The Great British Baking Show - Season 7 (2016)

For the very first time, it's Batter week! Mary and Paul have set three challenges to test the bakers on some store cupboard classics. To start things off, there is a British favorite. It may sound simple, but the judges are looking for perfection: a uniform bake across the batch, and topped with a tasty savory filling. The bakers really have to rise to the occasion in this signature challenge. Mary sets a classic technical challenge that requires a perfect pastry, a sweet filling, and delicate icing. With only a basic recipe, Mary's only advice to the bakers is to ...

Mary and Paul set three challenges to test the bakers on three different types of pastry.

It's week six, and just seven bakers remain. This week, for the very first time on The Great British Baking Show, it's Botanical Week. With three challenges inspired by nature, the bakers can reach for anything that grows to give their bakes maximum botanical taste. The bakers start with a signature challenge-a classic with a twist, that demands sharp citrus flavors and perfect peaks. Hidden under the gingham cloth is a leafy technical challenge set by Paul Hollywood. And, finally, the botanical showstopper is the biggest challenge of the series so far; not one, not ...

The bakers face three sweet challenges, including a mousse marathon showstopper.

It's the quarter-final of The Great British Baking Show, and just five bakers remain. This week, step back in history for a Baking Show first-Tudor Week. Mary and Paul have set three new challenges that embrace a time when Henry VIII reigned, with flamboyant banquets and impressive centerpieces that were Tudor showstoppers. The signature bake is a Tudor classic-pies. Although a few hundred years ago, their pies would have been filled with feathered birds, our bakers will attempt to make a rather more edible version for modern taste of a savory stuffed pie. In the ...

The semi-final sees the bakers tackling three patisserie-based challenges.

For the finale, Mary and Paul test how far the bakers have grown in skill and creativity. The Signature challenge is a technically difficult picnic pie, packed with fillings that form a creative design, surrounded by shortcrust pastry with perfectly baked sides. The Technical is 12 perfectly shaped pretzels: six savory with rock salt and six sweet with poppy seeds topped with orange zest and glaze. The year's final Showstopper is the ultimate showpiece in a baker's repertoire: a three-tiered wedding cake.

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Previous bakers Mary-Anne, Ali, Cathryn and Norman return to face festive challenges.

A festive welcome awaits four more returning bakers - Chetna, Howard, James M and Janet.