The BEST episodes of The Great Canadian Baking Show

Every episode of The Great Canadian Baking Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Great Canadian Baking Show!

The Great Canadian Baking Show brings together 10 amateur bakers from across the country to compete in a series of themed culinary challenges that celebrate their diverse backgrounds, families and communities.

Last Updated: 10/8/2025Network: CBC (CA)Status: Continuing
Finale
star
8.69
13 votes

#1 - Finale

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/4/2021

The remaining bakers return to the Baking Tent for a final showdown.

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Finale Week
star
8.29
34 votes

#2 - Finale Week

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/2018

The final three bakers return to the tent for the final showdown.

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Pastry Week
star
8.28
18 votes

#3 - Pastry Week

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/21/2021

This week the remaining five bakers must show their layers and excel with their pastry-making skills in three Pastry Week bakes.

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Harvest Week
star
8.24
17 votes

#4 - Harvest Week

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2023

Seven remaining bakers face the inaugural Harvest Week with three bakes celebrating nature's bounty.

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Cake Week
star
8.15
27 votes

#5 - Cake Week

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2021

Ten bakers arrive to the tent and complete three Cake Week challenges.

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Celebration Week
star
8.10
10 votes

#6 - Celebration Week

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2024

The Baking Tent gets festive for a Celebration Week semi-final, with challenges themed to holidays and special occasions.

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Pie and Tart Week
star
8.04
23 votes

#7 - Pie and Tart Week

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/2021

This week the remaining six bakers must excel at pastry and not flake out in three Pie and Tart Week bakes.

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Cake Week
star
8.00
2 votes

#8 - Cake Week

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2025

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Finale
star
7.98
53 votes

#9 - Finale

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/20/2017

In the finale, the Top three Bakers face off to see who will be declared the inaugural winner of The Great Canadian Baking Show!

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Pastry Week
star
7.97
34 votes

#10 - Pastry Week

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2018

The remaining six bakers revel in Pastry Week and the opportunity to showcase their creativity.

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Fancy Desserts Week
star
7.94
17 votes

#11 - Fancy Desserts Week

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/28/2021

Only four bakers remain for the delicately delicious Fancy Desserts Week and their last bid to make it to the finale.

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Caramel Week
star
7.92
26 votes

#12 - Caramel Week

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2021

Five bakers face off in the Baking Tent with three bakes dedicated to everything sticky and sweet.

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Arts and Crafts Week
star
7.90
10 votes

#13 - Arts and Crafts Week

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2024

Six bakers remain and will channel their inner artist to create bakes using traditional arts and crafts styles and techniques.

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Old School Week
star
7.83
18 votes

#14 - Old School Week

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2023

It’s totally tubular in the tent with the return of Old School Week as the six bakers are steeped in nostalgic bakes.

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Finale
star
7.83
18 votes

#15 - Finale

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2023

Three baker finalists step into the tent to determine who will win "The Great Canadian Baking Show."

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Biscuit Week
star
7.82
28 votes

#16 - Biscuit Week

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2019

It's Biscuits Week in The Great Canadian Baking Show Tent, and the bakers have a chance to show off their cookie and cracker making skills. After inspecting and sampling, the judges select this week's Star Baker and announce which baker will leave the tent.

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Chocolate Week
star
7.79
39 votes

#17 - Chocolate Week

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2018

The five remaining bakers seize the opportunity to make a statement with delectable chocolate creations.

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Holiday Baking Week
star
7.79
53 votes

#18 - Holiday Baking Week

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/6/2017

For the quarter finals, it's holiday week, with the competition neck and neck as each of the remaining five bakers have each been named star baker once. For the signature challenge which they have two and a half hours to complete, they will be making a bouche de Noël. The cake must be light enough to be able to roll which means not overbaked, the spiral should be tight and there should be an appropriate ratio of cake to filling. For the technical challenge, the bakers have one and three quarter hours to make thirty-two rugelach, sixteen chocolate and sixteen apricot. The cookie portion should be tender and flaky but baked through, and the filling should not be spilling out of the cookie. For the showstopper, the bakers have four and a half hours to create a gingerbread structure. The design may be paramount in this challenge, but they must still produce a tasty gingerbread cookie.

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Dessert Week
star
7.77
61 votes

#19 - Dessert Week

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/15/2017

It's dessert week. Inherently, the judges are looking for spectacular looking bakes as desserts have to look inviting to be chosen from a dessert trolley. For the signature bake, the bakers are required to make an elegant looking sweet tart or pie with some sort of short crust pastry, where the fat, usually butter, is cut into the flour.For the technical challenge, the bakers are required to make one dozen fondant fancies in two hours. The judges will be looking for twelve identical looking fancies, with an emphasis on fancy for the decoration.For the showstopper, the bakers have three hours to make a pavlova, which needs to have the balance between the light meringue with the crispy exterior and soft interior, contrasting with the unctuousness of the whipped cream and the slightly tart topping comprised usually of fruit.

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French Patisserie Week
star
7.77
52 votes

#20 - French Patisserie Week

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/13/2017

The top four semi-finalists face French Patisserie Week, with a series of technically difficult challenges that will determine the final top three Bakers.

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Chocolate Week
star
7.76
21 votes

#21 - Chocolate Week

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2022

The bakers must re-create the Sacher Torte; the bakers must hide a dessert within a chocolate shell for Kyla and Bruno to discover in the 3D chocolate reveal.

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Cookie Week
star
7.76
25 votes

#22 - Cookie Week

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2023

Eight bakers hope that bite-sized treats are their cup of tea as they enter Cookie Week.

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Botanical Week
star
7.75
24 votes

#23 - Botanical Week

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2022

Bakers must prepare pressed flower cookies featuring an edible flower or herb baked into them; bakers are tasked with making Chebakia; the bakers fool the judges's eyes with a botanical illusion cake.

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Fancy Dessert Week
star
7.75
20 votes

#24 - Fancy Dessert Week

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2022

Four remaining bakers dress up some desserts; the bakers start with mochi donuts, then provide their take on the sans rival; the bakers must wow the judges with a jelly art cake, topped with a spectacle encased in jelly.

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Canada Week
star
7.69
65 votes

#25 - Canada Week

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/2017

The bakers should feel right at home as it's Canada week. For the signature challenge, the bakers will have two hours to make the classic Québécois savory pie, the tourtiere. They will need to have enough fat in the filling to make it rich to the taste and for it to hold together and not crumble. For the technical challenge, the judges are asking for sixteen maple leaf cookies from each baker to be made in one and three-quarter hours. The cookies must be consistent, the shortbread dough rolled out evenly, and have the right ratio of cookie to maple cream filling. The other challenge the bakers face is dealing with an ingredient most have never seen or heard of, namely maple butter, the amount used which could make or break their cream filling. And for the showstopper, the bakers must make six each of two different types of doughnuts in three hours. For yeast doughnuts, the judges will be looking for the signature white line encircling the doughnuts where the dough has not touched the hot oil. Filled doughnuts should have a good ratio of filling to dough. The bakers must also be wary of the oil temperature: too hot and the doughnuts will burn or be too dark without the dough being cooked through, too cold and the doughnuts will absorb too much oil and become a greasy mess.

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