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Bakers attempt three challenges each week trying to impress the judges enough to go through to the next round and eventually are crowned Britain's best amateur baker.
CRITICS OF "The Great British Bake Off - Season 11"
Times (UK)
Matt Lucas took lemons and made lemonade by kicking off the show in a tousled blond wig doing a spoof of a bumbling, blustering Mr Johnson while Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood stood behind podiums like Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance.
There is a greater joy to be found in an emotional landscape where the greatest disappointment is some unrisen dough, the purest thrill some beautifully neat piping. Yes, it's the same old Bake Off -- but it's a slightly different world.
I'm too fatigued by the ordinary horrors of life outside the tent to make any case against a one-hour-a-week escape into the sweetly stressful sublime.
Even if this season winds up wobblier than usual with more soggy bottoms all around, there's new host Matt Lucas. His quiet, friendly energy has brought back a much needed "contestant friend" element to the Tent.
A lot will hinge on how the changes to the filming schedule impact the bakers, but for now, viewers look to be in for another entertaining, inspiring, and tempting season of The Great British Baking Show.
As the ovens warmed up, and the Bakers got baking, so did my feelings for Lucas! Slowly, his natural hosting ability came into play and it was clear why he got the job.
The increasing strain of the technical challenges demonstrates the trend away from the homey and familiar of The Great British Baking Show toward the spectacle and inflated stakes that define so many other cooking competitions.