The Great British Bake Off (or Bake Off)has captivated audiences since its debut in 2010 with the simple premise of being a baking competition with a big heart. It is most well known for the witty banter between co-hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas, alongside the savage criticisms and precision baking advice from culinary experts Paul Hollywood and Prue Leigh. Every week has a different theme and the challenges get progressively harder until a winner can be declared in the final week, where publicity and commercial opportunities are abundant.

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With the latest series drawing to a close,some suggestions for similar shows to watchnext may be useful to fill the baking void. Not all of these shows are about baking, but they match the joy and positivity thatThe Great British Bake Offbrings to audiences.

8Baking Impossible

Baking Impossibleis a baking competition that situates one professional baker and one engineer teaming up to create bakes that can withstand scientific tests and that taste delicious. FormerBake Offfinalist, Andrew Smyth judges alongside baker Joanne Chang and engineer Hakeem Oluseyi and their criticisms are insanely precise and at times, savage. Justin Willman presents each episode to inject some comedy and reassurance for the ‘bakineers.’

The show is a great weekend family watch and is full of difficult challenges that are fascinating to view on screen. The first series of the show is available to watch onNetflix.

A contestant from Baking Impossible making final touches to his engineered cake-robot in the kitchen

7Masterchef (UK or US version)

On a more savory note, both the UK and US versions ofMasterchefare other competitive cooking shows with immense pressures on the culinary contestants. There are different versions of this show all over the world, but the basic premise is to hunt for a young chef who wants to make it big in the culinary world.

The UK show is definitely the more friendly of the two, showing the contestants using the best sourced ingredients and getting to experience some of thebest kitchensin the country, whereas the US version is more heated and relies on its drama. Judges on both shows are equally opinionated and passionate about cooking and so each contestant has to push themselves behind the line.

Presenters John Torode and Greg Wallace holding vegetables and a clipboard for a posed photograph

Shows can be watched onBBC iPlayer(UK) orHulu(US).

6Interior Design Masters

This show does not focus on food but matches the sweet homely vibe ofBake Off. Interior Design Mastersis a BBC series where aspiring interior designers compete with their ideas to win an opportunity of a lifetime. Each week consists of contestants decorating ordinary spaces, schools, shops, hotel rooms, to name a few, with their own brilliant innovation and style.

Presented by the hilarious Alan Carr, his comedy contrasts to the quietly ferocious interior design guru, Michelle Ogundehin. Her critiques of each space are simultaneouslytasteful and terrifyingas viewers are left guessing each week over who will be eliminated.

Presenter and comedian Alan Carr looking worried next to a painting station in a hotel room

Watch onBBC iPlayerorNetflix.

5Sugar Rush: Extra Sweet

Racing against the clock,Sugar Rush: Extra Sweetfeatures teams speedily making treats in an effort to showcase their baking skills. Fast-paced and frantic, the show has a large layer of intensity for the contestants and a cash prize if they win.

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Two baking contestants inspecting their final large cake bake in the kitchen

It isdramatic and energetic with a different themeand varying rounds each week, keeping viewers' eyes busy with the bright colors and vibrant confectionary visions. Each contestant is also able to promote their own businesses, allowing them to furnish a brand and become well-known via TV. The style of comedy is fitting with the American baking competition brand thatNetflixhas expanded upon and allows the bakers to show off their personalities through their work.

Find this show onNetflix.

4The Great Pottery Throw Down

Similar in sweetness,The Great Pottery Throw Downoffers another type of treat:Bake Offbut with pottery. This is a pottery-making competition where contestants (potters) must construct elaborate clay designs that have to be successfully fired in a kiln and survive as a beautiful sculpture. Who knew a show about pottery could be so fun?

Judges are meticulous with their knowledge and passion for pottery and there are many emotive moments that tug at the viewer’s heartstrings. This show is warm and a testament to the friendly and innovative vibes of Channel 4: also the home ofBake Off.

Judges discussing pottery in the competition room whilst one judge is sat at the pottery wheel to make a design

Watch onAll 4orHBO Max.

3Is It Cake?

As suggestive of its title,Is It Cake?is a new type of baking competition that solely consists of skilled cake artists creating baked replicas of everyday items. Judges then have toguess which object is actually dessertand failure to identify the correct item allows the cake artists to progress in the competition.

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The show is jam-packed full of comedy and cake in equal measures, as every task results in food that looks irresistibly mouth-watering. The construction of each bake is ingenious, and the viewer can judge the competition alongside and ask the ultimate question themselves: is it cake?

WatchIs It Cake?onNetflix.

2The Great British Sewing Bee

Impressive and homely in equal measures, this show takes impressive amateur sewers stitch intricate and elaborate designs and clothing. Another UK competition show, and a spin-off of theBake Offformat, this is one for a winter evening and for fans of fashion.

Contestants must undergo three sewing challenges each week to avoid elimination, consisting of them designing and creating their own garments and ensuring that their clothes fit a live model comfortably. Judged by famous fashion designers,the show is fun, but also very specialist and educational for those who do not know much about sewing.

An image consisting of five hamburgers - one of which the judges have to guess which is the cake

Watch onBBC iPlayerorSky Go.

1Junior Bake Off

Finally,Bake Offwould not be complete as a television show without the version for children.Junior Bake Offhas the same passion and heart of the original without the savagery or harsh criticisms. Families love this heart-warming and often festive series situating very talented young contestants competing to win.

As well as a great opportunity, viewers get to see each baker become close friends with each other and cracking jokes with presenter and comedian Harry Hill. It is a heart-warming and, at times, emotional watch and perfect if TV fans are missing the originalBake Offprogram.

The judges and presenter from the competition posing for the photograph alongside two mannequins

Presenter and comedian Harry Hill holding a cake and stood in-between the two judges outside of the Bake Off tent