Africa is getting a second localised version of the British The Great Bake Off reality baking competition show with BBC Studios that has licensed the format rights of The Great Kenyan Bake Off to Showstopper Media in East Africa.
Showstopper Media will produce The Great Kenyan Bake Off for broadcast later in 2019 for a Kenyan TV channel that has not yet been announced.
Selling The Great Bake Off format rights to Showstopper Media is BBC Studios' first for East Africa, and its second for Africa following The Great South African Bake Off that has seen three localised seasons produced so far by Rapid Blue and broadcast on BBC Studios Africa's BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174) channel on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform.
Kenya will be the 32nd country that a localised version of the Love Productions baking competition show will produced, this time by Showstopper that is co-owned by Daniel Prior and Kiran Jethwa.
The Great Kenyan Bake Off will have 10 episodes in which amateur Kenyan bakers will face off through having to bake through signature, technical and showstopper rounds, baking everything from local fare to world-renowned delicacies.
"The Great Bake Off has proved an international hit and continues to win new fans in every corner of the globe," says André Renaud, vice president of global format sales at BBC Studios.
"We're delighted with the news that Kenya will be getting their very own local version of the baking competition following the popularity of the United Kingdom and Australian editions of the show, which currently broadcast on DStv's BBC Lifestyle."
"The deal helps to broaden the international reach of the show, and we all look forward to growing The Great Bake Off fan base even further."
