Show guide
The kids' corner of the Bake Off franchise runs the tent's challenges by gentler rules: feedback is specific but kind, no critique is played for drama, and the judges are visibly rooting for every baker. The adult lineup has changed more than any other corner of the franchise, from Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood on CBBC to Harry Hill's gleefully absurd Channel 4 era. The result is the warmest show in the entire tent family.
Young bakers take on scaled Bake Off style challenges each episode, with the field narrowing until a series champion is crowned. There is no cash prize; the title is the whole point.
No cash prize; the winner takes the Junior Bake Off title
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Eleven series across the CBBC and Channel 4 eras, all archived below.
Complete season breakdown
The first Junior Bake Off series begins with eight four-baker heats, advances through two pastry-and-bread semi-finals, and ends with three final-stage programmes. The BBC's direct episode records identify both rounds in every heat and describe the later professional, knowledge, catering, and own-recipe tasks; where those records omit exact products or quantities, this guide keeps the brief equally general.
Episode 1 · Classic and space cakes
The opening heat tests a classic sponge before asking the four bakers to turn cake into an imaginative outer-space creation.
Technical
Victoria sandwich
Bake a Victoria sandwich, with the challenge focused on producing a well-made version of the classic filled sponge.
Invention
Cake from outer space
Create an original cake inspired by outer space and use both flavour and decoration to sell the theme.
Episode 2 · Biscuits and celebration cake
The second heat moves from a precise sandwich biscuit to a personally designed chocolate cake intended for a celebration.
Technical
Jammy shortbread biscuits
Bake jam-filled shortbread biscuits, managing a tender biscuit and a neat sandwich finish.
Invention
Chocolate celebration cake
Use an original recipe to make a chocolate celebration cake; the published brief records examples including sour cherry cake and millionaire's shortbread cake but gives no fixed size or quantity.
Episode 3 · Muffins and festival cakes
Twelve carrot muffins provide the technical test, followed by a cake celebrating a festival personally chosen by each baker.
Technical
12 carrot cake muffins
Bake 12 carrot cake muffins, aiming for an even batch and a properly baked crumb.
Invention
Favourite-festival cake
Create a cake celebrating a favourite festival; documented choices included Diwali, Halloween, Valentine's Day, and Bonfire Night.
Episode 4 · Cookies and animal cakes
The bakers first make a familiar cookie, then shape and decorate cake around an animal concept of their own.
Technical
Chocolate chip cookies
Bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies to demonstrate control of mixing, portioning, and baking.
Invention
Animal-themed cake
Design an animal-themed cake; the BBC record cites a chocolate hedgehog and a coffee-flavoured civet cat among the finished ideas.
Episode 5 · Royal baking
A royal theme joins a savoury scone technical with a decorative cake intended to be fit for a queen.
Technical
Cheese scones
Bake cheese scones, balancing a light texture with a clear savoury cheese flavour.
Invention
Cake fit for a queen
Create a regal cake; documented designs included a chocolate sponge surprise, a crown-shaped cake, and a cake decorated with edible flowers.
Episode 6 · Lemon cake and American baking
The heat combines a one-hour lemon drizzle test with an open American theme based on each baker's own favourite recipe.
Technical
Lemon drizzle cake
Bake a lemon drizzle cake in one hour, producing a fully baked cake with a pronounced lemon finish.
Invention
American-themed favourite recipe
Bake one original favourite recipe inspired by America; the direct source does not specify a required product or quantity.
Episode 7 · Rolled sponge and birthday cakes
A Swiss roll tests sponge mixing and rolling before the bakers use their own ideas to produce birthday cakes.
Technical
Swiss roll
Bake and roll a Swiss roll, demonstrating sound cake mixing and a successful rolled shape.
Invention
Birthday cake
Create an imaginative birthday cake using an original design and recipe.
Episode 8 · Chocolate and Halloween biscuits
The last heat starts with chocolate brownies and ends with decorated biscuits built around a haunted Halloween theme.
Technical
Chocolate brownies
Follow the supplied recipe for chocolate brownies and demonstrate reliable mixing and baking.
Invention
Haunted Halloween biscuits
Make original haunted biscuits inspired by Halloween, combining biscuit baking with themed decoration.
Episode 9 · Bread and savoury pastry
The first semi-final raises the difficulty with pitta bread pockets and savoury tarts designed for eating at a sports match.
Technical
Pitta bread pockets
Make pitta bread pockets, using bread-making skills to produce breads that bake with a usable internal pocket.
Invention
Savoury tarts for a sports match
Use an original recipe to bake savoury pastry tarts suitable for a sports-match setting.
Episode 10 · Pizza and sweet pastry
The second semi-final again tests dough and pastry, this time through small pizzas and sweet tarts for a seaside picnic.
Technical
Mini pizzas
Prepare mini pizzas from Paul Hollywood's recipe, managing the dough, topping, and bake.
Invention
Sweet pastry tarts for a seaside picnic
Bake original sweet pastry tarts intended for a seaside picnic; the direct source does not publish a required flavour or quantity.
Episode 11 · Professional pastry and afternoon tea
The finalists work in a professional hotel kitchen, first learning from pastry chef Cherish Finden and then preparing afternoon tea in teams.
Professional skills
Pastry masterclass
Undertake a professional baking masterclass led by pastry chef Cherish Finden; the BBC synopsis does not name the individual pastry items.
Team challenge
Afternoon tea
Work in teams to prepare afternoon tea for Michel Roux Jr and judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood; exact products and quantities were not published in the episode brief.
Episode 12 · Knowledge and event catering
The penultimate programme combines a mixed theory-and-practical assessment with the finalists' first bake for a professional event.
Knowledge test
Questions and practical baking tests
Complete a series of difficult questions and practical tasks set by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood; the direct BBC record does not itemize the practical bakes.
Catering challenge
Bakes for the Wicked anniversary party
Prepare food for the fifth-anniversary party of the West End musical Wicked; the published brief does not state exact bakes or quantities.
Episode 13 · Own-recipe final
The last four bakers scale up two personal recipes for the judges and a gathering of invited friends and family.
Final challenge
Two original recipes
Bake two recipes of the finalist's own choosing for Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood, friends, and family; the BBC synopsis does not publish the individual products or batch sizes.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 2
Crisp-edged, tender vanilla shortbread rounds paired with a bright raspberry jam center.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the episode brief, not an official show or contestant recipe.
Chilling the cut shapes helps the windows stay neat in the oven.
Store the unfilled biscuits airtight for up to three days; fill them on the day of serving for the crispest texture.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. bbc.co.uk, genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Freya Watson
Everyone recorded for Season 1, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Freya Watson | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
Series 2 runs through ten heats, two semi-finals, and a three-episode final. The finalists first work in a professional kitchen, then face a knowledge test and team bake, before producing one savoury and one sweet bake for a closing tea party.
Episode 1 · Biscotti and racing cake
The first heat pairs crisp Italian biscuits and homemade lemonade with a cake built around a racing theme.
Technical
Biscotti and lemonade
Follow James Martin's recipe for biscotti and make lemonade to accompany the biscuits.
Showstopper
Racing-themed cake
Create and decorate a cake inspired by racing; the direct source does not set out a size, flavour, or quantity.
Episode 2 · Chocolate and jungle cakes
A molten chocolate dessert tests timing before the bakers turn a full cake into a jungle-inspired showpiece.
Technical
Melt-in-the-middle chocolate fondant
Master James Martin's chocolate fondant recipe, aiming for a baked exterior and a molten center.
Showstopper
Jungle-inspired cake
Make an imaginative cake inspired by the jungle, using an original design and flavour combination.
Episode 3 · Marble cake and sea biscuits
The bakers first reproduce a marbled cake, then make and present a biscuit selection inspired by life under the sea.
Technical
Marble cake
Follow Mary Berry's recipe for marble cake and produce a clear marbled pattern without compromising the sponge.
Showstopper
Under-the-sea biscuit selection
Bake and present a selection of biscuits around an under-the-sea theme; the BBC brief does not publish a required count or number of varieties.
Episode 4 · Melting moments and carnival cake
A traditional sandwich biscuit gives way to a colourful cake designed around the energy and spectacle of a carnival.
Technical
Melting moment biscuits
Follow Mary Berry's recipe for melting moment biscuits, seeking a delicate texture and neat finish.
Showstopper
Carnival cake
Create a cake fit for a carnival; the BBC record notes designs including a carnival queen, a helter-skelter, and a marbled zebra cake.
Episode 5 · Rock cakes and puzzle biscuits
The fifth heat tests a rustic small cake before asking the bakers to engineer biscuits that work as a visual jigsaw.
Technical
Rock cakes
Bake rock cakes from the supplied recipe, managing a craggy exterior while avoiding a dry result.
Showstopper
Jigsaw biscuits
Create a showstopping set of biscuits that forms a jigsaw design; no fixed piece count is published in the direct brief.
Episode 6 · Welsh cakes and fairy tales
Delicate Welsh cakes test close control of a griddle-baked classic, followed by a cake that interprets a chosen fairy tale.
Technical
Welsh cakes
Follow Mary Berry's recipe for Welsh cakes and cook them evenly while keeping the centers tender.
Showstopper
Fairy-tale cake
Create a cake inspired by a fairy tale; documented ideas included Goldilocks, a fire-breathing dragon, and The Princess and the Pea.
Episode 7 · Cheese pastry and monster cake
Pastry technique is tested through cheese straws before each baker sculpts a cake into an original monster.
