The Bake Down is the go to podcast for those who can't get enough of the Great British Bake Off, form Bake With A Legend (the company that let's you bake alongside former contestants for brilliant online and physical events).
Sarah Taylor is joined by former contestants Howard Middleton, Dan Beasley Harling and Jane Beedle for the duration of the latest series to digest the latest action in the tent. If you want the inside track and inspired insight, this is the podcast for you. Contact us at thebakedown@bakewithalegend.com with all your questions!
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Cake It Til You Make It
It's cake week and our new 12 bakers tackle a boozy signature, a caffeinated technical and a self-portrait showstopper. Who will make it through to the second week and wh
Sep 23 1 h 29 min
The Bakers' Dozen of 2026
It's time to meet the twelve new bakers arriving in the tent for the seventeenth series of The Great British Bake Off. Join Howard Middleton and Sarah Taylor as they read
Sep 21 54 min
Don't Get The Hump
It's here...the 2025 Bake Off final. Only three bakers made it here and with three challenges left to go, only one can be crowned the winner. This week, our amazing final
Nov 5 2025 1 h 05 min
Blow Your Own Cream Horn
Four bakers remain but only three can get through to the final...it's patisserie week! Our fantastic four must face a puff pastry signature, a fruity technical and a maca
Oct 29 2025 55 min
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
It's dessert week for the quarter-finals, and our five remaining bakers must tackle three sweet challenges to get them that step closer to the illustrious Bake Off final.
Oct 22 2025 1 h 00 min
Taking The Pith
For the second time this year, we've got a never-before-seen theme: meringue week. The bakers must whisk their way through three sticky challenges if they are to be crown
Oct 15 2025 1 h 12 min
Plait's The Way I Like It
Seven bakers remain but only six can make it through pastry week. With both sweet and savoury challenges, our magnificent seven face a plaited signature, a classic techni
Oct 8 2025 1 h 10 min
Chocolate Meltdowns
It's gooey, it's delicious, it's chocolate week! We join our eight remaining bakers as they take on a bubbly signature, a pastry-encased technical, and a melting masterpi
Oct 1 2025 1 h 22 min
Top of the Class
In a first for the Bake Off tent, we're sending the bakers Back To School to tackle three testing challenges: a lunchbox snack signature, a canteen classic technical and
Sep 24 2025 1 h 17 min
Rise to the Challenge
The Chairman of the (bread) Board, Mr Paul Hollywood is on the lookout for the perfect loaves in bread week. The remaining 10 bakers must impress both Paul and Prue as th
Sep 17 2025 1 h 09 min
Crunch Time
It's biscuit week and the heat is on in the kitchen. The remaining eleven bakers battle it out with three biscuit challenges: a hidden design signature, a chocolate-coate
Sep 10 2025 1 h 10 min
Just Swiss Roll With It
And we're off...! Cake week begins another year of The Great British Bake Off with 12 new bakers and three new bakes: an imprinted Swiss roll signature, a Fondant Fancy t
Sep 3 2025 1 h 12 min
Meet the Class of 2025
It's everyone's favourite time of year as once again The Great British Bake Off returns for 2025, marking 16 years on our screens. Join Howard Middleton, Jane Beedle and
Aug 27 2025 37 min
A Joy From Start To Finish
This week we caught up with the delightful Gill Howard, semi-finalist from The Great British Bake Off 2024. Listen to our brand new episode to hear Gill chatting to Sarah
Jul 30 2025 49 min
It's Never Too Late to Start
Another podcast episode and another star of The Great American Baking Show: season 7's Jenn Reyes. Jenn chats to Howard, Jane and Sarah about her experiences in the famou
Jul 17 2025 48 min
It's Amazing What Baking Can Do
Welcome back for more baking chat on The Bake Down Podcast. This week, Sarah, Jane & Howard are joined by The Great American Baking Show winner and former Bake with a Leg
Jul 3 2025 54 min
The Cream Ain't Creaming
The Bake Down is back for another summer season, and what better way to kick things off than with a lovely interview with the delightful Adela Mou, finalist on season 8 o
Jun 18 2025 45 min
You Can't Polish a Scone
It's here, it's the final of The Great British Bake Off 2024 and we are three challenges away from crowning our fifteenth winner. But before that, the finalists must face
Nov 27 2024 1 h 23 min
Ooh-la-laminated pastry
It's the semi-finals and it's patisserie week. The remaining four bakers face an Eiffel Tower of delicate French desserts in this last final bid to get to the final of th
Nov 20 2024 1 h 04 min
I Got Choux Babe
Grab your flares and your disco balls cos it's Bake Off's first Seventies week. With five remaining bakers and only nine more challenges of the series, the stakes have ne
Nov 13 2024 1 h 24 min
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This podcast is delightful! I love hearing about little behind the scenes things of the show. And I’ve truly learned a lot from listening to Jane and Howard.
I do wonder if Jane can sort out her mic as sometimes she’s at an equal volume with Howard and sometimes she’s very quiet and it’s hard to hear her.
Both of them are fabulous and I look forward to listening every week.
HudsJ32 · Oct 2025
I absolutely love this podcast. Bake Off is my ultimate comfort show and this podcast only makes it that much better. I love your insight from behind the tent flap. Loving the interviews this season. Look forward to many more seasons.
CoCoJaRo · Nov 2024
Well done! This podcast is great for reliving the greatest reality show ever with some expert hosts. They have good insights. They are kind and not petty. They concentrate on the bakes, the bakers and the show. It is very well hosted and skillfully led by Josh who adeptly leads the conversation. It is so nice to hear from actual former bake off contestants and having their insights into the show and especially the baking. Thank you!
readmoreplz · May 2023
Listening from the US. A fun first-hand review of the latest season of the Bake Off. Thanks for your sometimes critical perspectives (eg Jane’s take on “proving”). This isn’t a breathless fan cast, but one of the best podcasts about the show. I agree that the show has changed a bit (pizza toppings or tortilla fillings vs baking). I hope Love Productions is listening in here. With Matt Lucas leaving the show I d love to see Dan take his place. I’ve often thought a former baker should be the co-host. Jane would be insightful but I’m afraid she and Paul would end up in fisticuffs! (I’d be happy to teach the panel how to make Mexican food!).
Endless Song · Mar 2023
I enjoy the show but Jane just makes so many snobby comments. She picks her favorites and then decides who she doesn’t like. I’m only on their first season, but she is going on about Steph and how she didn’t get enough criticism for having gaps in her cake compared to someone else she couldn’t remember when Steph was in fact the one who got the criticism. Get your facts straight if you’re going to be rude about contestants.
Tex617 · Mar 2023
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