Liam Charles as Host
Episodes 80
Miniature Classics & Black Forest Gateau
The teams compete to make perfect batches of miniature classics - 24 conversations and 24 tartes aux fruits - as well as a reinvented Black Forest gateau
Read MoreLayered Slices & Croquembouche
The five teams take on a layered slices challenge including tiramisu. There's also a Showpiece of 36 servings of croquembouches. The lowest ranking outfit will be eliminated.
Read MoreChocolate Week
The four remaining teams are challenged to demonstrate their skills with chocolate, and for the first challenge, they must rely on their patisserie knowledge to succeed in a test where the recipe is a secret. They must then produce a showpiece on the theme of masked balls, which must incorporate two types of filled and moulded chocolates and a moving part.
Read MoreEton Mess & Mini Classics
Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin challenge the bakers to prepare two batches of perfectly uniform miniature classics - 24 pont neufs and 24 tartes au citron - in just three and a half hours. For the showpiece challenge, they must reinvent a classic Eton mess and turn it into a masterpiece of their own devising.
Read MoreRoulade, Opera Slices & Religieuse
The teams take on a fruit roulade and opera slices. They also remodel the classic French pastry, the religieuse.
Read MoreSecret Recipe Challenge & Chocolate Showpiece
Liam Charles and Tom Allen put the remaining teams to the test with a secret recipe challenge, then gives them a chance to impress judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin with their showmanship by making a chocolate showpiece inspired by the theme of the four seasons.
Read MoreCroissants, Viennoiserie & Romantic Sugar Showpiece
Liam Charles and Tom Allen host the next stage of the patisserie contest, in which the three best teams from both sets of heats are brought together, facing new rivals and yet more demanding challenges as they strive to impress judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin. For their first task, the six teams must each prepare 24 classic croissants and 24 Viennoiserie in just four hours. The second challenge involves preparing a romantic sugar showpiece, which must incorporate two types of confectionery.
Read MoreThe Quarter Final
Liam Charles and Tom Allen host the quarter final, in which the five remaining teams must impress judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin in two challenges on the theme of childhood. The first task is to create a tiered macaron cake and two types of lollipops, before the bakers move on to create a fairytale showpiece combining sugar and chocolate.
Read MoreThe Semi Final
Liam Charles and Tom Allen host the semi-final of the culinary contest, in which the four remaining teams must take on a secret recipe challenge, create a three-tiered cake, and rise to the unusual challenge of `live plating' to impress judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin and win a place in next week's final.
Read MoreThe Final
Liam Charles and Tom Allen host the final of the patisserie competition, with the last three remaining teams of bakers pulling out all the stops to impress judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden and be crowned as the first champion of the professional series. The bakers face a marathon nine-hour challenge, during which they must create a lavish banquet display large enough to serve 80 people. Their creation has to combine four different types of dessert and a towering showpiece combining chocolate and sugar work. Last in the series.
Read MoreTarts and Red Velvet Cake
The toughest Bake Off on TV returns, inviting teams from top hotels and restaurants to do battle. This time, six teams tackle Linzer tortes, Bakewell tarts, and a red velvet cake.
Read MoreFruit Cake and Éclairs
The five teams of pro pastry chefs make layered fruit cake slices, lemon-shaped desserts and an éclair tower. But one team's patisserie journey is about to come to an end...
Read MoreThe Battenberg
The remaining teams bake two dozen gateaux Basques and tartes Tatin before reinventing teatime classic the Battenberg Cak, where only the extraordinary will do.
Read MoreCheesecake Slices, Pear-shaped Desserts and Choux Buns
The remaining teams feel the heat rising as they must produce pristine, perfect cheesecake slices, pear-shaped desserts, and a themed pièce montée with two different flavours of choux buns.
Read MoreChocolate Week
Chocolate Week features a secret recipe challenge, and a Showpiece in which the teams have five hours to produce a magnificent sun, sea and sky-themed extravaganza with three types of chocolates. Their creations must demonstrate a mastery of chocolate, consummate technical ability, artistic flair - and a moving part.
