14x05 - Pastry Week

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Now, before we get on
with Pastry Week, I just wanted

to say how this show has inspired me to bake for
myself. Look at that. That's incredible, Alison.

Oh, it's nothing - it's just a beautifully
decorated mouth-wateringly moist fruit cake.

It's so good, it looks like
one of Prue's cakes. Oh, thanks.

Hi, guys, couldn't do us
a favour, could you?

I'm looking for Prue's cake -
it's a beautifully decorated,

mouth-wateringly moist fruit cake.

No, no, not seen anything
like that at all,

not at all. Shall we cr*ck
on with the show? Yeah.

Welcome to
the Great British Bake Off!

Hang on. I think I see Prue's cake.

Last time...

...things got messy
in Chocolate Week.

I want everyone

to clean after themselves -
it's an absolute disgrace.

And whilst Nicky's torte
made her a contender...

I think it's a little work of art.

...she was out-boxed by Matty...

I think your box is
beautifully engineered.

...who took the Star Baker title.

It's got no real flavour.

And while Cristy
and Saku struggled...

Melting! ..Tasha fell ill.

Go and rest, come on.
I'lLl walk you back.

And they were spared.

You're all staying.

Phew, such a relief!

This time...
I've got cramp in my hands.

...the bakers face Pastry Week.

I'm nervous.

And double jeopardy.

Two people are going home
this week. Oh, I know.

They'll need to keep their cool...
Oh, sugar!

...with a steamy signature...

Oh, no!

...avoid a faux pas...

I think that's done.
..while creating a French classic.

I know what dauphinoise is.
What's the other word?

Pith-th-thivier.

And demonstrate
pie-making artistry.

Argh!

So they're not among
the two bakers...

There's a bit of
a plumbing issue happening.

...who'll be leaving the competition.

Then we lift. Oh, no,
it's just... Look, it's broken.

Oh, God. Oh, no, what do I do?

They're letting you go.
Shall I lead the way?

I actually like pastry.

I find it quite therapeutic.

I love walking in. Do you? I do.

I never feel confident about
anything in my life,

and pastry's no exception.

So I'm just kind of going to roll
with it, as I do every week.

There's a lot that can go wrong
with pastry.

It will be interesting, especially

with two people going home
this week.

I would love to, like,
blow their minds

and to get Star Baker would
obviously be a dream.

I just don't know if it'll happen.

Bakers, you have made it

to Pastry Week, which means
you lot are the upper crust.

Now, for your Signature Challenge,

the judges would love you

to make 12 individual
savoury picnic pies.

The fillings and flavours
are entirely your choice,

but your pies must be made
from hot-water-crust pastry

and be attractive
and tempting to eat, just like me.

There's plenty of hot water,
so don't worry about that,

even though someone here had
a 90-minute shower this morning.

Paul! You have two hours.

Which is what Paul says
when he gets in the shower.

On your marks. Get set. Bake!

I know that I need to
get off to a rapid start.

This is the hot-water-crust pastry.

Hot-water-crust pastry is
traditionally made with lard.

Good for the hips, lard.

The other element is butter,
and that brings flavour.

You make it by pouring
almost boiling water

and melted fat into the flour.

I'm hot potato-ing right now.

This is my onion and spring onions.

Got to put stuff inside that's, A,

going to be moist
to the mouth and, B,

going to carry a lot
of punchy flavours.

Oh, I love a sausage.

The last thing is, you want a
beautiful bit of crimping on

the lid as well,
which seals in whatever

the bakers are going to put inside.

You need to drop the lid
into the pie.

The lid gets trapped in there
and it won't rise up and fall off.

As long as it's consistent

and seals the lid to
the side, that's good.

No pressure!

Morning, Star Baker.

Morning! Hello, Matty.

Hello. Morning.

So, Matty, tell us about your
hot-water-crust little pies.

So it's got ricotta and feta,
uh, a bit of garlic, some...

Spanakopita?
Yeah, I'm glad you said it.

I-1-I couldn't...
I can never pronounce it.

Pronounce what?

Don't be cruel, Paul!

Span-a-di-kopa-da? What?

Matty's take on Greek spanakopita
will be filled

with spinach, soft cheeses,
red peppers and herbs.

Well, good luck,
look forward to this one.

I feel like this is your week,
babes. It's your week.

You don't want to fall off
your throne.

Absolutely not. Yeah.

Yeah. You don't. That would hurt.

Looking good.

And Matty's not
the only baker uniting

a continental filling

with this quintessentially
British pastry.

So this is my potato dauphinoise.

Dauphinoise, I think,
is a bit classy,

a bit elegant,
it's a bit like myself.

That I think I am!

I'll bake that for a
good half an hour, just

so it gets nice
and crispy with all the cheese.

Dana's creamy dauphinoise
will sandwich fried onions

and melted Comte cheese, sealed
in rosemary-infused pastry,

a recipe which echoes
a popular French bake.

Sounds like a pithivier.

What's that?

Oh, interesting. Never mind.
Have you tested it?

I have tested it and it has worked.
In the time?

I'm literally, like, ten seconds
taking it out of the oven.

While Dana needs to
accommodate the baking

and cooling of her
dauphinoise filling...

So we've got sausage meat
and we've got some strong cheese.

...Josh and Tasha...

This is not pleasant.

...are making a traditional
raw pork filling that'll cook while

the rest of the pie bakes.

These are the same filling
as my Christmas stuffing.

Tasha's pies will get their
Christmassy flavour from

the chopped sage in the sausage
and nutmeg in the pastry.

The double Star Baker
will be hoping to make it

a hat-trick after being unable
to complete Chocolate Week.

I felt weird not being here,
to be honest.

Did you? Yeah, I had bad FOMO.

I bet you couldn't relax, could you? You
were thinking, what are they up to now?

I know, it was weird. It was like,
what's it called, Stockholm syndrome?

It's exactly that -
Stockholm syndrome.

And at the end of the series, if you
win you will get kidnapped by Paul.

He'll lock you in his basement.

But you'll like it,
so it'll be fine.

And while pork is
a popular choice...

These are Cumberland.
From a very reputable shop as well.

Right, how hot are these chillies?

...two bakers are planning
to spice things up.

Chuck it all in.

So I made these
for my kids when they were young

to go into their lunchboxes.
Not so much spice for me.

But I hope it will be
good enough for you.

Saku is making a milder version

of her Sri Lankan spiced
tuna pies, which will see

a spicy potato and tuna filling
surround a whole quail's egg.

