The Great British Bake Off
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The Great British Bake Off is a British
television cooking
/Baking
competition
first shown by the BBC
in the summer of 2010.
The judges are cookery writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood
. Mel
& Sue
present both the series' of The Great British Bake Off , while Aaron Craze present the Junior Bake Off series. The show traces the very particular history of British baking by visiting local baking landmarks, such as Bakewell
and discovering why people bake what they bake today.
The rounds took place in various locations across the UK:
Signature Challenge: Cake
Showstopper Challenge: Chocolate celebration cake
Technical challenge: a blind recipe for Victoria sandwich
Eliminated:
This first episode uncovers that Queen Victoria is responsible for Britain’s wedding cake tradition, that the Puritans tried to ban cake because it was too pleasurable, and that cake baking contributed to women’s liberation.
Episode Two - First aired 24 August 2010
Signature Challenge: biscuits
Showstopper Challenge: A tower of petit fours with meringues, choux pastry and macaroons
Technical challenge: Scones
Eliminated:
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins take the eight passionate home bakers who made it through the first round to Scone Palace near Perth to make biscuits and teatime treats.
Episode Three - First aired 31 August 2010
Signature Challenge: Bread
Showstopper Challenge: 12 sweet and 12 savoury Rolls
Technical challenge: Cob
Eliminated: Jonathan
It is week three of the competition and the six remaining bakers are making bread in Kent. If they found cakes and biscuits challenging, it’s bread that’s considered the real test of a baker’s mettle. While the six bakers are battle to create the perfect loaf, Mel and Sue will be tasting Britain’s earliest bread roll, finding out what happened to bread during the Industrial Revolution and relating the hidden history of the sandwich.
Episode Four - First aired 7 September 2010
Signature Challenge: Pudding
Showstopper Challenge: 3 puddings
Technical challenge: Hot Lemon Soufflés
Eliminated: David
Mel and Sue roam the country finding out how and why puddings changed from ‘meat’ to ‘sweet’, visiting the birthplace of school puddings and discovering how puddings helped change Britain’s image overseas.
Episode Five - First aired 14 September 2010
Signature Challenge: Pies
Showstopper Challenge: Pastry canapés
Technical challenge: Crimping
Eliminated: Jasminder
While they're rubbing-in and rolling-out, Mel and Sue will be finding out that Britain's earliest pies really were humble, how pastry became an art form, how pies used to have a more sinister side and even looked at the famous pork pies of Melton Mowbray
.
Episode Six - First aired 21 September 2010
The three finalists were:
WINNER: Edd Kimber
s each in just 16 hours, one being Traditional and the other being Contemporary
Paul and Mary explore the history of the Great British Wedding Cake, looking at the dramatic change throughout different eras; from the Tudors and the Victorians, wartime Britain and the eighties to that of present day.
Although Paul and Mary judged the results, no individual winner was declared.
, a 17th century country estate that will play host to the next chapter in the nations love affair with home baking.
Signature Challenge: Cupcake
s
Showstopper Challenge: a tiered cake
Technical challenge: To make a coffee and walnut Battenberg cake from a recipe of Mary Berry
Star Baker: Holly Bell
Eliminated: Keith
Episode Two - First aired 23 August 2011
Signature Challenge: Quiche
Showstopper Challenge: Baking 24 show-stopping miniature sweet tarts
Technical challenge: Tarte au Citron
Star Baker: Jason White
Eliminated: Simon Blackwell
Episode Three - First aired 30 August 2011
Signature Challenge: Bread
Showstopper Challenge: bread basket filled with 24 freshly baked rolls
Technical challenge: Foccacia
Star Baker: Yasmin Limbert
Eliminated:
Episode Four - First aired 6 September 2011
Signature Challenge: Biscuits
Showstopper Challenge: Macaron
s
Technical Challenge: Brandy Snaps
Star Baker:
Eliminated: Ben Frazer
Episode Five - First aired 13 September 2011
Signature Challenge: Family Pie
Showstopper Challenge: meringue pie
Technical Challenge: miniature Pork Pie
s
Star Baker: Janet Basu
Eliminated:
Episode Six - First aired 20 September 2011
Signature Challenge: baked cheesecake
Showstopper Challenge: choux pastry
profiteroles
Technical Challenge: Chocolate Roulade
Star Baker: Joanne Wheatley
Eliminated: Yasmin Limbert
Episode Seven - First aired 27 September 2011
Signature Challenge: a baked, layered, mousse cake
Showstopper Challenge: layered or laminated pastry dough to produce a batch of three different types of pastries or croissants
Technical Challenge: Iced fingers
Star Baker: N/A (presenters said that all of the contestants deserved an accolade, as they had all reached the semi-final)
Eliminated: Janet Basu
The three finalists are:
Episode Eight - First aired 4 October 2011
Signature Challenge: Mille-feuille
Showstopper Challenge: Petit-fours comprising of a meringue, a sponge, and a pastry-based item.
