Series synopsis
Bake Off: The Professionals is a British reality television series that premiered on Channel 4 on May 6, 2018. It was created by Richard McKerrow. It stars Tom Allen, Liam Charles, Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden.
Teams of professional pastry chefs do battle in the kitchen.
Premise
Teams of professional pastry chefs do battle in the kitchen.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tom Allen as Host
- Liam Charles as Host
- Benoit Blin as Judge
- Cherish Finden as Judge
- Stacey Solomon as Host
- Ellie Taylor as Host
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 90 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | May 6, 2018 | July 8, 2018 |
| Season 2 | 10 | April 30, 2019 | June 14, 2019 |
| Season 3 | 10 | May 26, 2020 | July 28, 2020 |
| Season 4 | 10 | May 25, 2021 | July 27, 2021 |
| Season 5 | 10 | May 24, 2022 | July 26, 2022 |
| Season 6 | 10 | July 4, 2023 | September 5, 2023 |
| Season 7 | 10 | June 6, 2024 | July 8, 2024 |
| Season 8 | 10 | May 27, 2025 | July 29, 2025 |
| Season 9 | 10 | May 26, 2026 | July 22, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Miniature Classics & Black Forest Gateau The teams compete to make perfect batches of miniature classics - 24 conversations and 24 tartes aux fruits - as well as a reinvented Black Forest gateau |
May 6, 2018 |
| 2 |
Layered Slices & Croquembouche The five teams take on a layered slices challenge including tiramisu. There's also a Showpiece of 36 servings of croquembouches. The lowest ranking outfit will be eliminated. |
May 13, 2018 |
| 3 |
Chocolate Week The four remaining teams are challenged to demonstrate their skills with chocolate, and for the first challenge, they must rely on their patisserie knowledge to succeed in a test where the recipe is a secret. They must then produce a showpiece on the theme of masked balls, which must incorporate two types of filled and moulded chocolates and a moving part. |
May 20, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tarts and Red Velvet Cake The toughest Bake Off on TV returns, inviting teams from top hotels and restaurants to do battle. This time, six teams tackle Linzer tortes, Bakewell tarts, and a red velvet cake. |
April 30, 2019 |
| 2 |
Fruit Cake and Éclairs The five teams of pro pastry chefs make layered fruit cake slices, lemon-shaped desserts and an éclair tower. But one team's patisserie journey is about to come to an end... |
May 7, 2019 |
| 3 |
Asia Week Things are getting tougher for the teams with an unseen secret recipe challenge and a magnificent showpiece featuring moving parts |
May 14, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Miniature Classics and a Towering Retro Favourite The toughest Bake Off on TV returns. The six teams tackle two miniature classics, strawberry tarts and fruit salad, before reinventing the retro pineapple upside-down cake. |
May 26, 2020 |
| 2 |
Millefeuille, Pièce Montée and Paris-Brest The five remaining teams make the classic layered dessert millefeuille, master the art of illusion, and create a bird-themed pièce montée adorned with Paris-Brest |
June 2, 2020 |
| 3 |
Chocolate Week It's chocolate week, and the remaining teams are pushed to their limits with a secret, never-before-seen challenge, before creating firework-themed explosive chocolate showpieces. |
June 9, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Miniature Classics and Strawberries and Cream Sculptures The teams tackle two miniature classics, Tarte Piémontaise and the Jaffa Cake, plus strawberries and cream with edible showpiece sculptures. |
May 25, 2021 |
| 2 |
Cube-Shaped Desserts and an Occasion Showpiece The teams create magical desserts that look exactly like mushrooms but taste of anything but. Meanwhile, a heroes and villains-themed occasion showpiece is adorned with 160 macarons. |
June 1, 2021 |
| 3 |
Chocolate Week and Mechanical Showpieces It's chocolate week and the teams must master perfection in a surprise challenge, before constructing mechanical showpieces, complete with chocolate bons bons and a moving part. |
June 8, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The search for Britain's best patisserie team returns. Liam Charles and brand-new host Stacey Solomon welcome a new batch of pastry chefs, who tackle strawberry fraisiers and towering sculptures. |
May 24, 2022 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The teams must create 24 perfect savoury slices and 24 layered crepe cakes in just three-and-a-half hours. In the second challenge, they only have five hours to make 160 choux buns for a Greatest Sporting Moments themed pièce montée. |
May 31, 2022 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The bakers face yet another challenge when they have to come up with new ideas for Focaccia. They also have to design a new pattern for milk bread. |
June 6, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Opéra Aux Fruit and Banoffee Pie The new batch of chefs rely on their patisserie instincts for their first challenge, before transforming the classic banoffee pie. Whose opéra aux fruit will hit the high notes? |
July 4, 2023 |
| 2 |
Tarts, Peach Melbas and a Pièce Montée The five remaining teams create 24 reimagined tarts and 24 peach melbas, before attempting a pièce montée of 160 individual choux buns, inspired by the theme of 'Mad Science'. |
July 11, 2023 |
| 3 |
Chocolate Figurines and Totally-Nuts Desserts The teams tackle chocolate figurines, nutty desserts and archaeology-themed chocolate bars. |
July 18, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tarte aux Fraise and Trompe L'oeil Showpieces The new batch of bakers make individual tarte aux fraise, a chocolate amenity and musical Trompe l'oeil showpieces with hidden pecan pies |
June 10, 2024 |
| 2 |
Custard Tarts and Cotton Cheesecakes The teams make custard tarts, cotton cheesecakes, and carnival structures adorned with exotic desserts. Who'll have egg on their face and be going home for good? |
June 11, 2024 |
| 3 |
Pain Suisse and Savoury Doughnuts The teams make pain Suisse, savoury brioche doughnuts and a circus-themed choux showpiece. Whose time will be cut short, and who'll rise to the occasion? |
June 17, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cherish's Apple Tin & Illusion Showpieces Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles welcome a fresh batch of professional pastry chefs to compete for the title. Judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin set the tasks, beginning with a secret challenge, which sees them working without a recipe to create one of Cherish's own creations, the Apple Tin. Then they serve up a food-and-drink-inspired showpiece with a hidden Victoria sandwich elevated to new heights, far from its humble beginnings |
May 27, 2025 |
| 2 |
Le Petit Antoine & Adorned Japanese Gardens The teams channel all their patisserie experience into creating 24 identical fruit tarts and 24 of the French dessert petit Antoine. They then have five hours to create a showpiece inspired by a Japanese garden, adorned with roll cakes full of flavour. Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles follow their progress, while Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden taste their efforts |
June 3, 2025 |
| 3 |
Pâté En Croute, Religieuse & Wedding Mille-Feuille The teams create savoury pâté en croute, modern religieuse, and a glamorous wedding mille-feuille showpiece. But who will flake under the pressure and be leaving in tiers? |
June 10, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Paris-Brest and Custard Desserts The search for the best patisserie team in Britain is back! The teams take on Paris Brest with a twist and childhood toy showpieces concealing crumble and custard desserts. |
May 26, 2026 |
| 2 |
Battenbergs and Shakespearean Scenes The teams create 24 classic Battenberg cakes and 24 re-invented ones, and a Shakespeare-inspired theatrical scene. Whose chance to progress is not to be? |
June 2, 2026 |
| 3 |
Tarts, Cream Buns and Biscuit Landmarks The teams create savoury laminated tarts and cream buns, and build modern landmark showpieces out of biscuit. Who'll collapse under the pressure and be saying au revoir? |
June 9, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 6, 2018 |
| Last aired | June 9, 2026 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 20:00:00 |