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 Week
Aired 27 January 2022 • 60 min
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.
2. Biscuit Week
Aired 3 February 2022 • 60 min
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
3. Bread Week
Aired 10 February 2022 • 60 min
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.
4. Nostalgia Week
Aired 17 February 2022 • 60 min
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.
5. Homegrown Week
Aired 24 February 2022 • 60 min
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.
6. French Week
Aired 3 March 2022 • 60 min
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.
7. Dessert Week
Aired 10 March 2022 • 60 min
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.
8. Fruit & Veg Week
Aired 17 March 2022 • 60 min
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.
9. Patisserie Week
Aired 24 March 2022 • 60 min
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.
10. Finale
Aired 31 March 2022 • 60 min
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.