Have you worked with,
uh, hot-water-crust pastry before?

Yes, when I was practising.
Right, OK.

Was that the first time you ever
made it? Never? Yes, yeah.

Crimping on the top?

Crimpling? Crimpling!

Crimpling. Crimpling, yes. Crimping.

But don't know how,
uh, beautiful it will be.

All right, good luck. Good luck, Saku.
Thank you very much, Saku. Thank you.

Bakers, unbelievably, you are
halfway through already.

Oh, God!

I just looked at my watch
and there was nothing there.

I literally went...

That's cos I stole it.
Oh, someone stole it off me.

With fillings made,

attention turns to
the lining in the pie tins.

I'm eye-balling
the pastry thickness.

Too thin and they could
split in the oven,

but going too thick
also carries risk.

Because hot-water-pastry,

it's a bit thick as well, it can
be a bit stodgy, can't it, so...

Dan's added turmeric

and cumin to his pastry to augment

a lamb keema filling flavoured
with his home-made spice mix.

Quite excited about this.

Yeah, fingers crossed,
it's a bit greasy, but...

You're not going to say that
to them, are you? No, no, no!

Little bit greasy!
Yeah. It's not that good.

I don't mind a little bit
of grease. I don't either.

Well, good luck. Nice one,
Noel. Greasy Dan.

Ah, do you know what? I just
forgot to put the mustard in.

We're off to a really good start.

Filling also needs to be tackled
with care.

I am just filling up
to sort of around this mark here.

Too little and the pies will
form an air pocket. Egg?

Too much and the filling
could ooze out during baking.

They look really good.

I just want to make sure
I've got them in.

They're going to take about


But Nicky's nowhere
near ready to bake.

It's cooked the egg a little bit.

I don't know whether
to do it again.

Her hot water mix has scrambled
the egg she added

to enrich her first dough.

I'd rather just start again
and just

be done with it. It's fine,
it's fine, we've got this.

Nicky's blending sausage,

ham and saucisson

with five different cheeses
including Cheddar

and Reblochon, packed into
a classic pie tin.

I love that shape. It's old school.

It's really lovely, that.

Just like me!

And me.
And have you practised this, Nicky?

I've practised them.

I've got pies coming
out the front door.

Have ya? Yeah. Have you
been selling them?

Oh. It's just too many pies.

OK, we'll leave you to it,
Nicky. It sounds great.

Fingers crossed.

I've got to get these in
the oven tout de suite.

While Nicky lines her tins...

Pop the lids on,
bang 'em in the oven.

...everyone else has
moved on to the lids.

Easy as pie. I'm here all week.

But two bakers are planning
something that requires

a more refined touch.

This is the latticing
of the pie top.

Providing the execution is good,

it can make the world of difference.

It is fiddly.

I've just got to relax
cos I feel so stressed.

I just don't want to
let myself down.

Cristy's lattice lids will
conceal a filling of cream,

leek and garlic mushroom.

I think this should be
such a good flavour.

You struggled a little last week
with flavour, didn't you?

We were complaining there
wasn't enough. Yeah.

And you know what? It's amazing how
much garlic mushrooms can take.

OK, that's good, then.

Good luck, thank you, Cristy. OK.
Thank you. Good luck, darling.

To hold the fillings inside...

Hopefully, it will all go right.

I learned the right word
today - crimping.

...Paul is expecting the bakers
to form a neat seal.

Maybe not that.

It's always that.

I've got a little tool in my pocket.
Aye-aye!

Think pig in blanket -
that was the vibe.

I'm quietly confident.

I think as soon as I say
I'm confident, it goes wrong,

so I don't want to say that.

Before crimping his lids in place,
Rowan's adding

an extra topping
of smoked streaky bacon

to his Cumberland sausage
and sweet potato filling.

Have you got a hole in the lid?
No, there's no hole in the lid.

When it steams,
where's it going to go?

On the bacon,
the bacon's raw inside,

so that steam is there
to help poach.

Oh, right, OK. Got you. Good luck.
Thank you. Thank you.

Good luck, mate.

Do you think that's a bit
of a clue, maybe put

a hole in it, do you think?
I feel like that's a clue.

I might do little pricks around it.

Get a little prick in there.
I will. Sorted. Thanks, love.

Once suitably ventilated...

I'm just egg-washing the top
to give it a lovely colour.

...applying an egg wash should
brown up the pies when baked.

Is it a bit thick?

Are you asking me? Yeah.

Whatever. In.

Oh, I didn't do egg wash.

OK, bakers,
you've got half an hour left.

This is speed-pie-making.
Come on, Nicky!

Oven's not on.

Not conventional.

Should've gone in ages ago,
shouldn't they?

What? No, what you saying?

I didn't realise you were
the baker.

How dare you? Oh, that's hot.
Do you think that's too hot?

Possibly, but I don't
have the time now.

They're in.

How are you? I'm all right-ish.

Why, what's happened? Oh, time.

Time.

Time. I can be up two hours
before we've got to be anywhere,

and I'm still never ready.

What you talking about? We're talking
about what time we get up in the morning.

Yeah, what time do you get up? I go
to bed quite late. Get up really early.

It's weird. I texted you
last night at 11. I know.

You texted me back,
so you were quite late.

That's right, kids,
we're texting each other at night.

Just stop sending me them pictures -
I don't like it.

That's not what you
said last night!

While some bakers have
time to wait and watch...

Cranberry sauce.

...others are making
their condiments.

I'll probably just pipe it
on right at the end.

I call them post-match picnic pies.

They're the flavours I do
for my rugby lads after either

a training session or a match day.

Hopefully, in hot-water-crust pastry,
they taste as good in those as well.

Josh is hoping the pickle
will bring moisture

to his pork and apple pies,

while a layer of Cheddar will
be melted on top when

the pies are removed from their tins
and returned to the oven to brown.

The pastry is done now
so it won't collapse.

Bakers, you've got ten minutes left.

I'm going to have to get these out
now, aren't 1?7 They're oozing a bit.

But do you know what it is,
did you put the hole in or not?

I did. Three.
Oh. And they opened up?

Three pricks. Yeah.

Oh, so overfilled.
I don't like the look of 'em.

There's a whole mushroom
coming out here.

Look at these.

You're using some special
finger protectors.

That is it.
To poke the pies out the bottom.

I've got a picture
of Paul wearing nothing but those.

On his fingers?

Yeah, on his... OK.

Just glaze them up.

