The Bake Down - Bake Off Reviewed

It's Christmas time, and this year we have 6 ghosts of bakers past 'haunting' the tent. Sophie, Carole, Amelia, George, Linda and our very own Dan all return to face three challenges set by Paul 'Scrooge' Hollywood and Prue 'Festive Cheer' Leith. A mince pie signature, snowflake puff pastry technical and a redemption cake showstopper are all that stand between one returning baker and the Festive Bake Off cake stand prize. Join Sara...

Thanks to our amazing listeners who have sent in so many fabulous questions that we had to do another episode just to answer them all! Join Sarah and she puts your questions to Dan, Jane and Howard in a bonus episode to round off season 14 of the Great British Bake Off.

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We've made it to the final and with only three bakes left, it's nearly time to crown one baker the final winner of Bake Off 2023. Dan, Josh & Matty have to present a classic éclair signature, an old school lardy cake technical and a jaw-dropping origin cake showstopper. Who will pull out all the stops to stand out from the rest and be declared the winner of Bake Off's season 14? Join Sarah, Dan, Jane and Howard as they discuss the ...

With one more week to go before the final, the tent is hotting up and it's Patisserie that's on the cards this week for the final 4 bakers. Paul and Prue are looking for perfection in the financier signature, tarte aux pommes technical and Millefoglie showstopper. Who will fall at the final hurdle and who will be series 14's final star baker before next week's nail-biting finale of Bake Off 2023. Join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane an...

Dig out your platform heels, top up your body glitter and do the Locomotion...cos it's party week! The remaining 5 bakers face a Conga line-up of three challenges that stand between them and a place in the semi-finals. Josh, Dan, Matty, Christy and Tasha are tasked with whipping up the perfect sausage roll, a cheeky caterpillar cake and a beige-is-banned buffet. So join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane and they discuss the hits of party...

With only six bakers still in the running, desserts are on the menu this week. With a wobbly creme caramel signature, a steamy treacle pudding technical and an explosive meringue bombe showstopper, all the bakers are in danger of being the seventh baker to leave the tent, but only one can grab the elusive star baker title. So join Sarah, Dan, Jane and Howard as they talk desserts and reveal how long it really takes to steam a puddi...

Over halfway through and only seven bakers remain to take on the second ever Botanicals week. Drawing flavour inspiration from the natural world, the magnificent seven whip up spiced buns in the signature, lemon & thyme drizzle cakes in the technical and floral entremets desserts in the showstopper. Whose flowers will flourish and whose spices will leave a bad taste in the mouth? Join Sarah, Jane, Dan and Howard as they look back o...

It's pastry week and the remaining nine hopeful bakers tackle a trio of tricky tasks involving three different kinds of pastry: hot water pastry picnic pies, rough puff dauphinoise pithiviers and sweet shortcrust decorative fruit pies. Who will create picture perfect pastry and which two bakers will be in hot water in a double elimination? Join Sarah, Howard, Jane and Dan as they pick apart pastry week and question if Rowan's pies ...

The hottest day in the tent can only mean one thing: it's chocolate week. The remaining nine bakers faced three challenges choc-a-block with everyone's favourite treat, including a European torte signature, a white chocolate cheesecake technical, and not forgetting the chocolate box cake showstopper spectacular. Who kept their temper and who was melting under the pressure? Join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane as they discuss chocolate ...

The dreaded bread week is upon us, and as Paul prowls the tent, the bakers are faced with another three challenges to test their skills in week three: a cottage loaf signature, Devonshire Split technical and plaited centrepiece showstopper. Will there be any more handshakes awarded, or is everyone in deep dough? Join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane as they discuss Paul Hollywood's favourite week, and uncover plenty of double entendres ...

Biscuit week is upon us, and all the bakers are hoping not to snap under the pressure. The eleven remaining bakers are tasked with whipping up a marshmallow biscuit signature, a classic custard cream technical and a beautiful biscuit illusion showstopper. Who will be the next lucky contestant to win the second Star Baker title, and who's cookie has well and truly crumbled? Join Sarah, Dan, Howard and Jane as they discuss every last...

And so it begins...cake week starts off another year in the Bake Off tent as 12 new hopefuls don their aprons and whip up three new challenges for Paul, Prue, Noel and new host Alison. We had split buttercream, lopsided cake and runny ganache, as all the bakers tried to hold their nerve in Bake Off's 14th series. Join Dan, Jane, Howard and Sarah as they discuss the Vertical Roll cake signature, Chocolate Fudge cake technical and An...

Hurrah! It's back again! Bake Off returns in the UK on 26th September and in the USA on 29th September and we hope we'll be your perfect accompaniment to the new series.

Host of Bake With A Legend Sarah Taylor, is joined by Bake Off legends Jane Beedle, Howard Middleton and Dan Beasley Harling to assess our new dozen as we try to work out who the potential winners could be from the limited biographies and photographs that are sh...

Just three bakers have made it to the 2013 Bake Off final: Kimberly, Frances and Ruby now have three final challenges to face before one of them can be crowned the winner. The tremendous trio face picnic pie signatures, perfect pretzel technicals and wonderful wedding cake showstoppers, as Paul and Mary judge their bakes one last time and announce a final star baker. Join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane for the final episode in the thr...

It's the semi-finals and the tent's gone all continental for French week. The bakers are set the challenges of a triple canape signature, a Charlotte Royale technical and an opera cake showstopper in the last push to reach the glorious Bake Off final. With only three spaces available, who will fall at the final hurdle and miss out on a chance to be crowned 2013's Bake Off champion. Join Sarah, Dan, Jane and Howard as they discuss a...

This week's five remaining bakers tackle Alternative Ingredients week, baking wheat-free signature loaves, a gluten-free technical dacquoise and a dairy-free vegetable showstopper cake. Who will make it to the semi-finals and get one step closer to being crowned 2013's winner, and who's vegetable cake has missed a beet? Join Sarah, Jane, Dan and Howard as they dive into Alternative Ingredients week and wonder if cauliflower does be...

With the quarter-finals only one week away, it's all hands to the pastry bags for this week's challenges: an old-school suet pudding signature, a toppling choux nun technical and a trio of flaky golden puff pastries, for a last show-stopping chance to enter the quarter-finals. Join Sarah, Howard, Dan and Jane as they discuss preferred pastry techniques, favourite flavour combinations and wonder just how much goat you should add to ...

This week the magnificent seven face sweet dough week, whipping up delicious treats in the tea loaf signature, couronne technical and European bun showstopper. With the competition getting harder, the bakers will have to step up their game to try and impress the judges and win a place in the final. Join Sarah, Jane, Howard and Dan as they revisit Bake Off’s season 4, and find out what Mary Berry really thought of Howard’s cheeky te...

We're halfway through the series and the remaining 8 bakers are being watched ever closer by Paul and Mary, as this week we see tray bakes in the signature, tuiles in the technical and biscuit towers in the showstopper. Only 7 can get through to next week and one step closer to the treasured Bake Off final. Join Sarah, Jane, Howard and Dan for Bake with a Legend's Series 4 Throwback Podcast as they spill the tea and discuss biscuit...