Read MoreHoliday Week
The best six teams from both sets of heats are combined as they battle it out for a place in the quarter-final. For Holiday Week, the teams must create brioches polonaises, savoury Danish pastries and a jaw-dropping sugar Showpiece with fruit pastilles, fudge, and marshmallows.
Read MoreQuarter Final
In the quarter-final of the competition, the teams are challenged to prepare 24 ice-creams and 24 doughnuts in just four hours, before creating a spectacular Showpiece incorporating confectionery, sugar work and chocolate. The lowest-ranking team must leave the competition, whilst the remaining four secure their place in the semi-final.
Read MoreSemi Final
Just four teams remain for the semi-finals, with challenges including the creation of an impressive tower of tarts and a spectacular piece of gourmet theatre known as live plating. At the end of the challenge, the teams are given three minutes to transform their table - and their cake - into a gastronomic work of art, with three of them securing their places in the grand final.
Read MoreMiniature Classics and a Towering Retro Favourite
The toughest Bake Off on TV returns. The six teams tackle two miniature classics, strawberry tarts and fruit salad, before reinventing the retro pineapple upside-down cake.
Read MoreMillefeuille, Pièce Montée and Paris-Brest
The five remaining teams make the classic layered dessert millefeuille, master the art of illusion, and create a bird-themed pièce montée adorned with Paris-Brest
Read MoreChocolate Week
It's chocolate week, and the remaining teams are pushed to their limits with a secret, never-before-seen challenge, before creating firework-themed explosive chocolate showpieces.
Read MoreTarte Chiboust Vallée d'Auge, Rice Puddings and Key Lime Pie
Six new teams make tarte chiboust vallée d'Auge and rice puddings, before reinventing the Key lime pie, complete with breathtaking towering edible sculptures, for their showpiece.
Read MoreVegetable Cakes, Tomato Shaped Desserts and Pièce Montée
The five remaining teams in this heat make layered vegetable cake slices and tomato shaped desserts, before creating an allotment-themed pièce montée made from 160 choux buns.
Read MoreChocolate Week and a Secret Challenge
The four remaining teams in this heat face chocolate week and a secret challenge, before making skyline-inspired towering chocolate showpieces and geometric chocolate tarts.
Read MoreKouign-Amann, Soaked Babas and a Sugar Showpiece
The three best teams from both heats join forces to face new rivals and more challenges. They make kouign-amann and soaked babas, before creating a skin-crawling sugar showpiece.
Read MoreThe Quarter-Final
It's the quarter-final and the five remaining teams make macarons, cocktail-inspired desserts and a playtime-inspired showpiece, as they compete for a place in the semi-final.
Read MoreThe Semi-Final
In the semi-final, the four remaining teams face a secret recipe challenge before making a magical Charlotte Russe display and some gourmet theatre, to secure a spot in the final.
Read MoreMiniature Classics and Strawberries and Cream Sculptures
The teams tackle two miniature classics, Tarte Piémontaise and the Jaffa Cake, plus strawberries and cream with edible showpiece sculptures.
Read MoreCube-Shaped Desserts and an Occasion Showpiece
The teams create magical desserts that look exactly like mushrooms but taste of anything but. Meanwhile, a heroes and villains-themed occasion showpiece is adorned with 160 macarons.
Read MoreChocolate Week and Mechanical Showpieces
It's chocolate week and the teams must master perfection in a surprise challenge, before constructing mechanical showpieces, complete with chocolate bons bons and a moving part.
Read MoreMiniature Classics and the Humble Fruit Crumble
Six new teams tackle two miniature classics, lemon meringue pie and tiramisu, as well as transforming the humble fruit crumble into breathtaking towering edible showpiece sculptures.
Read MoreCarrot-Shaped Desserts & a Religieuse a l'Ancienne Showpiece
The teams make 24 carrot-shaped desserts, which must taste of anything but carrot, before creating a grand Religieuse a l'Ancienne showpiece with two different flavours of eclairs.
