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The Great British Bake Off: The Final  Season 15, Ep 10

The finalists go all out with Signature scones, afternoon tea and tiered celebration cakes. Whose chance of winning has come and scone? And who'll be shedding tiers of joy?
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 26, 2024 - 28 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Patisserie Week  Season 15, Ep 9

It's the semi-final and the bakers show off their patisserie prowess with buttery breakfast pastries and a classic-but-theatrical Technical. Who'll make final-worthy fruit entremets?
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 19, 2024 - 15 comments

The Great British Bake Off: 1970s Week  Season 15, Ep 8

The bakers get groovy with towering profiteroles. Whose gateau will steal the show?
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 13, 2024 - 11 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Dessert Week  Season 15, Ep 7

It's Dessert Week in the tent. Meringue nests, spotted dick and tiramisù await.
posted by Pallas Athena on Nov 6, 2024 - 16 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Autumn Week  Season 15, Ep 6

Who's got their eyes on the pies in Autumn Week, and who'll be leaf-ing the tent? [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 2, 2024 - 16 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Pastry Week  Season 15, Ep 5

Bakers compete in pastry challenges: frangipane tart Signature, flaky Technical, and choux Paris-Brest Showstopper requiring freestanding podium. Challenging pastry skills tested in warm climate setting.
posted by ellieBOA on Oct 22, 2024 - 6 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Caramel Week  Season 15, Ep 4

It's all about delicious melted sugar this week as our bakers sail a treacherous course between the Scylla of burnt bitterness and the Charybdis of crystallisation. Featuring caramel biscuits, a pear Tarte Tatin technical, and a showstopping caramel mousse cake.
posted by Pallas Athena on Oct 15, 2024 - 8 comments

The Great British Bake Off: The Final  Season 12, Ep 10

The last remaining bakers make a classic carrot cake and create a grand Mad Hatter's tea party banquet. Who will be crowned the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2021?
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 24, 2021 - 52 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Patisserie Week  Season 12, Ep 9

It's the Bake Off semi-final, and time to test the remaining bakers' abilities in patisserie. There's a delicate layered slice that demands precision, a regional French classic, and then the bakers must create an opulent entremets display.
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 17, 2021 - 48 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Free-from Week  Season 12, Ep 8

It's Free-From Week and a chance for the remaining bakers to explore alternative ingredients. The Signature challenges them to bake without dairy, there's a hearty vegan Technical, and showstopping celebration cakes that must be gluten-free.
posted by jeather on Nov 10, 2021 - 26 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Caramel Week  Season 12, Ep 7

The bakers put their twist on a classic caramel tart and produce a family favourite biscuit bar in the technical, before creating a showstopping dessert encased in a sugar dome.
posted by ellieBOA on Nov 3, 2021 - 13 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Pastry Week  Season 12, Ep 6

It's Pastry Week and the bakers tackle signature choux pastry doughnuts and a tricky Turkish technical, before making a savory, delicately designed showstopping pie packed full of flavor.
posted by ellieBOA on Oct 27, 2021 - 16 comments

The Great British Bake Off: German Week  Season 12, Ep 5

It's a Bake Off first, as the bakers make traditional German biscuits and a torte fit for a Prince, before rising to the challenge with a showstopping tiered cake using yeast.
posted by ellieBOA on Oct 20, 2021 - 20 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Dessert Week  Season 12, Ep 4

The cake layers stack up in an elegant and challenging bake for dessert week. There's also a spherical celebration cake and a technical where success lies in precise decoration.
posted by ellieBOA on Oct 12, 2021 - 30 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Bread Week  Season 12, Ep 3

Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding present as the amateurs demonstrate their bread-baking skills, putting their own twist on a classic Italian focaccia in the signature challenge and making a Greek-inspired snack in the technical. On day two, judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith task them with creating an artistic showpiece rendering decorative designs in milk bread. Who will be leaving the tent this week?
posted by ellieBOA on Oct 6, 2021 - 30 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Biscuit Week  Season 12, Ep 2

It’s crunch time for the bakers in Biscuit Week, as they put their twist on brandy snaps, make a jammy childhood favourite and create an interactive toy made entirely from biscuit.
posted by ellieBOA on Sep 29, 2021 - 17 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Cake Week  Season 12, Ep 1

Twelve new contestants make their way into the famous tent, hoping they have what it takes to bake their way to the final. They start off with cake week, and a signature challenge in which they must produce 12 mini rolls, before working out the recipe for a nostalgic teatime classic in the technical, and finally, a gravity defying showstopper.
posted by ellieBOA on Sep 23, 2021 - 25 comments

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C: Anneka Rice, John Bishop, Nadine Coyle, Ade Adepitan  Season 4, Ep 5

Anneka Rice, John Bishop, Nadine Coyle and Ade Adepitan tackle decorative choux buns and financiers before making a showstopping cake that represents something from their bucket list.
posted by ellieBOA on Apr 12, 2021 - 3 comments

