The Great British Bake Off (series 5)
| The Great British Bake Off Series 5 | |
|---|---|
| Presented by |
Mel Giedroyc Sue Perkins |
| Judges |
Mary Berry Paul Hollywood |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Anna Beattie |
| Producer(s) | Samantha Beddoes |
| Location(s) | Welford Park |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Love Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 6 August – 8 October 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Series 4 |
| Followed by | Series 6 |
The fifth series of The Great British Bake Off began on Wednesday 6 August 2014.Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins present the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood return as judges. Twelve contestants compete in this series, and the competition was held in Welford Park in Berkshire. The series was won by Nancy Birtwhistle, with Luis Troyano and Richard Burr finishing as runners-up.
The programme was moved from BBC Two to BBC One starting this year, however the Masterclass episodes remained on BBC Two. A companion series The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice hosted by comedian Jo Brand started this year was also shown on BBC Two.
Diana left the show after episode 4 due to illness. Her departure was announced at the start of episode 5. The night before episode 5 was scheduled to be taped, she suffered a head injury, resulting in an overnight stay in A&E and a loss of her senses of taste and smell that persisted.
Because the judges were unable to agree, no-one was eliminated this week.
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For their first bake, the contestants were required to make a Swiss roll as their signature challenge in two and a half hours. For the technical bake, the baker were set the challenge of baking a cherry cake in two hours using Mary Berry's recipe. In the showstopper challenge, the bakers were given three and a half hours to bake their own choice of classic British cakes in miniature. The bakers needed to make 36 cakes of identical size, shape and texture.
In this episode, the bakers were challenged with creating biscuits. Firstly, in the signature, they had two hours to bake 36 savoury biscuits. In the technical challenge, they had one and a quarter hours with Mary Berry's recipe for florentines, which the bakers found difficult. In the final challenge, the bakers had four hours to make some kind of biscuit scene. Though Berry stressed that everything must be home-made, Enwezor chose to bring some fondant he admitted to not baking himself contributing to his dismissal. The event was discussed on various websites and was deemed disrespectful.
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