It's Patisserie Week, and the remaining four bakers will need to demonstrate that they have skills worthy enough to see them through to this year's final. The bakers are challenged to make a signature baklava - two types of any flavour they like, before the technical challenge demands they knock up a German Schichttorte, a cake cooked in stages under the grill to create 20 layers of different coloured sponge. Finally, the showstopper sees the semi-finalists baking non-stop to create two entremets in which they should demonstrate as many personal skills and techniques as they can.
s05e01 - Cake
s05e02 - Biscuits
s05e03 - Bread
s05e04 - Desserts
s05e05 - Pies and Tarts
s05e06 - European Cakes
s05e07 - Pastry
s05e08 - Advanced Dough
s05e09 - Semi-final - Patisserie
s05e10 - The Final
s05e11 - Masterclass
s05e12 - Masterclass 2
s05e13 - Class of 2013
s05e14 - Masterclass 3
s05e15 - Masterclass 4
s05e16 - Christmas Masterclass 2014
The Great British Bake Off sees ten passionate home bakers take part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battle to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour sees keen bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline.
The competition kicks off with cake in the Cotswolds, then moves to Scotland to tackle biscuit baking, then Sandwich in Kent for bread, Bakewell in Derbyshire for puddings, Mousehole in Cornwall for the pastry challenges, and London for the grand final.
Judging the baking are renowned baking writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood; presenting the show are Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, who trace the very particular history of British baking by visiting local baking landmarks and discovering why people bake what they bake today.