The Great Australian Bake Off

Baking enthusiasts are put through a series of grueling elimination challenges, baking a mouth-watering selection of cakes, pies, tarts, pastries, bread, biscuits and desserts, all in the hope of being crowned Australia's Best Home Baker.

Genre: Reality,

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Type: tv

Season: 8

Episode: N/A

Duration: 60 minutes

Release: 2013-07-09

Rating: 6

Season 1 - The Great Australian Bake Off
2013-07-09
Based on a hugely popular UK concept, the series sees ten home baking enthusiasts put through a series of gruelling elimination challenges, baking a mouth-watering selection of cakes, pies, tarts, pastries, bread, biscuits and desserts, in the hope of being crowned Australia’s Best Home Baker.
2013-07-16
2013-07-23
2013-07-30
2013-08-06
2013-08-13
2013-08-20
2013-08-27

Season 2 - The Great Australian Bake Off
2015-10-13
The first challenge for the bakers is a family-sized signature cake.
2015-10-20
The bakers are tasked with creating biscuits, including Matt's technical task, Italian cannoli.
2015-10-27
For this challenge, the bakers work with choux pastry and create a Paris-Brest as well as a Gateau St. Honore.
2015-11-03
The bakers are tasked with creating different pies, including savoury pies and a blood orange meringue pie.
2015-11-10
The eight remaining bakers are tasked with baking with chocolate. They cook brownies and a Black Forest gateau.
2015-11-17
The last six contestants are challenged by Dan Lepard's speciality: bread.
2015-11-24
Desserts are the task this episode for the bakers. They make individual hot puddings and a dried apricot pavlova.
2015-12-01
The remaining five bakers are tasked with cooking pastry. They make miniature savoury pastries and a strudel.
2015-12-08
The theme for the bakers is classics. Classic doughnuts and a passionfruit tart are on the menu, and a High Tea show stopper pushes the bakers to new heights.
2015-12-15
Only three bakers are left for the final challenge. This will test the bakers to their limits as they are asked to create a cornucopia cake and signature vanilla slices.

Season 3 - The Great Australian Bake Off
2016-10-11
What better way to kick off the series than with a Bake Off cake off! The bakers have two hours to bake one family sized signature cake. The bakers have to cook in an unfamiliar kitchen to a tight deadline under the watchful eyes of judges Maggie Beer and Matt Moran
2016-10-18
The bakers are tasked with creating biscuits, including Matt's technical task, Italian cannoli.
2016-10-25
This challenge is to bake one family-sized savoury quiche with a filling of their choice. The technical bake is a pistachio frangipane tart with roasted rhubarb and raspberries.
2016-11-01
The eight remaining bakers are tasked with baking with chocolate. They cook brownies and a Black Forest gateau.
2016-11-08
The seven remaining bakers get baking some bread, including making savoury flat breads and knotted bread rolls.
2016-11-15
The remaining bakers are tasked by Matt and Maggie to create their versions of two classic dishes, a Swiss roll and a Neenish tart.
2016-11-22
The remaining five bakers are tasked with cooking pastry. They make miniature savoury pastries and a strudel.
2016-11-29
Matt tasks the remaining amateur bakers with creating 12 bee stings, a traditional German sweet yeast cake.
2016-12-06
The four semi-finalists remaining in the Bake Off Shed are tasked by Matt and Maggie to create a showstopper centred on an 'Around the World' theme.
2016-12-13
Only three bakers are left for the final challenge. This will test the bakers to their limits as they are asked to create a cornucopia cake and signature vanilla slices.

