Britain's Best Bakery - Season 2

Britain's Best Bakery - Season 2

Season 2

Network
DatesJan 6, 2014 - Feb 14, 2014
Previous Season

Episodes

Yorkshire
Season 2Episode 160 min

Yorkshire

Mich and Peter travel to the north of England to the Yorkshire area to find three bakeries worthy of representing the area in the competition. Those three bakeries are: Jeanette's Cakery, The Angel's Share and The Sunflower Bakery. The Angel's Share are chosen as the winning bakery of this episode and they are moving on to the regional finals.

Jan 6, 2014
County Durham and Northumberland
Season 2Episode 260 min

County Durham and Northumberland

Mich and Peter travel to Scotland & the north east of England to the County Durham & Northumberland areas to find three bakeries worthy of representing the area in the competition. Those three bakeries are: Sweethart Bakery, Clervaux Artisan Bakery & Cafe and Original Bakehouse Artisan Bakery. The Sweethart Bakery is chosen as the winning bakery of this episode and they are moving on to the regional finals.

Jan 7, 2014
Dervbshire and Staffordshire
Season 2Episode 360 min

Dervbshire and Staffordshire

Mich and Peter travel to Scotland & the north east of England for the second time to the Staffordshire & Derbyshire areas to find three bakeries worthy of representing the area in the competition. Those three bakeries are: The Pudding Room, Spondon Bakery & Lawton's Famous Pies. The Pudding Room is chosen as the winning bakery of this episode and they are moving on to the regional finals.

Jan 8, 2014
Scotland
Season 2Episode 460 min

Scotland

Mich and Peter travel to Scotland & the north east region of England to Scotland to find three bakeries worthy of representing the area in the competition. Those three bakeries are: Garvald Bakery, Bakery Andante and Blair Atholl Watermill. The Blair Atholl Watermill is chosen as the winning bakery of this episode and they are moving on to the regional finals.

Jan 9, 2014
Regional Final: Scotland and the North East
Season 2Episode 560 min

Regional Final: Scotland and the North East

The week's winners go head to head in the Scottish and north-east of England regional final. Temperatures rise as the four bakeries do battle in the kitchen, with Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell scrutinising their every move. The aim is to create an afternoon tea to impress the judges, including a complicated layered hazelnut meringue gateau with hazelnut praline.

Jan 10, 2014
Devon
Season 2Episode 660 min

Devon

Three Devon-based bakeries try to impress judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell as they compete for a place in the regional final. A former Navy chef presents rum babas, a self-taught artisan baker rustles up some fennel and spinach bread, and a cake specialist prepares puff pastry, before all are challenged to create fudge-frosted choux eclairs.

Jan 13, 2014
Somerset and Dorset
Season 2Episode 760 min

Somerset and Dorset

Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell visit three bakeries in Somerset and Dorset. Two artisan chefs hope their garlic sourdough will impress and a mother-and-daughter duo create caramelised upside-down apple tarts under the watchful eyes of the judges, while a traditional baker struggles when challenged to incorporate goat's cheese into his food.

Jan 14, 2014
Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire
Season 2Episode 860 min

Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire

Three Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire bakeries come under the scrutiny of judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell, with two brothers rustling up lardy cakes, an artisan mother-and-son team attempting a Genoise sponge for the first time, and a French patissier taking on a British classic - sausage rolls.

Jan 15, 2014
Hampshire and Wiltshire
Season 2Episode 960 min

Hampshire and Wiltshire

Three bakeries from Hampshire and Wiltshire go head to head. A husband and wife team unleash their Danish pastries; a former Michelin starred chef hopes his chorizo tart will impress and a passionate Italian declares his newfound love for the gooseberry.

Jan 16, 2014
Regional Final: South West
Season 2Episode 1060 min

Regional Final: South West

Four bakeries compete in the south-west England regional final. They will all be aiming to make their mark with a tasty afternoon tea, as they create a two-tiered coffee and walnut cake with buttercream icing against the clock before judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell decide who is the winner.

Jan 17, 2014
Wales
Season 2Episode 1160 min

Wales

Britains Best Bakery is a national search for the best independent, family-run or community bakery. Bakeries from all over the UK compete in a series of baking challenges that put their skills to the test and make viewers' mouths water.

Jan 20, 2014
Birmingham
Season 2Episode 1260 min

Birmingham

The competition arrives in Birmingham, where a Caribbean mother and daughter duo make jerk chicken, a pair of French brothers create a lemongrass dish and two community cupcake bakers cook up some empanadas. With judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell.

Jan 21, 2014
South Wales and West Wales
Season 2Episode 1360 min

South Wales and West Wales

Britains Best Bakery is a national search for the best independent, family-run or community bakery. Bakeries from all over the UK compete in a series of baking challenges that put their skills to the test and make viewers' mouths water.

Jan 22, 2014
West Midlands
Season 2Episode 1460 min

West Midlands

Contestants from the West Midlands compete for a place in the regional final. A house husband makes a smelly scone, a brother-and-sister team creates a cake using root vegetables and a traditional baker gets into a sticky situation when he rustles up caramel apple crumble tart.

