Almost halfway through the Bake Off and the remaining bakers are facing pies and tarts. No self-respecting home baker is complete without being able to make all kinds of pastries, and today the bakers are challenged to do just that.

The Great British Bake Off Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Cake
• s05e02 - Biscuits
• s05e03 - Bread
• s05e04 - Desserts
• s05e05 - Pies and Tarts
• s05e06 - European Cakes
• s05e07 - Pastry
• s05e08 - Advanced Dough
• s05e09 - Semi-final - Patisserie
• s05e10 - The Final
• s05e11 - Masterclass
• s05e12 - Masterclass 2
• s05e13 - Class of 2013
• s05e14 - Masterclass 3
• s05e15 - Masterclass 4
• s05e16 - Christmas Masterclass 2014

The Great British Bake Off Show Summary

The Great British Bake Off sees ten passionate home bakers take part in a bake-off to test every aspect of their baking skills as they battle to be crowned the Great British Bake Off's best amateur baker. Each week the nationwide tour sees keen bakers put through three challenges in a particular discipline.

The competition kicks off with cake in the Cotswolds, then moves to Scotland to tackle biscuit baking, then Sandwich in Kent for bread, Bakewell in Derbyshire for puddings, Mousehole in Cornwall for the pastry challenges, and London for the grand final.

Judging the baking are renowned baking writer Mary Berry and professional baker Paul Hollywood; presenting the show are Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, who trace the very particular history of British baking by visiting local baking landmarks and discovering why people bake what they bake today.