[4] The series has proven popular abroad; in the United States and Canada, where "Bake-Off" is a trademark owned by Pillsbury,[5] it airs as The Great British Baking Show.

[1] Despite the move, BBC Studios retains global distribution and format rights to the series except in North America[20] and are set for renewal in 2028.

[24] In March 2017, it was announced that Prue Leith would join Hollywood as a judge, while Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig would take over as presenters.

Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges, whilst Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc continued to present the series.

Richard Burr was awarded the largest number of star baker designations of any series so far but was beaten by Nancy Birtwhistle in the final.

A spin-off show The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, hosted by comedian Jo Brand on BBC Two, was also launched as a companion series in the same year.

The spin-off show The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice returned for a second series, with Jo Brand as host.

[44] On 30 October 2018, Sheffield University researcher Rahul Mandal, from Rotherham,[45] was announced as the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2018.

The cast and crew had to live in a "self-contained biosphere",[13] which was Down Hall Hotel in Bishop's Stortford where a marquee was put up in its garden for the competition.

[51] On 24 November 2020, it was announced that this series was won by Peter Sawkins, with Laura Adlington and Dave Friday finishing as the runners-up.

The Great British Bake Off began airing on Tuesday 26 September 2023 on Channel 4 with Alison Hammond replacing Matt Lucas as host alongside Noel Fielding.

The fourteenth series was broadcast on Netflix as Collection 11, releasing weekly on Fridays three days after the UK air date.

[62] Iain Hollingshead of The Daily Telegraph was scathing, describing the presenters as "annoying", the judge Paul Hollywood as looking "sinister without being interesting", and that the audience would be so bored that they "could certainly forgive the cameraman if he were to commit hara-kiri in a giant pool of egg and flour.

[64][65] Rachel Ward of The Daily Telegraph thought the programme "had just the right consistency of mouth-watering morsels, good humour, and fascinating history",[66] while Tom Sutcliffe of The Independent considered the contest "perfectly baked".

[69][70][71] Mark Lawson of The Guardian described the programme on Channel 4 as "both exactly the same but also just subtly different enough", and that "only someone desperate to dislike the re-plated show could argued that [it] has soured, spoiled or binned its recipe".

"[73] Anna Leszkiewicz of the New Statesman however considered that while the format had been left largely unchanged and the contestants "irresistibly likeable", "every single change to the show has been for the worse".

[77] A stage musical written by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary based on the series and endorsed by Love Productions opened in Cheltenham in July 2022.

[86] The final episode is the most-watched show on BBC Two since the present ratings system was introduced in 2002, beating the previous record set by Top Gear.

[92] In the last series on the BBC in 2016, nine of the top ten most-watched programmes of the year were episodes of the show, with 16.03 million viewers watching the finale.

After an investigation, the BBC said Love Production's loan agreement with Smeg did not meet editorial guidelines and was being revised for the third series, and that appropriate retrospective hire payments would be made.

The editing of the show suggested that another contestant, Diana Beard, had caused the failure by removing the ice cream from a freezer, and the perceived "sabotage" resulted in an uproar on social media networks.

Later in the episode, when Iain removes his ice cream to begin the next step of his dish, it is still quite soft, indicating it went into the freezer he shared with Diana without being completely frozen.

[111] A number of viewers complained to the BBC feedback show Points of View in the fifth series about the "constant smutty remarks" from the presenters Mel and Sue.

[112][113] This series was seen as having more innuendos than previous ones; some reviewers noted the "extra pinch of saucy spice" and "the increasingly filthy-minded hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins".

[123] On 31 October 2017, judge Prue Leith accidentally revealed that Sophie Faldo was the winner of Series 8 on her Twitter account, twelve hours before the finale was due to air.

[125] In the Bake Off 2023 Festive Special, this controversy was referenced by Prue Leith where she jokes "this time I won't Tweet it" while speaking to Sophie Faldo.

[126] Recent series have included weeks themed around a designated country, many of which have been criticised for their use of inauthentic dishes, fostering of stereotypes and "casual" racism.

Additionally, criticism was directed at the incorrect pronunciation, inaccurate labelling of Mexican dishes, and a sketch where Matt and Noel dressed in sombreros and ponchos, which was deemed disrespectful.

[134] Since her appointment as a Bake-Off judge, Prue Leith has been criticised by groups such as the eating disorders charity Beat for describing some bakes as "not worth the calories".

Beat noted that referring to the calorific content of foods can be potentially harmful or distressing to people suffering from (or vulnerable to) eating disorders, with the charity's director of external affairs Tom Quinn describing the expression as "very unhelpful".