#the great canadian baking show

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Sunday, February 02, 2025 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

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[greenshi]

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📺 favourite TV series?

Oooh that's a tough one, since I dont watch a lot of TV. I'll give a couple that I really enjoy, though!

1. The Great Canadian Baking Show

If you've seen Great British Bake Off, it's basically the same thing, but Canadian. Perfect show to relax to, excellent vibes all around, and I am forever mad that they took it off Netflix.

2. Physical 100

On the opposite end of the competition show spectrum, Physical 100 is HYPE. Do you wanna watch a bunch of super buff people fight eachother and lift weights and push their bodies to the extreme? I'd recommend the first season over the second, but both are great.

3. Dungeon Meshi

You already know this one, everyone does right now. One of the few shows I've actually taken time to watch on my own, everything people praise this show for is true and correct. Charming characters, intricate world building, beautiful animation. There is a high chance you're already watching this, I dont need to sell you on it.

4. Game Changer

Again, you probably already know this one. Admittedly, I haven't had my Dropout subscription for a while now, so I havent seen some of the more recent episodes. From clips I've caught though, plus the older episodes I've seen over and over again, this show always delivers and exceeds. Something something I've Been Here The Whole Time joke.

[lefthandedbastard]

bruno out here with the LAVENDER SUIT POWER STANCE COMBO

[navyblueprince]

I hate this show it's only episode 3 and I'm sad someone's going home

[eg515]

I was baited by The Great Canadian Baking Show into thinking I will be watching a baking show, another version of GBBO, but it's actually just an hour every week of Dan Levy eating cakes and buttercream and candies

I love it, 10/10, no notes.

[bobcatmoran]

So, my latest obsession is the Great Canadian Baking Show. It's very obviously one of the many Great British Bake Off spin-offs (they have to use the Baking Show moniker because Pillsbury has a monopoly on the Bake Off term in both the US and Canada), up to and including the musical cues.

But the challenges are much more on par with the early GBBO seasons in tone. The hosts are supportive and gently joshing in a Mel and Sue vibe, and the judges give feedback that is critical but also explains, "If you just did XYZ, that would elevate this to a winning bake." The technicals have actual instructions, which leave out juuust enough details to test the bakers' knowledge of how flavors and baking techniques work without being like, "make a lemon meringue pie" as the sole instruction.

And also! The bakes are regularly multi-cultural in origin, and the judges are very open to different flavors. One of the technicals was Jamaican beef patties with an accompanying hot sauce, and one of the judges was genuinely excited to see how many of the scotch bonnet peppers they'd provided that each of the bakers would use. Paul Hollywood would never.

The current season is super accessible on YouTube if you just search for "Great Canadian Baking Show S07Exx" where the "xx" is the episode number, 8 in all. Can't promise that'll continue to be the case, but for now, it's a solid, accessible way to watch it outside of Canada.

Just like with GBBO, I've fallen in love with so many of these bakers and by the 3rd episode was bummed to see any of them leave, but the final 3 absolutely deserved their place in the tent, as did this season's winner.

[mostlyinthemorning]

Random question but thought you might know: any idea where the first 2 seasons of the Great Canadian Baking Show have gone? They don’t appear to be on Netflix or Gem. I have a craving for Dan and dessert.

Hi anon,

I'd noticed awhile back that it was no longer on Gem but I don't know why and it doesn't appear to be available anywhere else. You could try sending a nice note to one of CBC Gem's socials to see what they say? It's a shame that we can't watch Dan drown himself in baking anymore.

[crabsdaily]

watching canadian bake-off season 7 and one of the bakers just really looks like a french canadian jacob drawfee

[persimmonlions]

heather wearing an n95 cutting up peppers during spice week. i need something similar when dicing onions

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Sunday, October 06, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

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THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW (CBC) 8:00pm: Ten of Canada's amateur bakers arrive at the Baking Tent to start their quest for the cake plate.

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CRIME SCENE KITCHEN (Global) 9:00pm (SEASON 2 PREMIERE): Six self-taught baking teams arrive at the "Crime Scene Kitchen" to start their hunt for clues, leading them to the mystery dessert.

ROCK SOLID BUILDS (HGTV Canada) 10:00pm: While on a school break, Randy's young son Grady helps supervise a big dig in Brigus, but momentum sags as the homeowners keep tweaking the design.

[questioningdragons]

*Sprays squirt bottle at the bake off judge who said, "You can never count her out!" about the non-binary baker.*

[lefthandedbastard]

rip kathy you were a real one 😔

[maybeasunflower]

I love this quartet of outfits

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[punkbakerchristine]

coming up on a year of me baking, so here are some things i’ve picked up on along the way:

read the recipe, especially with baking. if a recipe tells you to do something, it’ll probably tell you. the biggest mistake i see happen with people on the great british baking show (especially the celebrity one) is people overthinking things. a recipe is basically a successful lab experiment that was recorded, so i would listen to them if i were you.

that cooked.wiki/ shortcut is a huge lifesaver. really, i don’t know where i would be without it.

baking is science. cooking is an art. in fact, it wasn’t until around the 18th century when women started entering the kitchen to bake. i.e., this whole trope that baking is a feminine thing flies right over my head.

as mary berry would say, chocolate melts in your pocket. in other words, it literally does not need that much heat in order to be tempered.

if chocolate is shiny, that’s good. if not, turn down the heat and keep going until it is.

good way to save a frosting that’s “split” or curdled in appearance: add some more liquid and keep beating it.

butter is your friend. so is olive oil. hell, any kind of fat is your friend—except margarine. avoid that shit at all costs.

oil is used in spice cakes because butter will turn them into bricks. oil makes it lighter and fluffier.

