The Great British Baking Show Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - CakeThis year we welcome the tent’s youngest ever baker AND the oldest... All 12 bakers will be challenged on their baking skills from every angle by judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, all the while helped – or hindered – by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. But their first hurdle is cake. Entering the tent for the very first time, their first Signature Challenge is to make a Swiss Roll. But with such a seemingly simple challenge comes a risk; who will have the tightest roll? Whose roll will split? Should the bakers go for the classic or push the boat out to impress? Recovering from their first challenge they face their first ever Technical Challenge. It’s cake week… It’s a Mary recipe… It’s a classic cherry cake. But will the bakers be able to suspend the cherries and ice their cakes to the exacting standard of Ms. Berry? As the next day dawns so does the Showstopper of the series. The bakers must make classic British cakes…in perfect miniature… all 36 of them… 30 challenges, 12 brand new bakers, two judges and two presenters, but there can only be one winner. On your marks, get set…BAKE!
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Episode 2 - BiscuitsOne week down. Having survived Cakes the remaining 11 bakers are tested on Biscuits. Serving up Signature Savoury Biscuits, the bakers must push themselves on flavour to create biscuits that go well with a cheese course, and Sue learns the dirty secret behind the invention of the ice cream cone and the start of the UK ice cream industry. In the Technical Challenge Mary sets the bakers her recipe for Florentines. With their chewy caramel sauce and lacy brandy-snap texture covered in tempered chocolate, the bakers must follow Mary’s basic instructions, adding up to a more exacting bake than expected. And finally a Showstopper like no other… The most ambitious biscuit challenge to date, the bakers are challenged to create three-dimensional biscuit scenes. They can make any scene they like as long as it is made entirely from biscuits and doesn’t fall over...easier said than done in the Bake Off tent. The bakers are really put under scrutiny as the biscuits must taste as good as they look, for the judges to make their decision about who will leave the Bake Off tent.
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Episode 3 - BreadIt’s week three and the remaining 10 bakers get ready to brave bread.... The boys are confident that this is their week but the girls have other ideas. Knowing that Paul will be watching their every move and prove, the bakers must bake 12 perfect rye bread rolls, shaped in any way they like using as much rye flour as they dare… Paul is enigmatic in the Technical Challenge, telling the bakers to “Be patient” with his recipe for Ciabatta loaves. But which bakers will listen to his words of wisdom and which ones will lose their nerve? The bakers have their work cut out for them in the Showstopper Challenge, making a filled centrepiece loaf that will make an impact on a table as well as on the judges. Mary and Paul are looking for real talent and natural instinct, creativity and baking brilliance – but which one of the bakers has what it takes?
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Episode 4 - DessertsIt’s week four in the tent and the baking is getting serious. Having seen the bakers make cake, biscuits and bread, Mary and Paul up the ante and, for the first time, we see how the bakers cope multi-tasking across several baking skills at once. For their Signature Challenge the bakers must bake Saucy Puds; delicate sponges hiding a gooey saucy filling or a saucy surprise at the bottom. If baked for just a fraction too long the sauce won’t ooze upon cutting…but they won’t know if it has worked until they are judged. Sue explores the origins of Paignton pudding; a pudding larger than a cow that caused a riot in Paignton in the 19th century. For the Technical challenge Mary sets the bakers her Tiramisu cake. A new kind of Tiramisu requiring the bakers to temper chocolate, bake beautifully thin coffee-soaked sponges and assemble to create perfect layers of sponge, cream and chocolate…but only IF they read the recipe properly. For their final flourish the bakers are challenged to bake incredible Showstopping Baked Alaskas made up of cake, meringue and ice cream…on the hottest day of the year so far. In the centre of a field in the middle of the English countryside the bakers have the odds stacked against them, as temperatures soar and tempers fray… There is still everything to bake for...on your marks...get set...BAKE!
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Episode 5 - Pies & TartsAlmost half way through the Bake Off and the remaining bakers are facing pies and tarts. No self-respecting home baker is complete without being able to make all kinds of pastries, and today the bakers are challenged to do just that. Starting with a Signature Custard tart that gives more than one of them a wobble, the bakers must make sweet custard tarts of their own invention, ranging from ‘Rhubarb and Custard’ to ‘Chocolate and Coconut’ to a ‘Tropical Manchester Tart’ (a tart with tropical flavours made by a Mancunian). Paul sets the bakers Mini Pear Pies; one of the more unusual technical challenges that the Bake Off has seen. The bewildered bakers get in a twist as they attempt to wrap poached pears in a spiral of rough puff pastry, whilst Mel investigates the ancient wedding centrepiece that was the aphrodisiac known as Bride Pie. Finally the bakers battle their biggest bake yet; three-tied pies. In just four hours they must create a towering collection of pies from any pastry or pastries they like. With ‘three-little pig’ pies and a ‘pieful tower’, Mary and Paul have their work cut out for them and Mel and Sue really WILL eat all the pies… On your marks, get set…BAKE!
