The Great American Baking ShowKicks Off First Big Game Special with Celebrity Sports Stars (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

On your marks, get set, SUPER bake!

PEOPLE can exclusively announce the series, which will stream on The Roku Channel Feb. 3 — just days beforeSuper Bowl LIXtakes place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Fittingly titledThe Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Big Game, the special will feature Seattle Seahawks wide receiverDK Metcalf, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive endArik Armsteadand former professional football tight endTony Gonzaleztrading in their cleats for aprons.

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith pose with the cast of ‘The Great American Baking Show: Big Game Special’ — Arik Armstead, Katie Nolan, DK Metcalf, Tony Gonzalez and Amy Smart — as well as co-hosts Zach Cherry and Casey Wilson.Courtesy of The Roku Channel

Courtesy of The Roku Channel

Who will emerge victorious and claim the Star Baker trophy? Only time will tell, but judging from the trailer — which PEOPLE is also premiering — it might just be an uphill battle for many.

“I’m a little intimidated right now, I’m not going to lie,” Gonzalez says, even after Armstead admits to “not having ever baked” before.

Others, like Metcalf, stay focused on the prize at hand. “I hear everybody else talking, they’re not locked in, but I am,” he says.

DK Metcalf (right) chats with ‘Great American Baking Show’ host Zach Cherry and judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood.Courtesy of The Roku Channel

Casey WilsonandZach Cherrywill be back to co-host the fun as they guide our amateur bakers through the show’s three rounds of competition: a signature bake, blind technical challenge and a showstopper surprise. And yes, both Wilson and Cherry will be using their fair share of football puns throughout the special.

“It’s time to get in there and find out who is going to bake a touchdown,” Wilson says, at the top of the clip.

“Expect some big games and fierce competition,” adds Cherry, later giving one baker a “6 yard penalty.”

Arik Armstead, Tony Gonzalez, DK Metcalf, Katie Nolan and Amy Smart.Courtesy of The Roku Channel

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This is the second special installment ofThe Great American Baking Showthat The Roku Channel has launched since acquiring the U.S. version of Netflix’sThe Great British Baking Show(known in the U.K. asThe Great British Bake Off).

For three years now, the network has airedThe Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday, a star-studded Christmastime special.Participating stars have includedAnthony Anderson,Rob Riggle,Vanessa Bayer,Loni Love,Susie Essman,D’Arcy Carden,Liza Koshy, Marshawn Lynch, Nat Faxon,Chloe Fineman,Joel Kim Booster,Arturo Castro, DeAndre Jordan,Joel McHale,Heather McMahan,Ego NwodimandPhoebe Robinson.

Arik Armstead and Tony Gonzalez.Courtesy of The Roku Channel

In the case of that special, the holidays were something that didn’t need translating for Hollywood and Leith. But the Super Bowl, it seems, required a little explaining.

“I thought Super Bowl was something to do with bowling,” Leith laughed at the trailer’s end.

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith along with ‘Great American Baking Show’ co-hosts Zach Cherry and Casey Wilson.Courtesy of The Roku Channel

source: people.com