How To Watch The Great British Bake Off 2023 And Stream Christmas Special From Anywhere

How To Watch The Great Christmas Bake Off 2023

Watch The Great British Bake Off Season 14: Preview

*Season 14 of The Great British Bake Off or The Great British Baking Show as it's known in North America – has reached its climax, but you can tune into the 2023 Christmas special this Christmas Eve. Follow the details below on how to watch The Great British Bake Off Season 14 online from anywhere below – it's the exact same way you can watch The Great Christmas Bake Off!*

After ten weeks of whisking, crimping and dusting in the famous tent, we now have the series winner as the grand Season 14 final aired at the end of November in the UK.

For those GBBO fans who live abroad or aren't quite caught up, we won't give you any spoilers. But what we will say is that this year's overall winner was anybody's guess heading into the final trio of tasks, with all three finalists having been awarded Star Baker two times each during the series. You can scroll to the bottom of this article if you do want to know who the finalists were and who had already been eliminated.

As well as this year's contestants, another fresh face has joined Noel Fielding, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood in the tent for Season 14. After Matt Lucas decided to step away from the bakes earlier in the year, the bright and bubbly Alison Hammond dusted off her best food-related puns to follow in the beloved footsteps of Lucas, Sue Perkins, Mel Giedroyc, and Sandi Toksvig.

Find out all the details about Season 14 below including how to watch The Great British Bake Off 2023 online and stream every new episode from anywhere. And make sure you're all caught up ahead of the grand season final.

Watch The Great British Bake Off 2023 online in the UK

The Great Christmas Bake Off 2023 will air on Christmas Eve (December 24) at 8.15pm GMT on free-to-air Channel 4 in the UK.

The Great British Bake Off Season 14 was shown on free-to-air Channel 4 in the UK, with its ten episodes being broadcast at 8pm GMT on Tuesdays. Having started on September 26, the final of Bake Off aired on November 28. 

If you prefer to watch online or aren't able to see episodes live, then you can watch The Great British Bake Off on the network's on-demand service now simply called Channel 4, which you can access on desktop and through a number of devices via its app. While watching any live TV in the UK requires a TV licence, you won't need one for watching on catch-up.

It's free to sign up to stream Channel 4. All you need is an email address, a UK postcode (e.g. SW1P 2TX) and a valid TV licence.

And don't forget about GBBO's sister program An Extra Slice, which goes out on Thursdays at 8pm on Channel 4 and can be streamed in exactly the same way online.

Away from the UK while GBBO is on? Use a VPN using the instructions below to access Channel 4 like you would at home

How to watch The Great British Bake Off from anywhere

If you're a UK citizen on vacation or working overseas, you can still watch The Great British Bake Off just as you would at home. 

While Channel 4 blocks access from IP addresses outside of the UK, there's a handy piece of software called a VPN which can change your IP address to make it look like you're accessing streaming services from any country in the world. 

For example, UK citizens currently in the States can subscribe to a VPN, join a UK-based server and tune into all the programmes on Channel 4 from anywhere in the world, just like you would back home.

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3. Stream away! - login to your streaming service – Channel 4 in this instance - and stream like you were in your home country

How to watch The Great British Baking Show online in the US

To quote the show's Instagram page: "Pud news for our American fans."

New episodes of The Great British Baking Show as it's known across the Atlantic landed on Netflix US on Fridays at 3am ET / 12am PT.

The streaming giant is of course available to stream on pretty much every device going and currently starts from $6.99 a month, or $15.49 if you want to ditch all ads.

A Brit abroad looking for your free stream? Get a VPN to access Channel 4 while in the States.

Watch The Great British Bake Off in Australia

Foxtel's streaming services Foxtel Now and Binge are the home Down Under to everything Bake Off, with the season premiere on November 14.

New episodes go out every Tuesday at 7.30pm AEDT on the LifeStyle Food channel. The equivalent episodes of Extra Slice go out immediately afterwards on the same channel.

Binge is a great value option and is available on a whole host of devices (including smartphones, games consoles, Smart TVs, Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, etc), costs from only $10 per month and you can give it a go with a 7-day FREE trial.

The service is home to a ridiculous amount of other great TV shows, too. From heavyweight dramas like American Horror Story, Succession, The White Lotus, The Last Of Us, to reality (Real Housewives, 90 Day Fiancé), comedies (Colin From Accounts, What We Do In The Shadows), documentaries and much more.

An alternative option is Foxtel Now, a slightly pricier service that lets you either watch Fox Showcase programming live or on-demand as and when you want. Memberships begin at AU$25 a month.

Watch The Great British Baking Show in Canada

Canadian cake fans should prepare for a bitter aftertaste, as The Great British Baking Show tends to appear a long time after the original UK broadcast.

For example, last year Canada had to wait all the way until the following July before the Season 13 episodes became available. We assume, at the time of writing that it will be similar for Season 14, too.

When it does finally appear, the CBC Gem streaming service will inevitably be the place to watch The Great British Baking Show. A subscription is $4.99 right now - after you've taken advantage of its one month free trial – and you can watch on Android, Apple TV, iPad and iPhone or simply the CBC Gem website.

Of course, if you're an American traveling north of the border but want to access Netflix and stream the Baking Show as you would back home, you can do so with a VPN.

How to watch The Great British Bake Off in New Zealand

There's great news for GBBO lovers in New Zealand. You don't have to wait half a year to watch the new series like you did last time. Free-to-air TVNZ is now showing The Great British Bake Off Season 14!

New episodes go out on TVNZ1 every Saturday at 7pm (with Episode 1 airing on November 4). Extra Slice follows on Sundays on TVNZ2 at 6pm.

That also means you can watch and catch up on the network's free TVNZ+ streaming platform, which is available on web browsers, smartphones and apps on a wide range of streaming devices.

Signing up is easy and 100% free to do. Simply pop in your details including an email address and password – no zip code required!

Everything We Know About The Great British Bake Off Season 14

The Great British Bake Off Season 14 Trailer

The Great British Bake Off Season 14 Contestants

• Abbi, 27, Cumbria
• Amos, 43, North London
• Cristy, 33, East London
• Dan, 42, Cheshire
• Dana, 25, Essex
• Josh, 27, Leicestershire
• Keith, 60, Hampshire
• Matty, 28, Cambridgeshire
• Nicky, 52, West Midlands
• Rowan, 21, West Yorkshire
• Saku, 50, Herefordshire
• Tasha, 27, Bristol

The Great British Bake Off Season 14 episode guide

Who Are Bake Off Season 14's Star Bakers?

Who Has Been Eliminated From The Great British Bake Off Season 14?

What Was The Technical Bake This Week?

• Cake Week – The Great British Bake Off cake
• Biscuits Week – Custard Creams
• Bread Week – Devonshire Splits
• Chocolate Week – Cheesecake
• Pastry Week – Dauphinoise Pithivier
• Botanical Week – Lemon and Thyme Drizzle Cake
• Dessert Week – Orange and Ginger Treacle Puddings
• Party Week – Chocolate Caterpillar Cake
• Pâtisserie Week – Tarte aux Pommes
• Final Week – Lardy Cakes