Technical
Cheese straws
Follow James Martin's recipe for cheese straws, producing crisp savoury pastry with an even shape.
Showstopper
Monster-shaped cake
Bake and decorate a cake in the shape of an original monster; the BBC record notes sea, water-dwelling, and Loch Ness-inspired creations.
Episode 8 · Sticky pudding and future cake
A warm sticky toffee pudding provides the technical before the bakers imagine the future in cake form.
Technical
Sticky toffee pudding
Follow James Martin's sticky toffee pudding recipe, balancing the baked pudding with its rich sauce.
Showstopper
Future-inspired cake
Create a showstopping cake inspired by the future; the BBC cites a TARDIS and a hadron collider among the interpretations.
Episode 9 · Butterfly cakes and natural wonders
Small butterfly cakes test technical execution before the bakers recreate a natural wonder of the world as a larger cake.
Technical
Butterfly cakes
Follow James Martin's recipe for butterfly cakes, producing an even batch with the characteristic split-wing finish.
Showstopper
Natural-wonder cake
Bake and decorate a cake that resembles a natural wonder of the world; the direct source does not specify permitted sites or a required size.
Episode 10 · Crumpets and bug biscuits
The final heat combines yeasted griddle cakes with a decorated biscuit display full of insects and other creepy-crawlies.
Technical
Crumpets
Make crumpets from the supplied recipe, developing the open holes and evenly cooked surface associated with the bake.
Showstopper
Bug biscuits
Create bug-themed biscuits; documented designs included caterpillars, ladybirds, moths, and a three-dimensional butterfly.
Episode 11 · Choux pastry and flag tarts
The first semi-final introduces choux pastry through coffee eclairs and then asks for savoury tarts based on flags from around the world.
Technical
Coffee eclairs
Follow James Martin's recipe for coffee eclairs, mastering choux buns and the coffee-flavoured filling and finish.
Showstopper
World-flag savoury pastry tarts
Create savoury pastry tarts inspired by flags from around the world, combining accurate presentation with sound pastry work.
Episode 12 · Meringue roulade and anatomy tarts
The second semi-final tests a fragile rolled meringue before turning sweet pastry tarts into interpretations of the human body.
Technical
Lemon meringue roulade
Follow Mary Berry's lemon meringue roulade recipe, rolling the filled meringue while limiting cracks and collapse.
Showstopper
Human-body sweet pastry tarts
Make sweet pastry tarts inspired by the human body; the direct source does not publish a required number, body part, or flavour.
Episode 13 · Professional kitchen
The finalists leave the tent for a professional kitchen, where their first final-stage task is to make two kinds of tea-time baking for guest judges.
Professional challenge
Scones and shortbread tea fancies
Work in a professional kitchen to make scones and shortbread tea fancies for guest judges Markus Bohr and John Whaite.
Episode 14 · Knowledge and teamwork
The second final day tests baking knowledge and practical skills before asking the four finalists to work together on bakes for a dance group.
Knowledge test
Questions and practical skills
Complete Mary Berry and James Martin's knowledge test, including piping and ingredient identification; the BBC record does not itemize any additional baked products.
Team challenge
Bakes for Diversity
Work as a team to bake for the dance group Diversity; the published BBC brief does not name the products or quantities.
Episode 15 · Tea party
The grand final asks each baker to produce both a savoury bake and a sweet bake for a tea party attended by friends and family.
Final challenge
One savoury and one sweet tea-party bake
Produce one savoury bake and one sweet bake for a tea party held for friends and family; documented ideas ranged from savoury eclairs to Mad Hatter-themed sweets.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 6
Small griddle cakes with currants, gentle spice, crisp golden faces, and soft centers.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the episode brief, not an official show, Mary Berry, or contestant recipe.
Keep the heat moderate because Welsh cakes cook on the stovetop and can brown before the middle is done.
They are best on the day they are made but can be refreshed for a few seconds per side in a warm dry pan.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. bbc.co.uk, genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Harry Duffy
Everyone recorded for Season 2, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Duffy | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
The third series uses ten four-baker heats, two quarter-finals, a semi-final, and a two-day final. Official BBC episode records supply the named technical and showstopper bakes throughout, including the semi-final's multi-part skills test and both distinct challenges on the first final day.
Episode 1 · Shortcake and surprise-filled cake
The opening heat balances precise strawberry shortcake stacks with a cake designed to spill hidden treats when sliced.
Technical
Strawberry shortcake stacks
Follow the surprise recipe for evenly baked shortcakes stacked with cream and strawberries, keeping each finished stack upright.
Showstopper
Pinata cake
Create a cake with a concealed center of treats that cascades out when the cake is cut.
Episode 2 · French patisserie and chocolate cake
Classic madeleines test small-cake consistency before the bakers build their richest version of a chocolate gateau.
Technical
Madeleines
Follow a classic French madeleine recipe and aim for evenly blonde domes with light, fluffy centers.
Showstopper
Ultimate chocolate gateau
Create an original, fully decorated chocolate gateau designed to showcase chocolate flavour and presentation.
Episode 3 · Patterned biscuits and vegetable cake
A geometrically exact biscuit tests measurement before the bakers use vegetables as the starting point for a showstopping cake.
Technical
Chequerboard biscuit
Follow the supplied chequerboard biscuit recipe, using accurate measurements to create a clean geometric pattern.
Showstopper
Vegetable cake
Create an original cake featuring vegetables; the BBC brief allows choices such as beetroot, parsnip, carrot, and runner beans.
Episode 4 · Flatbread and cupcakes
Layered Indian flatbreads provide the technical test before separate cupcakes are arranged into one connected design.
Technical
Cumin and turmeric rotis
Make Indian rotis spiced with cumin and turmeric, aiming for visible layers and a bread that puffs during cooking.
Showstopper
Pull-apart cupcakes
Bake and arrange pull-apart cupcakes as one coherent design, combining flavour with a creative overall finish.
Episode 5 · Caramel cake and music biscuits
A salted caramel presentation cake tests sponge and caramel consistency, followed by biscuits that express each baker's love of music.
Technical
Salted caramel cake
Make a delicate sponge cake filled with salted caramel and coated in caramel-flavoured buttercream, keeping the caramel at a workable consistency.
Showstopper
Music-inspired biscuits
Create biscuits that represent a love of music; the direct source does not require a specific instrument, style, or quantity.
Episode 6 · Stained glass and birthday cake
Transparent sugar centers test biscuit accuracy before the bakers make highly personal versions of their dream birthday cakes.
Technical
Stained-glass window biscuits
Follow the supplied recipe for stained-glass window biscuits, keeping the biscuit shapes neat and the clear candy centers intact.
Showstopper
Dream birthday cake
Bake a dream birthday cake that demonstrates personality, creativity, and strong flavours.
Episode 7 · Soda bread and cake pops
A quick cheese bread and hand-churned butter lead into individually decorated cakes presented on sticks.
Technical
Cheese soda bread with butter
Make a rustic cheese soda bread and churn butter to serve alongside it, balancing the flavours of both components.
Showstopper
Cake pops
Create a display of cake pops that shows both personality and creative decoration; the BBC synopsis does not state a required count.
Episode 8 · Upside-down cake and biscuit stories
Fruit placement and unmoulding matter in the technical, while the showstopper asks each baker to tell the story of a life through biscuits.
Technical
Pineapple and blueberry upside-down cake
Follow the recipe for a pineapple and blueberry upside-down cake, baking the fruit-topped sponge evenly and turning it out cleanly.
Showstopper
Life depicted in biscuits
Use an original biscuit display to depict the baker's life, with enough structure and decoration to make the story readable.
Episode 9 · Steamed pudding and inside-out cake
An old-fashioned rolled pudding tests a clean spiral and golden exterior before the bakers reverse expectations with inside-out cakes.
Technical
Jam roly-poly
Make an old-fashioned jam roly-poly with a clear swirl and a golden outer surface.
Showstopper
Inside-out cake
Create an original cake based on an inside-out concept; the direct source leaves the interpretation, flavour, and size open.
Episode 10 · Doughnuts and biscuit architecture
The last heat tests fried enriched dough before moving to a freestanding biscuit model of a famous landmark.
Technical
Iced ring doughnuts
Produce iced ring doughnuts, controlling the dough, ring shape, frying, and final icing.
Showstopper
3D iconic-landmark biscuit construction
Build a three-dimensional biscuit structure depicting an iconic landmark and keep it standing despite the heat in the tent.
Episode 11 · Choux pastry and fruit pie
The first quarter-final introduces a ring of filled choux pastry and then gives each baker room to design a decorative fruit pie.
Technical
Paris-Brest
Follow Graham Hornigold's recipe for a Paris-Brest, producing a choux pastry ring with its filling and finish.
Showstopper
Decorative fruit pie
Create an original decorative fruit pie, combining well-baked pastry, fruit filling, and a deliberate top design.
Episode 12 · Meringue centerpiece and scary tarts
A large multicoloured meringue centerpiece tests speed and repetition before a collection of small tarts takes on a scary theme.
Technical
Meringues-en-bouche
Follow Allegra McEvedy's recipe for a wedding centerpiece made from more than 100 multicoloured meringues.
Showstopper
Scary mini tarts
Create showstopping mini tarts with a scary theme, demonstrating both pastry skill and detailed decoration.
Episode 13 · Baking knowledge and sculpted bread
The semi-final compresses several practical and identification tests into one assessment before the bakers sculpt animals from bread dough.