Season 4 - The Great Australian Bake Off
2018-01-18
Twelve bakers look to tackle some challenging bakes on their first week in the tent, as they show off their cake-making skills for Matt and Maggie.
2018-01-25
The bakers must test their bread-making skills as they prepare classic pumpkin scones in a technical challenge, before assembling a showstopping bread centrepiece.
2018-02-01
The remaining 10 bakers attempt to put their own twist on biscotti for their signature bakes. They also make jam drops and a biscuit jigsaw puzzle to impress the judges.
2018-02-08
The bakers are tasked with the toughest technical challenge to date, as Maggie asks them to make her chicken pie. Showstopping pavlovas are also on the menu.
2018-02-15
The remaining bakers are given their hardest task yet for pastry week, to create a 3D animal sculpture out of choux pastry.
2018-02-22
The remaining bakers are challenged by making all things batter, preparing wonderful waffles, an apple clafoutis, and a colossal crepe cake.
2018-03-01
The bakers enter the shed for dessert week, where they are tasked with creating desserts that don't contain any gluten, sugar and dairy.
2018-03-08
The bakers enter the shed prepared to take on British week, where they are faced with creating sponges, bakewell slices, and a pudding good enough for a queen.
2018-03-15
Four bakers are left in the semi-final, and to celebrate their hard work, they make some fabulous creations with the theme of celebrations.
2018-03-22
The bake off shed is transformed into a beautiful garden party as the three remaining fight to become Australia's greatest home baker.

Season 5 - The Great Australian Bake Off
2019-10-03
Twelve bakers experience their first set of challenges where their cake-making skills are put to the test.
2019-10-10
The bakers must rise to the challenge during bread week where they take on a rye and beetroot bread and add their own flair to the pretzel showstopper challenge.
2019-10-17
The contestants must make a batch of chocolate biscuits, French arlettes and biscuit boxes full of surprises.
2019-10-24
The bakers must take on the challenge of substituting butter, eggs and dairy to create some classic favourites and a tricky technical bake.
2019-10-31
The seven remaining bakers must bring their personal baking style and understanding of the basics and use them on some traditional favourites.
2019-11-07
The bakers must display their pastry skills and showcase their imagination with decoration during patisserie week.
2019-11-14
The bakers must make careful considerations with their flavours during spice week as they tackle maamoul biscuits and a baklava tower.
2019-11-21
The bakers mix things up to create a fusion of favourites, croissants that look like muffins, doughnuts that aren't quite what they seem, and cakes made from anything but cake.
2019-11-28
Matt and Maggie set a series of party-themed challenges that will help them select the bakers for the final.
2019-12-05
Our three finalists have three bakes that stand between them and the glory of becoming Australia's best amateur baker.

Season 6 - The Great Australian Bake Off
2022-01-27
Twelve of Australia's best amateur bakers are back in the shed where they must tackle three tricky cake challenges: a signature sponge, cotton cheesecake, and a miniature world cake.
2022-02-03
In Biscuit Week, our remaining amateur bakers face off in three exciting biscuit challenges: a Signature slice-and-bake, an alfajores Technical, and for the Show Stopper, they create a magical biscuit chandelier
2022-02-10
In Bread Week, our remaining amateur bakers must compete to make 12 identical flavoured bread rolls, a tricky Swedish cinnamon and cardamom bread, and finally a delicious gardenscape focaccia.
2022-02-17
In Nostalgia Week, our remaining bakers take a stroll down memory lane, baking Aussie pavlovas, a classic Maggie Beer steamed pudding, and inventing a nostalgic mash-up of their favourite childhood flavours.
2022-02-24
In Homegrown Week, our remaining amateur bakers celebrate traditional First Nations ingredients, baking open galettes, a layered trifle, and creating a bread sculpture based on Aussie nature.
2022-03-03
In French Week, our remaining amateur bakers deep dive into classic French pastry, creating a mille-feuille, a brioche a tete, and a religieuse a l'ancienne, a traditional choux pastry tower in the shape of a nun.
2022-03-10
Our remaining amateur bakers compete to show us their sweet tooth for Dessert Week. They must create silky baked custards, Matt Moran's gourmet raspberry tart, and finally, a dessert charcuterie board.
2022-03-17
Our remaining bakers compete to showcase healthy baking. They must create two kinds of savoury vegetable tarts, Maggie's delicious erbazzone pie, and a spectacular basket-weave cake.
2022-03-24
It's the semifinal, and our bakers must make patisserie creations worthy of a place in the finale: delicious breakfast pastries, a formidable gateau St Honore, and a gravity-defying biscuit chandelier.
2022-03-31
In the grand finale, our amateur bakers face off to win the title of Australia's Best Amateur Baker, creating signature fondant fancies and a tricky technical torte, before baking and building their ultimate dream homes.

