About this season
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.
Episodes (10)
1. Cake
Aired 11 October 2016 • 60 min
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
2. Biscuits
Aired 18 October 2016 • 60 min
The bakers are tasked with creating biscuits, including Matt's technical task, Italian cannoli.
3. Pies & Tarts
Aired 25 October 2016 • 60 min
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.
4. Chocolate
Aired 1 November 2016 • 60 min
The eight remaining bakers are tasked with baking with chocolate. They cook brownies and a Black Forest gateau.
5. Bread
Aired 8 November 2016 • 60 min
The seven remaining bakers get baking some bread, including making savoury flat breads and knotted bread rolls.
6. Retro Week
Aired 15 November 2016 • 60 min
The remaining bakers are tasked by Matt and Maggie to create their versions of two classic dishes, a Swiss roll and a Neenish tart.
7. Pastry
Aired 22 November 2016 • 60 min
The remaining five bakers are tasked with cooking pastry. They make miniature savoury pastries and a strudel.
8. Sweet Dough
Aired 29 November 2016 • 60 min
Matt tasks the remaining amateur bakers with creating 12 bee stings, a traditional German sweet yeast cake.
9. International
Aired 6 December 2016 • 60 min
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.
10. Final
Aired 13 December 2016 • 60 min
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.