Get all round my sides as
crispy as possible now.

Oh, they look bad, Noel.
They look good.

No, they're overfilled. I don't
know why I'm getting like this.

I told myself I don't care.
But you really do care, don't you?

Oh, my gosh, I need to get a life.

It is coming out now.

Oh, no!

It's a bit soggy on t'bottom.
They've never been soggy before.

Bakers, you only have
one minute left.

They've got to come out,
haven't they?

That one looks peng, actually.

Not as crispy as I'd like them.

Yeah, really pleased with those.

It was going so well.

They're not great. Gutted!

Oh, I can't wait for his beady eyes
to look at these.

Bakers, that is your time up,
please step away from your bakes.

One of 'em hasn't got a bottom, they're stuck
in the tin. Do they normally stick in the tin?

Never. Never stuck ever.

God! So I'm really upset, actually.

The bakers' hot-water-crust
picnic pies will now be judged

by Prue and Paul.

Hello, Matty. Hiya, Matty. Hiya.

Tell us all about your picnic pies.

They are based on spanakopita.

OK. They're based on them.

Bit messy.

It's very tricky to get that lattice
looking good on such a small pie.

So there's some feta,
ricotta, spinach,

roasted red peppers
and some sun dried tomatoes.

Good strong flavours. Lovely.

I think your lid is
a bit too thick.

OK. Cos that takes up
maybe a third of it.

Yeah. Thank you. Thank you.
Cheers. Well done.

It's a beautiful
golden-brown colour.

So we've got sausage meat,

bacon and cranberry with apple

and some cranberry sauce
on the side.

Good pastry.

Your mustard bottom,
which I'd never have thought of,

and I think it's a little
mark of genius, it's beautiful.

I think it's filled beautifully,

it's nice and thin
round the outside. Thank you.

Cheers.

The pastry"s a little pale on top.
Could've been a little browner.

Bit of a soggy bottom.

Really? Yeah.

Heart-breaking. Inside,
it's tuna, potatoes,

leeks, carrot and onion,
and there is a quail egg as well.

I love the flavours.

And actually the filling inside
is quite nice and moist.

The pastry needs to be much,
much thinner.

And less soggy.

You can see right down
the bottom how wet that is there.

It's a bit ripped

and all over the place
at the sides, innit?

Your flavours are beautiful.
Your pastry's nice and flaky.

It's nice and thin around the
outside and it's well-filled.

It's just a little bit dry
on the mouth. Ah, OK.

I love the flavour, but it's going to
be hard work to eat that whole pie

because it's very dense.

OK.

I think they look really appetising

and if they were in
a shop window I'd buy them.

This is potato dauphinoise

with caramelised onions
and Comte cheese.

Your sides are a little bit thick
on one side, thin on another.

Your roof is a little
bit too thick. Yeah.

But I like the flavour.
Thank you very much.

Thank you, guys.

My, um, pies...

I'm sorry but...

No, it's, um, that's good.

Uh, my pies are kind
of Christmas stuffing pies

with chestnut, cranberry sauce,
sweet potato,

bit of bacon, and a loose top.

Lovely pastry. Thank you.

It's got such a beautiful aroma
as well as flavour.

You know what? If it had just looked

a bit better, you'd have had
an absolute triumph there. Mm.

It's bled quite a bit.

That's the bleed in there
from the interior.

I think they're quite sweet.

So that's sausage meat in there
with some strong Cheddar cheese

and thyme and a bit of apple on top.

That's the problem
with sausage mix - it'll all shrink

and you get gaps round the edge.

If you'd had time, you could've put
a jelly in there or something.

Yeah, OK. But otherwise I think your
flavours are good. Thank you.

They're a little pale,
but I love the shape.

The mould has worked nicely

and you have got a good colour
underneath, just not on

the side. Your pastry's a bit thick.

And you end up with
a big hole in it as well.

Yeah, and it's a little
undercooked too. Yeah, it is.

So what you've got is
quite a gloopy mixture

with your pastry being too thick
and it's a difficult thing to eat.

It's a disaster.

It's quite sort of...
It's not your best.

No, it's not.
No, it's a bit gluey. Yeah.

Thank you very much, Nicky.
Thank you.

Don't worry about those people.
That's all right.

Not bakers, those people.

They look even. Thank you.

They're nice and brown.
They're really tiny. Quite elegant.

I've made creamy
leek and mushroom pies.

You know you're so clever.
Yeah. You made a creamy sauce

and it just holds
the whole thing together.

Aw, thank you.

It's beautifully moist inside
and crispy.

Hmm. So what I will do...

You're joking.

APPLAUSE

Well done. Well done.

It's because you've managed
to achieve the moistness

and the flavour in a small area

and have that lattice top
looking so nice.

I feel like I'm in a dream,
thank you.

Well done.

Oh, my God.

It's so easy to feel impostor
syndrome of like,

I'm not good enough and stuff,

and then Paul goes and gives you
a handshake

and you're just like, "What?"

I'm so happy they like how it tasted

because, you know,
looks is one thing,

what's inside is what matters.

Oh, dear. Soggy bottom -
why it happened to me today?

Absolute bag of pants.

I've just gotta scoop myself off
the floor and get on with it.

For the next challenge
the ingredients

and recipe are a
gingham-guarded secret.

Hello, bakers, welcome
back to the tent.

It's time
for your technical challenge.

And this week it's been set

for you by P Hollywood,
the pastry king.

Now, as always, this challenge is
judged blind

so our judges will be leaving.

But before you go, have you got any
words of advice

for our bakers? I'm thinking
Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

Yeah. Go for it, Paul.

The textures on the inside
and the outside must be perfect.

Not as stirring as I thought.
No. If I'm honest with ya.

Maybe he should've done it on
a horse. Maybe.

OK, judges,
you can go, thank you.

Paul would like you to make
a decadent dauphinoise pithivier.

Now, the judges will be looking
for a buttery,

crisp rough-puff pastry encasing

creamy potato
and caramelised onion.

And alongside that
a blue cheese sauce.

You have two hours and 45 minutes.

On your marks.

Get set.

Bake!

Oh, goodness gracious,
what is this?

What are the chances that was
gonna happen?

I know what dauphinoise is,
what's the other word?

Pithivi... Pervivi... Perviv...
How do you say it?

So Paul, pithivier?

It's a classic sort of French pie.

Now, this particular one, it's got
the dauphinoise potatoes inside.

What we're really testing the bakers
on is the pastry itself.

By now, our bakers should know about
rough-puff pastry.