Technical Challenge: Sachertorte
WINNER: Joanne Wheatley
Since the final of Series Two, a follow-up to 2-part series, called "The Great British Bake Off Masterclass", has been aired on BBC Two
on Thursday nights (6/10/11 and 13/10/11) with judges Mary and Paul providing masterclasses on the technical challenges used in the second series and also a look-back at how the contestants coped with them.
Episode Nine - First aired 6 October 2011
This programme featured:
Episode Ten - First aired 13 October 2011
This programme featured:
Episode Eleven - First aired 20 October 2011
In 2010, talented baking enthusiasts from all over Britain came together to compete in the first ever Great British Bake Off. Over six challenging weeks 10 bakers battled it out until finally a winner was crowned. One year later, this programme reflects on the highlights from series one. Catching up with the bakers to hear the highs and lows of their journey, where they are now and how The Great British Bake Off changed their lives. With judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, who give their own personal accounts and memories from the series.
This first episode sees the first of the heats in which four hopefuls face two tough challenges.
Contestants:
Technical Challenge:The perfect Victoria Sandwich
Invention Challenge:Their own amazing cakes from outer space
Semi-Finalist: Joe
Episode Two - Aired 1st November 2011
In the second of the heats, four more bakers are challenged.
Contestants:
Technical Challenge:Tricky jammy shortbread biscuits
Invention Challenge: Chocolate celebration cake
Semi-Finalist: Saffron
Episode Three - Aired 2nd November 2011
In the third of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
Technical Challenge:Twelve carrot cake and walnut muffins (topped with icing sugar and orange zest)
Invention Challenge: a cake to celebrate their favourite festival
Semi-Finalist: Kieran
Episode Four - Aired 3rd November 2011
In the fourth of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
Technical Challenge:a batch of chocolate chip cookies
Invention Challenge: animal-themed cakes
Semi-Finalist: Cameron
Episode Five - Aired 7th November 2011
In the fifth of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
Technical Challenge:Cheese scones
Invention Challenge:cakes fit for a queen
Semi-Finalist: Sangita
Episode Six - Aired 8th November 2011
In the sixth of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
Technical Challenge:Lemon drizzle cake
Invention Challenge:favourite recipes based on the theme of America
Semi-Finalist: Kai
Episode Seven - Aired 9th November 2011
In the seventh of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
Technical Challenge:Swiss roll
Invention Challenge:Birthday cakes
Semi-Finalist: Jacob
Episode Eight - Aired 10th November 2011
In the Eighth and final heat, the last batch of 4 bakers, are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
Technical Challenge:Chocolate Brownies
Invention Challenge:Haunted Biscuits (Halloween theme)
Semi-Finalist: Freya
Episode Nine - Aired 14th November 2011
In the first of the semi-finals, it gets a lot tougher for the first four semi-finalists as they show off their bread and pastry making skills
Contestants:
Tachnical Challenge: pitta bread pockets
Invention Challenge: Savoury tarts
Finalists:
Episode Ten - Aired 15th November 2011
In the last of the semi-finals, it gets a lot tougher for the last four semi-finalists as they show off their dough and pastry making skills
Contestants:
Tachnical Challenge: Mini Pizzas, Paul Hollywood's recipe
Invention Challenge: Sweet pastry tarts
Finalists:
Episode Eleven - Aired 16th November 2011
On the first day of the Grand Finals, the four remaining bakers show they can bake to a professional standard as they undertake a baking masterclass from award-winning pastry chef Cherish Finden at the world-renowned five-star Langham London Hotel. Working in teams using Cherish's advice, they then prepare afternoon tea for special guest Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Junior and judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
The Four Finalists:
Episode Twelve - Aired 17th November 2011
In the second round of the Grand Finals each of the four finalists must undertake the knowledge test - a series of difficult questions and practical challenges set by series judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. Then they are tasked with baking for a glamorous event - the fifth anniversary party of the musical Wicked in London's West End. It's the first time the bakers have prepared food for a professional event and it's a chance to show their potential as expert caterers. The heat is on as this is the penultimate challenge before Mary and Paul decide who to award the title of Junior Bake Off Champion
Episode Thirteen - Aired 17th November 2011
The four finalists face their biggest challenge yet - the Grand Final, where they bake two of their own recipes for series judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood and a party of invited friends and family. None of them have baked on this scale before and only one can be crowned Junior Bake Off Champion. Baking doesn't get tougher than this
WINNER: Freya
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television cooking
Cooking
Cooking is the process of preparing food by use of heat. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely across the world, reflecting unique environmental, economic, and cultural traditions. Cooks themselves also vary widely in skill and training...
