Vanity Fair’s Undersung TV Gems: The Great Canadian Baking Show

Excerpt from Contributing Editor Maureen Ryan’s April 24 article: 13 Undersung TV Gems to Binge Right This Second

The Great Canadian Baking Show

I’ve already said my piece about the soothing, perfect gem known as The Great Pottery Throw Down. But when it comes to all things pastry, a different cousin of the Great British Baking Show is even more wonderful than the mothership. Let me speak my truth: The judging and hosting of the Great Canadian Baking Show has been, from its inception, more consistently excellent than that of GBBO (for one thing, the Canadian judges don’t physically recoil from any spice that isn’t cinnamon). And while stipulating that all the people in the tent-based baking shows are generally hardworking and kind, the fact is that any random half dozen contestants from the Canadian program could likely wipe the floor with a significant percentage of GBBO bakers. Our neighbors to the North are just that creative and imaginative when in the vicinity of an immersion blender.

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