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C: Stacey Dooley, Jade Thirlwall, KSI, Katherine Ryan  Season 4, Ep 4

Stacey Dooley, Jade Thirlwall, KSI, and Katherine Ryan make cocktail-flavoured fondant fancies and have their pastry skills tested, before creating a showstopping biscuit and meringue scene.
posted by ellieBOA on Mar 31, 2021 - 4 comments

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C: Dizzee Rascal, Grimmy, Philippa Perry, Reece Shearsmith  Season 4, Ep 3

Dizzee Rascal, Nick Grimshaw, Philippa Perry and Reece Shearsmith tackle vegetable slices, a royal technical and a 'selfie' made entirely from biscuit.
posted by ellieBOA on Mar 24, 2021 - 2 comments

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C: James McAvoy, Anne-Marie, David Baddiel, Dame Kelly Holmes  Season 4, Ep 2

James McAvoy, Anne-Marie, David Baddiel and Dame Kelly Holmes make signature decorative tarts and a savoury technical, and render their spirit animals in cake form in the showstopper.
posted by ellieBOA on Mar 17, 2021 - 3 comments

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C: Daisy Ridley, Rob Beckett, Alexandra Burke, Tom Allen  Season 4, Ep 1

Daisy Ridley, Rob Beckett, Alexandra Burke and Tom Allen tackle millionaire shortbread in the signature and a fruity tart in the technical, and create their pet hates in cake form in the showstopper [SU2C means Stand Up To Cancer, a charity].
posted by ellieBOA on Mar 10, 2021 - 5 comments

The Great British Bake Off: 2020 Holiday Specials  Season 11, Ep 10000

These may have been seen in the UK earlier, but just made it to Netflix in the US. Episode 1: Briony, Yan, Terry and Tom make a sweet and savory return and tackle festive cake pops, sausage roll wreaths and gingerbread showstoppers. Episode 2: The fun-loving cast of "Derry Girls" wing it as they do their holly, jolly best to impress Paul and Prue with trifles, blini and 3D decade cakes.
posted by ShooBoo on Dec 17, 2020 - 12 comments

The Great British Bake Off: The Final  Season 11, Ep 10

It's here! The final is here! Our three last bakers face down three more challenges in a bid to win the whole banana. If there were ever spoilers they are in this thread. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 24, 2020 - 29 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Patisserie Week  Season 11, Ep 9

It's the semi-final and the bakers' patisserie skills are tested in a booze-soaked signature, a tricky technical and a delicate showstopper showcasing their finesse and precision
posted by jeather on Nov 17, 2020 - 28 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Dessert Week  Season 11, Ep 8

It's Dessert Week and the bakers tackle a miniature cheesecake signature, a 17th-century technical and a showstopping jelly art dessert cake, for a place in the semi-final
posted by jeather on Nov 11, 2020 - 44 comments

The Great British Bake Off: 80s week  Season 11, Ep 7

It's 1980s Week and the bakers put their twist on the quiche in the signature and tackle a retro treat in the technical. And can they keep their cool with an ice cream showstopper?
posted by jeather on Nov 4, 2020 - 36 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Japanese Week  Season 11, Ep 6

It's a Bake Off first - Japanese Week - and the bakers tackle steamed buns, a tricky, layered technical and a showstopper inspired by kawaii - the Japanese love of all things cute and adorable [more inside]
posted by jeather on Oct 28, 2020 - 26 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Pastry Week  Season 11, Ep 5

It's Pastry Week and the bakers put their stamp on a Cornish classic in the signature, go retro in the technical, and make a showstopping classic tart hidden within a cage made entirely from pastry
posted by bitteschoen on Oct 21, 2020 - 24 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Chocolate Week  Season 11, Ep 4

It's Chocolate Week and the bakers tackle a deceptively simple traybake signature, a technical packed full of chocolate and nuts, and a white chocolate celebration showstopper
posted by jeather on Oct 13, 2020 - 37 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Bread Week  Season 11, Ep 3

It's Bread Week, and the remaining bakers have a lot to prove in a sweet and savoury signature, a technical that honours the NHS, and an ambitious, artistic showstopper
posted by bitteschoen on Oct 7, 2020 - 21 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Week 2: Biscuit Week  Season 11, Ep 2

Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding present Biscuit Week. The Signature challenge involves a sophisticated combination of fruit, nut and chocolate, and the bakers must then produce two takes on a tropical Technical. For the Showstopper round, they are challenged to create an elaborate table setting made entirely from biscuits, before judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith decide who will be crowned Star Baker and who will be leaving the contest this week.
posted by jeather on Oct 1, 2020 - 29 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Week 1: Cake  Season 11, Ep 1

IT'S HERE! After six weeks in a bubble the beloved baking show is back with a brand new batch of bakers. Week 1 brings Battenbergs, Bromeliaceae, and . . . busts? Airs on Channel 4 in the UK on Tuesdays and on Netflix in the US on Fridays. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 22, 2020 - 52 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Final  Season 10, Ep 10