when you’re adding some more wet ingredients, add a little more flour. this will help balance out the batter. this works the other way, too: add a little more liquid if it’s too dry.

a good method of making chocolate a little more chocolate-y: add a tablespoon of coffee. i did this for the chocolate bailey’s cake on st. paddy’s day and my last two chocolate babkas and the chocolate came out rich and delicious.

cardamom does this with cinnamon and ginger. one of the reasons why i love my recipe for spice cake so much is because cardamom enhances all the spices.

literally the best way to stop yourself from overbeating a batter is pause the mixer as you pour in an egg, dry mixture, whatever. you spare yourself from injury doing this, too.

always flour your surface and rolling pin before you roll out your cookie dough/pie crust/any kind of dough. do the same with powdered sugar for marzipan and fondant, too.

literally watch caramel as its melting down and bubbling because it turns amber in the blink of an eye. another big mistake i see on tv all too often.

the hellofresh kits: their best proteins are their beef, shrimp, and anything ground up. their chicken and their pork can be pretty hit-and-miss, but when they’re good, they’re amazing.

wash your hands after handling any kind of raw meat, eggs, onions, and chili peppers. make sure your knife is sharp and you’re wearing some kind of protection when you’re slicing an onion (something i heard in welding and machine shop a lot whenever i took off my glasses: “nothing worse than a blind engineer.”)

don’t ever let anyone tell you that you have to laugh if things go awry in the kitchen in order to be classified as a good cook or chef. shit’s an emotional experience and you put your heart into the food, probably more than art or writing (and i get emotional over art all the time, and i’ve found i give more of myself in writing than i do art). like… i cried over a quiche.

i actually have mad respect for anyone who does vegan baking. i made a vegan chocolate cake back in january of this year and it was like a crepe 😅

bake what you like. i like spice cakes, anything chocolate, breads, cookies, pies, and tray bakes. i like stuff that’s kind of unusual like babka and anything jewish, canadian, latin, indian, or british. i like aromatic stuff. i like the kinds of goods you get at halloween or christmas, like they’re warm.

if you’re making something like a pot pie or a wellington, something that has an interior that needs to be cooked, cook it beforehand and then put it in the crust and bake it.

you actually don’t always have to blind bake a pie crust, like if it’s a meringue pie or one of those enclosed meat pies you can get in england. it is a good idea if you’re making a tart, a quiche, or any fruit pie, however.

forget pastry: if you can master bread, you can tackle anything.

when you’re baking bread, you don’t necessarily have to bloom the yeast—i guess some authors do this because it wakes up the yeast and preps it for the dough, but moisture + flour will do that trick as is.

keep the salt and yeast on opposite sides of the bowl. salt stunts the yeast and will take longer for the dough to rise.

depending on the type of dough, you can just knead bread with your hands. if anything, this is the best way to do it. go by time, too: my first loaf took me 15 minutes to knead until it felt as smooth as the inside of my arm; really put your arms and shoulders into it, too, make your muscles work (and this was back when i was still over 200 pounds, too).

fewer things in life are more satisfying than kneading bread dough. it’ll make your arms and shoulders nice and strong, too.

good way to tell if your bread is underproved: there’s a big split near the top. if you poke the dough, and it doesn’t bounce back right away, let it proof for longer. if you poke it, and it sort of collapses, it’s overproofed (never been a problem with me because i’m always on top of that, but i see it a lot in my bread making group on facebook).

mnemonic device for remembering the different types of meringues: french meringue starts with “f”, “f” for “foundation”, it’s the most basic meringue with the egg whites, cream of tartar, and sugar. swiss meringue. “sw”. “sweet”. “sweet water.” whip the egg whites over a bain-marie and add the sugar there (swiss meringue inexplicably is a bit sweeter than french). italian meringue is made by pouring a simple syrup into the egg whites so it looks like the boot of italy. at some point, i’ll come up with one for the different types of pastry cream 😅

salt is also your friend, even in sweet goods. especially in sweet goods.

it’s a little difficult to confuse salt with sugar (especially if you’re like me and you keep them in separate cupboards). a mere taste will save you on that, too.

145° is the safe temperature for beef and pork. 165° for chicken. 200° for bread.

iirc: it’s your cheekbone for rare beef. the tip of your nose for medium rare. your chin for medium.

less really is more with baking and cooking. this is another thing that people on baking shows do that drives me nuts (judges often don’t like it, either, believe it or not). you don’t need to add cherry, lemon, ginger, and nuts to that chocolate cake, becky, you can just do the nuts.

i just barely started with sourdough but so far, i’ve learned that with some recipes, when it misses, it REALLY misses. like i made sourdough english muffins a while back: they were good and we ate them at breakfast, but they were weirdly heavy, like hockey pucks.

i actually really don’t like it when there are other people in the kitchen with me. i’ve always been autonomous and did better working alone without any distractions. for this reason, i could never be on a baking show, what with all the cameras in your face and producers running around.

the more you bake, the more you’ll want to turn away from any store bought baked goods.

and finally, i really could not have become a baker at a better time, if i’m honest. i made my first loaf of bread on october 7, when the middle east fell into chaos again and this fated feeling swept over me. food in america is mostly comprised of things that aren’t even food, like high fructose corn syrup—that’s part of why i managed to lose 60 pounds since then, i know what’s going into what i put in my mouth and i can think ahead to what i’m going to eat through the day (and we wonder why american society is having the mother of all health crises, on a physical and mental level: everyone is eating garbage and not getting their vitamins, good fats, good carbs, and proteins, and everyone isn’t treating themselves to something comforting like a donut or a piece of pie). i hope more people realize this, too, like… when shit hits the fan and america descends into chaos itself, turn to those of us with the tools of the trade and like to work with our hands.