Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles welcome a fresh batch of professional pastry chefs to compete for the title. Judges Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin set the tasks, beginning with a secret challenge, which sees them working without a recipe to create one of Cherish's own creations, the Apple Tin. Then they serve up a food-and-drink-inspired showpiece with a hidden Victoria sandwich elevated to new heights, far from its humble beginnings

The teams channel all their patisserie experience into creating 24 identical fruit tarts and 24 of the French dessert petit Antoine. They then have five hours to create a showpiece inspired by a Japanese garden, adorned with roll cakes full of flavour. Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles follow their progress, while Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden taste their efforts

The teams create savoury pâté en croute, modern religieuse, and a glamorous wedding mille-feuille showpiece. But who will flake under the pressure and be leaving in tiers?

The teams create judge Benoit's 'Le Café Crème' and a gardening-themed illusion showpiece with a hidden veg-inspired desserts. Whose patisserie prowess will blossom and who'll be bottom of the heap?

The teams make identical framboisier and turn American camping favourite s'mores into a high-end patisserie. Who will leave the judges wanting s'more? And whose dreams will melt away?

The teams make savoury Paris-Brest and savarin, and create a celebration St Honoré to serve 150 people. Who has the patience of a saint to secure a spot in the final six?

Liam Charles and Ellie Taylor present as the best three teams from each set of heats come together. They start off with another secret challenge - six identical plant-based petit gâteaux that feature both chocolate and blood orange, with no recipe to hand. The baking wizards and witches then have to defy gravity as they produce hanging showpieces made entirely from chocolate, delicately suspended from the ceiling, and with two batches of macarons sitting within. Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden decide which pair have to go.