The last three bakers face a signature, technical, and showstopper challenge, but one is named StarBaker of 2019. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 1, 2019 - 48 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Patisserie Week  Season 10, Ep 9

So pastry and patisserie are different now. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 25, 2019 - 34 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Pastry Week  Season 10, Ep 8

This week's challenges all features pies as bakers try to avoid soggy bottoms. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 18, 2019 - 38 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Festival Week  Season 10, Ep 7

The bakers face particularly complicated challenges linked to festivals. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 11, 2019 - 20 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Dessert Week  Season 10, Ep 6

After two weeks featuring brand-new themes, the GBBO returns to a well-worn classic: Desserts Week. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 4, 2019 - 45 comments

The Great British Bake Off: The Roaring Twenties  Season 10, Ep 5

The challenges inspired by the roaring twenties include a slapstick Signature and a tiered Showstopper special (Channel 4 description). [more inside]
posted by PearlRose on Sep 26, 2019 - 38 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Dairy Week  Season 10, Ep 4

In the first ever Dairy week, the bakers face challenges that include a historical pastry and Indian milk sweets. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Sep 20, 2019 - 37 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Bread Week  Season 10, Ep 3

The bakers tackle a signature bake designed to be shared; a deceptively simple summer staple in the Technical; and an ambitious Showstopper (Channel 4 description). [more inside]
posted by PearlRose on Sep 12, 2019 - 26 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Biscuit Week  Season 10, Ep 2

It's crunch time with Biscuit Week, starting off with a luxurious chocolate coated signature bake, then a snack with family significance for Paul and an eye-catching showstopper
posted by anonymous on Sep 4, 2019 - 34 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Bread  Season 3, Ep 2

On Netflix and PBS as The Great British Baking Show: The Beginnings, s1e2 In two days of breadmaking, the bakers produce a dozen flatbreads, eight-strand plaited loaves, and, for the first time ever on the show, bagels.
posted by bunderful on Dec 4, 2018 - 3 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Cakes  Season 3, Ep 1

On Netflix and PBS as The Great British Baking Show: The Beginnings, s1e1 Upside-down cakes, rum babas and cakes with hidden designs.
posted by bunderful on Dec 1, 2018 - 4 comments

GBBO - "Beginnings"

I just noticed yesterday that Netflix now has what its labeled "The Great British Baking Show - The Beginnings." The first episode (which I'm currently watching) is labeled "Season 1" but there are multiple statements that make it sound like it's not the actual first season. [more inside]
posted by bunderful on Nov 27, 2018 - 5 comments

The Great British Bake Off: The Final  Season 9, Ep 10

Three bakers. A scorchingly hot tent. Three last challenges to see who of Kim-Joy, Rahul or Ruby will be 2018 Bake-Off winner. First, doughnuts - actually, British-style filled doughnuts and US-style ring donuts. Not that Rahul has had either before - will his imagination get the better of him? Then a technical challenge that surprises the bakers as much as it does us. Finally, a show-stopper bake where our final three get to show us their best. Needless to say, discussion involves mention of the winner. [more inside]
posted by Major Clanger on Oct 30, 2018 - 24 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Pâtisserie  Season 9, Ep 9

Semi-final week: only three out of Briony, Kim-Joy, Rahul and Ruby can go through to the final. Firstly, our bakers must go in search of lost time the approval of Prue and Paul with madeleines, then they must attempt one of the most complicated technical challenges ever, the Torta Setteveli, before producing 12 each of three different types of pastries: choux pastry, pate sucree and puff pastry Mille-feuille. [more inside]
posted by Major Clanger on Oct 24, 2018 - 31 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Danish Week  Season 9, Ep 8

Velkommen! In the Tent's first Danish Week (a theme apparently suggested by host Sandi Toksvig) the five semi-finalist bakers kick things off by making rye bread in the Signature, which is then used to produce two Smørrebrød. For the Technical, bakers were asked to produce fourteen Æbleskiver. Lastly, in the Showstopper, the challenge was to create the traditional Danish birthday treat, Kagemand.
posted by PearlRose on Oct 17, 2018 - 27 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Vegan  Season 9, Ep 7

A first for GBBO: Vegan week! No butter, no eggs, no milk, not even any honey. The six remaining bakers have to start with savoury vegan tartlets, then make a pavlova using aquafaba rather than egg whites for the meringue, and finally produce an impressive celebratory cake using only vegan ingredients. [more inside]
posted by Major Clanger on Oct 10, 2018 - 15 comments

The Great British Bake Off: Pastry  Season 9, Ep 6

After last week's double elimination, the tent is down to seven bakers. This week their challenges start triangular (samosas), go round for the technical (puits d’amour) and then go spectacular for the show-stopper (a shaped pie fit for a banquet centrepiece). [more inside]
posted by Major Clanger on Oct 2, 2018 - 18 comments

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