/Baking
Baking
Baking is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by convection, and not by radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. It is primarily used for the preparation of bread, cakes, pastries and pies, tarts, quiches, cookies and crackers. Such items...
competition
Competition
Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...
first shown by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
in the summer of 2010.
The judges are cookery writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood
Paul Hollywood
Paul Hollywood is a baker. He was born in 1966 in Wallasey, where he studied sculpture but then started work as a baker, first in his father's bakery on the East coast of England and then in bakeries in Merseyside...
. Mel
Mel Giedroyc
Mel Giedroyc is an English television presenter, actress, and writer.-Mel and Sue:Giedroyc is best known for presenting comedy items alongside Sue Perkins. The two women met whilst students at Cambridge and both were members of the famous Footlights comedy club.As Mel and Sue, the duo were...
& Sue
Sue Perkins
Sue Perkins is an English comedienne, broadcaster, actress, and writer.-Education:Perkins was educated at Croham Hurst School, an independent school for girls in Croydon in South London, at the same time as the BBC Breakfast News presenter Susanna Reid...
present both the series' of The Great British Bake Off , while Aaron Craze present the Junior Bake Off series. The show traces the very particular history of British baking by visiting local baking landmarks, such as Bakewell
Bakewell
Bakewell is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, deriving its name from 'Beadeca's Well'. It is the only town included in the Peak District National Park, and is well known for the local confection Bakewell Pudding...
and discovering why people bake what they bake today.
The Great British Bake Off
| Series | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1 | Edd Kimber |
| 2 | Joanne Wheatley Jo Wheatley Jo Wheatley was the winner of The Great British Bake Off in 2011.Jo Wheatley has always had a love of baking since a very early age. One of her earliest memories is of making jam tarts with her Nan while standing on an upturned bucket by her Nan’s work surface... |
Junior Bake Off
| Series | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1 | Freya Watson |
Series 1
Series 1 of The Great British Bake Off saw ten passionate home bakers take part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Great British Bake Off’s best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour sees keen bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline.The rounds took place in various locations across the UK:
Contestants
- Annetha Mills
- Edd Kimber
- Ruth Clemens
- Miranda Gore Browne
- Jonathan Shepherd
- Louise
- Jasminder
- Mark Whithers
- Lea Harris
- David Chambers
Episodes
Episode One - First aired 17 August 2010- CakeCakeCake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet and enriched baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape...
baking in the CotswoldsCotswoldsThe Cotswolds are a range of hills in west-central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, an area across and long. The area has been designated as the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
Signature Challenge: Cake
Showstopper Challenge: Chocolate celebration cake
Technical challenge: a blind recipe for Victoria sandwich
Eliminated:
- Mark
- Lea
This first episode uncovers that Queen Victoria is responsible for Britain’s wedding cake tradition, that the Puritans tried to ban cake because it was too pleasurable, and that cake baking contributed to women’s liberation.
Episode Two - First aired 24 August 2010
- BiscuitBiscuitA biscuit is a baked, edible, and commonly flour-based product. The term is used to apply to two distinctly different products in North America and the Commonwealth Nations....
baking at Scone PalaceScone PalaceScone Palace is a Category A listed historic house at Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. It was constructed in 1808 for the Earls of Mansfield by William Atkinson...
in ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Signature Challenge: biscuits
Showstopper Challenge: A tower of petit fours with meringues, choux pastry and macaroons
Technical challenge: Scones
Eliminated:
- Louise
- Annetha
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins take the eight passionate home bakers who made it through the first round to Scone Palace near Perth to make biscuits and teatime treats.
