About this season
Legendary judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood are back with a new season of The Great American Baking Show with hosts Ellie Kemper and Zach Cherry, where nine amateur bakers from around America enter the iconic tent for unique signature challenges.
Episodes (6)
1. Cake Week
Aired 11 May 2026 • 61 min
The new season kicks off with Cake Week as eight of America's best amateur bakers strive to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith; for the Signature, they must create towering vertical layer cakes.
2. Cookie Week
Aired 11 May 2026 • 60 min
Hosts Andrew Rannells and Casey Wilson direct aspiring bakers who face exhilarating challenges. Paul and Prue wisely judge, sending one home a week until one is crowned America's best.
3. Bread Week
Aired 11 May 2026 • 60 min
The tent fills with the smell of freshly baked loaves as Bread Week begins, and judges Paul and Prue come up with increasingly harder challenges; the signature is focaccia, and the olive oil flows.
4. Pâtissier Week (Pastry Week / Semi Finals)
Aired 11 May 2026 • 60 min
With the finale in sight, Pâtisserie Week turns up the heat; the Signature dessert is a high-wire act creating decorative custard pies; in the Technical, Paul and Prue set a mysterious and highly intricate French pastry.
5. Finals
Aired 11 May 2026 • 63 min
The Signature has the bakers taking on baked meringue bombs; the Technical has them creating raspberry and pistachio entremets; the finalists are asked to create a celebratory three-tier masterpiece for their Showstopper.