The fifth series of The Great British Bake Off began on Wednesday 6 August 2014. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins presented the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. Twelve contestants competed 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.

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 03 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 03 Descriprion In bread week, the bakers firstly had to make twelve rye bread rolls in three and a half hours. In the technical challenge, they were given three hours to make four ciabatta loaves using Paul’s recipe, with the advice from Paul that they should be […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 06 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 06 Descriprion For the signature bake, the challenge was to bake a cake inspired by a European cake, but the cake must be leavened with yeast. The bakers were given three hours for the challenge. The technical challenge was set using one of Mary’s recipes for a […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 04 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 04 Descriprion For the signature bake, the judges gave the bakers two hours to make eight self-saucing puddings, meaning the sauce should come from the bake itself. The bakers may choose to make either a fondant or a sponge which creates its own sauce at the bottom. […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 01 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 01 Descriprion 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. […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 08 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 08 Descriprion For the signature bake, they were given the challenge of making sweet fruit loaves that must be free form. They had two and a half hours for the bake which is challenging as the bakers were required to use enriched dough which takes longer to […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 02 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 02 Descriprion 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 18 florentines, which the bakers found […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 10 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 10 Descriprion In the final signature challenge, the bakers had to make Viennoiserie in three and a half hours. They had to make two different types of the pastry. In the technical, the judges decided to bring things “back to basics” by asking the bakers to bake […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 09 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 09 Descriprion For the signature challenge, the bakers had to make baklava, including their own filo pastry, with a time limit of three and a half hours to complete the challenge. There had to be two different types of baklava, and twenty-four portions in total. For the […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 13 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 13 Descriprion Mary and Paul demonstrated how to bake the technical challenges that they set for the bakers as well as their own favorite recipes for some of the other challenges set in the series. They also gave some tips on baking techniques. The Masterclasses episodes were […]

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The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 12 Watch Free Online

The Great British Bake Off Season 05 Episode 12 Descriprion Mary and Paul demonstrated how to bake the technical challenges that they set for the bakers as well as their own favorite recipes for some of the other challenges set in the series. They also gave some tips on baking techniques. The Masterclasses episodes were […]