The wholesome TV favourite kickstarted its 17th season in September with chef Nigella Lawson making her debut as a judge alongside Paul Hollywood.
But she needn’t have worried – as according to figures from Barb, the show has continued to fare well with viewers.
It means that the show pulled in more viewers than fellow entertainment juggernaut Strictly, which saw 6.4 million people watch its launch show in the same week.
While Strictly's Saturday live shows have traditionally attracted more viewers than Bake Off, it's not the first time the cooking show has beaten the ballroom dancing competition.
Bake Off's opening episode last year also beat Strictly's 2025 launch show viewing figures, although its live shows all finished ahead of Bake Off's subsequent episodes in the weekly viewing charts.
In fact, Bake Off's first episode this year was slightly down on its own seven-day figure from last year, but all episodes since then have been up.
"The way that Nigella words things is very beautiful, and I think that's very new to the tent," Fielding previously told Radio Times and other press. "It's a great babble, you know? There's been some very surreal poetic descriptions, which I think is a new thing, isn't it? And they're amazing.
"You're lovely," Hammond also said to Lawson. "You give a lot of advice to the bakers, and they love that. You both do, but I've noticed in particular you do give them a lot of love."
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