Among the multitude of pleasures associated with UK reality TV sensation
The Breat British Bake Off/Baking Show, one of the biggest is the way rare among reality shows it manages to sell the idea that its various contestants are just regular folks. (Albeit ones who happen to be much, much better at baking than you.) The show’s everyman appeal is a huge part of what makes it such a consistently soothing watch, as the contestants react the way anyone confronted with Noel Fielding walking up to them and attempting to engage in absurdist banter while they’re trying to make a goddamn éclairmight.