Season 14 of the Nice British Bake Off (or the Nice British Baking Present within the US) premiers September 29 on Netflix and lovers of bucolic b-roll of the English countryside and beginner bakers alike are clutching their bundt pans in pleasure. There’s quite a bit to look ahead to this season—who will get the primary handshake from Paul? Which bake will Prue deem a stodgy mess?
Bake Off followers will discover a couple of modifications this season. Particularly, Matt Lucas, the controversial and considerably awkward cohost to Noel Fielding, will not seem on the present. He’ll get replaced by Allison Hammond, who is probably essentially the most charming British TV character in existence. Additionally, the present will not characteristic nation-themed weeks after the collection confronted crucial backlash in response to final season’s so-called “Mexico Week,” through which hosts appeared in ponchos and contestants repeatedly mispronounced phrases like guacamole and pico de gallo.
However some elements of Bake Off keep comfortingly the identical as all the time. The Bon Appétit employees’s largest Bake Off followers have put collectively a bingo card that includes a couple of of the Bake Off-iest moments that we look ahead to each season. Hold an eye fixed out for baking mishaps and closeups of bakers’ arms drawing wobbly traces of icing, and for those who’re the primary to name bingo you’ll win a mysterious and fabulous prize (bragging rights and the title of star Bingo-er).
Illustration by Hazel Zavala
Contributions by Alma Avalle, Alaina Chou, Zoe Denenberg, Urmila Ramakrishnan, Mallary Santucci, Joe Sevier, Kendra Vaculin, Matt Carson, Isabel Alcantara, Hazel Zavala, Hana Asbrink, Esra Erol, Anikah Shaokat.
