The Great British Bake Off Series 16: All The Details
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It's not long now until the beloved baking show returns
It might be the height of summer right now, but hardcore Bake Off fans will already be wondering about when the autumnal favourite is returning to our screens. And now, Channel 4 has dropped a teaser trailer, alongside the release date and list of contestants. So when can we get our fix? Will the normal cohort of judges be returning? And who is primed to enter the tent? Here’s everything we know so far about The Great British Bake Off season 16.
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Great British Bake Off 2025: Everything We Know So Far
When Is Great British Bake Off 2025 On TV?
The Great British Bake Off season 16 will return on 2 September 2025 at 8pm on Channel 4. Episodes will then drop weekly.
Is There A Trailer?
Channel 4 has released a first look trailer for Great British Bake Off 2025, although it doesn’t give much away. Comedian Joe Wilkinson narrates a clip which is set in space, giving a baking spin to the Big Bang concept. It begins: ‘Once there was nothing. Absolutely nothing. Then a twinkle, a floury sprinkle. An abakening, if you will.’ Then, we begin to see cartoon characters of hosts Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond emerge, and the video ends with the camera panning out of judge Paul Hollywood’s eye, as Wilkinson says: ‘Once there was nothing, then there was Bake Off.’ Prue Leith is missing from the trailer, however Channel 4 has confirmed she will be returning alongside Hollywood.
Who Are The Contestants?
- Aaron: aged 38, senior systems architect from London
- Hassan: aged 30, development scientist from South Yorkshire
- Iain: aged 29, software engineer from Belfast
- Jasmine: aged 23, medical student from London
- Jessika: aged 32, service designer from London
- Leighton: aged 59, software delivery manager from Surrey
- Lesley: aged 59, hairdresser from Kent
- Nadia: aged 41, hairdresser from Liverpool
- Nataliia: aged 32, office assistant from East Yorkshire
- Pui Man: aged 51, bridal designer from Essex
- Toby: aged 29, business development executive from Warwickshire
- Tom: aged 31, creative entrepreneur from London
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Who Are The Judges For 2025?
Channel 4 have confirmed Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith will be returning to judge the competition, saying: ‘As the ovens fire up and a new batch of bakers steps into the iconic tent to face Paul and Prue, audiences can expect all the classic ingredients – warmth, humour, creativity, and just the right amount of competition.’
Hollywood has been a judge on the show every year since its beginnings in 2010, while Leith joined in 2017, taking over from Mary Berry.
In 2024, Leith stepped away from judging sister show Celebrity Bake Off, saying: ‘[The one] I’m not doing this year is the celebrity one and it’s mainly because these things are filmed back-to-back the whole way through the summer.’ Her friend Caroline Waldegrave OBE, former Managing Director and co-owner of Leiths School of Food and Wine, took her place for the 2025 series. For 2026, Singaporean pastry chef Cherish Finden will reportedly join Hollywood in judging the celebrities.
However, during an appearance on ITV’s Lorraine, Leith confirmed that doesn’t mean she’s leaving Great British Bake Off. ‘I keep being asked if I’m leaving. This is because I left the celebrity [version]. I stopped doing that last year because I just hadn’t had a holiday in the summer for eight years. I’ve only given up Celebrity [Bake Off].’
She added: ‘I still do The Great American Bake Off, which we are filming at the moment, and I still do The Great British Bake Off, which I love, and is the mother of them all.
‘It’s the best job in telly. It’s absolutely the best job in telly, I don’t have to learn lines, I don’t have to have a script. I don’t have to rehearse. I just walk on and eat cake.’
Who Are The Hosts?
Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond will return to host the 2025 show. Fielding has co-presented the show since 2017, while Hammond joined in 2023, replacing Matt Lucas. The pair also present Celebrity Bake Off together, which will return in spring 2026.
Gill, Sumayah, Dylan, Illiyin, Christiaan, Georgie and Nelly.
Who Won Great British Bake Off 2024?
Last year, Welsh paediatric nurse Georgie Grasso took home the crown, beating fellow finalists Christiaan De Vries, and fan favourite Dylan Bachelet. ‘Being the first Welsh baker in the final was a massive achievement in itself, so to have won it is just the best feeling in the world,’ said Grasso. ‘The fact that I did it for Wales was amazing, it felt so surreal and my legs went to jelly.’
Where Is It Streamed?
Great British Bake Off airs on Channel 4, with all episodes available to stream for free.
