The Great Australian Bake Off

I found this during the Pandemic and it's an escape for me during this awful 2020. I'm on S.1 and I have to say that the premise is familiar, the bakers are fine, but the judges are MEAN! I can't stand the smugness of Kerry Vincent and couldn't believe when said "This is the moment when you shut your mouth" to a contestant! Dan Lepard has also been awful as well. They get too personal and it's uncalled for. The BBO has a "niceness" and encourage the contestants that makes the you feel good and these two Australian judges fail 100% to bring that to the viewers. I'm looking forward to S.2 and beyond when these judges are replaced. Good riddance!

I decided to give this a try after watching the British version, which I adore. This one, however, is horrid. I couldn't even finish watching the first season. The contestants are ill behaved and rude. The judges aren't any better. I'm going back to only watching the GBBO. Don't waste your time on this show!

I've only watched the version with Matt & Maggie as judges. I hear that the original version on Channel 9 was not so good, with at least 1 nasty judge. The jokes from the hosts on the newer Lifestyle channel are typical "dad jokes" but I don't watch the the show for the jokes, so that's ok. I love the friendship and eagerness to help each other shown by the contestants. They each want to win, but they also want each other to do well. No fake drama. I love it. I'm nearly finished the last season and I plan to go watch the British version next.

The latest series that has just finished March 2018, was so boring. The two so called comedian compares are painful to watch. Will definatley give the next season a miss, if there is one.

The producers need to take a look at the British version, so much better.

Such a shame:)

After becoming absolutely OBSESSED with British Bake Off and bingeing all available seasons, I moved onto the Australian version and it was ordinary at best.

The two comedians hosting are entirely not funny (borderline cringeworthy), the contestants lack character and Maggie Verjuice Beer and Matt Moran don't add anything whatsoever.

Some interesting challenges but otherwise not worth the time.