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Episode 6 - Continental CakePast half way in their baking marathon and the remaining six bakers face three European cakes. For their Signature Challenge the bakers are asked to bake yeast-leavened cakes; a tricky cross between cake and bread that sees some of the bakers opting out of Europe… Mary sets the bakers their most demanding Technical Challenge yet in which they must make a Swedish Princess Torte. With 24 different stages and only two and a quarter hours to do it in, the bakers have their work cut out for them, whilst Sue explores the events that led to the huge array of Danish cakes and pastries in the Danish Cake Table tradition. And finally, a Showstopping finale that puts the hungry into Hungary… The bakers must make their own contemporary version of the Dobos Torte. Traditionally a multi-layered Hungarian cake, the bakers must go one step further and make a two tiered Dobos Torte with an emphasis on all things caramel in every way they can imagine…but whose Bake Off will come to a sweet but sticky end? On your marks, get set, BAKE.
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Episode 7 - PastriesWeek Seven in the Bake Off tent sees the bakers tested on all kinds of weird and wonderful pastries. The remaining bakers are asked to make signature savoury parcels, ranging from pasties to wellingtons to samosas, this week and even exploring the fame of the beloved Cornish Pastry which has spread much further than you would think – to Mexico. The technical challenge throws the bakers into unchartered territory with a pastry that, for the first time ever, none of the bakers have even heard of… Paul’s recipe for Kouign Amann not only tests the bakers’ technical ability but also their patience in a three and a half hour challenge to create a yeasted pastry full of buttery sugary layers. Finally, the bakers must make showstopping éclairs, two types each, which they hope will secure them a place in the quarter finals of the Bake Off… On your marks, get set…BAKE.
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Episode 8 - Advanced DoughIt’s the quarter-finals of the Bake Off and only five bakers remain. They were tested on cake and then specialised European cakes, they proved what they could do with dough and now face an even tougher dough week; three kinds of enriched dough…Mary and Paul have upped the ante to see what baker will rise to the challenge. Asked to make enriched sweet fruit loaves for their signature challenge, the bakers must work with soft dough to create works of art for Paul and Mary to critique. The technical challenge stretches them to the limit in the beautiful Eastern European cross between a bread and a pastry filled with a hidden design of swirls of cinnamon and walnuts… And finally a showstopper that takes the ordinary into the extraordinary. The bakers must make 36 showstopping doughnuts, of two different types, demonstrating skills and ideas that take their baking to a whole new level… Paul and Mary have their work cut out to decide between the final five bakers so… On your marks, get set…BAKE!
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Episode 9 - PatisserieIt’s semi-final time and the tension is palpable as the bakers take up the mantle of Patisserie Week. The semi- finalists are challenged to make signature baklava; two different types of any flavour they like, but with the crisp flaky layers of perfectly pulled filo pastry. Next up is the penultimate technical challenge of the series which sees the bakers make layers of a different kind… The German Schichttorte is a cake cooked in stages under the grill to create 20 layers of different colours sponge. Based upon the German Baumkuchen which, baked on a rotisserie, is one of the trickiest of the German patisseries. The Showstopper Challenge raises the bar even higher. The final four bakers must bake non-stop to create two elegant Entremets. Tasked to show as many skills and techniques as they can possibly pack in, this is their last chance to fight for their place in the final. On your marks, get set…BAKE!
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Episode 10 - FinalIt’s the final... From thousands of applicants just twelve bakers made it to the tent and now just three remain. Having fought their way through 27 baking challenges and proved they can master every baking discipline known to man, the remaining three bakers have just one more weekend of baking to tackle. Just three challenges lie between them and the trophy. And what a trio challenges they are. A Signature Challenge that requires the mastery of a classic pastry technique that normally takes a day - in just three hours; a Technical Challenge that tests them beyond everything they have tackled in the previous nine weeks, by requiring them to master the basics - with no recipe.... And a final Showstopper Challenge that demands delivery of perfect sponge, caramel, choux pastry and petit four in their final five hours in the Bake Off tent. Each one is a worthy winner, but who will be crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off? For the final time, on your marks, get set….BAKE!
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Episode 11 - Class of 2014We catch up with last year's bakers, who have come a long way since their time in the tent. This programme looks back at the golden moments.
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Episode 12 - The Great British Baking Show Christmas MasterclassIn the countdown to Christmas, Mary and Paul are getting festive in the kitchen. They have six brand new recipes to bake for the family this Christmas, inspired by rich traditions from all over Europe. Paul kicks off the baking with St Lucia buns which are saffron buns traditionally eaten throughout Advent in Scandinavia. He puts a twist on the traditional mince pie, making a mincemeat and marzipan couronne, while Mary makes a French Galette and offers alternatives to traditional Christmas Cake and Christmas pudding. She makes a fruit-filled Genoa cake and white chocolate and stem ginger cheesecake. The baking is topped off by Paul’s showstopping Kranskake, a spectacular tower of rings of delicate mixture that will bring everyone to the table. Get organised for Christmas with Mary and Paul’s Christmas Masterclass.
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