Bake Off: The Professionals is a British Television Baking Competition. In this show, professionals make teams and compete with each other via different challenges. The show is a reboot of the famous show “The Great British Bake Off.” The first season of Bake Off: The Professionals aired on BBC 2 on 29 March 2016 with the former name “The Great British Bake Off.” Tom Kerridge hosted the first series of the show. The judges of season 1 were Benoit Blin, Cherish Finden, and Claire Clark.
Angus Deaton hosted the show’s second series, and the judges were the same except for Claire Clark, who didn’t return for the competition. The third series, the reboot version, with the name “Bake Off: The Professionals.” The host of the series was the famous comedian “Tom Allen.” Also, the former contestant of the series “Liam Charles” was the show’s host. The fourth, fifth and sixth series have the same hosts and judges as series three. The sixth series completed its Finale on 27 July 2021.
The show’s seventh series started on 24 May 2022, and its Finale is near.
What Is The Format of Bake Off: The Professionals?
The show is a competition between professional baking chefs from five-star rating hotels and restaurants, from supermarkets to companies to organizations. The teams are divided into professionals with immense taste, texture,d flavors in their baking. The first two series divided the teams into three members. One because of the captain of the team. From the third series, each team has two members. Each series has eight to nine episodes in total. Each episode has two challenges faced by the professional teams.
- Miniature Challenge
- Showpiece Challenge
Here Are The Winners of Bake Off: The Professionals!
The first series premiered on 29 March 2016 and ended on 17 May 2016. Squires Kitchen Cookery School was the winning team of the first series. Run the runners teams were London Hilton Park Lane and Boulangerie Jade. The second series aired on 4 April 2017 and ended on 31 May 2017. Military Chefs was the winning team. Runner up was the team Cocorico Patisserie. The third series came on Channel 4 instead of BBC 2. It aired on 6th may 2018 and ended on 8 July 2018.
London Hilton Park Lane was the winning team, with Sweet Art Lab and Resorts World Birmingham being the rumrunners-up. The fourth series was aired on 30 April 2019, and its final episode was aired on 14 June 2019. Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel was the winning team. Cocorico Patisserie won the fifth series, with Park Plaza Westminster Bridge being the run runner-up aired on 26 May 2020 and ended on 28 July 2020.
Gin and Bake is the winning team in the sixth series, with Julien Plumart and The Lanesborough being the rumrunners-up was aired on 25 May 2021 and ended on 27 July 2021.
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