Episodes (9)

Cake Week
S03E01 · Cake Week

Sep 18, 2019

In this the first week - cake week - the judges want to see what the contestants are all about in the three challenges issued. The signature challenge is to make a cake in the shape of their lucky number, with decorations to match the reason for considering it lucky. The contestants have two hours to complete the challenge. This challenge marks the first time the bakers will get a chance to get acquainted with their baking station. It also introduces the ten contestants to the viewing audience. The main technical issue with this challenge is not to cut the cake while ...

Biscuit Week
S03E02 · Biscuit Week

Sep 25, 2019

It's biscuit week. For the signature bake, the bakers are given ninety minutes to make thirty-six savory crackers and an accompanying dip. Beyond the bakers being told that the thirty-six have to be uniform in size and appearance, the primary technical issues are the baking time for the crackers, which could easily be over-baked in how thin they are, ensuring that they have the typical cracker "snap", and the dip being complimentary in flavor to the cracker itself. For the technical challenge, the bakers are required to make twelve identical marshmallow puff cookies ...

Bread Week
S03E03 · Bread Week

Oct 02, 2019

It's bread week, the bakers who face three different challenges concerning the combination of yeast and flour. For the signature challenge, the bakers are required to make an Eastern European loaf called a povatica in two and half hours. It can be sweet or savory, and can be baked in any shape they would like, but is must have the signature swirl when cut. Beyond taste and texture, the judges are looking for a good ratio of bread to filling, with the filling being distinctive in appearance from the bread itself. The technical challenge is for the bakers to make twelve...

Old School Week
S03E04 · Old School Week

Oct 09, 2019

It's old school week, the phrase which may conjure different connotations depending on one's age, but which is meant to refer to what most would consider retro. The bakers have ninety minutes for their signature challenge which is to make a coffee cake with a streusel topping. The cake is to be both moist and dense which requires a longer bake than most cakes. For the technical challenge, the bakers will be making creme caramels in seventy-five minutes. Beyond perfecting both the caramel and custard components, the biggest issue may be the time, as they have to ...

Chocolate Week
S03E05 · Chocolate Week

Oct 16, 2019

This week, the bakers will have to contend with one of the most beloved yet temperamental of standard baking ingredients, namely chocolate. No matter the challenge, the bakers will have to create bakes that are chocolate forward with all other flavors only as complements to the chocolate. They will have two hours to complete their signature bake of twenty-four chocolate sandwich cookies. The twenty-four should be uniform from one to another, and there should be a correct ratio of cookie to filling. They will also have two hours for their technical challenge to make ...

International Week
S03E06 · International Week

Oct 23, 2019

It's international week, meaning that the bakers will go around in world in three bakes. For the signature challenge, the bakers will be making a tres leches cake, a Mexican favorite, in three hours, but they can incorporate their own international flavors above and beyond the milk. The sponge should be light and airy, and not oversoaked to be made leaden by the milk soaking liquid. The bakers also have to figure out how to infuse the sponge sufficiently with that soaking liquid, the process which is usually allowed to happen overnight. For the technical challenge, ...

Pie Week
S03E07 · Pie Week

Oct 30, 2019

It's the semi-finals, arguably when elimination would be the most bitter. Some are concerned about it being pie week as the category is so diverse, and they always have to be cognizant of having a flaky crust which can be compromised by a filling with too much liquid. For the signature challenge, the bakers will have to create a pastry pie face in two and half hours. The options are endless, the only criterion beyond it being a pie being the need for an elaborately designed face on the surface. For the technical challenge, they will have two and a quarter hours to ...

Finale
S03E08 · Finale

Nov 06, 2019

It's the finals, and three of the original ten bakers remain standing: Colin Asuncion, Jodi Robson and Nataliia Shevchenko. For the signature challenge, the three will have to make a fraisier, a strawberry dessert comprised of a mousse, sponge and cream, in three hours. They are free to incorporate any other flavors they would like but obviously has to complement the strawberry. The most important component may be the mousse, which has to be stable enough to hold together when the fraisier is sliced. The final technical challenge may be more stressful than any of the others in not even having a theme on which ...

The Great Canadian Holiday Baking Show
S03E09 · The Great Canadian Holiday Baking Show

Nov 13, 2019

Four former contestants - James Hoyland and Vandana Jain from season 1, and Timothy Fu and Megan Stasiewich from season 2 - return to the tent for an all-holiday baking competition. For the signature challenge, the bakers will have to make twelve cookie Christmas tree ornaments in two and a half hours. Beyond the taste and the look, they will have to be cognizant of choosing a cookie that is sturdy enough to withstand hanging, while still being edible. For the technical challenge, the bakers will have three hours to make challah, a traditional Jewish egg bread. The braided loaf must have six strands, and the bakers ...

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The Great Canadian Baking Show Season 3 (2019) is released on Sep 18, 2019 and the latest season 6 of The Great Canadian Baking Show is released in 2022. Watch The Great Canadian Baking Show online - the English Reality-TV TV series from Canada. The Great Canadian Baking Show is directed by Dave Russell,Harbinder Singh and created by Amanda Armstrong with Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley.

A group of amateur Canadian bakers are convened for a baking competition. There is a theme to each week's competition, generally in the vein of the type of goods the competitors are to bake (i.e. cakes, cookies, pastry, etc.). Each week, they are given a set amount of time to complete each of three challenges, their finished products which are evaluated by expert judges. The first weekly challenge is the signature bake, the competitors to bake something from their home recipes which are to signify who they are as bakers within the category. The second weekly challenge is the technical challenge, where each of the competitors are provided the same recipe, in large part of something they may have never heard of let alone baked before in their lives. This challenge is to see how knowledgeable the competitors are about general baking concepts. Their finished products are evaluated blind in that the judges have no idea who baked what. The third weekly challenge is the showstopper challenge, in which the competitors are to pull out all the stops to produce a baked good which overall grand appearance is as important as taste. At the end of the week based solely on the three challenges, the judges will name the best competitor star baker, and will send one competitor home, that person whose competition has come to an end. The final three competitors enter into the finale, the winner of that week who will be crowned the overall competition winner.

As know as:

The Great Canadian Baking Show

Countries:

Canada

Language:

English

Stream Service:

CBC

Production Companies:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Love Productions, Proper Television Inc.

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