The WORST episodes of The Great Australian Bake Off
Every episode of The Great Australian Bake Off ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Great Australian Bake Off!
Baking enthusiasts are put through a series of grueling elimination challenges, baking a mouth-watering selection of cakes, pies, tarts, pastries, bread, biscuits and desserts, all in the hope of being crowned Australia's Best Home Baker.
#5 - Citrus Week
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2023
Our amateur bakers compete to show us a tangy tropical side to baking for Citrus Week, taking on individual citrus tarts, a gin and tonic roulade and a citrus meringue creation.
#7 - Hybrid
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2019
The bakers mix things up to create a fusion of favourites, croissants that look like muffins, doughnuts that aren't quite what they seem, and cakes made from anything but cake.
#8 - Choux
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/2015
Our top 10 bakers are up for the challenge that is choux pastry, making their best eclairs for the Signature challenge, a tough Paris Brest for the technical and a gorgeous Gateau St Honore for their end-of-show Showstopper. BAKE!
#11 - Pies & Tarts
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2016
The bakers are given two hours to create a family sized quiche with a filling of their choice, before being tasked with baking a pistachio frangipane tart with roasted rhubarb and raspberries.
#13 - Bread
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/17/2015
Carb alert, it's bread week in Bake Off! Flat breads are the signature of the day, knotted bread rolls are this week's tricky technical and a showstopping stollen rounds off the weekend. Who will use their loaf and rise to the top? And who will roll over and leave the competition?
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Chocolate
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/2015
Half way through Bake Off and we're baking with the three main food groups this week - milk, dark and white. It's chocolate week! This week, our intrepid bakers tackle brownies in the signature. A Black Forest gateau makes for a tricky test in the technical and a Showstopper chocolate medley proves to be triple trouble.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Cakes
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/2016
What better way to kick off the series than with a Bake Off cake off! The bakers have two hours to bake one family sized signature cake. The bakers have to cook in an unfamiliar kitchen to a tight deadline under the watchful eyes of judges Maggie Beer and Matt Moran.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Pies
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/3/2015
Our nine bakers turn piemakers this week! They are challenged to reinvent an Aussie icon in the humble Australian Pie. Their technical challenge this week is to make a perfect blood orange and chocolate meringue pie. And let's see how the show is stopped with their take on a deep dish fruit pie.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Cake
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2013
The ultimate kitchen battle erupts as 10 contestants have their baking skills put to the test, in the hope of being crowned Australia's Best Home Baker. Hosted by Shane Jacobson and Anna Gare, together with judges Dan Lepard and Kerry Vincent.
Watch Now:Amazon