The Great British Bake Off

Series 3

TV-PG
91%
This British television baking competition selects from amongst its competitors the best amateur baker. The series is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the UK, and many of its participants, including winners, have gone on to start a career based on baking.

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10 Episodes

  • Cakes
    E1
    CakesSignature Challenge: Upside-down Cake. Showstopper Challenge: A cake, when sliced reveals a hidden design. Technical Challenge: Rum Babas.
  • Bread
    E2
    BreadSignature Challenge: 24 Flatbreads. Showstopper Challenge: 12 sweet and 12 savoury Bagels. Technical Challenge: Eight-strand plaited loaf.
  • Tarts
    E3
    TartsThings are hotting up in the Bake Off tent as the remaining ten bakers do their best to wow Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with some unusual flavour combinations for their tartes tatin.
  • Desserts
    E4
    DessertsAmateur bakers have their skills tested to the limit. The bakers face three challenges, all designed for a sweet tooth, including a mainstay of French baking - the creme caramel.
  • Pies
    E5
    PiesThe bakers turn their attention to cooking perfect pies.
  • Puddings
    E6
    PuddingsThe bakers go all out to impress Mary and Paul with two types of delicious sponge puddings. The technical challenge sees them face a Queen of Pudding, a recipe direct from the archives of the Queen of Bakes, Mary Berry. The final test is a showstopping strudel that stretches the bakers to their limits.
  • Sweet Dough
    E7
    Sweet DoughFacing three sweet dough challenges, the bakers start their campaign by creating their signature regional buns. Paul Hollywood opens his recipe vault for the technical challenge of jam doughnuts and in a final bid to hang on to their place the bakers produce a showstopping enriched dough loaf fit for a glorious celebration. But who will make it through to the quarter-finals and which two bakers will be saying goodbye for good?
  • Biscuits
    E8
    BiscuitsThe remaining bakers face a biscuit based quarter-final.
  • Patisserie
    E9
    PatisserieThe bakers seeking a place in the final have to frantically work against the clock to deliver petits fours to Paul and Mary's exacting standards.
  • The Final
    E10
    The FinalA year after taking part, we catch up with the bakers from series 2 of The Great British Bake Off. What was it really like to compete in the tent, be judged by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, and comforted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins? And how has their shared love of baking and appearing on the series changed their lives?

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