Season 14's Bakers Are Out of the Oven & Ready for 'Baking Show'

The Great British Baking Show Season 14 is set to debut at the end of September 2023, with Channel 4 premiering the series on Tuesday, September 26, and Netflix following three days later, on Friday, September 29. The production has already promised changes this season after unlucky number Season 13 unfortunately lived up to superstition. However, one thing will never change: The season is only so good as the bakers they cast and the edits they give them. That means picking bakers whose skills are tent-worthy, whose hearts are open, and keeping alpha male Paul Hollywood from dictating how we perceive them.

That last part is unfortunately not within the control of anyone but the folks behind the scenes, so let's hope that after last year's embarrassment of Mexican Week (and Paul's utter inability to apologize for his ignorance), someone has that well in hand. As for the contestants themselves, they've been taken out of the oven and put on the gingham altar for us to judge blindly ahead of the premiere episode.

The good news is that of our older set, the top age is 60, and he's not even retired, which is a good sign that there won't be anyone too tottering for the tent. (We do have a retired grandmother, but she's a spry 52.) As for the younger ones, this is the first time in a couple of years (since 2020's initial lockdown season) that there are no teenagers in the tent. The youngest of the crew is 21, and though he is a student, having everyone be old enough to drink in the U.S. is always a good indicator everyone has the maturity to be there.