Britain's Best Bakery
GenreCooking
JudgesMich Turner[1]
Peter Sidwell
Voices ofWendi Peters
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes50
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyShine TV
Original release
NetworkITV
Release26 November 2012 (2012-11-26) –
14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)
Related
ITV Food

Britain's Best Bakery is a British daytime cookery show part of the ITV Food category on ITV and narrated by Wendi Peters with judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell. The show aired from 26 November 2012 to 14 February 2014.

Gameplay

The TV program is a talent show where the target is try the best independent, family-run or community bakery. Bakeries from all over the UK compete in a series of baking challenges that put their skills to the test and make viewers’ mouths water. It's a tough competition: traditional bakers with top-secret family recipes compete against former patisserie chefs and bread-makers are challenged to create stunning celebration cakes. Two big names from the world of baking judge the competition, not just tasting and analysing the bakes but visiting the bakeries. The competition builds from regional heats to a dramatic finale where the winner of Britains Best Bakery is crowned. Britains Best Bakery shines a light on baking in the UK in all its delicious shapes and sizes. But more than just a competition, it is a celebration of the nations bakeries and their bakers, revealing fascinating stories about Britain and its regions, communities and cultures.

In every episode, bakeries competed in regional heats, with rounds including the "Speciality Bake" and "Baker's Dozen", with the daily winners advancing to cook a "Judge's Choice Cake" in the regional finals on Friday. National finals in the last week featured challenges such as "Chelsea buns for the Chelsea Pensioners", and a great wedding cake from someone British.

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
126 November 201221 December 201220
26 January 201414 February 201430

Series 1

The first series was won by Hambleton Bakery.[2]

Series 2

The second series was won by brother and sister, David and Lindsay Wright, from The Cake Shop Bakery from Woodbridge in Suffolk.[3]

International versions

The format has been adapted in France, Portugal, Germany, Finland and Italy.

Country Title Host(s) Judges TV channel Seasons
 France La Meilleure Boulangerie de France — Current

Bruno Cormerais (1-)
Norbert Tarayre (4-)
Noëmie Honiat (10-)
Former
Gontran Cherrier (1-3)

 M6 Season 1, 2013: Christophe Rouget
Season 2, 2014: Patrice Monchaussé
Season 3, 2015: Christophe Prodel
Season 4, 2016: Boulangerie Utopie
Season 5, 2017: Boulangerie Maison Lamour
Season 6, 2018: La Fougasse d’Uzès
Season 7, 2019: Du Pain pour demain
Season 8, 2020: Aux délices normands
 Portugal Best Bakery - A Melhor Pastelaria de Portugal Ana Guiomar Luca Arguelles
Telmo Moutinho		 SIC Season 1, 2016: Sabores d'Avenida
 Finland Suomen paras leipomo — Hans Välimäki
Jenni Höijer		 Jim Season 1, 2014: Aroma Bageri ja Konditori
Season 2, 2015: MBakery
 Germany Deutschlands bester Bäcker — Johann Lafer
Bernd Kütscher
Eveline Wild
Jochen Baier
Sabine Baumgarten		 ZDF Season 1, 2014: Arno Simon
 Italy Best Bakery - La migliore pasticceria d'Italia — Current

Alessandro Servida (2)
Andreas Acherer (2)
Former
Paco Torreblanca (1)
Alexandre Bourdeaux (1)

 TV8
Sky Uno		 Season 1, 2018: Pasticceria Alfa
Season 2, 2020: Pasticceria Citterio

References

  1. ↑ "Mich to front new ITV1 Series". Little Venice Cake Company. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "HAMBLETON BAKERY WINS BRITAINS BEST BAKERY - Hambleton Bakery". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Angel's Share in Richmond runner-up in Britain's Best Bakery competition". The Northern Echo.
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