Technical skills test
Piping, blueberry muffin correction, and pastry identification
Replicate Graham Hornigold's fine piping, identify and correct a deliberate mistake in Allegra McEvedy's blueberry muffins, and identify five types of pastry.
Showstopper
Animal-shaped bread buns
Create bread buns sculpted into animal shapes while preserving the quality of the bread itself.
Episode 14 · Pizza and rough puff pastry
The first final day includes a personal pizza for surprise celebrity guests and a demanding laminated-pastry technical.
Signature
Best-version pizza
Bake the finalist's best version of a pizza for mystery celebrity guests, using an original choice of dough, sauce, and toppings.
Technical
Rough-puff pastry pinwheels
Make rough-puff pastry pinwheels, demonstrating lamination and maintaining a distinct spiral shape during baking.
Episode 15 · Enchanted woodland cake
The series ends with one large cake challenge demanding tiers, layers, decoration, and a complete enchanted woodland concept in a short time.
Final showstopper
Tiered and layered enchanted woodland cake
Create a tiered, layered cake inspired by an enchanted woodland in two and a half hours.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 1
Tender vanilla shortcakes layered with lightly sweetened strawberries and softly whipped cream.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the episode brief, not an official show or contestant recipe.
Assemble the stacks immediately before serving so the shortcakes stay firm enough to stand.
Press the cutter straight down without twisting to help the shortcakes rise evenly.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. bbc.co.uk, genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Amari Koryang
Everyone recorded for Season 3, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Amari Koryang | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
Series 4 begins with ten four-baker heats, advances ten bakers through two quarter-finals, and ends with a semi-final and a two-day final. Most episodes pair a surprise Technical with a creative Showstopper, while the closing episodes also introduce knowledge, tasting, and Signature tests.
Episode 1 · Cakes and biscuits
The opening heat tests filled whoopie pies before the bakers engineer cakes that appear to resist gravity.
Technical
Red velvet whoopie pies
Follow Allegra McEvedy's surprise recipe for red velvet cookie sandwiches filled with fluffy meringue, with particular attention to piping and even sizing.
Showstopper
Gravity-defying cake
Design a cake with an elevated or apparently unsupported element, combining sound cake construction with a clear visual idea.
Episode 2 · Celebration cakes
Precision comes first in layered peanut-butter shortbread squares, followed by a birthday cake designed for someone important to each baker.
Technical
Shortbread peanut butter squares
Reproduce Nadiya Hussain's layered shortbread and peanut-butter squares, keeping the portions uniform and the layers even.
Showstopper
Birthday cake for someone special
Bake and decorate a birthday cake whose flavors and design are tailored to a person the baker loves.
Episode 3 · Batter and biscuits
A twelve-layer pancake cake tests consistency before sturdy biscuits are assembled into scenes from history.
Technical
Chocolate pancake cake
Cook twelve uniform pancakes, stack them into a cake, and finish the stack with a glossy chocolate covering.
Showstopper
Historic biscuit structure
Recreate a recognizable moment from history as a three-dimensional biscuit construction, balancing flavor with structural strength.
Episode 4 · International baking
The bakers make an apricot clafoutis with berry ice cream and then translate travel memories into globally inspired cakes.
Technical
Apricot clafoutis with berry ice cream
Bake a French apricot clafoutis with puffed batter and crisp edges, accompanied by homemade berry ice cream.
Showstopper
International travel cake
Create a cake inspired by a country or travel experience, using flavors and decoration to communicate the chosen destination.
Episode 5 · British baking
A British scone brief uses currants as the so-called squashed flies, while the Showstopper asks for a smooth progression of color through an ombre cake.
Technical
Squashed fly scones with jam and cream
Make currant-studded scones from Allegra's surprise recipe and serve them with homemade jam and cream.
Showstopper
Ombre cake
Build a layered cake whose sponge or decoration moves through a deliberate gradient from light to dark.
Episode 6 · Illusion baking
A chocolate and ginger volcano biscuit leads into a Showstopper in which familiar savory foods are recreated as sweet bakes.
Technical
Chocolate ginger volcano biscuit
Follow the surprise recipe for a chocolate and ginger biscuit designed and decorated to resemble an erupting volcano.
Showstopper
Food-illusion bake
Create a sweet bake that convincingly resembles familiar savory food, such as a breakfast, buffet, or fish-and-chip meal.
Episode 7 · Cupcakes and biscuit pops
Uniform carrot-and-prune cupcakes test mixing and piping before the bakers produce themed collections of biscuit pops.
Technical
Prune and carrot cupcakes
Bake an identical batch of prune and carrot cupcakes and apply an even, consistently piped frosting to each one.
Showstopper
12 biscuit pops
Produce twelve decorated biscuits presented on sticks as a coherent themed collection.
Episode 8 · Pizza and dessert cakes
Thin white mini pizzas are followed by cakes that transform recognizable plated desserts into layer-cake form.
Technical
Three pizzette bianche
Make three thin miniature white pizzas from Allegra's recipe, baking the crusts evenly without a tomato sauce.
Showstopper
Dessert transformed into cake
Reinterpret a favorite dessert as a cake while retaining recognizable flavors or visual cues from the original dish.
Episode 9 · Precision cakes and cookies
A rhubarb-and-custard Battenberg tests exact cake assembly before each baker creates an iced self-portrait on a giant cookie.
Technical
Rhubarb and custard Battenberg
Bake four matching sponge sections and assemble them into a clean checkerboard Battenberg flavored with rhubarb and custard.
Showstopper
30 cm selfie cookie
Bake a giant cookie approximately 30 cm across and decorate it in icing as a self-portrait.
Episode 10 · Decorated cakes
The final heat combines a light chiffon cake Technical with a painted-cake Showstopper focused on edible artwork.
Technical
Chiffon cakes
Use the surprise recipe to produce light, well-risen chiffon cakes with the expected airy crumb.
Showstopper
Painted cake
Treat the cake surface as a canvas, applying detailed edible painting that expresses the baker's personality and creativity.
Episode 11 · Nuts and pastry
Finals week opens with miniature orange-and-hazelnut dacquoises and the series' first pastry Showstopper, savory galettes.
Technical
Mini orange and chocolate-hazelnut dacquoises
Follow Nadiya's recipe for individual layered dacquoises combining nut meringue, orange, chocolate, and hazelnut flavors.
Showstopper
Savory galettes
Make open-form savory pastry galettes with a well-cooked crust, balanced filling, and intentional presentation.
Episode 12 · Bread and choux
Baked pretzels with dip test shaped dough before the bakers pipe, fill, and decorate a dozen eclairs.
Technical
Baked pretzels with dip
Follow Allegra's recipe to shape and bake pretzels, serving the finished bread with the specified dip.
Showstopper
12 filled eclairs
Pipe and bake twelve eclairs, adding flavorful fillings and a polished decorative finish.
Episode 13 · Bread knowledge and enriched dough
The semi-final replaces the usual Technical with practical and sensory tests, then asks for regional buns made from enriched dough.
Knowledge test
Plaited loaf
Demonstrate bread knowledge by producing a properly plaited loaf as part of a broader technical assessment.
Blind taste test
Cake, bread, and shortbread identification
Taste a lemon-and-almond cake, rye bread, and aniseed shortbread without seeing them and identify their principal ingredients or flavors.
Showstopper
12 regional enriched-dough buns
Produce twelve buns based on a regional style, using enriched dough and a consistent filling, shape, and finish.
Episode 14 · Canapes and meringue pies
The finalists serve two rough-puff canapes to guest tasters before tackling chocolate and passion-fruit meringue pies.
Signature
Two varieties of rough-puff canapes
Create two distinct bite-size canapes from rough puff pastry, choosing fillings and decoration suitable for invited guests.
Technical
Chocolate passion-fruit meringue pies
Follow the final surprise recipe to combine pastry, chocolate, passion fruit, and a finished meringue topping in individual pies.
Episode 15 · Final
The championship concludes with one large layered cake intended for a royal garden party.
Showstopper
Royal garden-party layered cake
Create an impressive layered celebration cake with the finish and presentation of a centerpiece for a royal garden party.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 5
A home-sized batch of tender currant scones brightened with orange zest and finished with a little milk before baking.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the documented scone brief, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
Keep the butter and milk cold and handle the dough lightly for a tender crumb.
The challenge source does not publish exact show quantities; this recipe is independently scaled for a home kitchen.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. thetvdb.com, justapedia.org, genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Nikki Lilly
Everyone recorded for Season 4, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Nikki Lilly | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
Series 5 divides twenty bakers into two five-day heats covering cake, biscuits, bread, desserts, and pastry. Ten bakers then meet for finals week, which moves through chocolate, international baking, construction, patisserie, and a final built around afternoon-tea bakes and trophy cakes.
Episode 1 · Cake
The first heat opens with small English madeleines before the bakers turn their favorite school subjects into decorated cakes.
Technical
English madeleines
Follow Prue Leith's recipe for the small sponge cakes, coating them in jam and coconut and finishing them with a cherry.
Showstopper
Favorite school-subject cake
Create a cake whose flavors and decoration represent the baker's favorite subject at school.
Episode 2 · Biscuits
Piped Viennese whirls test control and consistency before illusion biscuits masquerade as favorite foods.
Technical
Viennese whirls
Pipe and bake Liam Charles's version of the classic sandwich biscuit, aiming for matching shapes and a delicate crumb.
