Overview

• Channel 4’s 2025 series features Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding hosting with Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith judging.
• Producers introduced a recipeless “taste‑and‑bake” Technical, asking bakers to reverse‑engineer a sample Battenburg.
• Many viewers criticised the new format as overly harsh for an opener and complained it rewarded guesswork rather than technique.
• A Jurassic Park‑style opening sketch drew complaints from fans who described it as strange or cringeworthy.
• Cake Week included notable mishaps such as a forgotten flour and a collapsing showstopper, and the episode closed with the first exit and a Star Baker named.