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.

Last Updated: 12/13/2024Network: LifeStyleStatus: Continuing

6.67

3 votes

#1 - Patisserie Week

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/2024

It's Patisserie Week as our remaining bakers complete for a spot in the finale, making Kouign Amanns, Strawberry Tarts and Petit Fours.

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6.75

4 votes

#2 - Italian Week

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/2024

We're off to Italy with our remaining amateur bakers serving up Pizzas, Pesche Con Crema and Tiramisu centrepieces.

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6.80

5 votes

#3 - Grand Finale

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/2024

In the grand finale, our remaining bakers face off to win the title of Australia's Best Amateur Baker, making Botanical Cakes, Paris-Brests and a Showstopper of their choice.

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7.10

10 votes

#4 - 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.

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7.11

9 votes

#5 - 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.

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7.20

5 votes

#6 - Spice Week

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/2024

Things are heating up in The Shed for Spice Week. The remaining bakers make Spiced Filo Pasties, Crullers and 3D Biscuit Structures.

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7.25

4 votes

#7 - Cheese Week

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/2024

It's Cheese Week and our remaining amateur bakers create cheesy Tear and Shares, Three Cheese Pies and Floating Cheesecakes

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7.25

4 votes

#8 - 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.

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7.40

5 votes

#9 - Celebration Week

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2024

In Celebration week, our remaining amateur bakers make something for every occasion, making Layered Cakes, Christmas Ornaments and Spooky Blacklight Cakes.

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7.40

10 votes

#10 - 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.

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7.40

5 votes

#11 - Bread Week

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2024

The amateur bakers aim to make the best loaves in bread week. They make signature bread sticks, a Zopf and showstopping scored and painted loaves.

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7.47

15 votes

#12 - Vegan

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2019

The Bake Off shed has gone vegan and our bakers are challenged to substitute butter, eggs and dairy to create some classic favourites and a tricky technical bake.

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7.50

6 votes

#13 - Biscuit Week

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2024

In Biscuit Week, our remaining bakers make their biscuit creations - making Linzers, some Mocha Mochi Cookies and some spectacular Moving Biscuit Vehicles.

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7.50

10 votes

#14 - Hybrid

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2019

The bakers mix things up to create a fusion of favourites, croissants that look like muffins, doughnuts that aren't quite what they seem, and cakes made from anything but cake.

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7.51

37 votes

#15 - Choux

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2015

Our top 10 bakers are up for the challenge that is choux pastry, making their best eclairs for the Signature challenge, a tough Paris Brest for the technical and a gorgeous Gateau St Honore for their end-of-show Showstopper. BAKE!

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7.55

22 votes

#16 - Cakes

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2019

Twelve new bakers take on their first challenges in the Bake Off shed in the hope of impressing Maggie and Matt and being named Star Baker. This week, the bakers' cake-making skills will be put to the test.

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7.55

66 votes

#17 - Cake

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2013

The ultimate kitchen battle erupts as 10 contestants have their baking skills put to the test, in the hope of being crowned Australia's Best Home Baker. Hosted by Shane Jacobson and Anna Gare, together with judges Dan Lepard and Kerry Vincent.

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7.56

9 votes

#18 - 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.

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7.56

16 votes

#19 - 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.

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7.57

42 votes

#20 - Pies & Tarts

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2016

The bakers are given two hours to create a family sized quiche with a filling of their choice, before being tasked with baking a pistachio frangipane tart with roasted rhubarb and raspberries.

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7.59

32 votes

#21 - Cakes

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2015

Bake Off 2 is here! Over the next ten weeks, twelve wannabe master bakers will take on some challenging baking assignments and submit them for critiquing by new judges Maggie Beer and Matt Moran. On your marks, get set, BAKE!

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7.60

10 votes

#22 - 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.

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7.62

29 votes

#23 - Bread

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2015

Carb alert, it's bread week in Bake Off! Flat breads are the signature of the day, knotted bread rolls are this week's tricky technical and a showstopping stollen rounds off the weekend. Who will use their loaf and rise to the top? And who will roll over and leave the competition?

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7.62

37 votes

#24 - Biscuits

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/1/2018

The remaining 10 bakers attempt to put their own twist on biscotti for their signatures. They also make jam drops and a biscuit jigsaw puzzle.

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7.63

32 votes

#25 - Chocolate

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2015

Half way through Bake Off and we're baking with the three main food groups this week - milk, dark and white. It's chocolate week! This week, our intrepid bakers tackle brownies in the signature. A Black Forest gateau makes for a tricky test in the technical and a Showstopper chocolate medley proves to be triple trouble.

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