Jan 23, 2014
Regional Final: Wales and Central England
Season 2Episode 1560 min

Regional Final: Wales and Central England

The best of the contenders from Wales and central England battle it out, creating an afternoon tea with a mix of both sweet and savoury items, and attempting a layered lime and coconut cake, all against the clock. Judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell must decide which baker goes through to National Finals week.

Jan 24, 2014
Lancashire and Merseyside
Season 2Episode 1660 min

Lancashire and Merseyside

Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell visit three bakers in Lancashire and Merseyside, including a Parisian-inspired patisserie-maker who creates an elaborate fraisier, two pie manufacturers who struggle to produce tea cakes and a pair of cake-makers who are forced to bake their first bread loaf in years.

Jan 27, 2014
Manchester and Cheshire
Season 2Episode 1760 min

Manchester and Cheshire

Britains Best Bakery is a national search for the best independent, family-run or community bakery. Bakeries from all over the UK compete in a series of baking challenges that put their skills to the test and make viewers' mouths water.

Jan 28, 2014
Perthshire
Season 2Episode 1860 min

Perthshire

Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell challenge two cake-making mothers from Perthshire, a French-style Edinburgh boulangerie and a team of traditional family bakers to create a product that combines pistachio and meringue. They are then asked to prepare Arbroath smokie tarts side by side in the same kitchen.

Jan 29, 2014
Cumbria
Season 2Episode 1960 min

Cumbria

Contestants push themselves to the limit in the hope of impressing judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell. A self-taught cake-maker competes against the owners of a traditional shop who have a passion for heritage baking and members of a family-run business from Carlisle. They must all make filo pastry, and then perfect their damson upside-down cakes.

Jan 30, 2014
Regional Final: Scotland and the North West of England
Season 2Episode 2060 min

Regional Final: Scotland and the North West of England

The four bakeries in the Scotland and north-west England regional final go head to head, facing two tough tasks working side by side in the same kitchen. They attempt an innovative afternoon tea to impress judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell, followed by technically challenging flourless chocolate cake with ganache and berries. Three outfits are eliminated, leaving one to go through.

Jan 31, 2014
East Anglia
Season 2Episode 2160 min

East Anglia

As the competition heads to the south-east of England, representatives of three bakeries from East Anglia - a worldly Australian, a Norfolk heritage bread baker, and a quirky pair of siblings - are put through their paces. They are challenged to get creative with enriched dough and spinach, and rustle up 13 lemon meringue pies against the clock.

Feb 3, 2014
London
Season 2Episode 2260 min

London

Three diverse London establishments go head to head, as they are challenged to make piped orange Viennese biscuits for judges Peter Sidwell and Mich Turner. Taking part are a pair of flamboyant Americans, a Turkish Cypriot and a French pattissiere.

Feb 4, 2014
Home Counties
Season 2Episode 2360 min

Home Counties

Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell oversee proceedings as contestants from the Home Counties enter the fray. A perfectionist baker brings precision to the competition, and a British traditionalist makes an impression with his bloomer loaf, while a pair of young cake-makers struggle with their shortcrust pastry.

Feb 5, 2014
Kent and Sussex
Season 2Episode 2460 min

Kent and Sussex

Three bakeries from Kent and Sussex compete, including a father-and-son team who cook up some Italian food. A pair of bread gurus take inspiration from the classic dessert Black Forest gateau, and a cupcake-making couple feel the pressure when they are challenged to make some savoury cheese straws.

Feb 6, 2014
Regional Final: South East of England
Season 2Episode 2560 min

Regional Final: South East of England

The heat winners take their place in the south-east England regional final, working side by side in the same kitchen to create an afternoon tea. The stakes are raised when Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell task the four bakeries with making a challenging orange chiffon cake with Swiss meringue butter cream - and only one can go through to the semi-final.

Feb 7, 2014
Final Week: Day 1
Season 2Episode 2660 min

Final Week: Day 1

The five remaining bakeries create 200 sweet and savoury canapes in three hours, as required for the mass catering challenge. Their efforts are then served at a black tie reception for Henley Festival-goers, and for one hopeful the competition comes to an end.

Feb 10, 2014
Final Week: Day 2
Season 2Episode 2760 min

Final Week: Day 2

The last four semi-finalists fight for the three remaining spots in the grand final. Today's Bespoke Bake challenge is to create an afternoon tea menu for special clients the Chelsea Pensioners - which must include a loaf, a fondant fancy and a Chelsea bun.

Feb 11, 2014
Final Week: Day 3
Season 2Episode 2860 min

Final Week: Day 3

The first of a three-day grand final sees judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell upping the stakes for the remaining three bakeries with the Market Challenge. The establishments are challenged to create a range of goods to sell to lunchtime shoppers at London's historic Old Spitalfields Market.

Feb 12, 2014
Final Week: Day 4
Season 2Episode 2960 min

Final Week: Day 4

The three remaining bakeries face the penultimate challenge - the iconic bake. The judges ask them to use all of their ingenuity and creativity to come up with a product that best represents their companies, and can put their regions on the map. However, not everything goes to plan when they are given the chance to shine.

Feb 13, 2014
Final Week: Day 5
Season 2Episode 3060 min

Final Week: Day 5

The search for the champion bakery reaches its climax with the final, featuring the best three outfits from around the country. Their ultimate challenge is to create a wedding cake for a happy couple's special day. Each has proved a worthy contender, but only one can take the title.

Feb 14, 2014

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