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Episode 6

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47

Jan 12, 2014

Judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell take their search to the South West of England, where three Devon-based bakeries enter the baking arena.

Season 2, 30 episodes

This week cake connoisseur Mich Turner and bread expert Peter Sidwell begin their search in the North East, pitting three Yorkshire bakeries against each other at judging HQ.

Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell’s hunt for Britain’s Best hits Northumberland and Co Durham. A Consett based builder recently turned baker enters the fray battling against artisan bakers from Darlington and a father and son team.

It’s the turn of three bakeries from Derbyshire and Staffordshire to come under the scrutiny of judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell.

Three Scottish bakeries enter the baking arena: a community bread bakery with a lot of heart is pitted against artisan bread makers from Edinburgh and a Perthshire based Israeli baker who mills his own flour at a 400-year-old watermill.

This week’s winners go head to head in the Scotland and North East England regional final. Temperatures rise as the four bakeries do battle in the kitchen, with Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell scrutinising their every move.

Judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell take their search to the South West of England, where three Devon-based bakeries enter the baking arena.

Three bakeries from Somerset and Dorset are keen to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be crowned Britain’s Best.

It’s the turn of three bakeries from Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to come under the scrutiny of judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell.

Three bakeries from Hampshire and Wiltshire go head to head. A husband and wife team unleash their Danish pastries; a former Michelin starred chef hopes his chorizo tart will impress and a passionate Italian declares his newfound love for the gooseberry.

The pressure is on as this week’s four winners face off in the South West England regional final. All must make their mark with a sumptuous afternoon tea; temperatures rise in the kitchen.

This week judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell are putting bakeries from Wales and Central England through a series of tough challenges. Today it’s the turn of three Welsh bakeries to step into the ring.

The competition heats up in Birmingham as a Caribbean baking mother and daughter spice things up with their jerk chicken, a pair of French baking brothers are keen to show off their Michelin trained pedigree with an ingenious lemongrass creation.

Three bakeries from South and West Wales enter the fray, as a traditional father and son team is pitted against a vegetarian baking mother and daughter duo, and a French patisserie maker.

The competition hits the West Midlands and the Marches as three bakeries vie for a place in Friday’s regional final.

The search for Britain’s Best Bakery reaches the Wales and Central England final. This week’s winners must battle it out in the kitchen, creating an afternoon tea with a mix of both sweet and savoury items.

All this week judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell are scrutinising bakeries from Scotland and North West England and today it’s the turn of three bakeries from Lancashire and Merseyside.

Three bakeries from Greater Manchester and Cheshire vie for a place in Friday’s regional final. An artisan baker goes up against traditional pasty purveyors, and a pair of chemists turned cake makers.

Three Scottish bakeries battle it out. Two cake making ‘mumpreneurs’ from Perthshire take on a French-style Edinburgh boulangerie and a century-old traditional family bakery.

Three bakeries from Cumbria push themselves to the limit to impress judges Mich and Peter. A newly established self-taught cake maker goes up against a traditional bakery with a passion for heritage baking, and a family-run bakery from Carlisle.

The four bakeries selected to fight it out in the Scotland and North West England regional final go head to head. They face two tough tasks working side by side in the same kitchen: making an innovative afternoon tea to impress the judges.

This week judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell are putting bakeries from the South East through their paces, and today it’s the turn of three bakeries from East Anglia.

The competition hits the capital as three diverse London bakeries go head to head. A pair of flamboyant Americans present an indulgent chocolate pecan cheesecake; a Turkish Cypriot baker hopes his national fare will give him the edge.

Three bakeries from the Home Counties enter the fray – a British traditionalist raises the bar with his bloomer loaf; a pair of young cake makers feel the heat making shortcrust pastry.

Three bakeries from Kent and Sussex go head to head. A very British father and son team cook up some Italian passion.

This week’s heat winners take their place in the South East England regional final, working side by side in the same kitchen to create a dazzling afternoon tea.

It’s the first day of Finals Week and just five bakeries are left in the competition to find Britain’s Best.

It’s the second Semi-Final and four bakeries are competing for a place in the final by working to a brief in the Bespoke Bake.

It’s the first day of a marathon three day Grand Final and judges Mich Turner and Peter Sidwell are upping the stakes for the remaining three bakeries with the Market Challenge.

It’s the penultimate challenge of the competition and the three remaining bakeries have their eyes on the prize.

From sixty bakeries to the final three – the epic six-week search reaches its climax with the final, ultimate challenge: the Wedding Cake.

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Britain's Best Bakery

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The search for the best independent bakery in the land returns with 6 weeks of tough competition, as 60 bakeries selected from all over Britain make their bid to take the ultimate accolade.

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