The Great British Bake Off - Season 5

The Great British Bake Off - Season 5

Season 5

The Bake Off was back for another year, welcoming the tent's youngest-ever baker and the oldest. All 12 bakers were challenged on their baking skills from every angle by judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, all the while helped – or hindered – by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. 30 challenges, 12 brand-new bakers, two judges and two presenters, but there could only be one winner.

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Episodes10
DatesAug 6, 2014 - Dec 16, 2014
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Episodes

Cake
Season 5Episode 160 min

Cake

As the 12 new bakers enter the tent for the very first time, their first Signature Challenge is to make a swiss roll. But with such a seemingly simple challenge comes a risk - who will have the tightest roll? Whose roll will split? Should the bakers go for the classic or push the boat out to impress?

Aug 6, 2014
Biscuits
Season 5Episode 260 min

Biscuits

The bakers cook biscuits for a cheese course, Mary's Florentines and finally a 3D biscuit scene showstopper.

Aug 13, 2014
Bread
Season 5Episode 360 min

Bread

Bread is on the menu, and the bakers must bake 12 perfect rye bread rolls, shaped in any way they like and using as much rye flour as they dare. Paul's technical challenge is his recipe for ciabatta loaves. But which bakers will listen to his words of wisdom and which ones will lose their nerve?

Aug 20, 2014
Desserts
Season 5Episode 460 min

Desserts

Having seen the bakers make cake, biscuits and bread, Mary and Paul up the ante - for the first time, we see how the bakers cope with multi-tasking across several baking skills at once. For their signature challenge, the bakers must bake saucy puds - delicate sponges hiding a gooey saucy filling or a saucy surprise at the bottom. Also in this show, Sue Perkins explores the origins of the Paignton pudding.

Aug 27, 2014
Pies and Tarts
Season 5Episode 560 min

Pies and Tarts

Almost halfway through the Bake Off and the remaining bakers are facing pies and tarts. Starting with a signature custard tart that gives more than one of them a wobble, the bakers must make sweet custard tarts of their own invention. After this, Paul sets the bakers mini pear pies; one of the more unusual technical challenges that the Bake Off has seen.

Sep 3, 2014
European Cakes
Season 5Episode 660 min

European Cakes

Past halfway in their baking marathon and the remaining six bakers face three European cakes. For their signature challenge the bakers are asked to bake yeast-leavened cakes, and Mary sets the bakers their most demanding technical challenge yet in which they must make a Swedish princess torte.

Sep 10, 2014
Pastry
Season 5Episode 760 min

Pastry

The remaining bakers are asked to make signature savoury parcels, ranging from pasties to wellingtons to samosas and even exploring the fame of the beloved cornish pasty which has spread much further than you would think - to Mexico. After this, the bakers must make show-stopping eclairs.

Sep 17, 2014
Advanced Dough
Season 5Episode 860 min

Advanced Dough

It's the quarter-finals of the Bake Off and only five bakers remain. Asked to make enriched sweet fruit loaves for their signature challenge, the bakers must work with soft dough to create works of art for Paul and Mary to critique. The technical challenge stretches them to the limit and finally, a show-stopper that takes the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Sep 24, 2014
Semi-Final - Patisserie
Season 5Episode 960 min

Semi-Final - Patisserie

It's semi-final time and the tension is palpable as the bakers begin Patisserie Week. The semi-finalists are challenged to make signature baklava - two different types of any flavour they like, but with the crisp flaky layers of perfectly pulled filo pastry. Next up is the penultimate technical challenge of the series, which sees the bakers make layers of a different kind.

Oct 1, 2014
The Final
Season 5Episode 1060 min

The Final

It's the final...from thousands of applicants just 12 bakers made it to the tent, and now only three remain. Having fought their way through 27 baking challenges and proved they can master every baking discipline known to man, the remaining three bakers have just one more weekend of baking to tackle. Just three challenges lie between them and the trophy. Each one is worthy, but who will be crowned winner of the Great British Bake Off?

Oct 8, 2014

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