Showstopper
Favorite-food illusion biscuits
Use biscuit and edible decoration to reproduce a favorite food so convincingly that the sweet bake resembles the original dish.
Episode 3 · Bread
Apple-and-cinnamon buns introduce enriched dough, followed by savory bread centerpieces depicting dream careers.
Technical
Apple and cinnamon buns
Make sticky swirls of enriched dough with an apple-and-cinnamon filling, shaping and baking the buns evenly.
Showstopper
Dream-job savory bread centerpiece
Sculpt a three-dimensional savory bread display that represents the baker's dream job.
Episode 4 · Desserts
Pancake art creates a portrait of Prue before each baker merges two normally separate puddings into one Franken-dessert.
Technical
Prue pancake portrait
Use colored pancake batters and controlled piping to cook an edible portrait of Prue Leith.
Showstopper
Franken-dessert
Combine the defining components of two different puddings in one coherent plated or constructed dessert.
Episode 5 · Pastry
Vegetarian sausage plaits test laminated pastry before filled choux is shaped into a collection of animals.
Technical
Vegetarian sausage plaits
Prepare filled vegetarian pastry plaits, keeping the woven pastry neat and fully baked around the filling.
Showstopper
Filled choux pastry animals
Pipe, bake, fill, and decorate choux pastry to create recognizable animals with complementary flavors.
Episode 6 · Cake
The second heat starts with a multicolored peanut-butter and chocolate swirl cake, then celebrates family stories through cake.
Technical
Peanut-butter and chocolate swirl cake
Combine differently colored and flavored batters in Liam's peanut-butter and chocolate cake while preserving a distinct swirl pattern.
Showstopper
Family-inspired cake
Bake and decorate a cake inspired by the baker's family, using the design to communicate a person, memory, or shared story.
Episode 7 · Biscuits
Iced party rings require careful piping, and the Showstopper turns each baker's best day into an edible biscuit picture.
Technical
Iced party rings
Bake ring-shaped biscuits and apply the characteristic colored icing and piped feathered pattern consistently.
Showstopper
Best-day-ever biscuit picture
Create an edible biscuit scene illustrating the baker's best day and revealing something personal through the imagery.
Episode 8 · Bread
A complete breakfast is assembled around maple scones before hobbies become sculptural sweet-bread centerpieces.
Technical
Maple scone breakfast sandwiches
Prepare Liam's breakfast sandwich with maple-flavored scones, egg, and bacon, balancing the baked and cooked components.
Showstopper
Hobby-inspired sweet-bread centerpiece
Shape an enriched sweet bread into a three-dimensional centerpiece representing one of the baker's hobbies.
Episode 9 · Desserts
Harry Hill takes over the Technical with his own pancake portrait, followed by seasonal meringue roulades.
Technical
Harry Hill pancake portrait
Pipe colored pancake batter in stages to reproduce Harry Hill's face, glasses, and clothing as an edible image.
Showstopper
Favorite-season meringue roulade
Make a filled meringue roulade whose flavors and decoration evoke the baker's favorite season.
Episode 10 · Pastry
Hybrid chouxnuts combine choux and doughnut ideas before hand-raised pies reproduce favorite savory meals.
Technical
Chouxnuts
Make Liam's ring-shaped choux pastries, finishing the baked shells as a doughnut-inspired sweet.
Showstopper
Favorite-meal hand-raised pie
Build a hand-raised pie whose shape and savory filling represent one of the baker's favorite meals.
Episode 11 · Chocolate
The two heats unite for a salted-caramel chocolate tart and an open-ended search for the world's best chocolate cake.
Technical
Salted caramel chocolate tart
Prepare Liam's tart with a pastry shell, salted caramel layer, chocolate filling, and a controlled finish.
Showstopper
World's best chocolate cake
Create the baker's idea of the ultimate chocolate cake, prioritizing chocolate flavor as well as ambitious decoration.
Episode 12 · International baking
South African malva puddings lead into pies inspired by flavors and traditions from around the world.
Technical
Malva puddings
Make Prue's South African sponge puddings, baking them until tender and adding the characteristic soaking sauce.
Showstopper
Pie from around the world
Create a pie rooted in a country or food culture, expressing that inspiration through the filling, pastry, and decoration.
Episode 13 · Construction
Vertical cake layers deliberately turn normal assembly on its side, then biscuit engineering recreates famous landmarks.
Technical
Vertical layer cake
Construct Liam's strawberry-milkshake cake so its sponge and buttercream layers run vertically when the cake is cut.
Showstopper
Famous biscuit landmark
Reproduce a well-known landmark as a stable three-dimensional biscuit structure with recognizable architectural details.
Episode 14 · Patisserie
The semi-final tests rough puff, creme diplomat, and feathered icing in mille-feuille before a structural meringue centerpiece.
Technical
Mille-feuille
Make Prue's layered patisserie with rough puff pastry, raspberry jam, creme diplomat, and a feathered fondant top.
Showstopper
Meringue sculpture
Build a freestanding decorative sculpture from meringue, combining stable construction with finished dessert elements.
Episode 15 · Final
Four finalists prepare iced buns and inside-out biscuits for afternoon tea, then create trophy-shaped cakes representing their Junior Bake Off dreams.
Signature
Iced buns and inside-out biscuits
Present iced buns alongside biscuits designed with their filling or normally hidden component displayed on the outside.
Showstopper
Junior Bake Off dream trophy cake
Create a celebration cake shaped or decorated as the baker's own dream version of the Junior Bake Off trophy.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 3
Eight soft enriched buns rolled with tart apple, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a small amount of butter.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the documented apple-and-cinnamon bun brief, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
Cut the apple into small dice so it softens during the relatively short bake.
The challenge source does not provide show quantities; this version is independently formulated for one domestic tin.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. tv.apple.com, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk, imdb.com.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Fin Woodward
Everyone recorded for Season 5, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Fin Woodward | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
Series 6 sends two groups of eight bakers through Cake, Biscuit, Bread, Dessert, and Pastry days. The surviving eight combine for finals week, progressing through street food, international baking, illusion, patisserie, and a final afternoon-tea Signature followed by a tiered-cake Showstopper.
Episode 1 · Cake
The first heat begins with hexagonal strawberry-and-custard Jaffa cakes before sponge and jelly become fantasy cakes based on the bakers' wildest dreams.
Technical
Strawberry and custard Jaffa cakes
Make Liam's hexagonal Jaffa-style cakes with sponge bases, strawberry jelly, custard, and a chocolate coating.
Showstopper
Wildest-dream fantasy cake
Create a sponge cake with a jelly element and decorate it as a fantasy inspired by the baker's wildest dream.
Episode 2 · Biscuits
Biscuit cups must hold roasted-hazelnut milk before the bakers use a large biscuit canvas to pay tribute to a favorite artist.
Technical
Cookie cups with roasted-hazelnut milk
Bake chewy cookie cups sturdy enough to contain a roasted-hazelnut milk drink without leaking or collapsing.
Showstopper
Favorite-artist biscuit canvas
Create an edible biscuit artwork on a flat canvas, taking visual inspiration from the baker's favorite artist.
Episode 3 · Bread
A twisted pizza star tests shaping before sweet dough is sculpted into large mythical creatures.
Technical
Pizza star bread
Layer filled bread dough and twist the cut sections into Liam's symmetrical, pull-apart pizza star.
Showstopper
Sweet-bread mythical creature
Sculpt enriched sweet dough into a recognizable three-dimensional creature drawn from myth or legend.
Episode 4 · Desserts
Tall, jiggly souffle pancakes take the form of cats, while the Showstopper layers cake, custard, fruit, and decoration in individual interpretations of trifle.
Technical
Cat-shaped souffle pancakes
Cook Ravneet's high-rising, soft-centered souffle pancakes and decorate or shape them as cats.
Showstopper
Decorative trifle
Build a trifle with clearly defined layers and an ambitious decorative finish, choosing complementary sponge, custard, fruit, and cream elements.
Episode 5 · Pastry
Caribbean-spiced patties masquerade as game controllers before choux pastry self-portraits become elaborate Selfie-Clair scenes.
Technical
Game-controller Caribbean patties
Make Liam's Caribbean-spiced patties and shape the pastry cases to resemble handheld video-game controllers.
Showstopper
Selfie-Clair choux scene
Use filled and decorated eclairs to create a three-dimensional scene featuring an edible version of the baker.
Episode 6 · Cake
A chessboard-patterned cake tests internal construction before cupcake scenes celebrate someone each baker loves.
Technical
Chess cake
Assemble Ravneet's cake so alternating sponge colors form a clean chessboard pattern in every slice.
Showstopper
Cupcake scene for someone special
Arrange decorated cupcakes into a larger scene dedicated to someone the baker loves.
Episode 7 · Biscuits
Chocolate-marshmallow sandwich biscuits are decorated as cheeky emoji faces, followed by large fairy-tale scenes made from biscuits.
Technical
Chocolate marshmallow emoji biscuits
Make Liam's chocolate biscuits with marshmallow filling and decorate them to resemble the specified poop emoji.
Showstopper
Fairy-tale biscuit scene
Construct a magical scene from a fairy tale using baked biscuit pieces and edible decoration.
Episode 8 · Bread
Brightly colored tiger pretzels emphasize twisting and shaping, then bread sculpture expands into animals from across the zoo.
Technical
Tiger pretzels
Shape, color, and bake Ravneet's twisted pretzels so their markings and form resemble tigers.