Episode Three - First aired 31 August 2010
- BreadBreadBread is a staple food prepared by cooking a dough of flour and water and often additional ingredients. Doughs are usually baked, but in some cuisines breads are steamed , fried , or baked on an unoiled frying pan . It may be leavened or unleavened...
baking in Sandwich, KentSandwich, KentSandwich is a historic town and civil parish on the River Stour in the Non-metropolitan district of Dover, within the ceremonial county of Kent, south-east England. It has a population of 6,800....
Signature Challenge: Bread
Showstopper Challenge: 12 sweet and 12 savoury Rolls
Technical challenge: Cob
Eliminated: Jonathan
It is week three of the competition and the six remaining bakers are making bread in Kent. If they found cakes and biscuits challenging, it’s bread that’s considered the real test of a baker’s mettle. While the six bakers are battle to create the perfect loaf, Mel and Sue will be tasting Britain’s earliest bread roll, finding out what happened to bread during the Industrial Revolution and relating the hidden history of the sandwich.
Episode Four - First aired 7 September 2010
- Baked puddings in BakewellBakewellBakewell is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, deriving its name from 'Beadeca's Well'. It is the only town included in the Peak District National Park, and is well known for the local confection Bakewell Pudding...
in DerbyshireDerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
Signature Challenge: Pudding
- Amongst the offering were;
- Sticky Toffee Puddings
- Peach and Blueberry boy-bait
- Rhubarb and Orange betty
- Cherry queen of puddings
Showstopper Challenge: 3 puddings
- Crumble
- Had to include bread in some form
- Suet
Technical challenge: Hot Lemon Soufflés
Eliminated: David
Mel and Sue roam the country finding out how and why puddings changed from ‘meat’ to ‘sweet’, visiting the birthplace of school puddings and discovering how puddings helped change Britain’s image overseas.
Episode Five - First aired 14 September 2010
- Pies and pastries in MouseholeMouseholeMousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 2½ miles south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay.The village is in the civil parish of Penzance...
in CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
Signature Challenge: Pies
Showstopper Challenge: Pastry canapés
Technical challenge: Crimping
Eliminated: Jasminder
While they're rubbing-in and rolling-out, Mel and Sue will be finding out that Britain's earliest pies really were humble, how pastry became an art form, how pies used to have a more sinister side and even looked at the famous pork pies of Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...
.
Episode Six - First aired 21 September 2010
- Afternoon tea at Fulham PalaceFulham PalaceFulham Palace in Fulham, London , England, at one time the main residence of the Bishop of London, is of medieval origin. It was the country home of the Bishops of London from at least 11th century until 1975, when it was vacated...
in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- Making cakes, breads and pastries
- Amongst the offerings were;
- miniature ginger mint and blackberry cakes
- quiches with red pepper chutney
- raspberry ripple choux buns
- lemon scones with passion fruit curd.
The three finalists were:
- Edd Kimber
- Ruth Clemens
- Miranda Gore Browne
WINNER: Edd Kimber
The Great British Wedding Cake
In this one-off special edition on the series, the three finalist from series one (Edd, Ruth and Miranda) returned once more. Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry had set them an ultimate challenge, to make and bake two spectacular Wedding CakeWedding cake
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served to the guests at a wedding reception after a wedding. In modern Western culture, it is usually a large cake, multi-layered or tiered, and heavily decorated with icing, usually over a layer of marzipan or fondant...
s each in just 16 hours, one being Traditional and the other being Contemporary
Paul and Mary explore the history of the Great British Wedding Cake, looking at the dramatic change throughout different eras; from the Tudors and the Victorians, wartime Britain and the eighties to that of present day.
Although Paul and Mary judged the results, no individual winner was declared.
Series 2
Twelve amateur bakers started the competition and they were gradually eliminated during each round of the contest. This year The Great British Bake Off has found a home - Valentines MansionValentines Mansion
Valentines Mansion is situated in Valentines Park in Ilford, London Borough of Redbridge. Built in 1696 for Lady Tillotson, the widow of the Archbishop of Canterbury, it was a family house until Sarah Ingleby, its last inhabitant, died on 3 January 1906. It became the property of Ilford...
, a 17th century country estate that will play host to the next chapter in the nations love affair with home baking.
