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The Great British Bake Offcontestants were back together in full force in London.
Kim-Joy, one of the runner-ups in the series' ninth season, shared a festive photo of numerous familiar faces from the cooking competition while out on the carpet forThe Great British Bake Off Musical, which premiered on Monday. The hit Netflix show is known asThe Great British Baking Showin the United States.
“Bakers reunited 👩🏻🍳🍰🥰,” Kim-Joy, 31, captioned the shot of nearly two dozen past contestants out celebrating the show’s musical adaptation in the city’s West End theatre district.
“So lovely to see all these excellent people (and more who are not in the picture!) yesterday@bakeoffmusical-what a great show and so much fun! So strange watching and seeing bits of different bakers in different characters on stage,” added Kim-Joy, who also wonBake Off’s New Year 2022 special.
From the beloved series, stars such as Michael Chakraverty, Helena Garcia andGBBO’s 2021 winner Giuseppe Dell’Anno, posed for pictures among the bustling crowd backstage. The 2022 winner Syabira Yusoff, 2021’s fan favoriteChigs Parmarand Rahul Mandal,who got married in December, were also there.
Per the official description, the live show “follows the trials and tribulations of our bakers, all with their own stories to tell and as unique from one another as their marvelous baked creations.
The musical, which graces the Noël Coward Theater for a limited run through May 13, comes from Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary, the London-based musical theatre writing partnership behind acclaimed adaptations ofThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾,TreasureIsland,Little Red Riding Hood, andChicken Little.
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Plus, the food challenges are as diverse as the cast. In addition to themes like Cake Week, other themes include Mexican Week, Custard Week, Patisserie Week, a Pizza-themed Bread Week and Halloween Week.
The New York Timesposted a review of the “sweet” London live show debut, stating that the production “really is generous-spirited. During its two-and-a-half hour running time,the musical’s likability is never in question, even if its craft sometimes is: You can’t help wishing the creators had been as exacting with their own material as some of the contestants are with their ovens.”
The Great British Bake Off Musicalruns at London’s Noël Coward Theatre through May2023.
source: people.com
