Season

The Great British Bake Off: Series 3

The Great British Bake Off201214 episodes

Overview

The third series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on Tuesday 14 August 2012. The series was filmed at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset. Seven thousand applied for the competition and twelve contestants were chosen.

Details

Series: The Great British Bake Off
Season: Season 3
Air date: 2012-08-14
Episodes: 14 episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Cakes 2012-08-14 | 60 min Signature Challenge: Upside-down Cake. Showstopper Challenge: A cake, when sliced reveals a hidden design. Technical Challenge: Rum Babas.

Episode 2: Bread 2012-08-21 | 60 min Signature Challenge: 24 Flatbreads. Showstopper Challenge: 12 sweet and 12 savoury Bagels. Technical Challenge: Eight-strand plaited loaf.

Episode 3: Tarts 2012-08-28 | 60 min Things are hotting up in the Bake Off tent as the remaining ten bakers do their best to wow Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with some unusual flavour combinations for their tartes tatin.

Episode 4: Desserts 2012-09-04 | 60 min Amateur bakers have their skills tested to the limit. The bakers face three challenges, all designed for a sweet tooth, including a mainstay of French baking - the creme caramel.

Episode 5: Pies 2012-09-11 | 60 min The bakers turn their attention to cooking perfect pies.

Episode 6: Puddings 2012-09-18 | 60 min The bakers are challenged to make two types of sponge puddings, take on a difficult Mary Berry recipe, and deliver a showstopping strudel.

Episode 7: Sweet Dough 2012-09-25 | 60 min The bakers take on three sweet dough challenges.

Episode 8: Biscuits 2012-10-02 | 60 min The remaining bakers face a biscuit based quarter-final.

Episode 9: Patisserie 2012-10-09 | 60 min The bakers seeking a place in the final have to frantically work against the clock to deliver petits fours to Paul and Mary's exacting standards.

Episode 10: The Final 2012-10-16 | 60 min A year after taking part, we catch up with the bakers from series 2 of The Great British Bake Off. What was it really like to compete in the tent, be judged by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, and comforted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins? And how has their shared love of baking and appearing on the series changed their lives?

Episode 11: Masterclass 2012-10-22 | 60 min Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry show how to tackle treacle tarts and rum babas.

Episode 12: Revisited 2012-10-23 | 60 min A chance to catch up with the bakers from series 2 of The Great British Bake Off.

Episode 13: Masterclass 2012-10-24 | 60 min Recipes include the queen of puddings, chocolate tea cakes and jam doughnuts.

Episode 14: Masterclass 2012-10-25 | 60 min Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood show which signature bakes they would have chosen to make.