The WORST episodes of Bake Off: The Professionals
Every episode of Bake Off: The Professionals ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Bake Off: The Professionals!
Teams of professional pastry chefs do battle in the kitchen. Channel 4's replacement for BBC's Bake Off Crème de la Crème.
#1 - Chocolate Week
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/28/2022
The remaining teams from this heat ooze into Chocolate Week as they conquer perfectly spherical desserts, before constructing mythical chocolate showpieces and 48 chocolate bars.
#2 - Prinsesstårtas and Bread and Butter Pudding
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/25/2023
Six new teams produce perfect Prinsesstårtas and transform the humble bread and butter pudding. Whose fairy-tale ending will be cut short, and who will stay in the competition?
#3 - Chocolate Figurines and Totally-Nuts Desserts
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/18/2023
It's chocolate week and the four remaining teams take on chocolate-domed figurines and totally-nuts desserts, before creating archaeology-themed chocolate bars.
#4 - Tarts, Peach Melbas and a Pièce Montée
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/11/2023
The five remaining teams create 24 reimagined tarts and 24 peach melbas, before attempting a pièce montée of 160 individual choux buns, inspired by a Mad Science theme.
#5 - Opéra Aux Fruit and Banoffee Pie
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/4/2023
The new batch of chefs rely on their patisserie instincts for their first challenge, before transforming the classic banoffee pie. Whose opéra aux fruit will hit the high notes?
#6 - The Final
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/26/2022
The teams pour all of their patisserie passion into creating a window display of beautiful finger tarts and a day at the races banquet, before the winner is announced.
#7 - The Semi-Final
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/19/2022
It’s the semi-final and the teams create a plated dessert for each of the judges, with no recipe to guide them, before recreating the Jurassic World in an edible table scene.
#8 - Illusion Desserts and a Singapore Ice Cream Sandwich
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/12/2022
It’s the quarter-final and the teams create illusion desserts and a Singapore ice cream sandwich, before they combine sugar and chocolate in a spectacular theme park showpiece.
#9 - Chaussons aux Pommes and a Viennoiserie Creation
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/5/2022
The best teams from both heats face new rivals, as they tackle chaussons aux pommes and a brand-new viennoiserie creation, before producing a garden paradise-themed showpiece.
#10 - Millefeuille, Pavlovas and Musical Religieuse
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/1/2023
The remaining teams tackle reimagined millefeuille and religieuse modelled on musical icons. Who'll be singing all the way to the next round, and who will face that final curtain?
#11 - Mini Celebration Cakes, Les Misérables, Grand Pièce Montée
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/2022
The five best teams from last week tackle mini celebration cakes and a patisserie classic, the Les Misérables, before creating a grand pièce montée with two flavours of choux buns.
#12 - Mont Blancs, a Chocolate Amenity, Trifle Towering Sculptures
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/13/2022
Six new teams make Mont Blancs and a chocolate amenity, without any recipes to follow, before transforming the classic trifle into a fine-dining showpiece with towering sculptures.
#13 - Chocolate Cylindrical Desserts, Ancient Mythology Showpieces
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/6/2022
The best teams from last week take on chocolate week, as they create 24 cylindrical desserts, 24 puddings celebrating the honeybee and some ancient mythology-inspired showpieces.
#14 - Savoury Slices and Layered Crêpe Cakes
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2022
The teams race against the clock to create 24 perfect savoury slices, 24 layered crêpe cakes, and 160 choux buns for a Greatest Sporting Moments themed pièce montée.
#15 - Fraisiers and Towering Sculptures
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/24/2022
The teams are challenged to make 36 strawberry fraisiers, transform an ordinary dessert into a fine-dining experience, and create a treacle tart complete with towering edible showpiece sculptures.
#16 - The Final 2021
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/27/2021
The teams pour all of their patisserie passion and prowess into creating chocolate hats and a banquet fit for an awards ceremony. Who will be crowned the winner?
#17 - The Semi-Final
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/20/2021
It's the semi-final and the four remaining teams bake batches of perfect petit fours, before creating a magical, teddy bear's picnic-inspired table scene with hidden desserts.
#18 - Black Forest Gateaux, Roulades & Sugar Chocolate Showpieces
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/13/2021
It's the quarter-final and the teams make Black Forest gateaux and mini roulades, before going back to the 70s as they create disco-inspired sugar chocolate showpiece desserts.
#19 - Trompe L'oeil Tarte Tatins
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/18/2024
Six new teams take on the classic coffee éclair and create Trompe l'oeil showpieces with hidden tarte Tatins. Whose patisserie prowess will see them through to the next round?
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - The Final
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/8/2024
The teams make afternoon tea and a best-of-British banquet with towering sugar and chocolate showpieces. Who'll be towering above the rest to be crowned champions?
#23 - Peach Melbas and Fairy-Tale Scenes
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/7/2024
It's the semi-final and the teams make peach Melbas and edible fairy-tale scenes with hidden desserts. Who will be feeling peachy, and whose magical journey will come to an end?
#24 - Caramel Desserts and Frozen Lollipops
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/2/2024
It's the quarter-final and the teams make desserts celebrating caramel and a Winter Wonderland-themed frozen lollipop display. Who'll crack under the pressure and be frozen out?
#25 - Chocolate Bars and a Hanging Showpiece
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/1/2024
In a chocolate-fuelled pursuit to reach the final, the teams create gourmet and fusion bars, and a showpiece suspended from the ceiling. Who will be hanging in the balance?