Season 7 - The Great Australian Bake Off
2023-06-13
Twelve of Australia's best amateur bakers tackle three tricky cake challenges - a signature personal story cake, a tricky technical raspberry and black pepper curd cake, and a two-tiered layer cake.
2023-06-20
Eleven amateur bakers bid to win a biscuit war with their signature fondant biscuits, delicious peanut and choc chip explosive wheels, and a spectacular biscuit game.
2023-06-27
In Bread Week, our remaining amateur bakers compete to make a Sweet Loaf, a difficult Fougasse bread, and an eye-catching Bread Centrepiece.
2023-07-04
In Winter Week, our remaining bakers tackle warming winter favourites - baking classic savoury pastries, a carrot and cumin tart, and creating a decorative pie with 3D art.
2023-07-11
In Vintage Week, our remaining amateur bakers step back in time to bake filled profiteroles, a tasty beef wellington, and create a classic checkerboard cake.
2023-07-18
In Dessert Week, amateur bakers compete to create three delicious desserts: a family favourite, a beautiful layered Opera Cake with a twist, and a Showstopping fun-filled Ice Cream Cake Pop.
2023-07-25
Our amateur bakers compete to show us a tangy tropical side to baking for Citrus Week, taking on Individual Citrus Tarts, a Gin and Tonic Roulade and a Citrus Meringue creation.
2023-08-01
The amateur bakers take a trip around the baking world with Signature Turkish pides, a steamed Rainbow Lapis from South-East Asia, and super-size the famous French macaron with a Jacked Macaron Stack.
2023-08-08
Our remaining bakers must make chocolate creations - stunning decorated chocolate cakes, a combined Technical challenge from the judges, and two different types of individual mirror glazed cakes.
2023-08-15
Our final bakers face off to win, creating their Signature high tea, a difficult Technical Terrine set by Bake Off royalty Maggie Beer, and for their final Showstopper a 3D Illusion Cake.

Season 8 - The Great Australian Bake Off
2024-09-18
Twelve new bakers enter the shed kitchen to show off amazing cake creations. The first bake is a personal project followed by a challenging technical curd cake.
2024-09-25
The amateur bakers aim to make the best loaves in bread week. They make signature bread sticks, a Zopf and showstopping scored and painted loaves.
2024-10-02
In Back to Basics Week, our remaining amateur bakers compete to make their signature scones, a Chocolate Tart, and a towering Vertical Pie.
2024-10-09
In Biscuit Week, our remaining bakers make their biscuit creations - making Linzers, some Mocha Mochi Cookies and some spectacular Moving Biscuit Vehicles.
2024-10-16
In Celebration week, our remaining amateur bakers make something for every occasion, making Layered Cakes, Christmas Ornaments and Spooky Blacklight Cakes.
2024-10-23
It's Cheese Week and our remaining amateur bakers create cheesy Tear and Shares, Three Cheese Pies and Floating Cheesecakes
2024-10-30
Things are heating up in The Shed for Spice Week. The remaining bakers make Spiced Filo Pasties, Crullers and 3D Biscuit Structures.
2024-11-06
We're off to Italy with our remaining amateur bakers serving up Pizzas, Pesche Con Crema and Tiramisu centrepieces.
2024-11-13
It's Patisserie Week as our remaining bakers complete for a spot in the finale, making Kouign Amanns, Strawberry Tarts and Petit Fours.
2024-11-20
In the grand finale, our remaining bakers face off to win the title of Australia's Best Amateur Baker, making Botanical Cakes, Paris-Brests and a Showstopper of their choice.