Bake Off: The Professionals

Series 2

2019 · 10 episodes · 7h 30m in all

Hosted by Liam Charles and Tom Allen, the toughest Bake Off on TV welcomes teams from top hotels, restaurants and small businesses to do battle

Episodes

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   1. Tarts and Red Velvet Cake

   30 Apr 2019 · 45 min

   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.

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   2. Fruit Cake and Éclairs

   7 May 2019 · 45 min

   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...

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   3. Asia Week

   14 May 2019 · 45 min

   Things are getting tougher for the teams with an unseen secret recipe challenge and a magnificent showpiece featuring moving parts

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   4. The Battenberg

   21 May 2019 · 45 min

   The remaining teams bake two dozen gateaux Basques and tartes Tatin before reinventing teatime classic the Battenberg Cak, where only the extraordinary will do.

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   5. Cheesecake Slices, Pear-shaped Desserts and Choux Buns

   28 May 2019 · 45 min

   The remaining teams feel the heat rising as they must produce pristine, perfect cheesecake slices, pear-shaped desserts, and a themed pièce montée with two different flavours of choux buns.

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   6. Chocolate Week

   4 Jun 2019 · 45 min

   Chocolate Week features a secret recipe challenge, and a Showpiece in which the teams have five hours to produce a magnificent sun, sea and sky-themed extravaganza with three types of chocolates. Their creations must demonstrate a mastery of chocolate, consummate technical ability, artistic flair - and a moving part.

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   7. Holiday Week

   11 Jun 2019 · 45 min

   The best six teams from both sets of heats are combined as they battle it out for a place in the quarter-final. For Holiday Week, the teams must create brioches polonaises, savoury Danish pastries and a jaw-dropping sugar Showpiece with fruit pastilles, fudge, and marshmallows.

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   8. Quarter Final

   12 Jun 2019 · 45 min

   In the quarter-final of the competition, the teams are challenged to prepare 24 ice-creams and 24 doughnuts in just four hours, before creating a spectacular Showpiece incorporating confectionery, sugar work and chocolate. The lowest-ranking team must leave the competition, whilst the remaining four secure their place in the semi-final.

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   9. Semi Final

   13 Jun 2019 · 45 min

   Just four teams remain for the semi-finals, with challenges including the creation of an impressive tower of tarts and a spectacular piece of gourmet theatre known as live plating. At the end of the challenge, the teams are given three minutes to transform their table - and their cake - into a gastronomic work of art, with three of them securing their places in the grand final.

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    10. The Final

    14 Jun 2019 · 45 min

    Three teams fight to be crowned the winners of 2019 as they create a stunning afternoon tea and mind-blowing wedding feast.