Series 3

The toughest Bake Off on TV returns. The six teams tackle two miniature classics, strawberry tarts and fruit salad, before reinventing the retro pineapple upside-down cake.

The five remaining teams make the classic layered dessert millefeuille, master the art of illusion, and create a bird-themed pièce montée adorned with Paris-Brest

It's chocolate week, and the remaining teams are pushed to their limits with a secret, never-before-seen challenge, before creating firework-themed explosive chocolate showpieces.

Six new teams make tarte chiboust vallée d'Auge and rice puddings, before reinventing the Key lime pie, complete with breathtaking towering edible sculptures, for their showpiece.

The five remaining teams in this heat make layered vegetable cake slices and tomato shaped desserts, before creating an allotment-themed pièce montée made from 160 choux buns.

The four remaining teams in this heat face chocolate week and a secret challenge, before making skyline-inspired towering chocolate showpieces and geometric chocolate tarts.

The three best teams from both heats join forces to face new rivals and more challenges. They make kouign-amann and soaked babas, before creating a skin-crawling sugar showpiece.

It's the quarter-final and the five remaining teams make macarons, cocktail-inspired desserts and a playtime-inspired showpiece, as they compete for a place in the semi-final.

In the semi-final, the four remaining teams face a secret recipe challenge before making a magical Charlotte Russe display and some gourmet theatre, to secure a spot in the final.

The best three teams compete to be crowned the winner as they construct chocolate hats worn by real models and a mind-blowing historical banquet for friends and family.