The Great British Baking Show season 15 release date confirmed (and it's sooner than expected)

On your mark, get set, bake! A new season of our favorite baking show is apparently just around the corner as Channel 4 has confirmed The Great British Baking Off – or The Great British Baking Show as it's affectionately known stateside – is coming back for its new season this September! 

In a post shared to the show’s official Instagram, Channel 4 confirmed the new season will kick off on Tuesday, Sept. 24! As expected, judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith will both be back to judge the upcoming season with Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond confirmed to return as hosts with the quartet coming together to help announce the news. 

While the season’s bakers were not immediately revealed, the first trailer for the new season has given us the chance to meet the latest wave of amateur bakers entering the tent to show off their baking skills this season! You can get a sneak peek at what's to come this season in the trailer below which also gives us our first look at the 12 bakers competing this season:

When will The Great British Baking Show return to Netflix?

With The Great British Baking Show’s return set for UK-based fans, fans in the US are eager to know when the new season will be making its way to Netflix, and fans stateside don't have to wait too long for the new season to begin! 

Channel 4 has confirmed the new season will kick off in the UK on Tuesday, Sept. 24 which means that the new season will premiere on Netflix in the US on Friday, Sept. 27. 

Netflix has confirmed the return of The Great British Baking Show, it will remain the exclusive US streaming home and will be the US streaming home for season 15 – or Collection 12 as Netflix dubs it for US fans. New episodes will continue to arrive on Fridays in the US, just three short days after the episodes air in the UK.

Barring any unexpected delays or changes in the scheduling format, new episodes should be released through late November with the finale likely coming in the final week of the month. This should result in the following release schedule for the season with new episodes dropping at midnight PST on Netflix:

The countdown to new episodes of The Great British Baking Show is officially underway, but in the meantime, fans can enjoy past seasons of the show streaming now on Netflix!