‘The Great British Baking Show’ Season 5 Episode 1 Recap : Cake Week
Cake, bread and pie lovers, rejoice! Our penchant for watching British people politely yet passionately baking in a tent will once again be satisfied thanks to the return of another season of The Great British Baking Show to PBS.
Granted this set of episodes is not new. In fact, this season literally transports us back to 2012 which is older than any previous series we’ve seen in the US so far. Paul Hollywood’s hair is darker, presenters Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc have not yet achieved their master punster status and this televised competition has only just started to influence culinary Google searches. (According to Sue, up until the previous year, the most searched for food term on the internet used to be “chicken". Now, it’s “cake”.)
Fortunately some familiar aspects of The Great British Baking Show have always existed. The frequent and sometimes alarming appearance of those blue plasters (aka band-aids), the inexplicable agelessness of Mary Berry and the starting field of a dozen amateur bakers determined to make an impression on the judges with their culinary know-how.