Showstopper
Zoo-animal bread sculpture
Sculpt bread into a recognizable animal, using dough shaping and decoration to capture its form and features.
Episode 9 · Desserts
A stack of brownies, chocolate pudding, and cream makes an intentionally excessive Technical before unlikely desserts are merged in the Showstopper.
Technical
Mega-Choccy Stack
Build Liam's layered chocolate dessert from brownies, chocolate pudding, whipped cream, and decorative chocolate elements.
Showstopper
Mash-up dessert
Combine elements from desserts that would not usually appear on the same plate, resolving them into one coherent showpiece.
Episode 10 · Pastry
Spanish churros receive a banana-butterscotch twist, and the final heat concludes with large savory celebration pies.
Technical
Churros with banana butterscotch
Pipe and fry Ravneet's churros, serving them with banana and butterscotch components.
Showstopper
Savory celebration pie
Create a large savory pie suitable for a celebration, combining a well-cooked filling with decorative pastry work.
Episode 11 · Street food
Finals week begins by wrapping a Middle Eastern filling in a Sunday-roast staple, then asks for freestanding displays built around doughnuts.
Technical
Yorkshire pudding wraps
Make Liam's street-food wraps by enclosing a Middle Eastern-style filling in flexible Yorkshire puddings.
Showstopper
3D doughnut display
Produce filled or decorated doughnuts and arrange them as a stable three-dimensional display.
Episode 12 · International baking
A Japanese deco roll demands precise piped pattern work before tartlets explore flavor pairings from around the world.
Technical
Cherry and almond deco roll
Pipe a detailed pattern into Ravneet's Japanese-inspired rolled sponge and fill it with cherry-and-almond flavors.
Showstopper
International flavor-pairing tartlets
Present an array of tartlets pairing two complementary flavors, drawing inspiration from food traditions around the world.
Episode 13 · Illusion
Biscuit playing cards become a precarious tower before fault-line cakes expose a contrasting inner band and reveal their flavors.
Technical
Biscuit card tower and deck
Bake and decorate a deck of biscuit playing cards, then use additional pieces to construct Liam's upright card-tower illusion.
Showstopper
Fault-line cake
Build a decorated cake with a recessed fault-line band that visually reveals the flavors or design hidden within.
Episode 14 · Patisserie
Handbag-shaped macarons test shells, filling, and decoration before choux pastry is assembled into a large three-dimensional centerpiece.
Technical
Macaron Snack-Cessories
Make Ravneet's filled macarons and decorate or assemble them as miniature handbag accessories.
Showstopper
3D choux pastry centerpiece
Construct a freestanding centerpiece from filled choux pastries, giving the classic French technique a playful personal theme.
Episode 15 · Final
The finalists prepare both an entremet and a pastry for a themed afternoon tea, then finish the series with tall layered celebration cakes.
Signature
Themed afternoon-tea entremet and pastry
Create two distinct afternoon-tea bakes around one theme: a layered entremet and a separate pastry item.
Showstopper
Tiered layer cake
Bake, stack, and decorate a multi-tiered layer cake as the final celebration centerpiece.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 3
A home-oven savory star bread layered with tomato, oregano, mozzarella, and cheddar, then twisted into eight pull-apart points.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the documented pizza-star bread brief, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
Low-moisture mozzarella limits steam between the dough layers and helps the center bake through.
The challenge source does not state show quantities; this version is independently scaled for a standard domestic baking sheet.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. tv.apple.com, rottentomatoes.com, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Reece Suwali
Everyone recorded for Season 6, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Reece Suwali | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
Series 7 uses two five-day heats followed by Chocolate, Super Snack, Magical, and Fruit finals days and a grand final. Each episode has two challenges. This guide records all thirty briefs and adds one original peanut-caramel shortbread adaptation for a home kitchen.
Episode 1 · Cake
The first heat opens with miniature sponge rolls decorated as pigs and cakes representing moments that made the bakers proud.
Technical
Mini piggy rolls
Follow Ravneet Gill's reduced-instruction recipe for miniature filled sponge rolls finished to resemble pigs.
Showstopper
Proudest-moment cake
Build and decorate a cake depicting the baker's proudest moment.
Episode 2 · Biscuits
Biscuit Day layers peanut caramel and chocolate over shortbread before turning the creative round into edible pinatas.
Technical
Peanut millionaire's shortbread
Make layered shortbread with a peanut-caramel centre and chocolate topping from Liam Charles's reduced instructions.
Showstopper
Biscuit pinata
Construct a decorated hollow biscuit pinata with a concealed edible surprise.
Episode 3 · Bread
The first heat steams filled buns and then uses bread dough to model personal heroes.
Technical
Steamed buns
Shape, fill, prove, and steam buns using a bread technique that had not previously appeared in the Junior Bake Off tent.
Showstopper
Hero bread sculpture
Sculpt a recognisable personal hero in bread form.
Episode 4 · Dessert
Dessert Day pairs fragile fruit-shaped meringue bombes with cheesecakes inspired by dream holidays.
Technical
Exotic fruity meringue bombes
Make delicate fruit-filled meringue bombes shaped and decorated to resemble a pineapple.
Showstopper
Dream-holiday cheesecake
Create a cheesecake scene representing the baker's ideal holiday destination.
Episode 5 · Pastry
The first heat ends with a Harry Hill-shaped religieuse and decorated pies filled with flavours from favourite takeaways.
Technical
Harry Hill religieuse
Make the classic stacked choux pastry and decorate it to resemble host Harry Hill.
Showstopper
Takeaway-inspired decorated pie
Transform the flavours of a favourite takeaway into the filling for a fully decorated pie.
Episode 6 · Cake
The second heat starts by arranging fruit and sponge into an upside-down cake, then turns future ambitions into dream cakes.
Technical
Upside-down cake
Bake Liam Charles's fruit-topped upside-down sponge from reduced instructions.
Showstopper
Dreams-come-true cake
Create a cake showing what it would look like for one of the baker's dreams to come true.
Episode 7 · Biscuits
The bakers make wearable biscuit sunglasses and cubic biscuit self-portraits.
Technical
Biscuit sunglasses
Cut, bake, assemble, and decorate edible sunglasses designed to be worn.
Showstopper
About Me biscuit box
Build a cubic biscuit box and decorate its faces to reveal different parts of the baker's personality and life.
Episode 8 · Bread
Bread Day tests a spicy pull-apart bear loaf before asking for focaccia pictures of memorable days.
Technical
Bear and share bread
Shape a spiced tear-and-share loaf as a bear, keeping the individual bread portions distinct.
Showstopper
Best-day focaccia
Decorate a focaccia to picture the best day of the baker's life.
Episode 9 · Dessert
The second Dessert Day controls hot meringue around frozen layers, then disguises sweet desserts as savoury meals.
Technical
Rainbow baked Alaska
Assemble frozen dessert and sponge beneath meringue, then colour and finish it as a rainbow baked Alaska without melting the centre.
Showstopper
Savoury-meal dessert imposter
Bake and decorate a sweet dessert that convincingly looks like a savoury meal.
Episode 10 · Pastry
The last heat day turns cherry pies into decorated stars and family identities into colourful pastry crests.
Technical
Cherry pie pop stars
Make star-shaped shortcrust pastries with cherry pie filling and a decorated pop-star finish.
Showstopper
Family-crest pie
Design a family crest in pastry and use it to decorate a colourful filled pie.
Episode 11 · Chocolate
Finals Week begins with a sweet-salty miso caramel chocolate tart and individual mirror-glazed mousse cakes.
Technical
Miso caramel chocolate tart
Make a chocolate tart with a miso-seasoned caramel layer, balancing salt, sweetness, pastry, and chocolate.
Showstopper
Mini chocolate mousse mirror-glaze cakes
Create individual chocolate mousse cakes with a smooth reflective glaze and a polished finish.
Episode 12 · Super Snacks
Super Snack Day reinvents chicken and waffles as a sandwich and scales favourite sweets into giant bakes.
Technical
Chicken waffle sandwich
Make a savoury chicken-filled waffle sandwich from the supplied reduced recipe.
Showstopper
Giant favourite sweet treat
Bake an oversized version of a favourite confectionery or sweet snack.
Episode 13 · Magical
The quarterfinal disguises dessert as a washing-up sponge before using flowing icing effects in magical cakes.
Technical
Washing-up sponge illusion dessert
Construct a sweet illusion dessert that resembles a kitchen washing-up sponge.
Showstopper
Magical flowing cake
Create a magical-themed cake featuring an icing element designed to flow when released during judging.
Episode 14 · Fruit
The semifinal suspends lemon and elderflower jelly in clear globes and stacks fruit-topped meringues into celebration towers.
Technical
6 lemon and elderflower jelly snow globes
Make six clear jelly globes containing balanced lemon and elderflower elements.
Showstopper
Fruity meringue celebration tower
Build a colourful tower of cream-filled meringues decorated with seasonal fruit.
Episode 15 · Final
The finalists pair dessert jars with ice cream sandwiches, then build tiered cakes inspired by a funfair.
First Challenge
Dessert jars and ice cream sandwiches
Create a coordinated set of individual dessert jars and ice cream sandwiches in the baker's chosen flavours and designs.
Showstopper
Funfair cake
Build a celebratory funfair-themed cake as the final showpiece of the series.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 2
A home-friendly tray of crisp shortbread, soft peanut caramel, and dark chocolate inspired by Biscuit Day's layered technical.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the challenge brief, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
The adaptation uses one tin and a straightforward saucepan caramel; it does not attempt to reproduce the technical's exact quantities or decoration.
