'Great British Baking Show' Season 7 Airs Weekly on Netflix, Starting With Cakes

Netflix begins airing Great British Baking Show Season 7 in a weekly format, as God and Paul Hollywood intended. First up: Cake Week!

When Netflix grabbed the rights to The Great British Baking Show in 2018, thereby making it a "Netflix Original" in this country, they were already a season behind. Channel 4 had aired the full run of Series 7 in 2017. Series 8 was already getting under way. In short order, Netflix dropped all of Series 7 (called Season 5), followed by all of Series 8 (called Season 6) as soon as it finished its run overseas. But now, Netflix has caught up to Channel 4. In celebration, the streaming service has moved the show to a once-a-week format. This means we here in the United States can watch as a family, the way they get to in the U.K. New episodes will premiere every Friday here in the U.S., just a few days after they air on Channel 4. And you know what that means: Baking Show recaps are back!

Season 7 Episode 1 landed while most of us were on vacation, so here's what you missed during the premiere episode.