The Great Australian Bake Off: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Great Australian Bake Off features ten or twelve passionate home bakers competing in a grueling elimination series, crafting a mouth-watering selection of cakes, pies, tarts, pastries, bread, biscuits, and desserts, all in the hope of being crowned Australia's Best Home Baker. 

In each episode, contestants are challenged with a signature bake, a technical bake, and a showstopper, with judges critiquing their creations and ultimately selecting a "Star Baker" and eliminating one contestant each week. The show tests their baking skills, creativity, and prowess under pressure.

Series details

• Title: The Great Australian Bake Off
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2013-07-09
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Life Style.
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 67 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6/10
• TVMaze ID: 6341
• IMDb ID: tt2569326
• TVDB ID: 263328

Cast and credited roles

• Maggie Beer — Judge
• Mel Buttle — Host
• Matt Moran — Judge
• Claire Hooper — Host
• Natalie Tran — Host
• Rachel Khoo — Judge
• Darren Purchese — Judge
• Tom Walker — Host
• Cal Wilson — Host
• Shane Jacobson — Host
• Anna Gare — Host
• Dan Lepard — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-07-09; final listed air date 2013-08-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2015-10-13; final listed air date 2015-12-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-10-11; final listed air date 2016-12-13; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2018-01-18; final listed air date 2018-03-22; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2019-10-03; final listed air date 2019-12-05; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 2022-01-27; final listed air date 2022-03-31; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2023-06-13; final listed air date 2023-08-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 8: premiered 2024-09-18; final listed air date 2024-11-20.
• Season 9: premiered 2025-07-29; final listed air date 2025-09-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 10: premiered 2026-08-11; final listed air date 2026-10-06.

Source and licence

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