Bake Off: The Professionals

Teams of professional pastry chefs do battle in the kitchen.

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Reality
Created By

Richard McKerrow

First Aired on

May 06, 2018

8 seaons till Jun 10, 2025

Popularity: 9.2725
2 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

Love Productions (GB)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Petit Gâteaux & Hanging Showpieces

Seasons & episodes

Total 8 seasons, 80 episodes

Series 1

Liam Charles and Tom Allen present as teams of professional pastry chefs battle against each other tackling various baking challenges

Aired

10 Episodes
  • Episode 1Miniature Classics & Black Forest Gateau45 min

    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

  • Episode 2Layered Slices & Croquembouche45 min

    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.

  • Episode 3Chocolate Week45 min

    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.

  • Episode 4Eton Mess & Mini Classics45 min

    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.

  • Episode 5Roulade, Opera Slices & Religieuse45 min

    The teams take on a fruit roulade and opera slices. They also remodel the classic French pastry, the religieuse.

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