Contestants
- Holly Bell
- Keith
- Jason White
- Simon Blackwell
- Yasmin Limbert
- Ian Vallance
- Urvashi Roe
- Ben Frazer
- Janet Basu
- Robert Billington
- Mary-Anne Boermans
- Joanne Wheatley
Episodes
Episode One - First aired 16 August 2011- CakeCakeCake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet and enriched baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape...
Signature Challenge: Cupcake
Cupcake
A cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person, frequently baked in a small, thin paper or aluminum cup...
s
Showstopper Challenge: a tiered cake
Technical challenge: To make a coffee and walnut Battenberg cake from a recipe of Mary Berry
Star Baker: Holly Bell
Eliminated: Keith
Episode Two - First aired 23 August 2011
- Pastries
Signature Challenge: Quiche
Quiche
Quiche is a savory, open-faced pie of vegetables, cheese, or meat in custard, baked in a pastry crust.The quiche is sometimes regarded as the savoury equivalent ofegg custard tart.- Etymology:...
Showstopper Challenge: Baking 24 show-stopping miniature sweet tarts
Technical challenge: Tarte au Citron
Star Baker: Jason White
Eliminated: Simon Blackwell
Episode Three - First aired 30 August 2011
- BreadBreadBread is a staple food prepared by cooking a dough of flour and water and often additional ingredients. Doughs are usually baked, but in some cuisines breads are steamed , fried , or baked on an unoiled frying pan . It may be leavened or unleavened...
Signature Challenge: Bread
Showstopper Challenge: bread basket filled with 24 freshly baked rolls
Technical challenge: Foccacia
Star Baker: Yasmin Limbert
Eliminated:
- Ian Vallance
- Urvashi Roe
Episode Four - First aired 6 September 2011
- Biscuits
Signature Challenge: Biscuits
Showstopper Challenge: Macaron
Macaron
A macaron is a sweet confectionery made with egg whites, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder or ground almond, and food coloring. The macaron is commonly filled with buttercream or jam filling sandwiched between two cookies. Its name is derived from an Italian word "maccarone" or...
s
Technical Challenge: Brandy Snaps
Star Baker:
- Holly Bell
- Jason White
Eliminated: Ben Frazer
Episode Five - First aired 13 September 2011
- Pies
Signature Challenge: Family Pie
Showstopper Challenge: meringue pie
Technical Challenge: miniature Pork Pie
Pork pie
A pork pie is a traditional British meat pie. It consists of roughly chopped pork and pork jelly sealed in a hot water crust pastry . It is normally eaten cold as a snack or as part of a meal.-Types:...
s
Star Baker: Janet Basu
Eliminated:
- Jason White
- Robert Billington
Episode Six - First aired 20 September 2011
- Desserts
Signature Challenge: baked cheesecake
Cheesecake
Cheesecake is a dessert consisting of a topping made of soft, fresh cheese, usually on a crust or base made from biscuit , pastry or sponge cake. They may be baked or unbaked...
Showstopper Challenge: choux pastry
Choux pastry
Choux pastry, or pâte à choux , is a light pastry dough used to make profiteroles, croquembouches, éclairs, French crullers, beignets, St. Honoré cake, Indonesian kue sus, and gougères. It contains only butter, water, flour, and eggs...
profiteroles
Technical Challenge: Chocolate Roulade
Star Baker: Joanne Wheatley
Eliminated: Yasmin Limbert
Episode Seven - First aired 27 September 2011
- SEMI-FINAL
Signature Challenge: a baked, layered, mousse cake
Showstopper Challenge: layered or laminated pastry dough to produce a batch of three different types of pastries or croissants
Technical Challenge: Iced fingers
Star Baker: N/A (presenters said that all of the contestants deserved an accolade, as they had all reached the semi-final)
Eliminated: Janet Basu
The three finalists are:
- Holly Bell
- Joanne Wheatley
- Mary-Anne Boermans
Episode Eight - First aired 4 October 2011
- FINAL - Street party
Signature Challenge: Mille-feuille
Mille-feuille
The mille-feuille , vanilla slice, cream slice, custard slice, also known as the Napoleon, is a pastry originating in France.Traditionally, a mille-feuille is made up of three layers of puff pastry , alternating with two layers of pastry cream , but sometimes whipped cream, or jam are substituted...
Showstopper Challenge: Petit-fours comprising of a meringue, a sponge, and a pastry-based item.
