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Scotsman
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Bake Off: The Professionals: full cast for 2025 series
Bake Off: The Professionals is welcoming back some favourites to host the latest season 😍 Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Bake Off: The Professionals continues this week. The chefs face having to recreate Benoit Blin's Le Café Crème. But who are the hosts and contestants this year? The temperature will be turned up another notch in the Bake Off kitchen this week. The remaining teams of pastry chefs face having to recreate one of Benoit Blin's own dishes. A spin-off of Great British Bake Off, it is now in its 10th series and continues to call Channel 4 home. Audiences have already been treated to spectacular Japanese zen gardens and other amazing creations. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But who is on hosting duty for the show this year? Here's all you need to know: What to expect from Bake Off: The Professionals this week? The preview for tonight's (June 17) episode, via Radio Times, reads: 'The teams are challenged to recreate Benoit Blin's Le Café Crème, a dessert he has made at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons for the past 30 years. 'But to make it even harder, they have no recipe to follow. After this, they create a deceptive gardening-themed illusion showpiece that hides a vegetable cake-inspired dessert to serve 24.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Which teams are in Bake Off: The Professionals series 10? Announced before the start of the show, the line-up include teams of two pastry chefs from the following establishments: Marriott International - Dushantha and Dominic The Pony, Chew Valley - Harry and Jim Lexington - Kitty and Yui Vacherin - Erycsson and Jamie Crumbs & Doilies - Dane and Sally Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill - Saskia and Ashik Capital City College – Westminster - Steve and Ian Ladurée - Amira and Charlotte Corinthia London - Kristin and Kylie Hotel Café Royal - Aarran and Reece The Ned - Darian and Yadira Amun & Abbie - Amun and Abbie Who are the hosts on Bake Off: The Professionals? Bake-Off: The Professionals hosts and judges: (L-R) Ellie Taylor, Liam Charles, Cherish Finden and Benoit Blin | Channel 4 Unlike the judges, the hosts of the show have changed a lot of the 10 series so far. Over the years the likes of Tom Kerridge, Angus Deayton and Tom Allen have presented the show. For series 10, former Great British Bake Off contestant and Junior Bake Off judge Liam Charles and comedian, actress and writer Ellie Taylor will be on presenting duties. They have hosted it together since series eight - with Liam first becoming a host on the show in series three. Liam said: 'I feel like the chemistry between myself, Cherish, Benoit, and latterly Ellie, just gets better and better the more time we spend with each other. I also think the challenges have got a lot harder. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I know that's a bit rich coming from me, who can't do most of the challenges, but they seem to me to have got more difficult as the years have passed. The chefs are using a lot of cool new techniques as well. I think the show has just become a little more slick as time has gone by.' Who are the judges on Bake Off: The Professionals? Bake Off: The Professionals judge Cherish Finden | Channel 4/ Laura Palmer It will be a pair of familiar faces on judging duty for the 10th series of Bake-Off: The Professionals. Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden are returning to cast an expert eye, and several thousand expert tastebuds, over the contestants' creations. Blin is best known as the Chef Pâtissier at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons. He said: 'What I've really noticed is that the gap between the strongest and weakest teams has narrowed so much. And when you reach the second or third stage of the competition, you see the teams are all really close together. I think now all the teams really understand what the competition is all about, so they prepare a little better.' Finden is formerly Executive Pastry Chef of the Pan Pacific London Hotel. Speaking ahead of series 10, she added: 'Hitting our 10th anniversary is like pulling a perfectly risen soufflé out of the oven – pure joy and satisfaction. Every series brings fresh talent, new surprises, and breathtaking creations. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'It is amazing to see how they evolve. I'm honoured to still be part of this journey and continue to inspire and challenge the best pastry in the industry.' Both Blin and Finden have been judges on the show since it began back in 2016 on BBC Two - when it was originally called Bake Off: Crème de la Crème. The duo have judged on all 10 series, including the one airing in 2025. Have you got a story you want to share with our readers? You can now send it to us online via YourWorld at . It's free to use and, once checked, your story will appear on our website and, space allowing, in our newspapers.