Yeah. The key thing when you're
making a rough puff is

to add some frozen butter
in between each turn.

Dough, butter, dough, butter,
creates these flaky layers.

That's a bit of a feast, isn't it?

Help yourself to the sauce.

Roquefort's such a salty blue
cheese, adds a lot of flavour.

It's really heaven.

This is carbs on carbs served
with cream.

Can't wait to get back in the tent
and have nine versions of this?

It says make the rough-puff pastry.

I'm just gonna add some water,
try and get a dough.

It's just to bind
the dough together.

And then I can wrap it up
and chill it.

You've done one
of these before right? Um, no.

Oh. But I've made dauphinoise.
And I've made rough puff.

So we're sort of there, aren't we?

There you go, yeah. Put it together
and what have you got?

Um... Dauphinoise...

...pithivier.
NICKY LAUGHS

I'm just gonna get it rolled out
to a rough rectangle.

And then I can put my grated butter
in between.

So I'm gonna grate the, uh,
frozen butter onto that.

So the butter gives you
that puffy rise.

But a few of the bakers...

I'm just kind of incorporating
the grated butter.

...are taking a different approach.

Rub the butter in the flour,
knead it, roll it out.

If they wanted me to laminate it,

you'd have put it out as a slab of
butter

so if it's grated maybe
it has to be mixed in.

Now, I'm gonna start to fold.
I'm nervous.

So it's fold third down,
third up, turn, roll, chill.

You know when you look around and
you see what everybody else is doing

and you think, "Oh, have I done
the same?"

It's a bit unnerving, isn't it?

I've grated all
of my butter in at once

and everyone else is
laminating it in.

I think I've worked
the butter in too much.

You washed your hand yet?
I know, I didn't want to.

Did he lift you off
the ground slightly? No.

What was it like,
grabbing a big bunch of sausages?

Stop.

I feel like the rule here is cold.

Cos puff pastry does not like heat.

As soon as it gets too warm then it
just kind of all melts

and you won't get the layers.

I'm just starting with
the filling which is simmering

the potatoes in cream, milk,
garlic and seasoning.

I have never made dauphinoise
potatoes in my life.

I know someone who has - Dana.

Babes. I feel like there's
a bit more pressure now.

I love the fact that you've made it

and you didn't even know what
it was. I know!

You want it just to sort
of simmer away nicely.

Checking for tenderness.
I'm a tender little thing.

That's simmering away,
onions are caramelising.

I'm worried about my pastry.

This is the second turn.
So I'm doing two turns.

Which I think will be enough.

Just doing another turn.

Try and get as many as I can in
the time.

More folds.

I'll give that five minutes.

Argh!

Need another plaster.

Just grated my knuckles.

I got blood in my pastry.
So I've had to redo it.

Just need to get a bit of
a shimmy on now

and just chuck it all in
and go for it.

Bakers, you are halfway through.

Ha, ha, ha!

I'm just getting these potatoes out.
Spot on, that.

Still got a bit of bite to it.

I think I overcooked my potatoes
in the middle cos I've just tried

them, they're a bit soft.
It's so annoying.

Right, so I've finally made
my pastry.

Done one turn.

I'll do that again and then
I can start assembling

and I'll try and get it baked.

While Dan performs a final turn,

everyone else is starting
to shape their pithivier.

I've no idea how thick to get it,
to be honest.

Who do you fear in this tent?
Do you fear Saku?

Yeah. I fear Saku.

I wouldn't like get on't wrong
side of her, would you?

I dunno, shall we go and have
a rolling pin fight?

Saku. Yeah. Dan said do you wanna
have a rolling pin fight?

Ooh!

You're a Jedi, Saku.

I know, yeah.

Cut a 20 centimetre round using
the smaller plate.

Layer the potatoes,

onions with salt and pepper
and nutmeg in between each layer.

Well, I've just chucked mine on and
now I've seen people do it proper neat.

I'm looking at Cristy's

and it actually looks like
a French person has trained

for 70 years at the Cordon Bleu.
And then produced that.

Right, so let's move very,

very quickly.
I'm just panicking a bit now.

What are you putting in there?
This is nutmeg.

When I was a kid, there was a rumour
that if you smoked nutmeg you'd go crazy.

Did you try? No.

Oh. It sounded ridiculous to me.

I'm just gonna overload it
with all the onions basically.

I think the onions give it such
a nice sweetness.

It says scallop the edges. Now, I
ain't got a clue what that means.

Is this scalloping, cos I just
know it as, like, crimping?

Scalloping? Crimping, scalloping,
it's all the same to me.

Knock up the edges
and then glaze and chill.

What is this knock up thing?

Different connotations
to knock up, isn't there?

Ah, like that?

Well, this is the dirtiest knock up
I've ever seen.

I'm just gonna score it now.

Carefully - not going through
the pastry. And then bake it.

We're going in.

Don't know how it's gonna take.

How long have we got left?

Bakers, you have half an hour left.

I'd better get a move on as well
that'd be nice, wouldn't it?

It's going quick, in't it?

So in the meantime I can make my
blue cheese sauce.

Just smelt that cheese and
it is absolutely revolting.

It's really pungent.

I don't like blue cheese.

You know what? You've gotta try it
though, cos it's gotta taste good.

No. I say it all the time. But look
how mouldy it is. Look at it.

Yours is so mouldy there's nearly no
cheese there. I know.

It's Roquefort, isn't it?
I love Roquefort.

Super cheesy, baby.

Oh, well done, Dan, yours is rising.
It's got a nice colour on yours.

Looks all right, don't it? Yeah.

It looks pale so I've upped
the temp by ten degrees.

Scared.

Bakers, you've got five minutes.

Didn't use all my potatoes.
Look at it,

it's flat like a pancake.
Oh, he's gonna hate it.

Oh, it's so bad.

It's not risen, has it?
It's like a frisbee.

So gutted, I've just had a crap day.

Hello, Josh, you all right?

Um, OK. Are you worried it's not
gonna puff?

Yeah. Do you want me to burn
the tent down so that he won't see?

Oh, that'd be good.

I want to give it as long as
humanly possible.

I might take it out.

Cornish pasty, anyone?

If you like shortcrust pastry, it's
all right.

Bakers, you have one minute left.

OK she's gonna have to come out.

I'm gonna have a little gander.

It's definitely not as puffy as it
should be.

I'm happy with that.

Look at it, it's so ugly.

I've seen neater poos,
to be honest with you.