Cut while the chocolate is set but not refrigerator-hard to reduce cracking.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. tvmaze.com, primevideo.com, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk, aggs.bright-futures.co.uk.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Kezia
Everyone recorded for Season 7, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Kezia | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
Series 8 runs two themed five-day heats, four finals-week themes, and a red-carpet final. Each episode has two challenges. This guide records all thirty briefs from Channel 4 and official recipe sources and adds one original baked apple hand-pie adaptation.
Episode 1 · Cake
The first heat begins with jam-filled fondant fancies and cakes imagining what each baker would do as prime minister.
Technical
Fondant fancies
Bake neat individual sponge cakes with jam, a smooth fondant coating, and a consistent decorated finish.
Showstopper
If I Were Prime Minister cake
Create a cake showing an idea or change the baker would pursue as prime minister.
Episode 2 · Biscuits
Biscuit Day turns crisp wafers into unicorn horns and a perfect Saturday into an edible diorama.
Technical
Unicorn wafer cones
Shape crisp wafer cones into decorated unicorn horns using Ravneet Gill's reduced instructions.
Showstopper
Perfect-Saturday biscuit diorama
Build a three-dimensional biscuit scene depicting the baker's ideal Saturday.
Episode 3 · Bread
The bakers master a crackled tiger-bread crust before sculpting historical figures from bread dough.
Technical
Tiger bread
Bake a loaf with the characteristic crackled tiger-bread topping and a properly proved interior.
Showstopper
Historical-figure bread sculpture
Use three-dimensional bread shaping to create a recognisable person from history.
Episode 4 · Dessert
Dessert Day shapes Chinese tang yuan as frogs and launches milkshakes into towering, dessert-laden displays.
Technical
Tang yuan frogs
Make filled glutinous-rice dumplings based on tang yuan and shape them as frogs.
Showstopper
Out-of-this-world freak shake
Create an elaborate milkshake loaded with complementary baked desserts and an outer-space presentation.
Episode 5 · Pastry
The first heat closes with filled crullers and open fruit tarts illustrating the bakers' biggest fears.
Technical
Filled crullers
Fry ridged choux-pastry crullers, fill them, and apply a consistent finish.
Showstopper
Biggest-phobia open fruit tart
Build a fruit-tart scene representing the baker's biggest phobia while keeping the fruit and pastry central to the design.
Episode 6 · Cake
The second heat opens with characterful cakesicles and cakes whose cut slices reveal hidden talents.
Technical
Angry-face cakesicles
Coat and decorate cake-pop-style cakesicles with consistent angry faces.
Showstopper
Hidden-talent reveal cake
Create a cake with an interior design that reveals one of the baker's hidden talents when sliced.
Episode 7 · Biscuits
The bakers fold fortune cookies that predict Ravneet Gill's future and assemble biscuit mosaics of world wonders.
Technical
Fortune cookies
Bake, fill, and quickly shape crisp fortune cookies carrying playful predictions for Ravneet Gill.
Showstopper
Eighth Wonder biscuit mosaic
Construct a biscuit mosaic presenting the baker's choice for an eighth Wonder of the World.
Episode 8 · Bread
Bread Day makes hot dogs look like sausage dogs and celebrates best friends through bread sculpture.
Technical
Sausage dog hot dogs
Make hot-dog buns shaped and decorated as small sausage dogs, with a properly baked bread crumb.
Showstopper
Best-friend bread sculpture
Sculpt the baker's best friend in bread form.
Episode 9 · Dessert
A mud-and-worm pie supplies the messy technical before decorated blondies map dream school trips.
Technical
Mississippi mud and worm pie
Layer a rich Mississippi mud pie and finish it with edible soil and worm decorations.
Showstopper
Dream-school-trip blondie
Bake and decorate blondies to depict the baker's ideal school trip.
Episode 10 · Pastry
The final heat day pairs fried apple hand pies and a milkshake with choux-pastry superheroes.
Technical
Fried apple pie and milkshake
Make a fried apple hand pie and a milkshake accompaniment as a coordinated fast-food-style technical.
Showstopper
Choux-perhero
Design an original superhero and realise the character as a filled choux-pastry sculpture.
Episode 11 · Breakfast
Finals Week opens with filled mouse-shaped crumpets and ambitious pancake-stack cakes.
Technical
Stuffed mouse crum-pets
Cook filled crumpets and shape the finished breakfast bakes as mice.
Showstopper
Pancake stack cake
Build a decorated cake from a tall, coordinated stack of pancakes with fillings and toppings.
Episode 12 · Street Food
Street Food Day combines naan with shawarma fillings, then supersizes a filled bagel into an overloaded snack.
Technical
Naan shawarma
Make naan wraps filled and finished in the style of shawarma, combining two street-food staples.
Showstopper
Filled supersized bagel
Shape and bake an oversized bagel, then turn it into an abundantly filled mega-snack.
Episode 13 · Food Hacks
The quarterfinal combines bubble tea and tacos before stacking giant cookies into layer cakes.
Technical
Bubble tacos
Fuse two cult foods by making sweet taco shells with bubble-tea-inspired fillings and toppings.
Showstopper
Cookie layer cake
Stack large cookies with complementary fillings and decoration to create a tall layer cake.
Episode 14 · Patisserie
The semifinal fills glossy chocolate bunny domes with mousse and sponge, then asks for personal entremets.
Technical
Honey bunny domes
Make polished chocolate domes with sponge and mousse interiors, decorating each as a bunny.
Showstopper
Entremet for your baes
Create a refined multi-layer entremet dedicated to people important to the baker.
Episode 15 · Final
The final demands two flavours across twenty-four matching mini desserts and closes with a red-carpet celebration cake.
First Challenge
24 identical mini desserts
Make twenty-four polished mini desserts in two different flavours, keeping every piece identical in size and finish.
Showstopper
Red-carpet event cake
Create a cake fit for a glamorous red-carpet event as the final showpiece.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 10
Flaky oven-baked hand pies with a compact cinnamon-apple filling, adapted for a home cook who would rather not deep-fry.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the challenge brief, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
This version is baked and omits the technical's milkshake accompaniment.
Cool the filling before assembly so the butter in the pastry stays cold.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. channel4.com, tvmaze.com, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Amelia
Everyone recorded for Season 8, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
Series 9 puts two heats through cake, biscuit, bread, pastry, and dessert days before American, Toy, Spooky, and Patisserie finals themes and a coronation final. This guide records all thirty challenges and adds one original cinnamon-snail bun adaptation for home bakers.
Episode 1 · Cake
The first heat flattens a three-dimensional sponge into a comic-style cartoon cake and imagines time travel through cake.
Technical
Cartoon cake
Bake and decorate a three-dimensional cake so that it appears to be a flat, two-dimensional comic illustration.
Showstopper
Time-travel cake
Create a cake showing where or when the baker would visit through time travel.
Episode 2 · Biscuits
Biscuit Day hides fillings inside monster cookies and models world-changing inventions in biscuit form.
Technical
Stuffed monster cookies
Bake chocolate cookies with concealed centres and finish them as expressive monsters.
Showstopper
World's-greatest-invention biscuit
Build an edible biscuit representation of the invention the baker considers the world's greatest.
Episode 3 · Bread
The bakers coil enriched dough into cinnamon snails and pack an imagined desert-island meal into a sculpted loaf.
Technical
Cinnamon snails
Shape cinnamon-filled enriched dough into snail buns and decorate the finished characters consistently.
Showstopper
Desert-island meal loaf
Create a bread centrepiece representing the complete meal the baker would want on a desert island.
Episode 4 · Pastry
Pastry Day constructs a train from filled choux and uses more choux work for portraits of favourite pop stars.
Technical
Choux choux train
Pipe, bake, fill, and assemble choux pastry into a decorated train.
Showstopper
Pop-star choux portrait
Create a recognisable portrait of a favourite pop star using filled choux pastry.
Episode 5 · Dessert
The last day of the first heat balances pavlova in ballet-themed forms and rolls sponge into favourite animals.
Technical
Tutu pavlovas
Make crisp, delicate individual pavlovas and decorate them with a ballet-tutu design.
Showstopper
Favourite-animal roulade
Bake, fill, roll, and decorate a roulade to resemble the baker's favourite animal.
Episode 6 · Cake
The second heat begins with alien-shaped madeleines and fantasy dream homes built from cake.
Technical
Mad alien madeleines
Bake shell-shaped madeleines and turn them into a consistent set of decorated alien characters.
Showstopper
Fantasy dream-home cake
Build the baker's imagined dream home in cake form.
Episode 7 · Biscuits
The bakers capture Harry Hill in chai-latte biscuits and pack messages for their future selves into biscuit time capsules.
Technical
Harry Hill chai-latte biscuits
Bake chai-spiced biscuits and decorate them as recognisable portraits of Harry Hill.
Showstopper
Biscuit time capsule
Construct and fill a biscuit time capsule designed for the baker's future self.
Episode 8 · Bread
Bread Day reshapes a seasonal classic as hot cross bunnies and turns new knowledge into bread-based centrepieces.
Technical
Hot cross bunnies
Make spiced hot cross buns shaped and decorated as rabbits.
Showstopper
Bread-ucational centrepiece
Create a bread centrepiece showing the coolest thing the baker learned during the previous year.
