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!
Britain's best professional pastry chefs tackle testing challenges set by world-class pâtissier experts Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden.
#1 - Sticky Toffee Puds & Haute Couture Showpieces
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/24/2024
The teams make sticky toffee puddings and charlotte à la russe, before channelling their inner fashionistas in haute couture showpieces dressed with aperitif-flavoured desserts.
#2 - Petit Gâteaux & Suspended Showpieces
Season 10 - 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?
#3 - Paris-Brest, Savarin & St Honoré
Season 10 - 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?
#4 - Framboisier and S'mores
Season 10 - 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?
#5 - Le Café Crème & Garden Illusion Showpieces
Season 10 - 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?
#6 - Pâté En Croute, Religieuse & Wedding Mille-Feuille
Season 10 - 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?
#7 - Le Petit Antoine & Adorned Japanese Gardens
Season 10 - 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.
#8 - Cherish's Apple Tin & Illusion Showpieces
Season 10 - 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.
#9 - The Final
Season 9 - 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?
#10 - Peach Melbas and Fairy-Tale Scenes
Season 9 - 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?
#11 - Caramel Desserts and Frozen Lollipops
Season 9 - 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?
#12 - Chocolate Bars and a Hanging Showpiece
Season 9 - 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?
#13 - Savoury Croissants, Maritozzi & Choux Towers
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/25/2024
The teams make savoury croissants, perfectly filled maritozzi and playtime-themed towering choux showpieces. Who will be filled with high spirits, and who will flake away?
#14 - Savoury Sweet Desserts & Extraterrestrial Showpieces
Season 10 - 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?
#15 - Trompe L'oeil Tarte Tatins
Season 9 - 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?
#16 - Pain Suisse and Savoury Doughnuts
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/17/2024
The teams make pain Suisse and savoury brioche doughnuts, before creating a circus-themed choux showpiece. Whose time will be cut short, and who will gain the upper crust?
#17 - Custard Tarts and Cotton Cheesecakes
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/11/2024
The teams make custard tarts and cotton cheesecakes, before creating carnival structures adorned with exotic desserts. Who'll have egg on their face and be going home for good?
#18 - Tarte aux Fraise and Trompe L'oeil Showpieces
Season 9 - 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.
#19 - The Final
Season 8 - 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?
#20 - Plant-Based Masterpieces and Bûche Entremet
Season 8 - 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.
#21 - Brioche Feuilletée and Amphibian-Inspired Desserts
Season 8 - 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?
#22 - Plated Desserts and a Hanging Showpiece
Season 8 - 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.
#23 - Chocolate Week and a Safari Showpiece
Season 8 - 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?
#24 - Millefeuille, Pavlovas and Musical Religieuse
Season 8 - 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?
#25 - Prinsesstårtas and Bread and Butter Pudding
Season 8 - 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?