“The Great British Bake Off” is back this week! Here’s what we know about the new season

The greatest comfort TV show — and apparently, one of the best Netflix shows to fall asleep to — is back this fall. As for which baker is the lucky recipient, we’ll keep that a secret for now… Here’s everything you need to know about the new season of “Bake Off.” When does the new season premiere? There’s Nelly, a 44-year-old palliative care assistant from Slovakia; Andy, a 44-year-old car mechanic from Essex; Mike, a 29-year-old farm manager from Wiltshire; Christiaan, a 33-year-old menswear designer from the Netherlands; Dylan, a 20-year-old retail temp from Buckinghamshire; Gill, a 53-year-old senior category manager from Lancashire; John, a 37-year-old directorate support manager from West Midlands; Sumayah, a 19-year-old dentistry student from Lancashire; Hazel, a 71-year-old former nail technician from Kent; Jeff, a former university professor from New York City; Illiyin, a 31-year-old birth trauma specialist midwife from Norfolk and Georgie, a 34-year-old pediatric nurse from Carmarthenshire. Several U.K. outlets revealed that the new season features its first-ever “taste and bake” challenge. “Ryan was over the moon — he did a photograph with Prue and I outside and then he phoned up his wife Blake who I Zoom called and said ‘hello’ and it just went black,” Hollywood says, adding that Reynolds told him that Lively was already on her way to the U.K. to visit the tent and meet the bakers.