The Great Australian Bake Off season 6 is an upcoming Australian TV competition baking series that will air on the Australian version of Channel 4.
The competition series’ new season is scheduled to air in 2022 and viewers can anticipate an ample of stunning cakes, surprising moments, lots of drama, and nerve-wracking challenges.
The participants have to pull out their A-game to stay on top of the competition as they will be facing many difficult challenges while the show proceeds further and as if this is not enough, the participants have to prepare themselves for the elimination round every week.
Unlike other reality competition series, this doesn’t have any cash prize but the winner gets various career-enhancing opportunities and gets featured in popular magazines. To know more about the upcoming season of TGABO, let’s get into the deets.
Is The Great Australian Bake Off Season 6 confirmed?
Yes! It’s confirmed. We’ve mentioned that the sixth season new episodes will be ready by early 2022.
Wendy Moore, General Manager of Lifestyle and Fox Area Group, said: “We are delighted to announce the return of one of Australia’s most popular formats and one of our much-loved programs. The Great Australian Bake Off has to be the loveliest, feel-good competition cooking show ever seen – with great talent, exceptional home bakers and a magical setting that we know our viewers love.”
Moore resumed: “We are excited to be investing in long-running Australian programming which is one of our great passions and we are very much looking forward to being back in production and working with BBC Studios.”
Kylie Washington, GM of BBC Studios ANZ and creative director/producer also added: “I’m excited to be producing this incredible show for Australian audiences. There’s something about the combination of cake and feel-good entertainment that has proved a winning recipe both here and around the world. We have found the next lot of talented local bakers who will amaze and inspire with their creations.”
Maggie Beer stated: “How exciting that all the gang is back for Bake Off. It’s such a special show where the contestants not only dazzle me with their love of baking, but they are so open to continually learning and to help each other. It’s a real joy to be involved.”
Release Date of The Great Australian Bake Off Season 6: When is it?
The widely popular Australian version of the baking competition series sixth season officially has an air date and it’s scheduled to premiere on January 27, 2022.
How Many Episodes Will The Sixth Season Have?
The sixth season of The Great Australian Bake Off will consist of 10 episodes.
Each episode will have a runtime of 75 minutes also featuring the show’s three themed challenges Signature, Technical, and Showstopper.
Hosts & Judges of The Great Australian Bake Off Season 6
In the sixth season of The Great Australian Bake Off, viewers can expect to see Maggie Beer and Matt Moran return as the judges.
Maggie Beer is a well-known restaurateur and has been a regular guest on another popular TV show called ‘MasterChef Australia.’
Matt Moran is also a TV regular as he comes across many television cooking series namely ‘MasterChef Australia,’ ‘The Chopping Block,’ ‘Paddock to Plate.’
Joining Moran and Beer, we have Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas and comedians Claire Hooper and Mel Buttle who have been hosting the show since the second season after replacing Anna Gare and Shane Jacobson back in 2015.
Participants
As usual, there will be twelve competitors taking part in the show with each individual from different backgrounds having different experiences from across the countries. Each competitor will display their skills and talents in the field of baking and go head-to-head against other participants to stay at the top of the game.
Presently, the names of the participants have not been revealed yet and it’s not known if the show will continue with the same pattern but if nothing changes, it’s likely that the new season’s format will remain the same with a total of 12 competitors featuring the same themed challenges.