The WORST episodes of The Great Canadian Baking Show
Every episode of The Great Canadian Baking Show ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.
#1 - Pastry Week
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2022
The bakers demonstrate their take on a chimney cake; bakers rise to great heights with a baklava tower, built using phyllo pastry; one baker will wow the judges to become Star Baker and another sees their journey in the baking tent come to an end.
#2 - Spice Week
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2023
Five bakers awaken their senses for the first-ever Spice Week, featuring three aromatic and seasoned bakes.
#3 - 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.
#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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Bread Week
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2023
It's Bread Week once again, and the nine remaining bakers knead to prove their bread-iness.
#7 - Cake Week
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2023
Ten of the country's best amateur bakers arrive at the iconic "Great Canadian Baking Show" tent to complete three "Cake Week" challenges.
#8 - Finale
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2022
Bakers demonstrate their abilities by taking on the classic Paris Brest; bakers try their hand at cassata; the bakers push their skills to the limit with a garden party dessert centerpiece made of at least three different bakes.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Patisseries Week
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2023
The four remaining bakers get fancy for Patisserie Week and the last chance to make it to the finale.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Bread Week
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2022
Bread Week has arrived; each baker will show their stuff with stuffed flat breads; a Swedish tea ring for coffee time; the bakers must create an edible bread work of art.
#14 - Biscuits and Cookies
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2022
Bakers create meringue bars featuring a cookie base and a filling of their choice; the pressure is on during the Technical Challenge; the bakers must tell a story using only cookies with their whimsical fairy tale scene.
#15 - Cake Week
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2022
Ann Pornel and Alan Shane Lewis host ten of the country's best amateur bakers in the baking tent; esteemed Judges Kyla Kennaley and Bruno Feldeisen declare the first Star Baker of the season, and decide which baker is first to leave the tent.
#16 - Finale
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2021
The final three bakers return to the tent for the final bakes of the season to determine who will win The Great Canadian Baking Show!
#17 - Patisserie Week
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2021
Only four bakers remain for the delicately delicious Patisserie Week and their last bid to make it to the finale.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Finale
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2024
Three baker finalists step into the Tent for the last bakes of the season to determine who will win The Great Canadian Baking Show.
#20 - Finale
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2025
Three finalists step into the Tent for the toughest bakes of the season to determine who will win The Great Canadian Baking Show!
#21 - Fairy Tale Week
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2025
In the semi-final, the bakers bring their own magic to the Tent with fanciful fairy bread, sugar plum cookies and an edible pop-up story book.
#22 - Pastry Week
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2025
Five remaining bakers show off their techniques in Pastry Week, making birthday pies, the Egyptian Lenza, and flaky, layered mille-feuille.
#23 - Indulgence Week
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2025
The bakers are tasked with making rich, decadent desserts including cheesecakes, Dubai chocolate cookies and a layer cake wrapped inside another cake.
#24 - Maple Week
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2025
It’s an ultra-Canadian week in the Tent as the bakers make Québécois pouding chômeur, a fudgy maple mousse tart, and a scrumptious brunch platter.
#25 - Carnival Week
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2025
Under the big top, the bakers are inspired by carnival treats across the world, making fried dough, Prinjolata, and a showstopping cookie mask.