The BEST episodes of Bake Off: The Professionals season 8
Every episode of Bake Off: The Professionals season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bake Off: The Professionals season 8!
Teams of professional pastry chefs do battle in the kitchen. Channel 4's replacement for BBC's Bake Off Crème de la Crème.
#1 - Cherish's Apple Tin & Illusion Showpieces
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/27/2025
A new batch of pastry chefs take on judge Cherish's Apple Tin, without a recipe to hand, and create illusion showpieces with a hidden Victoria sandwich.
#2 - Le Petit Antoine & Adorned Japanese Gardens
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/3/2025
The teams make 24 identical Le Petit Antoine and 24 re-invented fruit tarts, and create serenity with a Japanese-garden-inspired showpiece adorned with flavourful roll cakes.
#3 - Pâté En Croute, Religieuse & Wedding Mille-Feuille
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/2025
The teams create savoury pâté en croute, modern religieuse, and a glamorous wedding mille-feuille showpiece. But who will flake under the pressure and be leaving in tiers?
#4 - Le Café Crème & Garden Illusion Showpieces
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/17/2025
The teams create judge Benoit's 'Le Café Crème' and a gardening-themed illusion showpiece with a hidden veg-inspired desserts. Whose patisserie prowess will blossom and who'll be bottom of the heap?
#5 - Framboisier and S'mores
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/24/2025
The teams make identical framboisier and turn American camping favourite s'mores into a high-end patisserie. Who will leave the judges wanting s'more? And whose dreams will melt away?
#6 - Paris-Brest, Savarin & St Honoré
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/1/2025
The teams make savoury Paris-Brest and delectable savarin, before creating a celebration St Honoré to serve 150 people. Who has the patience of a saint to secure a spot in the final six?
#7 - Petit Gâteaux & Suspended Showpieces
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/8/2025
The teams create plant-based petit gâteaux and chocolate showpieces suspended from the ceiling. Who will reach dizzy new heights and be heading into the quarter-final?
#8 - Savoury Sweet Desserts & Extraterrestrial Showpieces
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/15/2025
It's the quarter-final and the teams create savoury sweet desserts and extraterrestrial showpieces with jelly art desserts. Which teams will be out of this world and fly into the semi-final?
#9 - Wonka Chocolate Bars & Floating Cities
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/22/2025
It's the semi-final and the teams create Wonka-inspired chocolate bars fit for Hollywood and edible 'floating cities'. Who'll make a splash and float on cloud nine into the final?
#10 - The Final: A Great Train Journey Banquet
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/29/2025
It's full steam ahead as the finalists create a banquet celebrating great train journeys, with towering sugar and chocolate showpiece desserts. Who can stay on track and be crowned the winner?