Oh, I quite like the look of that.

I don't think that's done.

God, this is revolting.

Bakers, that is your time up.
Well done.

Tough, that.

Please bring your pithiviers,

place on the table behind
your photos.

Look at the size of Dan's.
It's like he's got a body in there.

Don't, yours is right next to
the frisbee.

Prue and Paul are looking for

a perfectly domed dauphinoise
pithivier with

a flaky laminated
rough-puff pastry.

Eclectic mix. Yeah, some of them are
domed, some are not.

Yes. And they have no idea whose
is whose.

We'll start with this one.
That's a recognisable pithivier.

Yes. It's got a dome, the actual
design is pretty good. Yeah.

It's nice and crispy.
And it's a nice colour.

Yeah, it is a nice colour.
It's certainly got a bit of flake.

Hmm, the Roquefort's certainly
salty.

And it does make
the balance beautiful.

Yeah... Yeah.

Now, moving on to this flat pizza.

This is definitely not
domed enough.

It needs to be much higher.
It's a bit pale though, isn't it?

Yeah. Bit uneven too.

Needed a stronger colour.

I like the colour, it's nice
and strong golden brown.

Yeah, the colour's very good.

Do you know, this pastry is
delicious but it's not quite cooked?

No... No, it's not.

It needed a little bit longer,
doesn't it?

I love the scallop work on this.

And it's got a dome.

Looks good underneath,
it's got a strong colour.

Hmm, pastry's not bad, actually.
It's flaky enough.

It's a nice one, that.

OK, moving on, this is a bit flat.

And a bit under baked I think.

Lamination looks more bread like
than flaky.

I think the potato's a bit raw too.

Hmm, potatoes need
a little bit longer.

There's an attempt to get
a bit of height here.

I'm not mad about the look of it.
It's a bit rough. Yeah.

Potato's raw. Yeah, needs longer.

The flake's not bad.

This one, Paul, has a lovely colour.

Bit of height to it as well.

Nice strong bake.

Raw potato. Hmm, it is, isn't it?
It's quite raw.

This looks like a very interesting
pie but it's not a pithivier.

No... Not a dome in sight.

There's a bit of flake to that.

The pastry's good.
But it needed more of a dome,

I'm not quite sure what happened
to the rest of the potatoes.

It seems to be a bit uneven on
this one. Not very neat.

But it's got flake to it.

Hmm, spuds are all right.

Sauce is very tarragon-y, I love it.

It is. Blended with the blue cheese,
it works beautifully.

The pithiviers will now be ranked
from last to first.

OK, in ninth spot we have this one,
whose is this?

Nicky. It's too flat,
there is no crumble in there.

In eighth place we have this one.

Josh, too pale, too flat.

OK.

Matty is seventh, Saku sixth,

Cristy fifth,

Rowan fourth and Tasha is third.

In second place,

we have this one...

Dana, it looks very pretty,
the pastry's good,

tastes good,
it's a really good pithivier.

Thank you. Well done.

So in first place we have this
one, Dan.

Good old Dan.

That's a lovely pithivier.
I love the scallop work on there,

you've ended up
with something that tastes delicious

and looks very professional.
Well done.

Thank you very much. Thanks.

Well done. Well done, Dan.

Great feeling, yeah, pretty
good, can't believe it.

Again it's, uh, yeah.

Every time it happens I'm
like, "I can't believe it."

First time I've been second.

I'm beyond happy,
I'm over the moon.

I'll try and take positives
out of today

and just hope I have
a really good day tomorrow.

Oh, babes, come here. Aw.

Oh, dearie me.

I'll have to do an awful lot
to pull it back from today.

I don't think I've ever seen you
both eat as much as what

I've seen in Pastry Week.

Gotta come to my house,
every day is exactly the same.

I think, overall, Pastry Week's been
a step up from Chocolate Week.

And Cristy got a handshake.

They were great pies.

For Star Baker, I think she's in
line. Dan won the technical.

And Tasha's come back with a bang.
And Tasha's come back as well.

You haven't forgotten, guys, that
we're sending two people home

this week. Oh, yes!
Well, I was thinking that.

So who, roughly, is in danger, then?
Nicky.

Yeah. Oh. Oh, no.

She is so cheerful.
But she is not doing well.

Saku's in trouble as well. Is she?

Oh! I think she struggled in the sig
and she was sixth in the technical.

I love Saku. Saku can't go.

Rowan could drop down.
Those picnic pies were awful.

Do you know what I think's
disappointing? Is Josh.

I can't believe Josh would be in
danger. He's been consistent.

Well, not this week.

I'm in love with all of them.
I want them all to do well.

They're becoming quite a tight
little g*ng as well.

They are, yeah, they are.
They've got a WhatsApp group.

Have they? Yeah, they have.
I was just wondering, when are

we gonna have a WhatsApp group?
Are we gonna do that?

Oh, we haven't told her. Well, we
have one without you, Alison.

Welcome back to the tent
for your Showstopper challenge.

Today, the judges would love you
to make something out of pastry.

I mean, who would've thought it?

How do they come up with this stuff?
wild.

The judges would like you to make

a stunning display
of decorative sweet pies.

Your display should include at least
three ornate pies

and be made of a rich sweet
pastry case.

You have four hours.

On your marks. Get set.

Bake.

They tasted great in practice
but practice took six hours.

I am starting with making
the sweet shortcrust pastry.

We're asking the bakers

to produce at least three
highly decorated pies made

with a rich sweet pastry.

I'm just using
the traditional rub-it-in method.

Ideally, I think it would be nice if
at least two

of them had different fillings.

I'm starting with my raspberry jam.

That's the sort
of food I grew up on.

We want it highly decorated,
so we're expecting

a little bit of lattice work,
little bit of plaiting on the top.

I think it's perfectly legitimate
to dye some of the pastry.

We wanna see also something that
links the three pies together.

I'm making sweet pies based on
my favourite

British sitcom,
Absolutely Fabulous.

You can't just leave
a sweet pie in the mould or

the foil, they need to bring it out,

expose it and show us what
they've baked.

I've got cramp in my hands.
It's really sore.

It needs to taste amazing...

This is a vanilla pastry.

...hold together

and create that beautiful crumble
when you bite into it

with whatever sweet filling
is inside.

I've got the vision, it's just
whether I can execute it well.

What have I done to this?

Hi, Cristy. Hello, you OK?

Hello. Right Cristy, tell us all
about your decorative pies.

So I'm gonna try and do like a
woodland sort of display of pies.

