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Bake Off The Professionals 2026 Episode 7 pushed the final six pastry teams into two of the toughest days the competition has staged this year

Bake Off The Professionals 2026 Episode 6 pushed five elite pastry duos into one of the cruellest crossroads of the series so far, with a place in the final six riding on two punishing days of work.

Bake Off The Professionals 2026 Episode 5 strips the competition down to its hardest test yet, asking five surviving teams to master a deceptively simple British classic before attempting an opulent Victorian showpiece that pushes their engineering and storytelling to breaking point.

Bake Off: The Professionals 2026 Episode 4 introduced six brand-new teams and handed them two of the most exposing tests in patisserie: a secret citrus and meringue tart, then a one-metre showpiece built around childhood memories and an elevated chocolate fudge cake.

Bake Off The Professionals 2026 Episode 3 delivered two of the most punishing days the competition kitchen has seen this series, as four teams of pastry chefs fought for three places in the final six.

Bake Off The Professionals 2026 Episode 2 turned a “boring” British teatime cake into the most exposing test of the series so far, then chased it with a Shakespearean showpiece round that ended one team’s run in genuine heartbreak.

Bake Off The Professionals 2026 Episode 1 throws twelve pairs of pastry chefs into a stately home and asks them to prove, within minutes of arriving, that they belong in Britain’s toughest patisserie competition.