'The Great British Baking Show' Season 7, Episode 7 Recap: Festivals Week

As if "Dairy Week" wasn't nebulous enough this season as a theme week, The Great British Baking Show goes even more meta with the Top Six and forces them to think "Festivals." I might go so far as to say this sounds like the worst, most useless theme the show has attempted since Series 7 (Season 4)'s Botanicals Week, which managed to fail flowers in several different ways.

Part of the problem is the word itself "Festivals," which in America brings to mind things like State Fairs and butter sculptures, or Renaissance festivals, and turkey legs. (Noel thinks of musical festivals, bless him.) That's not what the theme week means here, not in the slightest, which means that for a U.S. audience, this could be the worst-titled theme week since "American Pies" from Series 3 (PBS Season 5, which Netflix calls GBBS: The Beginnings.)

"Festivals Week" is more like "Holidays Week." All three challenges are based on holiday celebrations around the world, and the bakes associated with them. Though considering how obscure some of the challenges have already been this season, it is doubtful the contestants will feel all that festive this week. (On the other hand, many of them might want to take a holiday.)