The Great British Bake Off

Season 16

This British television baking competition selects from amongst its competitors the best amateur baker. The series is credited with reinvigorating interest in baking throughout the UK, and many of its participants, including winners, have gone on to start a career based on baking.

Where to Watch The Great British Bake Off • Season 16

10 Episodes

Cake Week
E1
Cake WeekA fresh batch of bakers take on fiddly fondant fancies, a Signature Swiss roll and a landscape cake Showstopper. Who'll be having their cake and eating it as they’re crowned the first Star Baker?
Biscuit Week
E2
Biscuit WeekThe bakers make 'slice and bake' Signatures, classic Hobnobs and showstopping memento time capsules. Whose keepsake crunch will see them hobnobbing as star baker? And whose time has crumb to an end?
Bread Week
E3
Bread WeekThe bakers make a pull-apart monkey bread Signature, a fast food Technical and a tiered sweet bread Showstopper. Who'll rise to the top, and who kneads to dust themselves off?
Back to School Week
E4
Back to School WeekThe bakers make classic canteen flapjacks, nostalgic school cake and a spectacular school fete Showstopper. Who'll be top of the class, and who will Mr Hollywood and Ms Leith expel from the tent?
Chocolate Week
E5
Chocolate WeekThe bakers melt into Chocolate Week with fiddly mousse cups, a tricky tart and a fab fondue display. Whose fondue will get them through, and whose mousse will cut them loose?
Pastry Week
E6
Pastry WeekThe bakers aim for no soggy bottoms as they take on savoury pastry plaits, but who will have the judges tongue-tied? And whose showstopping tart and gala pie will be their final goodbye?
Meringue Week
E7
Meringue WeekIn an egg-ceptional Bake Off first, it's Meringue Week. The bakers whisk up tarts, soufflés and ice cream cake. Who can keep their cool and peak as Star Baker? And whose soufflé will be in disarray?
Dessert Week
E8
Dessert WeekTime for some just deserts! Who'll be Basque-ing in glory with their Signature Spanish cheesecake? Who'll have a wobble making a tricky trifle? And who'll serve a semi-final-worthy sponge?
Patisserie Week
E9
Patisserie WeekThere's patisserie pandemonium as the semi-finalists make cream horns, glass domes and showstopping macarons. Whose cream horn fills the judges with Parisian pleasure? And whose dome sends them home?
The Final
E10
The FinalIt's the final and the bakers make classic iced buns and a jaw-dropping tower of French delights. Whose biggest cake in Bake Off history will take showstopping victory?