Bake Off: The Professionals - Season 9
Season 9
Episodes
Paris Brest & Childhood Toy 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 the secret challenge, which sees the teams working without a recipe to create French classic choux pastry ring the Paris-Brest - but with a twist. Then they serve up showpieces inspired by childhood toys, each concealing crumble and custard-themed desserts elevated to new heights.
Battenberg and a Shakespearean Showpiece
The teams channel all their patisserie experience into creating 24 identical battenberg cakes and 24 reinvented versions of the colourful classic. They then have five and a half hours to create a dramatic Shakespeare-inspired theatrical scene, complete with puddings based on the 16th-century dessert fruit fool. Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles follow their progress, while Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden taste their efforts.
Episode 3
The remaining teams take on the tantalising feast that is pastry. In their first challenge, the teams create 24 savoury laminated tarts and get creative with 24 cream buns. Their showpiece challenge demands precision and flair as they build modern landmarks solely out of biscuit, accompanied by impeccably shaped petit gâteaux, in a towering test of skill, structure and nerve.
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