Overview

• Presenter Alison Hammond introduced the twist as a Bake Off first, with contestants required to select pantry items in five minutes and then use everything they chose.
• Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith judged an array of different white chocolate tarts because bakers worked without a recipe and with varied ingredients.
• Reactions on X ranged from calling the challenge creative or devious to criticizing it for undermining the uniform standards expected in a blind Technical.
• An exclusive clip from RadioTimes showed Iain’s tart base crumbling during transfer, capturing one of the episode’s most tense moments.
• Chocolate Week also set chocolate mousse cups for the Signature and a fondue display for the Showstopper, concluding with one baker’s exit and a new Star Baker named.