The Great Canadian Baking Show

For the season currently airing, see The Great Canadian Baking Show season 8.
The Great Canadian Baking Show
Logo of the show
GenreReality TV, Baking competition
Presented by
Judges
Narrated by
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
No. of episodes51 (including specials)
Production
Executive producerCathie James
ProducersMarike Emery
Mark Van de Ven
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseNovember 1, 2017 (2017-11-01) –
present
Related
Raufikat's Better Bake Along (CBC Gem)
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The Great Canadian Baking Show is a Canadian cooking competition television series which premiered on CBC Television on November 1, 2017.[1] It is an adaptation of the U.K. series The Great British Bake Off, which is aired in Canada under the title The Great British Baking Show.[2]

For its first two seasons, the show was hosted by Dan Levy and Julia Chan, with French-born Canadian chef Bruno Feldeisen and Canadian-Australian pastry chef Rochelle Adonis as judges.[3][2] The third season was hosted by Aurora Browne and Carolyn Taylor, comedians and actors of Baroness von Sketch Show fame, with Feldeisen returning as a judge joined by Canadian chef Kyla Kennaley.[4][5] From the fourth season onwards, it was hosted by comedians and Second City alumni Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Cooking up something good: CBC's Great Canadian Baking Show rolls out judges, hosts". CBC News. July 11, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Bradbrook, Hayley (July 12, 2017). "Dan Levy and Julia Chan to Host the 'The Great Canadian Baking Show'". Hello! Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference CBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "CBC ANNOUNCES 2019-20 ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING SLATE" (Press Release). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  5. ^ "Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley: Judges". CBC Life. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  6. ^ "The Great Canadian Baking Show, Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis: Hosts". CBC Life. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Two new hosts enter the tent for season 4 of CBC's "The Great Canadian Baking Show"" (Press release). Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. January 24, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2019.