Bake Off: The Professionals

*Bake Off: The Professionals*
Bake Off: The Professionals
Also known as	Bake Off: Crème de la Crème
Genre	Cookery; Reality;
Directed by	Emma Reynolds
Presented by	Tom Kerridge; Angus Deayton; Tom Allen; Liam Charles; Stacey Solomon; Ellie Taylor;
Judges	Benoit Blin; Claire Clark; Cherish Finden;
Theme music composer	Tom Howe
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	47
Production
Executive producers	Anna Beattie; Richard Bowron; Richard McKerrow;
Producers	Kate Baller, Laura Smith
Production locations	Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, UK (2016); Firle Place, East Sussex, UK (2017–present);
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Love Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two (2016–2017); Channel 4 (2018–)
Release	29 March 2016 –; present
Related
	The Great British Bake Off
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Bake Off: The Professionals (previously Bake Off: Crème de la Crème from 2016 to 2017) is a British television baking competition featuring teams of professional pastry chefs pitted against one another over two challenges. It is a spin-off from The Great British Bake Off, and its first episode was screened on BBC Two on 29 March 2016.^[1] The eight-episode first series of the programme was presented by Tom Kerridge, with Benoit Blin, Cherish Finden and Claire Clark serving as judges.^[2] The second series was presented by Angus Deayton, and Claire Clark did not return as a judge.^[3] The third series moved to Channel 4 to join The Great British Bake Off after the BBC declined to renew the series.^[4] The Channel 4 series has been renamed Bake Off: The Professionals, and was originally presented by comedian Tom Allen and former GBBO competitor Liam Charles. Currently it is presented by Charles and comedian Ellie Taylor.^[5]

The first series was won by the Squires Kitchen Cookery School team led by Mark Tilling,^[6] followed by a team of military chefs led by Liam Grime,^[7] a team from London Hilton Park Lane with Emmanuel Bonneau,^[8] Thibault Marchand and Erica Sangiorgi from Kimpton Fitzroy London Hotel,^[9] and Laurian Veaudor and Thibault Courtoisier from Cocorico Patisserie.^[10] Andrew Minto and Michael Coggan from Gin and Bake in Cardiff won in 2021.

^ Alexander, Saffron (29 March 2016). "Everything you need to know about Bake Off: Creme de la Creme". The Daily Telegraph.
^ "Great British Bake Off gets professional spin-off show". BBC. 2 December 2015.
^ "Bake Off Creme de la Creme is staying on the BBC – with a new host". Radio Times. 20 January 2017.
^ Harrison, Ellie. "Bake Off spin-off Crème de la Crème will also leave the BBC for Channel 4". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Tom Allen joins Bake Off : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
^ Lisa Jenkins (17 May 2016). "Team Tilling crowned winners of BBC2's Bake Off: Crème de la Crème". The Caterer.^{[dead link]}
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[telegraph_2016-1] Alexander, Saffron (29 March 2016). "Everything you need to know about Bake Off: Creme de la Creme". The Daily Telegraph.

[bbc_2015-2] "Great British Bake Off gets professional spin-off show". BBC. 2 December 2015.

[radio_times-3] "Bake Off Creme de la Creme is staying on the BBC – with a new host". Radio Times. 20 January 2017.

[4] Harrison, Ellie. "Bake Off spin-off Crème de la Crème will also leave the BBC for Channel 4". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[5] Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Tom Allen joins Bake Off : News 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[6] Lisa Jenkins (17 May 2016). "Team Tilling crowned winners of BBC2's Bake Off: Crème de la Crème". The Caterer.^{[dead link]}

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