Technical Challenge: Sachertorte
WINNER: Joanne Wheatley
Since the final of Series Two, a follow-up to 2-part series, called "The Great British Bake Off Masterclass", has been aired on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
on Thursday nights (6/10/11 and 13/10/11) with judges Mary and Paul providing masterclasses on the technical challenges used in the second series and also a look-back at how the contestants coped with them.
Episode Nine - First aired 6 October 2011
- Masterclass One
This programme featured:
- how to bake Mary's take on a traditional British cake - a coffee and walnut Battenberg
- her classic tarte au citron with a deliciously sharp lemon filling
- Paul's traditional Italian flatbread, focaccia
- Mary's brandy snaps
Episode Ten - First aired 13 October 2011
- Masterclass Two
This programme featured:
- Paul's luxury pork pies, filled with the perfect combination of pork loin and a quail's egg
- Mary's chocolate roulade recipe where Mary will show you how to get the perfect roll every time
- Paul's traditional iced fingers
- Mary's sachertorte
Episode Eleven - First aired 20 October 2011
- The Great British Bake Off Revisited
In 2010, talented baking enthusiasts from all over Britain came together to compete in the first ever Great British Bake Off. Over six challenging weeks 10 bakers battled it out until finally a winner was crowned. One year later, this programme reflects on the highlights from series one. Catching up with the bakers to hear the highs and lows of their journey, where they are now and how The Great British Bake Off changed their lives. With judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, who give their own personal accounts and memories from the series.
Junior Bake Off: Series 1
Junior Bake Off is an exciting new series, presented by Aaron Craze, where thirty two bakers take on the greatest baking battle on Earth. In each programme the bakers take part in a series of challenges baking cakes, biscuits, bread and pastries all competing to be crowned ‘Junior Bake Off’ Champion.Episodes
Episode One - Aired 31st October 2011This first episode sees the first of the heats in which four hopefuls face two tough challenges.
Contestants:
- Marie
- Joy
- Joe
- Amari
Technical Challenge:The perfect Victoria Sandwich
Invention Challenge:Their own amazing cakes from outer space
Semi-Finalist: Joe
Episode Two - Aired 1st November 2011
In the second of the heats, four more bakers are challenged.
Contestants:
- Sam
- Stanley
- Saffron
- Millie
Technical Challenge:Tricky jammy shortbread biscuits
Invention Challenge: Chocolate celebration cake
Semi-Finalist: Saffron
Episode Three - Aired 2nd November 2011
In the third of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
- Kieran
- Holly
- Sylvia
- Hari
Technical Challenge:Twelve carrot cake and walnut muffins (topped with icing sugar and orange zest)
Invention Challenge: a cake to celebrate their favourite festival
Semi-Finalist: Kieran
Episode Four - Aired 3rd November 2011
In the fourth of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
- Cameron
- Zyta
- Alex
- Ellie
Technical Challenge:a batch of chocolate chip cookies
Invention Challenge: animal-themed cakes
Semi-Finalist: Cameron
Episode Five - Aired 7th November 2011
In the fifth of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
- Jim
- Scott
- Sangita
- Galway
Technical Challenge:Cheese scones
Invention Challenge:cakes fit for a queen
Semi-Finalist: Sangita
Episode Six - Aired 8th November 2011
In the sixth of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
- Kai
- Sami
- Abigail
- Olivia
Technical Challenge:Lemon drizzle cake
Invention Challenge:favourite recipes based on the theme of America
Semi-Finalist: Kai
Episode Seven - Aired 9th November 2011
In the seventh of the heats, another four bakers are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
- Jacob
- Conal
- Katie
- Coco-Nina
Technical Challenge:Swiss roll
Invention Challenge:Birthday cakes
Semi-Finalist: Jacob
Episode Eight - Aired 10th November 2011
In the Eighth and final heat, the last batch of 4 bakers, are challenged to the best of their ability.
