Season 12 of The Great British Baking Show is NOW on Netflix!

A new season of “The Great British Baking Show” is finally upon us. It’s been a full calendar year since the most recent season of everyone’s favorite reality baking series aired, but beloved judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith are definitely back with 12 all-new contestants, baking their hearts out for a chance at the grand prize.

With “The Great British Baking Show” Season 12 now here, many may be wondering how, exactly, to watch the new 2021 season. Pasts seasons have had staggered airings in the U.S., and even in the U.K. the show has aired on a couple of different networks. Here’s everything you need to know.

First, the Contestants.  Here’s who you’ll be rooting for (or against) this season:

• Amanda Geo, 56, Metropolitan Police detective, London
• Chigs Parmar, 40, Sales manager, Leicestershire
• Crystelle Pereira, 26, Client relationship manager, London
• Freya Cox, 19, Student, North Yorkshire
• George Aristidou, 34, Shared lives coordinator, London
• Giuseppe Dell’Anno, 45, Chief engineer, Bristol
• Jairzeno, 51, Head of Finance, London
• Jürgen, 56, IT professional, Sussex
• Lizzie Acker, 28, Car production operative, Liverpool
• Maggie, 70, Retired nurse & midwife, Dorset
• Rochica, 27, Junior HR business partner, Birmingham
• Tom, 28, Software developer, Kent

Where and How you can watch “The Great British Baking Show” in America:

If you’re in the U.S., each new episode of “The Great British Baking Show” Season 12 (or “Collection 9,” as Netflix oddly decided to call it) is streaming on Netflix, with the first episode dropping on September 24th at 3AM EST. After the premiere, new episodes will arrive weekly on Fridays at the same time.

The bad news is that you can’t gorge on all the episodes at once.  The good news is there’s only a delay of a few days from the U.K. airings, so American watchers not wanting to be spoiled on who gets sent home each week just have to avoid spoilers for a couple of days.

How to Watch “The Great British Baking Show” in the U.K.:

If you’re a fan in the U.K., you can watch “The Great British Bake Off” (as it’s called across the pond) on Channel 4 on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. BST. The first episode debuted on September 20, and new episodes will air weekly on Tuesdays.

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