It often feels like when The Great British Bake Off season rolls around, all we're able to talk about is soggy bottoms, showstopper challenges and Noel Fielding's shirts.
It's all-encompassing - which, of course, means that when things come to an end, we're all a bit lost.
Well, Bake Off's just wrapped up now for another year, so you're going to have to get over it and move on. But what should you move on to? Well, turns out there's A LOT you can binge on to fill that (doughnut) hole in your TV watching life.
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Nailed It - Netflix
While Bake Off contestants are impressive, they don't half make the rest of us feel a bit rubbish about ourselves. Nailed It, on the other hand, is a bit less intimidating as it's a competition for 'home bakers with a terrible track record' for baking - meaning you won't feel like the most incompetent person on the planet anymore. Woohoo!
Zumbo's Just Desserts - Netflix
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This is Australia's answer to The Great British Bake Off - though it's a lot more Willy Wonka than English tea party. The baking reality show is hosted by Adriano Zumbo, England's own Rachel Khoo and Brazilian pastry chef Gigi Falanga.
Chef's Table - Netflix
Along with the other four regular seasons of Chef's Table, there's also one dedicated entirely to pastry and sweet treats. Across four episodes you get snapshots into the careers of gelato king Corrado Assenza, avant-garde chef Will Goldfarb, Jordi Roca of Spain's El Celler de Can Roca and - perhaps most people's favourite - Christina Tosi, who's famous for her playful approach to baking at Milk Bar, the sister bakery to restaurant Momofuku.
The Great British Bake Off - Netflix
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Yep, don't forget that Netflix recently added ALL the previous series of The Great British Bake Off to its service, meaning you've also got seven seasons of the hit baking show to chow down on. Sure, you may remember a few former winners, but we're betting that revisiting the classics will re-surface many people - and their bakes - you'd totally forgotten about.
MasterChef: The Professionals - BBC
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The professional version of BBC's popular cooking competition returns on 6 November, meaning you can join judges Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace for another round of purees, smears and crumbs. Perfect viewing for these increasingly cold evenings, when all you want to do is curl up on the sofa and marvel at buttery fondant potatoes.
Salt Fat Acid Heat - Netflix
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Samin Nosrat's Salt Fat Acid Heat is the food programme everyone's talking about at the moment - and with good reason, as it's utterly amazing. In each episode Nosrat guides us through what she believes are the four fundamental keys to cooking: salt, fat, acid and heat - travelling to Japan, Italy, Mexico and America, respectively, to seek them out. She truly revels in the food and the senses that she's telling us about, and not only does that make us trust her, it's also infectious.
Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course - BBC iPlayer
While BBC iPlayer has lots of current TV series backed up for you to catch up on, it also has some absolute gems from the BBC archives - including this classic Delia Smith series from the 70s. While she'll always be given credit as the woman that helped Britain learn how to cook, Delia Smith's Complete Cookery Course is worth it for the charmingly dated dishes and dodgy knitwear alone.
Fancy going even more retro? Fanny Craddock's on there, too.
Ugly Delicious - Netflix
Ugly Delicious is a series from award-winning chef David Chang, who promises us 'All the flavor. None of the BS'. Momofuku founder Chang leads both his guests and his viewers on a mouthwatering, cross-cultural hunt for the world's most satisfying scran - and you're guaranteed to be hooked within the first five minutes.
Somebody Feed Phil - Netflix
Join Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal as he plods around the globe eating delicious things, and getting really, really excited about them. The best part is when he Skypes his parents in New York at the end of each episode - usually showing off some strange and interesting food that he's stumbled across, much to their bemusement.
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown & The Layover - Netflix
Finally, if there's one thing you should do post-Bake Off it's to pay tribute to the late Anthony Bourdain by working your way through his incredible food and travel shows. Both Parts Unknown and The Layover are on Netflix, and both are truly brilliant.
Featured Image Credit: Channel 4/NetflixTopics: Food, Entertainment, TV and Film