Episode 9 · Pastry
The technical conceals a pie filling beneath an optical trick, while the showstopper pays tribute to role models in choux.
Technical
Invisible filling pie
Bake a pie designed to appear empty even though it contains a concealed sweet filling.
Showstopper
Role-model choux sculpture
Make a recognisable choux-pastry tribute to one of the baker's role models.
Episode 10 · Dessert
The last heat day coils thin crepes into a roll and sets a nature-inspired meringue tart as the final route to Finals Week.
Technical
Crepe roll
Layer, fill, and tightly roll thin crepes into a clean spiral dessert.
Showstopper
Natural-world meringue tart
Create a meringue-topped tart whose design celebrates the natural world.
Episode 11 · American
Finals Week begins with red velvet whoopie pies and large cakes designed for Thanksgiving.
Technical
Red velvet whoopie pies
Bake matching red velvet cake-like cookies and sandwich them with a smooth filling.
Showstopper
Thanksgiving cake
Create a celebration cake inspired by Thanksgiving.
Episode 12 · Toys
Toy Day miniaturises sponge and decoration into doll's-house cakes, then recreates favourite childhood toys from macarons.
Technical
Doll's-house cakes
Make a precise set of miniature decorated cakes scaled for a doll's-house display.
Showstopper
Favourite-toy macaron sculpture
Recreate a favourite childhood toy as a display made from macarons.
Episode 13 · Spooky
The quarterfinal fills chocolate cauldrons with edible slime and builds haunted houses from gingerbread.
Technical
Chocolate cauldrons with slime and biscuit spoons
Make chocolate cauldrons filled with edible slime and serve them with matching biscuit spoons.
Showstopper
Haunted gingerbread house
Construct and decorate a freestanding haunted house from gingerbread.
Episode 14 · Patisserie
The semifinal tests a light cloud cake before turning favourite holidays into collections of miniature tartlets.
Technical
Chiffon cloud cake
Bake a high, airy chiffon cake and apply the cloud-themed finish from Ravneet Gill's reduced instructions.
Showstopper
Favourite-holiday mini tartlets
Create a coordinated set of miniature tartlets showcasing the baker's favourite holiday.
Episode 15 · Final
The regal final sets a Charlotte Royale technical and closes with celebration cakes fit for a coronation.
Technical
Charlotte Royale
Line a domed dessert with patterned Swiss-roll slices and fill it cleanly to make a classic Charlotte Royale.
Showstopper
Cake fit for a coronation
Create a grand celebration cake suitable for a coronation.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 3
Soft cinnamon coils with simple dough heads and a light vanilla glaze, shaped for a playful home-baking version of Bread Day's technical.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the challenge brief, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
The shaping and glaze are simplified for ordinary baking trays and do not reproduce the technical's exact design.
Leave a small gap in each coil so the expanding dough has room to rise without unrolling.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. channel4.com, tvmaze.com, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk, thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Tilly
Everyone recorded for Season 9, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Tilly | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
The tenth series follows two five-day heats before a themed Finals Week. Every episode contains a Technical and a Showstopper. Channel 4's episode records provide the dates and themes, while its official winner release names both challenges across all 15 episodes; where those sources omit quantities or exact formulas, this guide keeps the brief equally general.
Episode 1 · Cat cupcakes and a wish-revealing cake
The first heat opens with cat-themed cupcakes before the bakers use a burn-away effect to reveal a personal wish in cake form.
Technical
Cat cupcakes
Make Rav's cat-themed cupcakes, giving the individual cakes a clear feline finish; the direct sources do not state a required count or exact decoration scheme.
Showstopper
Just One Wish cake
Create a burn-away cake that reveals one wish beneath its top design, combining the visual reveal with a finished celebration cake.
Episode 2 · Egg-themed biscuits and a bedtime-story mobile
An unusual egg-themed biscuit Technical leads into hanging biscuit scenes based on favourite bedtime stories.
Technical
Chocolate Chick Hard Boiled Egg Biscuits
Make Liam's named egg-themed biscuits with their chocolate-chick presentation; Channel 4 does not publish the formula or required quantity.
Showstopper
Bedtime Story biscuit mobile
Recreate a favourite bedtime story as decorated biscuits arranged into a hanging mobile, balancing storytelling with a stable display.
Episode 3 · Skull-and-crossbones scones and bread villains
The bakers give scones a pirate-like treatment before constructing an outsized villain from bread.
Technical
Skull and Cross Scones
Make Rav's skull-and-crossbones-themed scones, retaining a recognisable design and properly baked scone texture.
Showstopper
Biggest Baddie in Bread
Create a large bread model of an imagined villain, using shaped dough to communicate the character while keeping the bread well baked.
Episode 4 · Steamed Bakewell sponge and cause-led cheesecake
A steamed Bakewell sponge with almond custard tests classic dessert skills before the bakers express a cause through cheesecake.
Technical
Steamed Bakewell sponge with almond custard
Make Liam's steamed Bakewell sponge and serve it with almond custard, managing both the steamed cake and accompanying sauce.
Showstopper
Cheesecake for Change
Create a cheesecake that represents a cause the baker wants to support, using flavour and decoration to make that message clear.
Episode 5 · Horseshoe choux and vegetable tart art
The first heat closes with shaped choux pastry and an edible vegetable composition built on tart pastry.
Technical
Horseshoe choux
Make Rav's horseshoe-shaped choux bake, controlling the pastry shape, rise, filling, and finish; the published brief gives no count.
Showstopper
Vegetable Tartwork masterpiece
Turn vegetables and pastry into an edible piece of tart art, with a deliberate picture or design and a fully baked pastry base.
Episode 6 · Milkshake illusion cake and a treasured-object cake
The second heat begins with a cake illusion inspired by a milkshake and then turns an indispensable personal item into cake.
Technical
Milkshake Cake
Make Liam's Milkshake Cake, presenting cake as a convincing milkshake-themed illusion; Channel 4 does not publish its exact components.
Showstopper
One Item I Can't Live Without cake
Immortalise one personally essential object in cake form, making the subject recognisable through shape and decoration.
Episode 7 · Fruity biscuits and an invention jigsaw
A fruit-based biscuit Technical is followed by a large jigsaw that depicts a deliberately terrible invention.
Technical
Squashed Fly Biscuits
Make Rav's fruity Squashed Fly Biscuits, keeping the fruit element and baked biscuit finish even; no count is stated in the direct sources.
Showstopper
The World's Worst Invention biscuit jigsaw
Create a decorated biscuit jigsaw illustrating the world's worst imagined invention, with pieces that assemble into one readable design.
Episode 8 · Vampire iced fingers and hybrid-animal bread
The bakers give iced finger buns a monstrous identity before merging favourite animals into sculpted bread pets.
Technical
Vampire Iced Fingers
Make Liam's vampire-themed iced finger buns, combining a properly risen bread base with the required character finish.
Showstopper
Bread Franken-pets
Merge favourite animals into an original Franken-pet and model it in bread, preserving both the hybrid design and bread quality.
Episode 9 · Floating-island swans and dream desserts
Swan-shaped floating islands demand delicate dessert work before each baker reimagines a favourite dessert through a dreamlike theme.
Technical
Ile Flottante Floating Swans
Make Rav's floating-island dessert with a swan presentation, handling the poached meringue and sauce carefully; exact quantities are not published.
Showstopper
Dessert of Dreams
Create a favourite dessert as a showstopper that reflects the baker's wildest dreams through its flavours, form, or decoration.
Episode 10 · A musical eclair and a choux stage scene
Pastry Day takes a musical turn with Liam's Eclair-inet before the bakers create complete performance scenes from choux pastry.
Technical
Eclair-inet
Make Liam's Eclair-inet, an eclair with a musical visual theme; the official descriptions do not disclose its filling, finish, or required count.
Showstopper
The Choux Must Go On
Build a musical scene from choux pastry, arranging filled and decorated pastry elements into a coherent performance-themed display.
Episode 11 · Plant-based pies and future-world terrariums
Finals Week begins with plant-based avocado and lime pies, followed by edible terrariums imagining Earth a century in the future.
Technical
Avo Lime Pies
Make Rav's plant-based avocado and lime pies, balancing the named flavours and producing neat individual pies; the source gives no count.
Showstopper
Earth 2124 edible terrariums
Create edible terrariums depicting Earth 100 years in the future, using edible elements to build a self-contained imagined landscape.
Episode 12 · Stone-Age rock cakes and history in biscuits
The series' first History Day begins with a Stone-Age play on rock cakes and moves to biscuit depictions of significant moments from the past.
Technical
Stone-Age Rock Cakes
Make Liam's Stone-Age Rock Cakes, delivering the themed finish and the craggy character associated with rock cakes.
Showstopper
Most Magnificent Moment in History biscuits
Depict a chosen magnificent moment from history in biscuit form, using a composed display to make the event recognisable.
Episode 13 · Tennis-ball bakes and favourite-sport cakes
A tennis-themed Technical tests a round sporting finish before the bakers turn their favourite sports into showstopper cakes.
Technical
Tennis Balls
Make Rav's tennis-ball-themed bake, maintaining the round shape and recognisable finish; Channel 4 does not identify the underlying recipe or quantity.
Showstopper
Favourite Sports cake
Create a cake depicting a favourite sport, combining an individual flavour choice with clear sporting decoration.
Episode 14 · A Prue tribute and sophisticated pies
The semi-final pays tribute to an adult Bake Off icon with tiramisu, then asks the bakers to imagine one day of grown-up life through luxurious pies.
