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Best Episodes of The Great Irish Bake Off
Pastry
S2 Ep2
8.4
28th May 2014
It is getting hot in the tent this week for the bakers – this week it is all about Pastry. Pastry is a favourite of both the judges Biddy While Lennon and Paul Kelly. There are 11 bakers remaining – they are dreading the Technical challenge – which is set by Biddy this week – they have to show their skills with hot water crust pastry and Biddy’s wild ingredients. Will Dave be able to keep his cool this week and prove to the judges he is more than capable? Will Treasa’s time keeping improve?
Classic Baking
S2 Ep6
8.3
25th Jun 2014
Things are hotting up for the remaining bakers whose technical challenge on this occasion is to produce a pear tarte tatin.
Bread
S2 Ep5
8.3
18th Jun 2014
It is time for the dreaded bread test as the seven remaining bakers are challenged to produce a savoury loaf and a sweet loaf.
Biscuits
S2 Ep3
8.3
4th Jun 2014
The remaining nine bakers are challenged to produce a retro savoury and sweet biscuit to impress the judges, Paul Kelly and Biddy White Lennon.
Final
S2 Ep8
8.2
3rd Jul 2014
This is it! We’re down to our final three bakers!
Cake
S2 Ep1
8.1
21st May 2014
The culinary contest returns to test the skills of 12 passionate home bakers as they battle it out to be crowned Best Amateur Baker by judges Paul Kelly and Biddy White Lennon. In the first edition, the hopefuls must make a cake that displays their personality to the judges, before they face a dreaded technical challenge. Presented by Anna Nolan
Worst Episodes of The Great Irish Bake Off
Week 1 -- Cakes
S1 Ep1
6.2
19th Sep 2013
The 12 candidates bake cupcakes for their first test, followed by blind tasting Technical bake. One will be declared the star baker and one will be eliminated.
Chocolate
S3 Ep4
6.8
15th Nov 2015
The latest task for the amateur bakers is to produce a chocolate swiss roll.
Bread
S3 Ep3
7.2
8th Nov 2015
The remaining bakers are challenged to bake a stuffed savoury picnic loaf and stollen bread.
Week 2 -- Tarts
S1 Ep2
7.3
26th Sep 2013
Following last week's elimination the tension is beginning to mount in the Great Irish Bake Off tent. The judges search for their king and queen of tarts as the contestants are put through their first showstopper challenge.
Cakes
S3 Ep2
7.4
1st Nov 2015
The bakers are asked to create an 'adults-only' coffee cake and a showstopping Halloween cake.
Party Week
S3 Ep6
7.5
29th Nov 2015
The bakers are challenged to produce gluten-free Irish ingredient pizzas and traditional Italian calzones.
The Great Irish Bake Off Episode Guide
Week 1 -- Cakes
S1 Ep1
6.2
19th Sep 2013
The 12 candidates bake cupcakes for their first test, followed by blind tasting Technical bake. One will be declared the star baker and one will be eliminated.
Week 2 -- Tarts
S1 Ep2
7.3
26th Sep 2013
Following last week's elimination the tension is beginning to mount in the Great Irish Bake Off tent. The judges search for their king and queen of tarts as the contestants are put through their first showstopper challenge.
Week 3 -- Bread
S1 Ep3
7.7
3rd Oct 2013
Paul Kelly and Biddy White Lennon challenge the remaining contestants to create an Irish bread basket composed of Soda bread, Irish tea bread and a non-yeasted bread for the signature bake.
In the technical bake, the amateur bakers must recreate Paul's tear and share Party bread.
Week 4 -- Puddings
S1 Ep4
7.6
10th Oct 2013
This week's technical challenge is Biddy's Cider & Apple Warm Pudding. And for the showstopper, the remaining nine bakers must demonstrate their skills at making a roulade, a crumble and a bread-based dessert.
The best rated episodes of The Great Irish Bake Off are:
Pastry S2E2 rated 8.4
Classic Baking S2E6 rated 8.3
Bread S2E5 rated 8.3
Biscuits S2E3 rated 8.3
Final S2E8 rated 8.2
Cake S2E1 rated 8.1
The lowest rated episodes of The Great Irish Bake Off are:
Week 1 -- Cakes S1E1 rated 6.2
Chocolate S3E4 rated 6.8
Bread S3E3 rated 7.2
Week 2 -- Tarts S1E2 rated 7.3
Cakes S3E2 rated 7.4
Party Week S3E6 rated 7.5
The first episode of The Great Irish Bake Off aired on September 19, 2013.
The last episode of The Great Irish Bake Off aired on December 13, 2015.
There are 24 episodes of The Great Irish Bake Off.