Contestants:
- Sam
- Cameron
- Aasiya
- Freya
Technical Challenge:Chocolate Brownies
Invention Challenge:Haunted Biscuits (Halloween theme)
Semi-Finalist: Freya
Episode Nine - Aired 14th November 2011
In the first of the semi-finals, it gets a lot tougher for the first four semi-finalists as they show off their bread and pastry making skills
Contestants:
- Saffron
- Joe
- Kieran
- Cameron
Tachnical Challenge: pitta bread pockets
Invention Challenge: Savoury tarts
Finalists:
- Kieran
- Saffron
Episode Ten - Aired 15th November 2011
In the last of the semi-finals, it gets a lot tougher for the last four semi-finalists as they show off their dough and pastry making skills
Contestants:
- Sangita
- Kai
- Jacob
- Freya
Tachnical Challenge: Mini Pizzas, Paul Hollywood's recipe
Invention Challenge: Sweet pastry tarts
Finalists:
- Freya
- Kai
Episode Eleven - Aired 16th November 2011
On the first day of the Grand Finals, the four remaining bakers show they can bake to a professional standard as they undertake a baking masterclass from award-winning pastry chef Cherish Finden at the world-renowned five-star Langham London Hotel. Working in teams using Cherish's advice, they then prepare afternoon tea for special guest Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Junior and judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood
The Four Finalists:
- Kieran
- Saffron
- Freya
- Kai
Episode Twelve - Aired 17th November 2011
In the second round of the Grand Finals each of the four finalists must undertake the knowledge test - a series of difficult questions and practical challenges set by series judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. Then they are tasked with baking for a glamorous event - the fifth anniversary party of the musical Wicked in London's West End. It's the first time the bakers have prepared food for a professional event and it's a chance to show their potential as expert caterers. The heat is on as this is the penultimate challenge before Mary and Paul decide who to award the title of Junior Bake Off Champion
Episode Thirteen - Aired 17th November 2011
The four finalists face their biggest challenge yet - the Grand Final, where they bake two of their own recipes for series judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood and a party of invited friends and family. None of them have baked on this scale before and only one can be crowned Junior Bake Off Champion. Baking doesn't get tougher than this
WINNER: Freya
The Great British Bake Off
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 August 2010 | 21 September 2010 | 6 |
| 2 | 16 August 2011 | 20 October 2011 | 11 |
Junior Bake Off
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 October 2011 | 17 November 2011 | 13 |
Specials
| Airdate | Entitle |
|---|---|
| 20 April 2011 | The Great British Wedding Cake |
The Great British Bake Off: Series 1
| Episode No. | Airdate | Total Viewers | BBC Two Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 August 2010 | 2,240,000 | 7 |
| 2 | 24 August 2010 | 3,000,000 | 3 |
| 3 | 31 August 2010 | 3,000,000 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 September 2010 | 2,600,000 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 September 2010 | 3,030,000 | 1 |
| 6 | 21 September 2010 | 2,750,000 | 1 |
The Great British Wedding Cake
| Airdate | Total Viewers | BBC Two Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2011 | 1,600,000 | 19 |
The Great British Bake Off: Series 2
| Episode No. | Airdate | Total Viewers | BBC Two Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 August 2011 | 3,100,000 | 2 |
| 2 | 23 August 2011 | 3,530,000 | 2 |
| 3 | 30 August 2011 | 3,820,000 | 1 |
| 4 | 6 September 2011 | 3,600,000 | 1 |
| 5 | 13 September 2011 | 3,830,000 | 1 |
| 6 | 20 September 2011 | 4,250,000 | 1 |
| 7 | 27 September 2011 | 4,420,000 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 October 2011 | 5,060,000 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 October 2011 | 2,320,000 | 6 |
| 10 | 13 October 2011 | 2,140,000 | 9 |
| 11 | 20 October 2011 | Under 1,790,000 | Outside Top 10 |
Junior Bake Off: Series 1
| Episode No. | Airdate | Total Viewers | CBBC Channel Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 October 2011 | Under 300,000 | Outside Top 10 |
| 2 | 1 November 2011 | Under 300,000 | Outside Top 10 |
| 3 | 2 November 2011 | 334,000 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 November 2011 | 370,000 | 5 |
| 5 | 7 November 2011 | Under 368,000 | Outside Top 10 |
| 6 | 8 November 2011 | Under 368,000 | Outside Top 10 |
| 7 | 9 November 2011 | Under 368,000 | Outside Top 10 |
| 8 | 10 November 2011 | Under 368,000 | Outside Top 10 |
| 9 | 14 November 2011 | Under 384,000 | Outsiode Top 10 |
| 10 | 15 November 2011 | Under 384,000 | Outsiode Top 10 |
| 11 | 16 November 2011 | Under 384,000 | Outsiode Top 10 |
| 12 | 17 November 2011 (17:45) | 386,000 | 9 |
| 13 | 17 November 2011 (18:20) | Under 384,000 | Outsiode Top 10 |