Technical
I Love Prue Tiramisu
Make Liam's tiramisu tribute to Prue; the direct sources name the bake but do not publish its formula, size, or presentation details.
Showstopper
Grown-Up for the Day pies
Bake luxurious pies inspired by what the baker would do as a grown-up for one day, expressing the idea through filling and decoration.
Episode 15 · Sausage-roll wreath and birthday-party cake
The finalists make a playful savoury pastry centerpiece before presenting the best birthday-party cake they can imagine.
Technical
Piggy Sausage Roll Wreath
Make Rav's pig-themed sausage-roll wreath, shaping savoury filled pastry into a connected celebratory centerpiece.
Showstopper
My Best Ever Birthday Party Cake
Create an ultimate birthday-party cake with an original personal theme, developed flavours, and a celebratory finish.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 1
Vanilla cupcakes with softly whipped buttercream, chocolate-button ears, and simple piped cat faces.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the episode brief, not an official show, Ravneet Gill, or contestant recipe.
The decoration is intentionally simple and does not attempt to reproduce the programme's undisclosed Technical design.
Make sure the cupcakes are fully cool before adding buttercream so the cat faces hold their shape.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. channel4.com, channel4.com.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Austin
Everyone recorded for Season 10, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | n/a | n/a |
Complete season breakdown
The eleventh series splits 16 bakers across two five-day heats, each moving through Cake, Biscuit, Bread, Dessert, and Pastry days. Eight bakers then enter four themed Finals Week rounds before a Summer Day Out final. Channel 4's episode records, press pack, and official winner release directly document all 15 dates and both challenges in every episode.
Episode 1 · Victoria sandwich novelties and mascot cakes
The first heat puts a visual twist on the Victoria sandwich before the bakers recreate their lucky mascots as cakes.
Technical
Victoria Sandwich Sandwiches
Make Rav's novelty version of the classic Victoria sandwich; Channel 4 names the bake but does not publish its count, size, or exact construction.
Showstopper
My Mascot Cake
Recreate a personal or lucky mascot in cake form, using shape and decoration to make the subject recognisable.
Episode 2 · Baseball-cap pinatas and a future giant cookie
A baseball-themed pinata biscuit tests construction before a giant cookie looks two decades into the baker's future.
Technical
Baseball Cap Pinata Biscuits
Make Liam's baseball-cap-shaped pinata biscuits, creating a recognisable cap and a concealed pinata element; no quantity is published.
Showstopper
Twenty Years from Now Giant Cookie
Bake and decorate a giant cookie depicting the baker's imagined life 20 years in the future.
Episode 3 · Pizza pocket rockets and bread role models
The bakers turn filled pizza dough into rockets, then sculpt bread models that represent people they admire.
Technical
Pizza Pocket Rockets
Make Liam's rocket-themed pizza pockets, enclosing a pizza-style filling in shaped bread dough; the source gives no count or filling formula.
Showstopper
Bread Roll Models
Recreate a personal role model in bread form, using shaped rolls or bread elements to communicate the chosen figure.
Episode 4 · Seashell meringues and memory brownies
Delicate meringues take a seaside shape before decorated brownies tell the story of a treasured day.
Technical
Meringue Seashells
Make Rav's seashell-shaped meringues, aiming for clean shell forms and properly dried meringue; exact flavour and quantity are not published.
Showstopper
Best Day of My Life Brownies
Create a brownie showstopper depicting the best day of the baker's life, using decoration and arrangement to tell the story.
Episode 5 · Eclairs and a savoury pastry self-portrait
A classic eclair Technical comes before a savoury pie that turns each baker's face and personality into pastry art.
Technical
Rav's eclairs
Make Rav's eclairs, controlling the choux pastry, filling, and finish; Channel 4 does not publish the flavour, count, or decoration.
Showstopper
Savoury Self Pie-Trait
Create a savoury pie self-portrait, using pastry and filling to represent the baker's appearance or personality.
Episode 6 · Lambingtons and nightmare cakes
The second heat recreates an Australian cake classic with a playful lamb theme, then transforms each baker's worst nightmare into cake.
Technical
Lambingtons
Make Liam's Lambingtons, a playful treatment of the Australian lamington; the direct sources do not state the exact shape, flavour, or count.
Showstopper
My Worst Nightmare Cake
Create a cake depicting the baker's worst nightmare, making the frightening idea legible through cake construction and decoration.
Episode 7 · A giant gooey cookie and record-breaking biscuits
The Technical goes large with a warm cookie-and-ice-cream combination before the bakers chase imagined records through biscuits.
Technical
Giant Gooey Cookie and Ice Cream
Make Rav's giant gooey cookie with ice cream, balancing a soft-centered large biscuit with the cold accompaniment.
Showstopper
Record Breaker Biscuits
Create biscuits inspired by a record the baker would like to break, using the display to make that achievement clear.
Episode 8 · Pumpkin-spiced bread and inner-animal sculpture
A pumpkin-spiced loaf tests bread fundamentals before the bakers model the animals they feel represent them.
Technical
Pumpkin Spiced Bread
Make Liam's pumpkin-spiced bread, developing the dough and named flavour while achieving a complete bake; the official brief gives no shape or size.
Showstopper
My Inner Animal Bread
Create an animal that represents the baker in bread form, balancing sculptural character with a well-proved and well-baked loaf.
Episode 9 · Bronuts and budget-themed cream pies
A brownie-and-doughnut mash-up precedes cream pies inspired by how each baker would spend pocket money.
Technical
Bronuts
Make Liam's Bronuts, a brownie-and-doughnut mash-up; Channel 4 does not publish the exact method, coating, or quantity.
Showstopper
Pocket Money Cream Pies
Create cream pies themed around what the baker would buy with pocket money, expressing the choice through flavour and decoration.
Episode 10 · Pasty pops and a choux dream team
Savoury cheese-and-onion pastries are presented on sticks before stacked choux buns become a tribute to a chosen dream team.
Technical
Cheese and Onion Pasty Pops
Make Rav's cheese-and-onion pasties in pop form, enclosing the savoury filling and presenting the pastries on sticks; no count is stated.
Showstopper
Dream Team Religieuse
Create religieuse pastries representing a personal dream team, using filled, stacked choux buns and decoration to identify the group.
Episode 11 · Dubai-chocolate shortbread and dessert cakes
Finals Week fuses millionaire's shortbread with a viral Dubai-chocolate idea, then asks the bakers to translate a favourite dessert into cake.
Technical
Dubai Chocolate Millionaire Shortbread
Make Rav's mash-up of millionaire's shortbread and Dubai chocolate, combining the British classic with the globally popular chocolate style.
Showstopper
Dessert Cake
Turn a favourite dessert into a cake, carrying its recognisable flavours or presentation into a complete cake showstopper.
Episode 12 · Sweet sushi and choux postcards
A Japanese-inspired sweet Technical starts Travel Day, followed by edible postcards made from choux pastry.
Technical
Oh So Sweet Sushi
Make Liam's Japanese-inspired sweet sushi, creating dessert elements with a recognisable sushi presentation; the exact components are not published.
Showstopper
Choux Pastry Postcards
Create choux pastry postcards inspired by travel, using filled and decorated pastry to depict a destination or journey.
Episode 13 · Sweet nachos and supersized party food
The bakers reinterpret nachos and salsa as sweets before scaling a favourite party food into an oversized showstopper.
Technical
Sweet Nachos with Salsa
Make Liam's sweet version of nachos with salsa, preserving the sharing-food look while turning both elements into dessert.
Showstopper
Supersized Party Food
Create an oversized baked version of a favourite party food, making the original item recognisable at a much larger scale.
Episode 14 · Queen of Puddings and dinner-party illusions
The semi-final starts with a traditional layered pudding and ends with biscuits disguised as a sophisticated dinner-party meal.
Technical
Queen of Puddings
Make Rav's Queen of Puddings, assembling the classic baked base, fruit layer, and meringue topping; the source gives no serving count.
Showstopper
Dinner Party Illusion Biscuits
Create illusion biscuits that resemble a sophisticated dinner-party meal, disguising sweet biscuits as savoury-looking dishes.
Episode 15 · Strawberry Danish pastries and a tiered day-out cake
The final tests laminated pastry with strawberries and clotted cream before the last four build three-tier cakes celebrating a favourite summer day out.
Technical
Strawberries and Clotted Cream Danish Pastries
Make Rav's Danish pastries with strawberries and clotted cream, aiming for well-laminated pastry and a controlled fruit-and-cream finish.
Showstopper
Summer Day Out Tiered Cake
Create a three-tier cake depicting a favourite summer day out, developing a complete scene across the stacked cake.
Inspired by the briefs
These are original Baking Show Guide adaptations for a home kitchen. They are inspired by the challenge briefs, not the contestants' recipes or an official recipe from the show.
Inspired by Episode 6
Small vanilla sponge squares dipped in a light chocolate coating and rolled in desiccated coconut.
This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the episode brief, not an official show, Liam Charles, or contestant recipe.
These are conventional square lamingtons and do not attempt to reproduce the programme's undisclosed Lambington design.
If the coating thickens while dipping, whisk in hot water one teaspoon at a time until it flows easily again.
Challenge details verified 2026-07-14. channel4.com, channel4.com, channel4.com.
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Aiyla
Everyone recorded for Season 11, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Aiyla | n/a | n/a |
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