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The Great Canadian Baking Show

A group of amateur Canadian bakers are convened for a baking competition. There is a theme to each week's competition, generally in the vein of the type of goods the competitors are to bake (i.e. cakes, cookies, pastry, etc.). Each week, they are given a set amount of time to complete each of three challenges, their finished products which are evaluated by expert judges. The first weekly challenge is the signature bake, the competitors to bake something from their home recipes which are to signify who they are as bakers within the category. The second weekly challenge is the technical challenge, where each of the competitors are provided the same recipe, in large part of something they may have never heard of let alone baked before in their lives. This challenge is to see how knowledgeable the competitors are about general baking concepts. Their finished products are evaluated blind in that the judges have no idea who baked what. The third weekly challenge is the showstopper challenge, in which the competitors are to pull out all the stops to produce a baked good which overall grand appearance is as important as taste. At the end of the week based solely on the three challenges, the judges will name the best competitor star baker, and will send one competitor home, that person whose competition has come to an end. The final three competitors enter into the finale, the winner of that week who will be crowned the overall competition winner.

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Cast & Crew See All

Bruno Feldeisen
Self - Judge
Kyla Kennaley
Self - Judge
Ann Pornel
Self - Host & Narrator

Season 9 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Cake Week

44 mins

The ten bakers new to the tent for season 9 display differing levels of excitement and confidence as they enter their first challenge in their first week, which as is tradition is Cake Week. That first challenge, the signature, is a two hour one where each is to make a Korean lunchbox cake. As it is more a style in being small, layered and served in a takeout container, it provides the bakers with much leeway to add their personality, most who are turning to the ethnic background and/or flavors from where they live, as well as the type of cake sponge they like. Their apprehension arguably ratchets up a notch entering the two hour technical, where they are asked to make a bolo de cenoura, a Brazilian version of a carrot cake. Beyond the blender cake which many bakers will be unfamiliar with, they have to demonstrate many different techniques including tempering chocolate and candying specifically carrot strips. And the final challenge, the four hour showstopper, before Bruno and Kyla name the first star baker and the first baker asked to leave the tent, is to make what Alan and Ann are calling a home grown cake, which is anything that represents where the baker lives or has lived.

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Awards

  • 2019 - Canadian Screen Award - Best Direction in a Reality/Competition Program or Series - nominated
  • 2019 - Canadian Screen Award - Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series - winner
  • 2019 - Canadian Screen Award - Best Photography in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series - nominated
  • 2019 - Canadian Screen Award - Best Picture Editing in a Reality/Competition Program or Series - nominated