Read MoreChocolate Week and a Secret Challenge
It's chocolate week and the four remaining teams in this heat tackle a secret challenge, before showing off their patisserie prowess in a house of horrors-themed showpiece.
Read MoreAlmond Pithiviers, Savoury Brioche and a Sugar Showpiece
The three best teams from both sets of heats face new rivals as they create classic almond pithiviers and individual savoury brioche, before making a striking sugar showpiece.
Read MoreBlack Forest Gateaux, Roulades & Sugar Chocolate Showpieces
It's the quarter-final and the teams make black forest gateaux and mini roulades, before heading back to the 1970s as they create disco-inspired sugar chocolate showpiece desserts.
Read MoreSemi Final: Petit Fours and a Teddy Bear Picnic Table
Liam Charles and Tom Allen present the semi-final, which sees the four remaining pairs of patisserie chefs baking four batches of petit fours and a magical table scene inspired by the teddy bear's picnic. At the heart of their piece must be jelly-based desserts and accompanying edible elements, to help bring their story to life. Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden judge their efforts and decide which pair will be leaving one week before the final.
Read MoreThe Final
Liam Charles and Tom Allen present the grand final, which sees the remaining three teams pour all of their patisserie passion, prowess and precision into their last two challenges. For the first, they must produce hats made entirely of chocolate, and modelled by the teams themselves. But that's not all. Alongside the headwear, they have to make 24 filled chocolates and 24 confections - all in just four hours. The final seven-hour challenge sees them create a banquet to feed 60 people. Who will walk away with this year's title?
Read MoreThe Final
In the first challenge, the finalists must produce a patisserie window display full of four different batches of the most beautiful finger tarts. In the final grand challenge, teams must create a banquet fit for a day at the races to feed 80 people.
Read MoreOpéra Aux Fruit and Banoffee Pie
The new batch of chefs rely on their patisserie instincts for their first challenge, before transforming the classic banoffee pie. Whose opéra aux fruit will hit the high notes?
Read MoreTarts, Peach Melbas and a Pièce Montée
The five remaining teams create 24 reimagined tarts and 24 peach melbas, before attempting a pièce montée of 160 individual choux buns, inspired by the theme of 'Mad Science'.
Read MoreChocolate Figurines and Totally-Nuts Desserts
The teams tackle chocolate figurines, nutty desserts and archaeology-themed chocolate bars.
Read MorePrinsesstårtas and Bread and Butter Pudding
Six new teams produce perfect Prinsesstårtas and transform the humble bread and butter pudding. Whose fairy-tale ending will be cut short, and who will stay in the competition?
Read MoreMillefeuille, Pavlovas and Musical Religieuse
The remaining teams must create reimagined millefeuille and pavlovas served in never-before-seen ways. In the second challenge they must create a showpiece display featuring religieuse designed to look like their favourite musical icons.
Read MoreChocolate Week and a Safari Showpiece
Who will conquer the safari-themed showpiece and whose adventure will come to an end?
Read MorePlated Desserts and a Hanging Showpiece
The teams take on a never-seen-before challenge to create spectacular hanging showpieces.
Read MoreBrioche Feuilletée and Amphibian-Inspired Desserts
It's a viennoiserie quarter-final, as the teams create puff pastries, brioche feuilletée and amphibian-inspired desserts. Who will be leapfrogging their way into the semi-final?
Read MorePlant-Based Masterpieces and Büche Entremet
It's the semi-final and the teams take on renowned pastry chef Philip Khoury's signature Dawn of a New Day dessert, before creating a wondrous Land of the Giants bûche entremet.
Read MoreTarte aux Fraise and Trompe L'oeil Showpieces
The new batch of bakers make individual tarte aux fraise, a chocolate amenity and musical Trompe l'oeil showpieces with hidden pecan pies
Read MoreCustard Tarts and Cotton Cheesecakes
The teams make custard tarts, cotton cheesecakes, and carnival structures adorned with exotic desserts. Who'll have egg on their face and be going home for good?
