Jason Biggs appears on Blue Ribbon Baking Championship (Picture: Netflix)
Netflix has attempted to create its very own Great British Bake Off with Blue Ribbon Baking Championship, and viewers are ‘obsessed’.
Over the course of eight episodes, ten blue ribbon-winning bakers from state fairs across the US will battle it out for the chance to win $100,000 (£75,600) and the biggest ‘Best In Fair’ blue ribbon ever.
The competition is judged by cake experts Sandra Lee, Bill Yosses and Bryan Ford, and hosted by a ’00s Hollywood star who’s, uh, intimately familiar with the ins and outs of baking – American Pie actor Jason Biggs.
Jason, 46, is best known for playing Jim Levenstein in the raunchy high school comedy and three of its (many) sequels.
In the film’s most infamous scene – from which it gained its title – nervous virgin Jim attempts to gauge what it might be like to lie with a woman… by making love to a pie.
The Blue Ribbon Baking Championship, thankfully, is in on the joke. ‘Take it from someone who knows,’ Jason quips during the show’s introduction, ‘that is a very attractive slice.’
Jason rose to fame playing Jim in the American Pie films (Picture: Getty Images)
Speaking to USA Today, Jason described how he came to be involved in hosting a baking competition.
‘I’ve really wanted to host something in the food world. Of course, there’s the wink at the camera and the audience with me as a baking show host. And whenever I can’t think of something to say, I always have a pie joke in my back pocket that brings the house down,’ he said.
‘There were no pies harmed in the making of this show. It’s safe for repeat viewing,’ he joked.
Blue Ribbon Baking Championship is judged by Sandra Lee, Bill Yosses, and Bryan Ford (Picture: Netflix)
Bakes featured in the show include innovative apple-based desserts, cotton candy cupcakes and, yes, a classic pie challenge.
Its pool of judges includes author and TV personality Sandra Lee (who won a blue ribbon herself at a 1992 state fair), White House pastry chef Bill Yosses, and master baker Bryan Ford.
Its contestants include a varied bunch of amateur pastry chefs, small business owners, and ambitious food competition winners hoping to bag the big prize.
The contestants will bake it off for a chance at $100,000 (Picture: Netflix)
After tuning into the series, which landed on the streamer last month, viewers have noticed its similarities with GBBO.
They’ve praised the series for filling a hole in their viewing schedules, while they wait for the Channel 4 show to return.
‘I immediately go through Bake Off withdrawal as soon as each season is over so I’m happy to find something with similar vibes lol,’ wrote Carraperio on Reddit.
GBBO reigns supreme (Picture: Channel 4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon/PA Wire)
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Source:: Metro
