
8	1970s Week	8.0	74
9	Patisserie Week	8.2	67
10	The Final	8.0	79
11	Great Festive Bake Off - Christmas	7.4	20

Season 16 (2025)

7.78 avg 12 episodes 7.8 → 8.1 60 min avg

Big finale

Season 16 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Cake Week	7.8	114
2	Biscuit Week	7.9	93
3	Bread Week	7.8	90
4	Back to School Week	7.8	85
5	Chocolate Week	7.8	82
6	Pastry Week	7.8	85
7	Meringue Week	7.9	76
8	Dessert Week	7.7	73
9	Patisserie Week	7.5	78
10	The Final	7.5	81
11	The Great Peep Show Christmas Bake Off	7.8	33
12	Great Festive Bake Off - New Year's	8.1	12