The WORST episodes of The Great Australian Bake Off
Every episode of The Great Australian Bake Off ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Great Australian Bake Off!
Baking enthusiasts are put through a series of grueling elimination challenges, baking a mouth-watering selection of cakes, pies, tarts, pastries, bread, biscuits and desserts, all in the hope of being crowned Australia's Best Home Baker.
#1 - Patisserie Week
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2022
The semi-final brings us some delicious breakfast pastries, a Gateau St. Honore, and a gravity-defying biscuit chandelier.
#2 - Final
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/15/2023
Our final bakers face off to win, creating their Signature high tea, a difficult Technical Terrine set by Bake Off royalty Maggie Beer, and for their final Showstopper a 3D Illusion Cake.
#3 - Chocolate Week
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/8/2023
Our remaining bakers must make chocolate creations - stunning decorated chocolate cakes, a combined Technical challenge from the judges, and two different types of individual mirror glazed cakes.
#4 - International Week
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/1/2023
The amateur bakers take a trip around the baking world with signature Turkish pides, a steamed rainbow lapis from Southeast Asia, and super-size the famous French macaron with a jacked macaron stack.
#5 - Citrus Week
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2023
Our amateur bakers compete to show us a tangy tropical side to baking for Citrus Week, taking on individual citrus tarts, a gin and tonic roulade and a citrus meringue creation.
#6 - Dessert Week
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2023
In Dessert Week, amateur bakers compete to create three delicious desserts: a family favourite, a beautiful layered opera cake with a twist, and a showstopping fun-filled ice cream cake pop.
#7 - Vintage Week
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/11/2023
In Vintage Week, our remaining amateur bakers step back in time to bake filled profiteroles, a tasty beef wellington, and create a classic checkerboard cake.
#8 - Winter Week
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/4/2023
In Winter Week, our remaining bakers tackle warming winter favourites - baking classic savoury pastries, a carrot and cumin tart, and creating a decorative pie with 3D art.
#9 - Bread Week
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/27/2023
In Bread Week, our 10 remaining amateur bakers compete to make a sweet loaf, a difficult fougasse bread, and an eye-catching bread centrepiece.
#10 - Biscuit Week
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/20/2023
Eleven amateur bakers bid to win a biscuit war with their signature fondant biscuits, delicious peanut and choc chip explosive wheels, and a spectacular biscuit game.
#11 - Cake Week
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/13/2023
Twelve of Australia's best amateur bakers tackle three tricky cake challenges - a signature personal story cake, a tricky technical raspberry and black pepper curd cake, and a two-tiered layer cake.
#12 - Grand Finale
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2022
To become Australia's Best Amateur Baker, our finalists must bring out the best of their baking skills to be crowned the winner. Who will it be?
#13 - Cake Week
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2024
Twelve new bakers enter the shed kitchen to show off amazing cake creations. The first bake is a personal project followed by a challenging technical curd cake.
#14 - Fruit & Veg Week
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2022
Our five remaining bakers try a savoury vegetable tart, an erbazzone pie, and a basket weave cake.
#15 - Dessert Week
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2022
Perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth! This week it's baked custards, a raspberry tart and a charcuterie board.
#16 - French Week
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2022
Ooh la la! It's time to compete to create three French classics; a mille-feuille, a brioche à tête, and a Religieuse à l’ancienne.
#17 - Homegrown Week
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2022
Our remaining bakers celebrate traditional First Nations ingredients and bake a galette, a trifle and a bread sculpture inspired by Australia.
#18 - Nostalgia Week
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/17/2022
Our 9 remaining bakers try a classic Aussie pavlova, steamed pudding, and invent a bake with their favourite childhood flavours.
#19 - Bread Week
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/10/2022
In Bread Week, our 10 remaining amateur bakers compete to make flavoured bread rolls, a Swedish bread, and their own focaccias.
#20 - Biscuit Week
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/3/2022
Our 11 bakers try to become Star Baker with their signature slices, Alfajores, and a tricky hanging biscuit chandelier.
#21 - Cake Week
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/2022
It's Cake Week! 12 of Australia's best amateur bakers are back in the Bake Off shed for their first week of challenges, under the watchful eyes of culinary icon Maggie Beer, and esteemed chef Matt Moran. This week, the bakers will tackle a signature sponge, a tricky technical Japanese Cotton Cheesecake, and for their showstopper, create their own Miniature Worlds. One will be crowned the week's Star Baker, and one will head home.
#22 - Final
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2019
After nine weeks of whisking, kneading and piping, it's time for the grand final. Our three finalists have three bakes that stand between them and the glory of becoming Australia's best amateur baker.
#23 - Party
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2019
It's the semi final in the Bake Off shed and what better way to celebrate than by baking for a party. Matt and Maggie set a series of party-themed challenges that will help them decide who will have a place in the final.
#24 - Biscuit Week
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/5/2025
The remaining amateur bakers compete in three challenges for Biscuit Week to make Decorated Sandwich Biscuits, Pistachio Shortbread and a Biscuit Diorama.
#25 - Biscuit Week
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/2026
In Biscuit Week, our remaining amateur bakers compete to make their signature Standing Cookies, Caprese Sandwich Biscuits, and Floating Biscuit Boats.