I'm gonna do a spiced apple pie

and then I've got a blueberry
pie and then a raspberry

and frangipane pie.

Lovely,
I love all of those flavours.

OK, good.

After a handshake-worthy signature,

Cristy will be hoping her autumnal
Showstopper featuring raspberry

frangipane and intricate lattice
work will earn her

top honours again today.

When you practised, did you time it?

Yeah, it's really hard
to practise for four hours around

the children so I've been doing like
really late nights and...

Middle of the night.

...middle of... Yeah, literally.
Hope I deliver.

Cristy's not the only baker who
found practice a little fraught.

In practice, the bottom fell
out of my pie.

So it was just a crust around
the edge

and then a dropped pie.
Which is why I've got parchment.

It might not be as crisp

but I'd rather have
a not crisp edge than

a no edge at all, do
you know what I mean?

Rowan's pate sablee pies will be
filled with lemon

and blueberry and frangipane
with flaked almonds and chocolate.

Patsy and Eddie will appear in

pastry relief silhouette leaving
Rowan to paint their faces by hand.

Oh, it's Patsy.

And what about timing,
have you got a plan?

Um, no.

The thing about you is you just
go with the flow, don't ya?

Yeah. It might look rubbish
but it tastes great.

No, but this doesn't. It's like...
I'm actually quite impressed.

I'm quite surprised.

Rowan's not alone in celebrating
the matriarchy.

My nan, she was always pushing me
to enter the Bake Off.

I said I would do
and then after she was ill

and passed away I wasn't quite ready
so I waited another year.

Josh's Showstopper is for his
late grandmother, Frieda.

I used to do quite
a bit of baking at her house.

Used to go out on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, after school

and I did this from the age of
about five or six through to...

I was still doing it when
I was doing my PhD.

That's the reason why I know

a lot about all the flowers
that are around here,

because she taught me all about
flowers.

Josh is making a sunflower
with two pineapple

and apricot flower heads
and three apple,

blackberry
and coconut leaves,

all complete with coloured pastry
and syrup glaze.

You seem pretty calm about this
challenge. I am.

You weren't very happy yesterday.
Are you much calmer now doing this?

Yeah, no, I would've liked to have done a
bit better on the technical yesterday but...

You've got high standards
for yourself, haven't you?

I put too much pressure on myself,
I know.

But hopefully this is
all right today. Yes.

Look forward to it. Sounds really
good.

Nice and floral. That's all
that done.

And Josh's grandmother
isn't the only one to get

the Showstopper treatment.

They're all flavours from my gran's
garden, cos she had apple trees,

she had a plum tree,
there was always rhubarb.

Her baking was like
a pair of comfy old slippers.

Nicky's comforting pies will be
filled with apple and pear,

plum and frangipane and rhubarb
and custard with

a smidge of ginger, while colourful
lattice work

and flowers should prove a feast
for the eyes.

I know you didn't have
a particularly decent day yesterday

but today is your day, Nicky.

And you seem very calm.
So it all looks good.

Calm on the surface.

You should see what's going on
under here.

Are the little duck legs going?

Let's do it. You can do it. You'll
be all right. Good luck, Nicky.

I'm just gonna toast the nuts.
I am doing a honey baklava pie.

It's got pistachios and hazelnuts

and walnuts in an orange syrup
on the bottom base with

an almond frangipane on top.
But, yeah...

Oh, you had me at marzipan.

I didn't say marzipan!

Almonds - close enough.

You had me at almond!

Her frangipane and baklava main pie
will be paired with mulled wine

and apple miniature pies

and decorated with
a sturdy shortcrust tree.

I like a good chunky pastry
so that's what I'm hoping for,

but we shall see if that works.

When the bakers are happy
with their pastry...

This looks like it's rested well.

...it's time to roll...

Tell you what, this jumper'll
be coming off soon.

About two or three millimetres is
what I'm looking for.

...before lining the pie tins to
a standard expected by the judges...

Oh! Hello.

Press it in.
You've just made a hole.

Ten minutes in the freezer
firms it up, then we can blind bake.

I'm making a pineapple,
cherry and rum pie and apple pie.

Apple from Herefordshire,
where I live.

And pineapple from my birth country
Sri Lanka,

representing a bit of both worlds.

Intelligence analyst Saku is making

an info graphic-inspired pie display,

built from

a sweet shortcrust pastry made by

replacing some of

the butter with cream cheese.

I have never made pastry
with cream cheese before.

Cream cheese. Very interesting.

It tastes better.

Is it quite a flaky pastry?

It is kind of
melt-in-the-mouth kind of pastry.

Oh, OK. Right, I look forward
to this one, Saku.

I'm gonna get my pastry in now
cos I need to get blind-baking.

It's only gonna go in
for about ten minutes,

just so it's like partially baked
for the filling.

I'm not blind-baking.
Everybody else is.

It's going in, come on.

Ooh, actually it's not going in.

It needs to go on a tray.

Silly sausage that I am.

You will fit in there,

you will fit in there,
you won't fit in there.

How long do we have?

I am the genie of the kettle.
You have three wishes, my child.

Amazing. First wish -

can you do the time call?
I'm a little bit busy.

No problem.

Bakers, you are halfway through!

That's ages, that is.

I'm ready to start getting all
the decoration ready.

Prue and Paul are expecting that
decoration to be highly detailed.

So I'm just doing the leaves.

But while the bakers prepare
these...

I'm now making my chocolate
genoise sponge.

...and their other fillings...

For my frangipane I've whizzed some
raspberries through there.

...they need to keep a watchful eye
on their blind-baked pastry.

Yeah, they're looking good.

Hopefully. well, we'll see when


The pastry just doesn't look right.
I can't do nothing now. OK.

I just need it partially baked

cos it's gonna go back in
with all the fillings,

so I don't want to get it too kind
of golden and burnt.

Baked too long and
the pastry might become too dry

and crumbly to attach
the decorative lid to later on.

Dan, what an absolute mess.
I know, I'm really sorry.

What's going on?
What's the matter? What happened?

It's just... Well, it's a good sign,
to be fair.

It means that my pastry
is extremely crumbly and yummy.

Inspired by his travels in
South America

Dan's making a pie for his favourite
destinations.

Cherry for Peru, grape for Argentina

and tropical fruits for Brazil.

So I've just started
my decorations now.

How many elements have you got
going on?

About 14,600 at the moment.

It's really intricate, isn't it? It's
still a bit of a mess but go on.

