Watching the Great British Bake Off / myLot

United States

February 1, 2022 6:57pm CST

As has become a Tuesday night tradition for the missus and me, we are watching the Great British Bake Off on Netflix. We are currently one season behind. Our youngest son got my missus started watching it and she would have it on while I sat here in my recliner working on my laptop. Eventually, I got hooked on the show, too. What we like best, besides the cool creations the bakers come up with, is the congeniality shown between the contestants. We find it refreshing the way they root for each other, support each other, and wind up friends by the end of it all. These are all traits missing from any American cooking competition show I've ever seen. I am still amazed that the folks who participate in the Back Off do it mostly for fun and recognition since, as I understand it, there is no cash prize for winning. The prize is a cake plate and bragging rights. Part of what makes it fun for us is trying to guess who will be Star Baker and who will be sent off. Sometimes we guess right and other times we are surprised by the choices of the judges. If you haven't seen the show, it's well worth a viewing.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (97912)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

2 Feb 22

I don't have Netflix but I do like all kinds of cooking shows, I sounds interesting, I see they have some episodes on YouTube so I will take a look at it,

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

2 Feb 22

I can feel your feelings about it. Let me check it out, too.

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Kareng

@kareng (80243)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I can't catch that one here but we do enjoy the American cooking shows.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

2 Feb 22

We enjoy many of the American cooking shows, but not the American cooking competition shows.

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Kareng

@kareng (80243)

• United States

2 Feb 22

@DWDavis Yes, they all get old after awhile.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

2 Feb 22

That would be a refreshing twist to see them rooting for each other

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I fear the American producers would never stand for it and the typical American viewer wouldn't watch.

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Metsrock69

@Metsrock69 (3617)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I have netflix so I will have to check it out

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Dena Miller

@Dena91 (17029)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I've heard of the show but haven't watched it. We don't have Netflix. Mike and I are currently watching Chopped. We enjoy it on Tuesday evenings.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I like that show alot as well, and find it calming and relaxing. We need more of those types of shows in these trying times.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117199)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Feb 22

From what I've seen in British TV shows they are always very polite to one another, something Americans can't seem to wrap their brains around.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I tried to watch it but it didn't resonate

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

2 Feb 22

My wife liked it right off. Took a while for it to grow on me.

Four Walls

@FourWalls (86575)

• United States

2 Feb 22

I don’t have Netflix, but it sounds yummy.

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40020)

• Toccoa, Georgia

2 Feb 22

Thanks for mentioning it. I will be on the lookout for it.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502189)

• Italy

2 Feb 22

I have watched on YouTube, I love baking so it is an interesting show.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381763)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Feb 22

I don't normally watch any of these types of shows because of the spitefulness that always seems to exist between the contestants. This sounds totally different and more like my kind of show.

Faster16

@Faster16 (3248)

• Indonesia

2 Feb 22

There's also a cooking contest here, but it's heard that it's all been decided who will win

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

2 Feb 22

Byy the way did you know there have since been similar shows on other skills, there's a 'sewing bee' and a 'pottery throw-down' too I think.

Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

2 Feb 22

My partner and daughters like watching this. I find it all too stressful and can't bear it when there's some sort of disaster!