Read MorePain Suisse and Savoury Doughnuts
The teams make pain Suisse, savoury brioche doughnuts and a circus-themed choux showpiece. Whose time will be cut short, and who'll rise to the occasion?
Read MoreTrompe L'oeil Tarte Tatins
Six new teams take on the classic coffee éclair and create Trompe l'oeil showpieces with hidden tarte Tatins. Whose patisserie prowess will see them through to the next round?
Read MoreSticky Toffee Puds & Haute Couture Showpieces
The teams make sticky toffee puddings and charlotte à la russe, before channelling their inner fashionistas in haute couture showpieces dressed with aperitif-flavoured desserts
Read MoreSavoury Croissants, Maritozzi & Choux Towers
The teams make savoury croissants, perfectly filled maritozzi and playtime-themed choux showpieces. Who will be filled with high spirits, and who will flake away?
Read MoreChocolate Bars and a Hanging Showpiece
In a chocolate-fuelled contest, the final six teams create gourmet and fusion bars, and a gravity-defying showpiece suspended from the ceiling. Whose hopes hang in the balance?
Read MoreCaramel Desserts and Frozen Lollipops
It's the quarter-final and the teams make desserts celebrating caramel and a Winter Wonderland-themed frozen lollipop display. Who'll crack under the pressure and be frozen out?
Read MorePeach Melbas and Fairy-Tale Scenes
It's the semi-final and the teams make peach Melbas and edible fairy-tale scenes with hidden desserts. Who'll be feeling peachy, and whose magical journey will come to an end?
Read MoreCherish's Apple Tin & Illusion Showpieces
Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles welcome a fresh batch of professional pastry chefs to compete for the title. Judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin set the tasks, beginning with a secret challenge, which sees them working without a recipe to create one of Cherish's own creations, the Apple Tin. Then they serve up a food-and-drink-inspired showpiece with a hidden Victoria sandwich elevated to new heights, far from its humble beginnings
Read MoreLe Petit Antoine & Adorned Japanese Gardens
The teams channel all their patisserie experience into creating 24 identical fruit tarts and 24 of the French dessert petit Antoine. They then have five hours to create a showpiece inspired by a Japanese garden, adorned with roll cakes full of flavour. Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles follow their progress, while Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden taste their efforts
Read MorePâté En Croute, Religieuse & Wedding Mille-Feuille
The teams create savoury pâté en croute, modern religieuse, and a glamorous wedding mille-feuille showpiece. But who will flake under the pressure and be leaving in tiers?
Read MoreLe Café Crème & Garden Illusion Showpieces
The teams create judge Benoit's 'Le Café Crème' and a gardening-themed illusion showpiece with a hidden veg-inspired desserts. Whose patisserie prowess will blossom and who'll be bottom of the heap?
Read MoreFramboisier and S'mores
The teams make identical framboisier and turn American camping favourite s'mores into a high-end patisserie. Who will leave the judges wanting s'more? And whose dreams will melt away?
Read MoreParis-Brest & St Honoré
The teams make savoury Paris-Brest and savarin, and create a celebration St Honoré to serve 150 people. Who has the patience of a saint to secure a spot in the final six?
Read MorePetit Gâteaux & Hanging Showpieces
The teams create plant-based petit gâteaux and chocolate showpieces suspended from the ceiling. Who will reach dizzy new heights and be heading into the quarter-final?
Read MoreSavoury Sweet Desserts & Extraterrestrial Showpieces
It's the quarter-final and the teams create savoury sweet desserts and extraterrestrial showpieces with jelly art desserts. Who'll fly into the semi-final?
Read MoreWonka Chocolate Bars & Floating Cities
It's the semi-final and the teams create Wonka-inspired chocolate bars fit for Hollywood and edible 'floating cities'. Who'll make a splash and float on cloud nine into the final?
Read MoreEpisode 10
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