Britain's Best Bakery

British TV series or programme

Britain's Best Bakery

Genre	Cooking
Judges	Mich Turner^[1] Peter Sidwell
Voices of	Wendi Peters
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	50
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Shine TV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	26 November 2012 (2012-11-26) – 14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)
Related
ITV Food

Britain's Best Bakery is a British daytime cookery show part of the ITV Food category on ITV and narrated by Wendi Peters with judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell. The show aired from 26 November 2012 to 14 February 2014.

Gameplay

The TV program is a talent show where the target is try the best independent, family-run or community bakery. Bakeries from all over the UK compete in a series of baking challenges that put their skills to the test and make viewers’ mouths water. It's a tough competition: traditional bakers with top-secret family recipes compete against former patisserie chefs and bread-makers are challenged to create stunning celebration cakes. Two big names from the world of baking judge the competition, not just tasting and analysing the bakes but visiting the bakeries. The competition builds from regional heats to a dramatic finale where the winner of Britains Best Bakery is crowned. Britains Best Bakery shines a light on baking in the UK in all its delicious shapes and sizes. But more than just a competition, it is a celebration of the nations bakeries and their bakers, revealing fascinating stories about Britain and its regions, communities and cultures.

In every episode, bakeries competed in regional heats, with rounds including the "Speciality Bake" and "Baker's Dozen", with the daily winners advancing to cook a "Judge's Choice Cake" in the regional finals on Friday. National finals in the last week featured challenges such as "Chelsea buns for the Chelsea Pensioners", and a great wedding cake from someone British.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	26 November 2012	21 December 2012	20
2	6 January 2014	14 February 2014	30

Series 1

The first series was won by Hambleton Bakery.^[2]

Series 2

The second series was won by brother and sister, David and Lindsay Wright, from The Cake Shop Bakery from Woodbridge in Suffolk.^[3]

International versions

The format has been adapted in France, Portugal, Germany, Finland and Italy.

Country	Title	Host(s)	Judges	TV channel	Seasons
France	La Meilleure Boulangerie de France	—	Current Bruno Cormerais (1-) Norbert Tarayre (4-) Noëmie Honiat (10-) Former Gontran Cherrier (1-3)	M6	Season 1, 2013: Christophe Rouget Season 2, 2014: Patrice Monchaussé Season 3, 2015: Christophe Prodel Season 4, 2016: Boulangerie Utopie Season 5, 2017: Boulangerie Maison Lamour Season 6, 2018: La Fougasse d’Uzès Season 7, 2019: Du Pain pour demain Season 8, 2020: Aux délices normands
Portugal	Best Bakery - A Melhor Pastelaria de Portugal	Ana Guiomar	Luca Arguelles Telmo Moutinho	SIC	Season 1, 2016: Sabores d'Avenida
Finland	Suomen paras leipomo	—	Hans Välimäki Jenni Höijer	Jim	Season 1, 2014: Aroma Bageri ja Konditori Season 2, 2015: MBakery
Germany	Deutschlands bester Bäcker	—	Johann Lafer Bernd Kütscher Eveline Wild Jochen Baier Sabine Baumgarten	ZDF	Season 1, 2014: Arno Simon
Italy	Best Bakery - La migliore pasticceria d'Italia	—	Current Alessandro Servida (2) Andreas Acherer (2) Former Paco Torreblanca (1) Alexandre Bourdeaux (1)	TV8 Sky Uno	Season 1, 2018: Pasticceria Alfa Season 2, 2020: Pasticceria Citterio

References

^ "Mich to front new ITV1 Series". Little Venice Cake Company. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
^ "HAMBLETON BAKERY WINS BRITAINS BEST BAKERY - Hambleton Bakery". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
^ "Angel's Share in Richmond runner-up in Britain's Best Bakery competition". The Northern Echo.