Bake Off: The Professionals (Season 9)

Teams of professional pastry chefs do battle in the kitchen.

  • Poster for Paris-Brest and Custard Desserts

    Paris-Brest and Custard Desserts (Episode 1) 4.0

    Air date: 2026-05-26

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: The search for the best patisserie team in Britain is back! The teams take on Paris Brest with a twist and childhood toy showpieces concealing crumble and custard desserts.

  • Poster for Battenbergs and Shakespearean Scenes

    Battenbergs and Shakespearean Scenes (Episode 2) 4.0

    Air date: 2026-06-02

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: The teams create 24 classic Battenberg cakes and 24 re-invented ones, and a Shakespeare-inspired theatrical scene. Whose chance to progress is not to be?

  • Poster for Tarts, Cream Buns and Biscuit Landmarks

    Tarts, Cream Buns and Biscuit Landmarks (Episode 3) 4.0

    Air date: 2026-06-09

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: The teams create savoury laminated tarts and cream buns, and build modern landmark showpieces out of biscuit. Who'll collapse under the pressure and be saying au revoir?

  • Poster for Citrus Tarts and Chocolate Fudge Showpieces

    Citrus Tarts and Chocolate Fudge Showpieces (Episode 4) 4.0

    Air date: 2026-06-16

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: Six new teams take on citrus tarts and childhood-inspired chocolate fudgey showpieces. Whose gooey fudge will impress a judge, and whose tart will fall apart?

  • Poster for Bakewell Challenges and Jam Roly-Poly Showpieces

    Bakewell Challenges and Jam Roly-Poly Showpieces (Episode 5) 4.0

    Air date: 2026-06-23

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: The teams make classic Bakewell slices and daring re-imagined ones, and take on a jam roly-poly showpiece. Who can Bakewell enough, and whose showpiece will be the judges' jam?

  • Poster for Mille-Feuille and Babka Bun Challenges, and a Biscuit Showpiece

    Mille-Feuille and Babka Bun Challenges, and a Biscuit Showpiece (Episode 6) 7.0

    Air date: 2026-06-30

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: The teams make savoury mille-feuille, babka buns and biscuit showpieces adorned with petit gâteaux. Who rises to the challenge and whose time in the competition will crumble away?

  • Poster for Retail Apple Challenge and Candy Showpieces

    Retail Apple Challenge and Candy Showpieces (Episode 7) 7.0

    Air date: 2026-07-07

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: The final six celebrate autumn, spotlight trending ingredients and build an entire 'World of Candy' complete with pâtisserie pick 'n' mix. Who'll get a taste of sweet success?

  • Poster for Afternoon Tea Challenges and Circus of Horrors Piñata Showpieces

    Afternoon Tea Challenges and Circus of Horrors Piñata Showpieces (Episode 8) 7.0

    Air date: 2026-07-14

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: It's the quarter-final and the teams make afternoon teas and gravity-defying piñatas. Whose chance to progress has been and scone, and who'll smash the second challenge?

  • Poster for Île Flottante and Summer Holiday Floating Showpieces

    Île Flottante and Summer Holiday Floating Showpieces (Episode 9) 7.0

    Air date: 2026-07-21

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: The semi-finalists create classic île flottante and summer holiday showpieces. Who'll be floating on cloud nine, and who'll be on the next flight home?

  • Poster for Masquerade Banquet Finale

    Masquerade Banquet Finale (Episode 10)

    Air date: 2026-07-22

    Runtime: 47 min

    Overview: The three remaining teams face off one last time in a bid for this year's title - and judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden don't make things easy by setting them a marathon 12-hour challenge to prepare a banquet for a masquerade ball. However, at the halfway point the hopefuls present two of their desserts to the judges for tasting - at which point one team is sent home on the spot, leaving the other two going head to head for the title.

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