If you've yet to hear, Sugar Rush: The Baking Point season 2 is now available to stream on Netflix, and I'm recommending it as something to watch for two reasons.
First and foremost, as somewhat of an amateur baker, I enjoy watching baking competition shows. Whether it’s The Great American Baking Show season 2, The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2023, The Great British Bake Off 2023 or Baking It season 2, call me a fan. I like seeing bakers perform under pressure and appreciate learning some tips to help me when I'm in the kitchen. Sugar Rush: The Baking Point checks off those boxes. The contestants are under intense time constraints and come up with some remarkably innovative ideas. Some I may not be as apt to try at home, but I'm impressed nonetheless.
The second reason Sugar Rush: The Baking Point is proving to be worth watching is that it taps into my desire to relearn Spanish. Chalk it up to my last trip to Mexico, but ever since then, I've been secretly wanting to get reacquainted with the language that I spent five years studying while in school. Sadly, I let much of my knowledge fall by the wayside, but during this trip, some of it was coming back. While it wasn't like riding a bike, it made me realize I could pick it back up. Enter Sugar Rush: The Baking Point.
Prior to watching the new season, I made the decision to watch it in the original Spanish language and with English subtitles. That was a big step for me, because when it comes to shows not rooted in the English language, I'll usually watch them dubbed in English to make my viewing experience easier, like Lupin and Squid Game. However, I was determined to stick to my guns and watch the baking competition in the language I once knew (moderately knew), and I'm glad I did.
Perhaps because the series covers something I'm interested in, I found watching in Spanish both entertaining and helpful in my educational quest. I'm being reminded of words I knew and learning ones I wasn't familiar with, and even rewinding now and again to make sure I pick up the pronunciation correctly. While I can't say I'll be able to classify myself as bilingual tomorrow or even relearn enough Spanish that takes me outside of a conversation beyond baking, but at least I'm trying. And if you've wanted to enhance your knowledge of Spanish beyond Google Translate, we recommend you give our method a shot.
Once again, episodes of Sugar Rush: The Baking Point season 2 are available to stream on Netflix.
