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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You'd Butter Believe It
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Its Free-From Party week and the remaining 6 bakers must face vegan cakes, gluten free pastries and all on theme for wild and wonderful children's parties. Join Howard, S
Nov 4 1 h 05 min
Bake It Til You Flake It
It's pastry week and the remaining bakers must take on a mini pie signature, a choux pastry technical and a sweet or savoury showstopper. Join Howard and Sarah as they di
Oct 28 1 h 01 min
Size Really Does Matter
We're halfway through the series and it's dessert week. The bakers must face a saucy signature, an old-school technical and a vintage showstopper. Join Howard and Sarah a
Oct 21 1 h 01 min
Crust The Process
It's bread week and our 10 remaining bakers tackle a garlic bread signature, a tricky flatbread technical and an enriched centrepiece showstopper. Join Howard and Sarah a
Oct 14 1 h 09 min
No Method, Just Madness
It's a Bake Off first this week as the viewers at home are the ones to choose which recipes are featured on Audience Choice week. Join Howard and Sarah, and special guest
Oct 7 1 h 22 min
Chip, Chip, Hooray!
It's biscuit week in the tent and our twelve bakers whip up batches of delight in a gooey cookie signature, a miniature nostalgic technical and a mosaic masterpiece shows
Sep 30 1 h 22 min
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
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I have been an avid fan and supportor of Bake With a Legend. I eagerly awaited the new season of both GBBO and this podcast. But I am sad to see that they have now joined a podcast network and the show is constantly interrupted with extremely annoying ads. I understand the need to monetize your efforts, but surely you don’t need this many ad breaks with the same ads being aired over and over again. And I’m hoping some other GBBO contestants will join to fill in for Jane, whom I sorely miss.
Sugarpilz · Sep 2026
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
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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