The Great British Bake Off — Series 5
The fifth season of *The Great British Bake Off* charmed audiences when it debuted on August 6th, 2014, introducing a fresh batch of twelve hopeful bakers to the tent. Familiar faces Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins kept spirits high as presenters, while Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned to judge their creations. This year marked an exciting change for the show, with *Bake Off* moving from BBC Two to the primetime slot on BBC One – though the insightful Masterclass episodes continued airing on its original channel. Adding even more sweetness, comedian Jo Brand hosted a brand new companion series, *The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice*, also on BBC Two.
The beloved baking competition returns, featuring its youngest contestant yet alongside its most seasoned participant.
The eleven bakers now face a challenge requiring them to construct elaborate, three-dimensional scenes entirely from biscuits.
By week three, the last ten bakers prepared themselves for the challenge of bread.
With the start of the fourth week, the bakers face a challenge requiring them to manage multiple baking techniques simultaneously.
With the competition nearing its midpoint, the remaining bakers now confront the challenge of pies and tarts.
More than halfway through their baking marathon, the six remaining bakers now confront three classic European cakes. For the signature challenge, they’re tasked with crafting yeast-leavened cakes – a delicate hybrid of cake and bread that p…
Hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presented the remaining contestants with three pastry-based challenges, initiating proceedings with a request for signature savoury parcels. The technical challenge then demanded they produce a kouign aman…
The nation's beloved baking competition intensifies as it arrives at the quarter-final stage, leaving only five amateur bakers in contention. They have all demonstrated considerable talent throughout Bread Week – enough, at least, to advanc…
This is Patisserie Week, and the four remaining bakers must now prove their abilities are strong enough to reach this year’s final. Their first task requires them to craft a signature baklava – two varieties of any flavour they choose. Next…
The remaining finalists now confront a Signature Challenge, allotted just three hours to demonstrate their command of a pastry technique typically requiring an entire day’s work. Following this, they must undertake a Technical Challenge rel…
Following ten weeks of intense rivalry, a sense of tranquility settles over the Bake Off tent as judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry step into the bakers' shoes, showcasing their own approaches to the signature, technical, and showstopper …
Returning to the Bake Off tent, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood prepare for the challenges they devised for the bakers during bread and dessert weeks of The Great British Bake Off. Paul guides us through his ciabatta technical and demonstr…
We rejoin the bakers who competed last year, seeing how much has changed for them since their weeks within the competition tent. This programme revisits the most memorable moments – and the lingering anxieties – of that talented group of…
Mary and Paul return to the Bake Off tent to face the signature, technical, and showstopper challenges from the latter half of the series. As the bakers grappled with increasingly difficult tasks, Mary and Paul themselves recreate those …
In the final masterclass of the series, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood return to their familiar stations, recreating iconic challenges from *The Great British Bake Off*. Mary prepares a delicate pair of choux pastries, transforming them i…
As Christmas draws near, Mary and Paul are filling their kitchen with a joyful spirit. This year, they're preparing six entirely new recipes to share with the family – each one drawn from cherished culinary traditions across Europe.