I know it is but I'll hoover up when
I'm done.

And Dan is not the only baker taking
the judges on their travels.

The theme is like my two favourite
places, cos I like skiing

and I also like...
I just like the.. the sea.

Um, so the central pie is like

a signpost
going to those two places.

Tasha's sea pie will contain
a filling of apricot

and ricotta,

the mountains, chestnut
and blueberries,

while her pecan pie signpost

will spell out her favourite places
in British sign language.

It's almost like
a teaching moment for

a little bit of finger spelling.

It's really difficult
to do in pastry.

It's a bit thinner than I wanted.

I made a bit of a mistake
but it's OK.

And Matty's also heading
to the slopes.

I've been Andorra,
Sestriere and Leger in France.

Yeah, I love it there,
it's quality.

Matty's pies will make

the ideal apres-ski comfort food,
filled with rhubarb

and custard,
apple and cinnamon and plums.

How are you using your plums in
the, uh, pie?

So I'm gonna stew these
down slightly.

Stew down your plums?

Indeed. Um...

With the stem ginger,
some of the orange juice as well.

I love ginger and plums. It works...

Stop it, boys.

Sorry, Prue. Enough!

With pastry cases prepared...

So this is the lemon
and blueberry kind of curd.

...it's time to assemble.

Today is two years to
the day since she passed away.

I hope I can do these flavours
justice today.

It's fine, isn't it? Yeah.

Come on, Nick.
Stick everything else on.

I just want to get this one in
ASAP Rocky.

I'm gonna have to, like, move like
no-one's business.

What you doing there, egg wash?

Yeah, bit more egg wash.
I used to egg-wash my legs.

Did ya? Yeah. They come up nice
actually. Quite glossy.

You have great skin, though,

I must say.
We always talk about it.

Like a dolphin.

They will go in
for about 30 minutes, I think.

Everything's in the oven.
Just see what happens.

I'm feeling so confident.

Watch it all crumble at
the last second.

How long's left?

Bakers, you have half an hour left.

Oh, you're joking.
Just running out of time, aren't 1?

Dan, you OK?

Running late like usual.

It's all right, don't worry.

Cheerio.

I've got one flan in.
I am elated, let me tell you.

There's a lot of spillage.

There's a bit of
a PLUMBING issue happening.

And Dana's not the only one
who's sprung a leak.

I'm having a spillage. Spillage.

The top's kind of separated from
the bottom on that one. Oh.

It's quite severe. It's getting more
severe every time I look at it.

There's been a spillage in
the village.

Come on, you can do this, Nick.

Crank it up again, 200.

Look at it.

How the hell is that gonna
come out?

I've just put the BSL
finger spelling on,

so it's going back in the oven.

I'm just hoping it doesn't
melt completely.

Bakers, you have 15 minutes left.

Come on, you can do this.
Just shove that in as it is.

As Nicky gets her final pie
in the oven,

the other bakers are beginning
to take theirs out.

I'm happy with that.

That's a nice really golden
brown colour.

Where have the mountains gone?

This is genuinely traumatising.
I need another pair of hands.

It's a bit stuck.

No soggy bottom. Yes!

What do we need to do? Could you
grab these two ends? Yeah.

And I grab this and we lift.
Oh, it's just cracked.

What's the matter? It just broke.
No, it hasn't.

It's just snapped, yeah.
Try one more time.

We'll see what happens.
Really carefully.

Three, two, one. That's gone,

Yeah, no, that's split.

Oh, no, what do I do?

Oh, serve it in the tin. There's
nothing else you can do. Shall I?

Yeah, and if they say anything just
say that Noel said to serve it in a tin.

Oh, this is not happening today.

Bakers, you have one minute left.

Argh! Disaster.

Oh, wow,
I've got a bit of a leak.

Ooh!

Why has this never happened?

Bakers, that is your time up.

Flipping heck.

Please step away from your
pastry Showstoppers.

Do you know what, guys?
I've tried my best.

This is terrible.

Do you want a hug? Hug.

A nice, sweaty hug.

Oh, Nicky.

The bakers' sweet decorative pie
Showstoppers

will now be judged by Paul and Prue.

It's a sensational display
and I love the way

you've decorated them. Thank you.

Let's try the bottom one first.

This is apple, cinnamon...

And sultanas.

That's held together.

The flavour of that is spot on.

OK.

Um, it's beautifully cooked.
It's soft. This is the...

Raspberry and frangipane.

I've never had frangipane
with raspberry in it before.

But that's amazing,
I love that. This is blueberry.

Yeah.

I like the blueberry.
It's intense, very American.

I think they're three very
good pies.

OK, great. Well done, Cristy.
Thank you. Well done, Cristy.

I would be tempted to put
a glaze on this, you know.

Just looks a bit rough and ready.
Especially this one.

This is the pecan pie.

There's a bit of, uh,
whisky in there as well so

a bit like an American pecan pie.

I really like that.
It's beautifully crispy.

Hmm.

The mountain pie has

a blueberry sweet pastry
with a chestnut layer.

Goodness.

Wow, that's, uh, vibrant.

It's quite wet inside.
The pastry is like cake.

Hmm. OK.

The sunburst pie is an apricot
and ricotta pie

with a sweet pastry.

It's a lovely texture.
Tastes delicious.

Mm, I love the tartness from
the apricot.

Thank you.

The bottom pie is a cherry
and kirsch

with
a chocolate sweet shortcrust.

I quite like the compote
inside there.

But I don't think
the chocolate crust really works

with it. It's a bit sandy and dry.

Next one.

Grape and strawberry.

But grapes on their own are very
subtle in flavour, so it's lost.

And the top pie is mango,

papaya and pineapple with
a lemon and lime sweet shortcrust.

The textures on the base are lovely.

I'm not quite sure of the textures
of some of the fruit,

cos they're not quite right. OK.
They needed a little bit more cooking.

Just not hitting my heights.

So this is my tree. You've got a
baklava pie, so we've got pistachios,

hazelnuts and walnuts mixed
with an orange syrup

and there's a frangipane filling
on top.

That is delicious
but it's very rich.

Mm-hm. And it's very sweet.

I think the frangipane's too thick.
Means now it's under baked.

So what is this one?

This is my mulled wine apple pie.

It's got some blackcurrants as well
running through it.

Too sour.
It hits you right there.

I think it is perhaps too powerful.
Mm-hm.

They're a little bit... Broken.
Just a little bit rustic.

Apple and blackberry
with some cinnamon.

