The Great British Bake Off - Season 16

The Great British Bake Off - Season 16

Season 16

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Episodes10
DatesSep 2, 2025 - Jan 1, 2026
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Episodes

Cake Week
Season 16Episode 190 min

Cake Week

The bunting has been hung and the tent is up, which can only mean one thing - Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding are back to guide a new batch of amateur bakers through 10 weeks of challenges set by judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. First up is cake week, in which the hopefuls must produce a Swiss roll with an inlay design, work out how to make fondant fancies in the technical and serve up a stunning landscape cake in the showstopper round.

Sep 2, 2025
Biscuit Week
Season 16Episode 290 min

Biscuit Week

It's crunch time for the bakers as biscuit week arrives, seeing them take on a 'slice and bake' signature, produce a classic chocolate Hobnob in the technical and make their favourite mementos out of biscuit in the showstopper. 

Sep 9, 2025
Bread Week
Season 16Episode 390 min

Bread Week

The bakers are hoping for a Hollywood handshake this week as they tackle bread, the steely-eyed judge's speciality. They begin by putting their stamp on a pull-apart monkey bread in the signature challenge, before being asked to make a sticky, messy, fast food technical. For the showstopper, they serve up sweet bread in tiers. Sadly, for one baker, this will be their last day in the tent. Who will be dusting themselves off and hanging up their apron?

Sep 16, 2025
Back to School Week
Season 16Episode 475 min

Back to School Week

The bakers return to school, starting off with the classic canteen favourite, flapjacks, before being tested with a fondly remembered school cake technical, with a catch. For their final exam, they have to produce a spectacular school fete showstopper, full of nostalgic treats. Mr Hollywood and Ms Leith judge their efforts, before deciding which of the students to expel.

Sep 23, 2025
Chocolate Week
Season 16Episode 575 min

Chocolate Week

In Chocolate Week, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond host as the bakers make fiddly mousse cups for the Signature, a white chocolate tart in the Technical and a fondue display for their Showstopper challenge.

Sep 30, 2025
Pastry Week
Season 16Episode 675 min

Pastry Week

Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond lead the bakers through pastry week, where they make savoury plaits in the signature challenge before attempting a traditional gala pie in the technical. Finally, their skills are pushed to the limit with an intricately sculpted tart showstopper. Whose plaits will leave Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith tongue-tied? And whose pie will equal goodbye?

Oct 7, 2025
Meringue Week
Season 16Episode 775 min

Meringue Week

Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding present a Bake Off first as the contestants face meringue week, starting off by making mini meringue tarts in the signature, before the more delicate task of soufflés in the technical. To end, judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith challenge them to produce a showstopping meringue ice cream cake - before deciding which of the hopefuls hasn't quite come up with the goods.

Oct 14, 2025
Dessert Week
Season 16Episode 875 min

Dessert Week

Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding present dessert week, which sees the bakers get stuck into a Basque-style cheesecake and a gluten-free sponge, before serving up an elaborate free-standing trifle in the showstopper. As always, Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith taste their efforts - but who will make it through to next week's semi-final?

Oct 21, 2025
Patisserie Week
Season 16Episode 975 min

Patisserie Week

Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding present as the semi-finalists take on patisserie week, serving up cream horns and tackling a recipe for a sugar glass dome in the technical round. In the showstopper, they produce a macaron sculpture that depicts something meaningful to them, before judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood decide who will be going through to the final.

Oct 28, 2025
The Final
Season 16Episode 1075 min

The Final

The three finalists bake a classic British iced bun in the signature, a tower of French delights in the technical and for their showstopper take on the challenge of making the largest ever cake in Bake Off history. As ever, Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding encourage the bakers, while judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith taste their efforts - but only one can be crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off 2025.

Nov 4, 2025

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