Bake Off: The Professionals
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Bake Off: The Professionals (previously Bake Off: Crème de la Crème from 2016 to 2017) is a British television baking competition featuring teams of professional pastry chefs pitted against one another over two challenges. It is a spin-off from The Great British Bake Off, and its first episode was screened on BBC Two on 29 March 2016.[1] The eight-episode first series of the programme was presented by Tom Kerridge, with Benoit Blin, Cherish Finden and Claire Clark serving as judges.[2] The second series was presented by Angus Deayton, and Claire Clark did not return as a judge.[3] The third series moved to Channel 4 to join The Great British Bake Off after the BBC declined to renew the series.[4] The Channel 4 series has been renamed Bake Off: The Professionals, and was originally presented by comedian Tom Allen and former GBBO competitor Liam Charles. Currently it is presented by Charles and comedian Ellie Taylor.[5]
Bake Off: The Professionals | |
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Also known as | Bake Off: Crème de la Crème |
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Directed by | Emma Reynolds |
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Theme music composer | Tom Howe |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 47 |
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Producers | Kate Baller, Laura Smith |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Love Productions |
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Network | BBC Two (2016–2017) Channel 4 (2018–) |
Release | 29 March 2016 (2016-03-29) – present |
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The Great British Bake Off |
The first series was won by the Squires Kitchen Cookery School team led by Mark Tilling,[6] followed by a team of military chefs led by Liam Grime,[7] a team from London Hilton Park Lane with Emmanuel Bonneau,[8] Thibault Marchand and Erica Sangiorgi from Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel,[9] and Laurian Veaudor and Thibault Courtoisier from Cocorico Patisserie.[10] Andrew Minto and Michael Coggan from Gin and Bake in Cardiff won in 2021.