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The seventh series of The Great British Bake Off aired from 24 August 2016, with twelve contestants competing to be crowned the series 7 winner. This series was the last to be broadcast on BBC One, as the production company Love Productions opted to move the show to Channel 4. As such, it was also the last series to feature Sue Perkins, Mel Giedroyc, and Mary Berry. In the United States, the seventh series was broadcast as the fourth season on PBS and streamed as Collection 4 on Netflix. Sue Perkins does not appear in episode 2. When the episode was being filmed in April 2016 she needed time off to deal with a bereavement. She does appear vocally in the narration. Bakers Results summary This series was won by Candice Brown, with Andrew Smyth and Jane Beedle finishing as runners-up. Colour key: Episodes Episode 1: Cake For the first challenge, the bakers were given 2 hours to make a drizzle cake, the brief being that the cake be moist and well permeated with the drizzle. For the technical challenge, the bakers were instructed to make Mary Berry's recipe for 12 jaffa cakes. The recipe used a whipped fatless sponge, orange jelly and tempered chocolate with a design of sorts. For the final challenge, the bakers were instructed to make a mirror glaze cake. The cake had to have a genoise sponge and have a very shiny, mirror-like top, covering the cake entirely. Episode 2: Biscuits For the Signature Challenge, the bakers were given 21⁄2 hours to make 24 iced biscuits (cookies). The biscuits had to be crisp and uniform. Viennese Whirls were set as the technical challenge. To be completed in 11⁄2 hours, they had to be filled with buttercream and jam, and had have a defined shape. For the showstopper, a gingerbread scene was set as the challenge, the only brief being it that it had to be 30 cm high, and contain eight characters or objects. The bakers had 4 hours for this challenge. Host Sue Perkins did not appear in the episode. Episode 3: Bread For the bakers' first challenge, they had to make a chocolate loaf in 21⁄2 hours. The loaf had to contain chocolate in some form, whether it be cocoa powder or actual pieces of chocolate. For the technical challenge, the bakers were required to make 12 Dampfnudel, a recipe Paul Hollywood called "notoriously difficult". In 2 hours, the bakers had to make 12 steamed bread rolls with two types of sauce. A savoury plaited (braided) centrepiece was set as the showstopper, to be created using at least 3 different flours, in 4 hours. Episode 4: Batter The first task was to make Yorkshire puddings in 2 hours. The bakers used the standard recipe filled with a variety of savory ingredients and flavors. The technical challenge gave the bakers 1 hour to make 12 heart-shaped "lace" pancakes, which required them to draw a heart-shaped design with the batter. They were only allowed one practice pancake. The showstopper challenge was to make 36 sweet churros in 3 hours. Episode 5: Pastry For the signature bake, bakers were tasked with baking 24 breakfast pastries, using 2 different batches of dough (total 12 each) in 31⁄2 hours. The technical challenge required the bakers to make one feathered Bakewell tart in 21⁄2 hours. For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were challenged to make 48 filled filo amuse-bouche; 24 with a savoury filling and 24 with a sweet filling, in 4 hours. Episode 6: Botanical In the signature, the seven remaining bakers were asked to create a meringue pie containing citrus fruit, such as orange, grapefruits and lemons, in 2 hours. In the technical, the contestants had to create two leaf-shaped herb fougasses in hours. In the showstopper, the contestants were asked to create a three-tier cake with a flower theme. All the tiers could be the same flavour, or each with a different flavour, and the cakes could be decorated with flowers, all to be done in hours. Episode 7: Desserts The Signature challenge required the bakers to make a family-sized roulade in 1+1⁄2 hours. The judges were looking for a light sponge cake, even layers of filling, and a clean swirl. The technical challenge gave the bakes 3 hours to make a Marjolaine or Dacquoise, an unusual layered cake made with meringue, decorated with ganache and nuts. The showstopper challenge allocated 4 hours for the bakers to make 24 mini mousse cakes in two flavours (12 of each). Episode 8: Tudor (Quarterfinals) Week eight featured the show's first Tudor theme, featuring food common in the 16th century. During the signature challenge, the five remaining bakers were asked to bake a shaped pie with Tudor flavours in 3 hours. The pie could be any type of pastry and they could use whichever fillings they wanted. In the technical, the contestants were asked to produce 12 jumbles – six knot balls and six Celtic knots, in 11⁄2 hours. In the showstopper challenge, the contestants were asked to bake a marchpane (marzipan) cake in a three-dimensional shape in 31⁄2 hours. However, all of the cakes had to be Tudor-themed. Episode 9: Pâtisserie (Semi-final) The first task for pastry or pâtisserie week required the remaining four contestants to bake 24 palmiers, with two different savoury fillings and shapes, in 3 hours. The technical challenge was to make a Savarin, a liqueur-soaked yeast cake, which none of the contestants had made before, in 21⁄2 hours. The final challenge was to make 36 fondant fancies in 41⁄2 hours. Episode 10: Royal Picnic (Final) In the final signature challenge, the bakers had to make a filled meringue crown, which had to contain at least three layers of meringue, in 3 hours. In the technical, the judges decided to make a familiar bake challenging: the bakers had to make a Victoria sandwich, with no recipe or method given, in 11⁄2 hours. The final showstopper involved the largest number of bakes ever requested in a challenge. The bakers were given 5 hours to make a picnic fit for the Queen, including 1 chocolate celebration cake, 12 sausage rolls, 12 mini quiches, 12 savoury scones and 12 fruit and custard tarts. Christmas specials The Masterclass episodes were replaced by two Christmas specials, which featured eight contestants from the series 2–5. The two Christmas specials were the last to be aired on BBC before the channel move, and thus featured the last appearances of hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins and judge Mary Berry. Judge Paul Hollywood then followed the channel move. The first Christmas special featured Mary-Anne Boermans (Series 2), Cathryn Dresser (Series 3), Ali Imdad (Series 4) and Norman Calder (Series 5). The competition was won by Mary-Anne Boermans. The second Christmas special featured Janet Basu (Series 2), James Morton (Series 3), Howard Middleton (Series 4) and Chetna Makan (Series 5). The competition was won by Chetna Makan. Episode 1 The signature challenge required the bakers to create 2 batches of edible Christmas tree decorations, 12 of each type, using biscuits. The technical challenge, set.... Discover the Benjamina Ebuehi popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Benjamina Ebuehi books.