The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off is a British television baking competition. In it, a group of amateur bakers compete against (50) _______ every week. A group of judges decides who will continue next week and who (51) _______. After one person is eliminated in each round, the winner is chosen from the people who reach the final. (52) _______ episode of The Great British Bake Off appeared on TV in 2010.
The idea came from producer Anna Beattie after she (53 ) _______to a friend who had seen ’bake-offs’ in America. However, it took Beattie four years (54) _______ get any TV channel interested in the idea. In the end, it was BBC Two which agreed to make such a programme.
The competition (55) _______ in a garden and the filming normally lasts 13 weeks. (56) _______ the COVID-19 pandemic, the filming of season 11 lasted only six weeks.
In each episode, the bakers (57) _______ to complete three tasks: a signature bake, a technical challenge, and a show-stopper. The signature bake is for the bakers to bake something based on their own (58) _______. For the technical challenge, all the bakers must bake the same thing. The show-stopper is for the bakers to show their special skills. In the final episode, the winner is chosen. The Great British Bake Off (59) _______ fourteen winners so far – seven men and seven women.
Can’t wait to see who wins the next season? Then remember to watch it later this year.