The Great British Baking Show Season 7 Episodes

Episode 1

Cake Week

58 mins

Twelve new amateur bakers enter the iconic tent and take on three cake-making challenges.

Episode 2

Biscuit Week

58 mins

The remaining bakers face three biscuit challenges. Who will see their dreams crumble?

Episode 3

Bread Week

58 mins

The bakers face an ovenless technical challenge and a three-flour showstopper.

Episode 4

Batter Week

58 mins

For the very first time, it's Batter week! Mary and Paul have set three challenges to test the bakers on some store cupboard classics. To start things off, there is a British favorite. It may sound simple, but the judges are looking for perfection: a uniform bake across the batch, and topped with a tasty savory filling. The bakers really have to rise to the occasion in this signature challenge. Mary sets a classic technical challenge that requires a perfect pastry, a sweet filling, and delicate icing. With only a basic recipe, Mary's only advice to the bakers is to keep their cool. And finally for the showstopper, the ovens are off and the fryers are out, as the bakers are challenged to do their version of a Spanish classic.

Episode 5

Pastry Week

58 mins

Mary and Paul set three challenges to test the bakers on three different types of pastry.

Episode 6

Botanical Week

58 mins

It's week six, and just seven bakers remain. This week, for the very first time on The Great British Baking Show, it's Botanical Week. With three challenges inspired by nature, the bakers can reach for anything that grows to give their bakes maximum botanical taste. The bakers start with a signature challenge-a classic with a twist, that demands sharp citrus flavors and perfect peaks. Hidden under the gingham cloth is a leafy technical challenge set by Paul Hollywood. And, finally, the botanical showstopper is the biggest challenge of the series so far; not one, not two, but three tiers of elaborately decorated cake. Paul and Mary are looking for beautifully flavored sponges, and want to be wowed by stunning floral designs.

Episode 7

Dessert Week

58 mins

The bakers face three sweet challenges, including a mousse marathon showstopper.

Episode 8

Tudor Week

58 mins

It's the quarter-final of The Great British Baking Show, and just five bakers remain. This week, step back in history for a Baking Show first-Tudor Week. Mary and Paul have set three new challenges that embrace a time when Henry VIII reigned, with flamboyant banquets and impressive centerpieces that were Tudor showstoppers. The signature bake is a Tudor classic-pies. Although a few hundred years ago, their pies would have been filled with feathered birds, our bakers will attempt to make a rather more edible version for modern taste of a savory stuffed pie. In the technical challenge, hidden under the 'ye olde gingham cloth,' are the ingredients for a rather unusual Tudor biscuit that has the bakers all tied up in knots. And the final challenge is to construct a showstopper that is a spectacle of marzipan, fit to grace the tables of a wealthy Tudor banquet.

Episode 9

Patisserie Week

58 mins

The semi-final sees the bakers tackling three patisserie-based challenges.

Episode 10

The Final

59 mins

For the finale, Mary and Paul test how far the bakers have grown in skill and creativity. The Signature challenge is a technically difficult picnic pie, packed with fillings that form a creative design, surrounded by shortcrust pastry with perfectly baked sides. The Technical is 12 perfectly shaped pretzels: six savory with rock salt and six sweet with poppy seeds topped with orange zest and glaze. The year's final Showstopper is the ultimate showpiece in a baker's repertoire: a three-tiered wedding cake.

Episode 11

Class of 2015

Episode 12

"The Great British Bake Off" (2016) Christmas Special 1

59 mins

Previous bakers Mary-Anne, Ali, Cathryn and Norman return to face festive challenges.

Episode 13

"The Great British Bake Off" (2016) Christmas Special 2

59 mins

A festive welcome awaits four more returning bakers - Chetna, Howard, James M and Janet.