Some of the top is actually raw.
OK.

The flavour is not bad.
Rhubarb and custard.

Yeah.

The rhubarb comes through
well there. Mm.

It's a very good pie.

Reticent to try this one.

It's collapsed a bit.

Plum and some ginger.

The fruit is undercooked.

Best one there is the rhubarb
and custard by quite a margin. Yeah.

Thank you.

Saku, what I really love about this
is it looks so simple and fresh.

The big pie is pineapple,
cherry and rum.

Um, the fruit's quite raw.

I wouldn't go back for
a second piece.

Let's have a look at the apple
and...

Apple and cinnamon.

I really like the apple.
Thank you.

Cinnamon level's just about right.

The pastry's nice and delicate
and buttery.

I think that's delicious. Well done.

Thank you very much.

I mean, that is a work of art.

You've got a very simple theme,
but it pulls all

the pies together most excellently.

It's a pineapple and apricot pie,
spiced with cinnamon stick,

star anise and it's got some vanilla
in there.

That's really good.
It's tart, it's sweet,

it's crunchy,

it's got depth to it.
It's delicious.

Well, I can't fault that.

Thank you.
The leaves are made with a coconut,

apple and blackberry pie.

That's delicious.

And the right texture. Yeah.

It holds together, but it's moist.

This is what we've been
looking for.

It's wonderful. Well done, Josh.
Well done, Josh. Thank you. Yes, Josh!

You've got Patsy pretty
well perfectly.

Eddie's less successful, I think.

Eddie is filled with cherry
and vanilla.

I can't really... It's so difficult.

This didn't happen at home,
believe me.

It's just pouring out.
It's not... Nothing's set.

The pastry's very good. Thank you.

Crisp, very short,

but it looks awful.

It's very clumsy. Yeah.

You can't get it out of the tin.

No. Patsy is filled with lemon
and blueberry.

Very clumsy. And you say they were
all right at home?

Honestly, lovely, yeah.

Well, this one has got
the opposite problem.

So this is a chocolate frangipane

and just a standard almond
frangipane with flaked almonds.

It's very solid. Too dry.

Besides that...

...it's pretty good. Success.

I think they're all very pretty.

You've made a real effort

to jolly it up and I love that,
of course.

The first one is an apple,
pear and hazelnut pie.

I've never had a dry apple
pie before.

Oh, don't! Oh, well, there's a first
for everything, isn't there?

I think partially
it's because it's so exposed.

All the moisture that was in
that pie... Gone, tssh!

...has just evaporated off.

The second one is rhubarb,

custard and a wee bit
of ginger in there.

The custard works really well.

It's pretty thick
but it's absolutely set.

The pastry's too thick for
the filling

so there's hardly any filling
in there.

Deeper pie.

Yeah. And then the third one is
frangipane and plum.

It's a punchy flavour
and it's thin, so you've got that,

and then the sort of plum on top,
it's about right as well.

So actually it's quite a nice
flavour. That is delicious. Yeah.

Thank you.

Oh, I've got take a positive that it
was sort of really short

and nice pastry,

and actually she did say that
the flavours were good.

I was just trying
to hold it all back,

I was like, "Oh,
my goodness, this is incredible.”

Oh, they loved it. I'm so pleased.

If Josh got Star Baker, I'd be over
the moon for him.

But to even be in the mix
for Star Baker's, like, amazing.

I thought their comments were
probably quite polite

for what they could've said.
What a disaster!

Do you know what? I am nervous
for today.

Are ya? A double whammy.
I know.

Who's it gonna be? Painful.
we know them all so well now.

I thought Rowan's pies were
so awful.

I thought it looked
a little bit like soup as well.

To be honest, we needed a straw.

I was a bit surprised
with Dana's efforts.

I think she lost her edge
a little bit on the Showstopper.

There's an argument for Saku
to be there as well

but has she done enough on
her Showstopper

to save herself?

And Nicky's down there as well.

I feel bad for Nicky. Yeah.

But I think she's had
a tough week, hasn't she?

I think Star Baker's between
a couple of people as well.

I think Cristy, Josh.

I think Josh's sunflower was
as perfect

a piece of pastry as you could hope
for.

And Cristy, I think she's had...
Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. ..A much better week
generally. Yeah, she has.

What happens now? You go and eat all of the
rest of the pies? I'm not eating any more.

If I expand any more

I'm gonna take someone's eye
out with that button.

Prue and Paul have decided who
will be this week's Star Baker,

and which two bakers will be
leaving the competition.

Now, I've got the great job
of announcing

this week's Star Baker,

and this is someone who
the judges thought

was consistent throughout.

So, this week's Star Baker is...

...Cristy.

Well done!

Thank you, thank you.

I knew that was coming.

Oh, that means I've got
the horrible job

of announcing who's leaving us.

And, as you know, two people

will be going this week.

And the people that are
leaving us this week are...

...Nicky and Rowan.

Come here. Come here!

It's been a blast.

That wasn't your week, was it?

What did I say? It was like a
bag of pants this week.

So...

I shall miss you so much.
I had a lovely time.

I can't stay in after a
bag of pants.

There's no way!

Can I have a hug?

Aww. I'm absolutely gutted.

Everyone has just been fab.

I mean, saying goodbye is
the worst part about this,

not the absolute roast I got
at the Showstopper.

I promise I can bake.
Oh, come here, Paul!

I think Rowan went because
of that Showstopper.

Oh, we've had a blast, haven't we?
We've had an absolutely...

And the other person who's had a
really bad week is Nicky.

It's been really sad to
let two of them go.

Another one? Thank you so much.

I've got this boost, which
I've probably needed,

cos I think sometimes,
when you're a mum,

everything's for everyone else

and you sort of put your
dreams on hold.

Star Baker and a handshake. That's
more than most people get.

And it means than Paul and Prue
maybe even could imagine.

Next week...

I'm very pleased that
I can come back.

Having said that, I need
to up my game...

...to survive.

Next time...

Go, girl!

...it's Botanicals Week...

It's recognisable. Like cat pee.

...and things get spicy in
the Signature...

In life I'd say I'm quite spicy.
Probably not in baking.

There's a race against time in
the Technical.

What the hell is this?
I've got no recipe.

...and the bakers take on
a blooming marvellous Showstopper.

Dandelion syrup.

This is crazy.

Who will come up smelling of roses?

Absolutely heavenly.

And who will be weeded out of
the competition?

It's broken!

That was the wrong thing
to do, wasn't it?