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What makes The Great British Bake Off work so well

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This week: All food, all the time! I share behind-the-scenes details about The Great British Baking Show, and explore what other reality TV shows can learn from it. Then, recommendations for three shows related to food, and then stick around to the end for life advice from reality TV, this time from former Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi.

Mentioned

  • The Great British Baking Show
    • The Great British Bake Off’s time calls are fake
    • Why Prue Leith doesn’t have her own Hollywood Handshake
    • Questions about The Great British Baking Show, answered

      • Recommendations

      • Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas (Food Network)
      • Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu)
        • Padma's new cookbook
        • Tongue Thai'd with Pangina Heals (WOW Presents Plus)

          • Credits

          • Andy Dehnart’s Reality Blurred is copyright 2025 by Reality Blurred LLC.
          • Find me at realityblurred.com or andydehnart.com
          • Our theme song is “Cheery Monday” by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under the Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License.
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