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Episode 5

Angus Deayton hosts the search for Britain's best team of pastry chefs. The teams must put an innovative spin on the classic towering French celebration cake, the croquembouche.

The four remaining teams of professional pastry chefs once again face the scrutiny of judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin in Britain's toughest patisserie competition, hosted by Angus Deayton.

The first test is the fastest so far. No detail is left unscrutinised in a miniature challenge that requires the teams to master petit gateau, creating 36 identical petite charlottes and 36 shaped macarons in just two hours.

For their final challenge, the teams must put an innovative spin on the classic towering French celebration cake, the croquembouche. Who can reach new heights and create a skyscraping choux bun showpiece in just four hours and who will face a dramatic fall from grace and the disappointment of leaving the competition?

59 minutes

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:02

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore (Ah! Si, ben mio..Di quella pira)

  • 00:12

    Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell: Non Mi Lasciarea O Muto Asila Corriam! Voliam!

  • 00:59

    Further Seems Forever

    Bye, Bye, Bye

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Angus Deayton
Judge Cherish Finden
Judge Benoit Blin
Executive Producer Kieran Smith
Series Producer Oliver Manley
Director Jeanette Goulbourn
Production Company Love Productions

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