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 - 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?
#2 - The Final
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/5/2023
In a 1920s-themed final, the teams create a dessert trolley adorned with sharing delights and an opulent banquet. Which team will be roaring with joy and be crowned the winner?
#3 - Plant-Based Masterpieces and Bûche Entremet
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/29/2023
It's the semi-final and the teams take on renowned pastry chef Philip Khoury's signature Dawn of a New Day dessert, before creating a wondrous Land of the Giants bûche entremet.
#4 - Brioche Feuilletée and Amphibian-Inspired Desserts
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/22/2023
It's a viennoiserie quarter-final, as the teams create puff pastries, brioche feuilletée and amphibian-inspired desserts. Who will be leapfrogging their way into the semi-final?
#5 - Plated Desserts and a Hanging Showpiece
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/15/2023
The teams take on a brand-new challenge: creating spectacular hanging showpieces delicately suspended from the ceiling, adorned with perfectly crafted petits fours.
#6 - Chocolate Week and a Safari Showpiece
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/8/2023
It's Chocolate Week, and the teams make desserts celebrating the delights of autumn. But who will conquer the safari-themed showpiece and whose adventure will come to an end?
#7 - 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?
#8 - 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?
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Tarte aux Fraise and Trompe L'oeil Showpieces
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/10/2024
The new batch of bakers make individual tarte aux fraise, a chocolate amenity and musical Trompe l'oeil showpieces with hidden pecan pies.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#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: 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?
#23 - 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?
#24 - 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?
#25 - 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?