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Teams of professional chefs compete to create elaborate patisserie and desserts.

Baking competition pitting teams of professional chefs against each other to create towering showpieces and multitudes of miniatures, under the scrutiny of two of the industry's top patissiers.

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Bake Off Creme de la Creme: Series 1: Episode 5

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The teams transform chocolate cheesecake into stunning showpiece displays.

The search for Britain's best team of pastry chefs. In the last of the heats, three teams must transform chocolate cheesecake into stunning showpiece displays.

The search for the creme de la creme of British pastry has reached the last heat, with just three teams left hoping to secure their place in the semi-finals.

Tom Kerridge welcomes a team from a fine-dining restaurant in Liverpool, a team from Leeds led by a self-taught chocolatier and three pastry chefs from south Wales who are representing their country in this year's culinary Olympics.

To secure a place in the semi-finals, the teams must impress the formidable judging panel of Benoit Blin, chef patissier at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Claire Clark MBE, world-renowned pastry chef and consultant, and Cherish Finden, executive pastry chef at the Langham, London.

In the Miniatures Challenge, the teams must cook against the clock and have just three hours to produce 36 dacquoise slices, 36 fruit tartlets and 36 petits gateaux in the shape of a cube. They need to make every batch identical in size and shape and avoid Cherish getting out her ruler. But will they impress Benoit and Claire with their innovative flavour profiles?

In the Showpiece Challenge, the team are asked to reinvent a classic homemade dessert as a fine-dining experience. For this heat, chocolate cheesecake is transformed into three stunning showpiece displays. One team takes its inspiration from the ancient Aztecs while another travels back to ancient Greece. The third team opts to avoid a theme altogether, instead focusing on making the best possible cheesecake. Which tactic will pay off when the final scores are revealed?

Bake Off Creme de la Creme: Series 1

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Celebrated chef Tom Kerridge hosts the search for Britain's best team of pastry chefs.

Celebrated chef Tom Kerridge hosts the search for Britain's best team of pastry chefs. The teams must create elaborate patisserie and desserts for judges Benoit Blin, Claire Clark and Cherish Finden.

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