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12 Episodes 2025 - 2026
Episode 1
Fri, Sep 5, 2025
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.
Episode 2
Fri, Sep 12, 2025
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.
Episode 3
Fri, Sep 19, 2025
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?
Episode 4
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
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.
Episode 5
Fri, Oct 3, 2025
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.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 10, 2025
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?
Episode 7
Fri, Oct 17, 2025
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.
Episode 8
Fri, Oct 24, 2025
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?
Episode 9
Fri, Oct 31, 2025
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.
Episode 10
Fri, Nov 7, 2025
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.
Episode 11
Peep Show stars compete in Bake Off's festive special. Paul, Prue, Noel and Alison judge holiday biscuit decorations, Christmas turkey pie and show-themed cakes to crown a Star Baker.
Episode 12
The 2026 New Years Bake Off Special features four pairs of former contestants. The signature challenge is a dozen decoratively shaped savory pies with a hot water crust pastry and formed into a festive design. The technical challenge is six New Year's themed Chocolate and Hazelnut Entremets' which the teams must prepare alternately switching every 15 minutes. The showstopper challenge is to reproduce a scene from a favorite Christmas movie, out of biscuits.