About this season
A spinoff of 'The Great British Bake Off', this show features children aged 9-13 competing to be ‘Junior Bake Off’ Champion by taking part in a series of Technical Bakes and Showstopper Challenges using their own original recipes
Episodes (15)
1. Cake Day 1
Aired 11 January 2021 • 45 min
Junior Bake Off returns for a new run, with Harry Hill, Liam Charles, new judge Ravneet Gill, and very talented young bakers. This episode features sponge, jelly and fantasy cakes.
2. Biscuit Day 1
Aired 12 January 2021 • 45 min
The young bakers must create the near impossible in biscuit form, and a masterpiece biscuit canvas inspired by their favourite artist.
3. Bread Day 1
Aired 13 January 2021 • 45 min
The young bakers have a lot to prove on bread day, with tricky shaping techniques in the Technical and sculptural sweet bread mythical creatures for the Showstopper.
4. Dessert Day 1
Aired 14 January 2021 • 45 min
On dessert day, the young bakers are asked to make a dessert with ultimate height and jiggle, shaped like an animal, for the Technical, and decorative trifles for the Showstopper.
5. Pastry Day 1
Aired 15 January 2021 • 45 min
On pastry day, Liam asks the young bakers to recreate an unlikely object in pastry form, with a Caribbean spiced twist. And they make choux pastry scenes featuring themselves.
6. Cake Day 2
Aired 18 January 2021 • 45 min
It's Cake Day for the second heat of junior bakers, as they tackle a tricky construction challenge in their first Technical and a showstopping cupcake scene for someone they love.
7. Biscuit Day 2
Aired 19 January 2021 • 45 min
It's Biscuit Day and judge Liam sets the second heat of bakers the muckiest Technical ever seen, before they bring a magical touch to their showstopping fairy-tale biscuit scenes.
8. Bread Day 2
Aired 20 January 2021 • 45 min
It's Bread Day and the second heat of bakers get their hands dirty in a colourful, twisted Technical, and create bread creatures great and small in a zoological Showstopper.
9. Dessert Day 2
Aired 21 January 2021 • 45 min
It's Dessert Day and the second heat of bakers make stacks of gooey, chocolatey deliciousness and a mash-up dessert combining elements that wouldn't usually share the same plate.
10. Pastry Day 2
Aired 22 January 2021 • 45 min
It's Pastry Day for the second heat of bakers and their last chance to win a place in finals week. They make a Spanish snack with a twist and a showstopping celebration pie.
11. Street Food Day Finals Week
Aired 25 January 2021 • 45 min
It's finals week, and our eight junior bakers celebrate by making street food, as they combine part of a Sunday roast with a Middle Eastern filling, and make 3D doughnut displays.
12. International Day Finals Week
Aired 26 January 2021 • 45 min
On day two of finals week, the remaining bakers make Japanese-inspired creations, complete with intricate pipe designs, and delicious tartlets that bring together two flavours.
13. Illusion Day Finals Week
Aired 27 January 2021 • 45 min
On day three of finals week, the six remaining bakers create tower-stacked illusion bakes that deceive the eye, and make fault line cakes revealing the flavours on the inside.
14. Patisserie Day Finals Week
Aired 28 January 2021 • 45 min
It's the semi-final and the junior bakers tackle a cute-but-tough Technical, and one of the hardest French patisserie skills with a Junior Bake Off twist: 3D choux centrepieces.
15. The Final
Aired 29 January 2021 • 45 min
It's the final, and the four remaining bakers create a themed afternoon tea, with entremets and pastries, and a showstopping tiered layer cake. Who will be crowned the winner?