Daily Mirror
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Silent Witness actor Emilia Fox explores murder cases in new C4 series
In a documentary that thinks it's a drama, Emilia Fox teams up with real experts to solve cold case murders A slightly confused format, In The Footsteps Of Killers (tonight June 17, C4, 10pm) sees actress Emilia Fox, whose only expertees here is Silent Witness 'acting as a pathologist', join forces with an actual criminologist and detective to solve real cold cases. She troops around after Professor David Wilson and former senior cop Dr Graham Hill, asking them pertinent questions as they rake over the original investigations for new leads. It's fascinating enough for anyone with a morbid interest in murder cases that were well known at the time but have never been solved. The black-and-white opening titles see Emilia and David walking down a street with intent, as if they are in a Nordic crime drama, while eerie music plays. Not quite sure what genre it wants to be, this is actually a straight documentary looking to explore cold cases, with Emilia prodding the experts. Then they head to an 'important location', while explaining the first case. In this episode, the team examines the 1993 murder of 42-year-old Bulic Forsythe, a manager at Lambeth Council, who was savagely beaten in his own home in Clapham, London, before the property was set on fire. Emilia says: 'The fire brigade was called to this block of flats. His head had been repeatedly beaten. There was no sign of break-in.' Professor Wilson wades into the various theories before briefing Graham on the case. Was Bulic murdered for personal reasons? Or was he silenced, to prevent him from whistleblowing, by dark forces operating within his council workplace? No one seems to want to talk, but the trio looks to uncover new evidence. In The Footsteps Of Killers is airing on Channel 4 tonight (June 17) at 10pm. There's plenty more on TV tonight - here's the best of the rest.. BAKE OFF: THE PROFESSIONALS, CHANNEL 4, 8pm By this stage in the competition, everyone is always slightly on the edge - on the edge of madness, tears, hysterics, break down… fair to say, it's tense. 'I'm just going to go back to the hotel and cry in the shower,' says contestant Amun, summing up the general vibe. Ellie Taylor and Liam Charles try to add a light touch as harsh judges, world-class pâtissier experts Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden, throw out more tough tasks. First they must recreate Benoit's 'Le Café Crème', a dessert designed by his boss Raymond Blanc that he has made for the past 30 years. There's a catch - the chefs only have a scaled-back recipe and one dessert to examine and taste test. 'What a big coffee cup for them to fill,' says Cherish. In their second challenge, the teams play illusionists as they create a deceptive gardening-themed illusion showpiece. As they glaze pumpkins, wrangle with chocolate boxes and accidentally smash a spade, not everyone will blossom. MY LIFE IS MURDER, U&ALIBI, 9pm Lucy Lawless (aka Xena: Warrior Princess) reprises her role as Alexa Crowe in this light-hearted comedy crime drama. In this fourth season, there are eight new mysteries, eight new worlds, and eight diabolical killers that only Alexa can catch. But this time, she's bringing her family along for the ride. Emboldened by the changes in her life, ready to revisit demons of the past and excited to embrace her future, Alexa is even more of a force to be reckoned with. The cast includes Ebony Vagulans as tech guru Madison, Joe Naufahu as café owner, Reuben, Rawiri Jobe as Detective Harry Henare and Martin Henderson as Alexa's brother Will. Watch out for guest stars over the series that include comedian Bill Bailey and Rodger Corser. In this episode, a wealthy socialite dies in suspicious circumstances, leaving her entire fortune to her cat. To uncover the truth, Alexa investigates a heady world of high society gossip. EMMERDALE, ITV1, 7.30pm Aaron is off to see Robert in prison, although he's lied to everyone about where he's going. Robert says he still loves Aaron, and reckons Aaron loves him too. But Aaron reminds him that he was the one who forced their relationship apart. Back at home, John finds out where Aaron is and believes that their two-week marriage is already dead and buried. Victoria tries her best to reassure him. Later on, John decides to pay Robert a visit too… EASTENDERS, BBC1, 7.30pm At the station, Ross demands answers as Vicki goes to comfort Isla. Kat worries about Joel's influence on Tommy, but gets no support from Alfie. Ross tries to talk to Joel, who lies. Vicki tries to support Ross, so she meets up with Isla and offers her money to drop the complaint, promising to make Joel understand that what he did was wrong. Phil worries that Linda isn't coping with having to do the lion's share of work at The Vic.
