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Welcome to Junior Bake Off,

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the show that wants to find Britain's best young baker.

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Today it gets serious, as it's the first of our semi-finals.

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The Bake Off Tent is home to the greatest baking battle on earth.

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I love baking so I'd really, really, really,

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really like to get through to the finals.

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Today in the first semi-final, Cameron...

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Kieran...

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Saffron and Joe

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will be pushed to their baking limits.

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I'm definitely going to up my game

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and my next bake is going to wow the judges.

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Only two can make it through to the final.

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I'm in the semi-finals of Junior Bake Off.

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I feel epic, ecstatic and fantastic.

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It feels really good.

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I'm really excited to see what the challenges are.

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If they want to continue competing for the title

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of Junior Bake Off Champion, they've got to impress our judges...

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Queen of Cakes, Mary Berry.

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We're moving up a gear, things will be more difficult,

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-it's getting hotter.

-And Master Baker Paul Hollywood...

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I expect these junior bakers to reach those lofty heights.

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I will be demanding perfection.

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Could we get a mop and bucket? Spillage in aisle three.

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My name's Aaron Craze and I'll be with them in the Bake Off tent.

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That's a bold move, Joe, in the semi-finals.

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-I know what to do.

-You just told me you were lost.

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As they fight for the first two final places.

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There's everything to bake for, so, let the semi-finals begin!

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Today the temperature rises as our bakers face two tests.

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First they must follow one of Paul's

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technically difficult recipes for pitta bread.

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Then in the second challenge

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their pastry skills will face the ultimate test as they make

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unique and incredible savoury tarts inspired by today's theme - sport.

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Our four semi-finalists are...

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Saffron from Essex,

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who won her place in today's semi with her Summer Celebration Cake

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made of three layers of chocolate sponge,

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coated with chocolate ganache

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and topped with chocolate-dipped summer fruits.

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I think the semi-final is going to be quite a tough challenge,

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because it's getting harder and each bake

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is going to get harder and harder.

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..Cameron from Sheffield...

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He wowed the judges in his heat with his coffee cake

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shaped like a civet.

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He used civet coffee beans to achieve an amazing flavour

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and decorated it with coffee beans and coffee icing.

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I want to get into the final.

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I like to get everything perfect

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and when it's not, I get really stressed.

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..Kieran from York...

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He blew the judges away with his chocolate cake with green marbling

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shaped into a lovely pumpkin

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and topped with Italian meringue frosting.

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I really want to impress the judges,

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keep my standards high and keep baking well to get

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through to the next round which would be good.

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And Joe from West Sussex.

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He got through to today's semi with a space themed

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chocolate orange and vanilla marble cake shaped like Saturn

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and decorated with aliens made from fondant icing.

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It would mean the whole world to get through to the final

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and especially to win the whole of Junior Bake Off.

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That would be everything, the whole galaxy for me.

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So far the judges have been impressed with the bakers'

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cake-making skills,

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but now the semi-finalists are being set their most difficult challenge.

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They'll be tested on their ability to make bread...

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but not just any bread.

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Pitta bread was chosen because it's tricky.

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I will no longer be judging them as young bakers,

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I will be judging them as adults. That's the criteria.

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This is the most tricky thing they've made.

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It's a very difficult challenge.

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They all have the same recipe, ingredients and time

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but if they fail to get the kneading technique bang on,

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the results will be very different. Guys, have you washed your hands?

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-ALL: Yes!

-Good.

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Your pitta breads are going to be judged

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on texture, taste and technique.

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You've got one hour to complete your pitta breads.

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On your marks...

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Get set...

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Bake.

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These guys know their way round the kitchen,

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so if you fancy baking, make sure you ask an adult.

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Pitta bread is made by bringing together flour,

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a pinch of salt, some dried yeast and lukewarm water,

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but it's that all important kneading the judges will be looking for.

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Kieran got through to today's semi-final

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combining creative cake decorating with surprising flavours,

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but today he's out of his comfort zone.

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Do you feel any more pressure

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-now this is the semi-finals?

-Yes, I feel more pressure

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than the first round because it's not my main area of baking.

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I'm better at sweet stuff because I don't do savoury stuff as much.

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Have you got a game plan?

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I'm just going to work my hardest and give it all I've got, really.

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But for Joe, whose hobby is baking bread,

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this should be a walk in the park.

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I'm feeling confident that I can do this

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because I'm really, really, really good at making bread.

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I've done it before.

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Joe's very confident, the problem is his kneading is very weak,

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you've go to fold it to start building the gluten up,

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to get power into the dough.

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Cameron won his place by impressing the judges

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with his melt in the mouth flavours...

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he is one serious baker.

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-Have you ever made bread before?

-I've made white loaves and stuff,

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-but I've never made pitta bread.

-OK.

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What would it mean to go through to the final?

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It would mean everything to me.

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For the past two months, this has been my life, practising my recipes.

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And make sure everything's right.

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Saffron earned her place with professional looking cakes

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and she's a real whizz in the kitchen.

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-Have you done bread before?

-Yep.

-Nice one.

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Have you done pitta breads?

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-Yep.

-So how you feeling about the semi-finals? Are you confident?

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-I'm very confident.

-Yeah. Are we going to see you in the finals?

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-Yeah, I'm sure of it.

-Nice. That's what I like to see,

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confidence oozes out of Saffron.

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Saffron may be confident about getting through to the final

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but are the judges convinced she's kneaded her dough enough?

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The problem I have with Saffron,

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is she just pushed it together.

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There was no kneading at all.

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It took her five minutes from start to finish.

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This is typically Saffron. If you remember the heat,

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she was racing through. It was just too quick.

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There's times when speed is good,

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but speed can cause problems.

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Before the dough can be shaped into pitta bread,

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the bakers must leave it to prove and Saffron is first.

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But will her rushing have an effect on her results?

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The others finally catch up and while their dough proves,

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all they can do is wait.

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With time ticking away the bakers just have to hope

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they've let their dough prove for long enough.

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OK, rise and shine, bakers, 15 minutes to go.

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It's looking really good and it's feeling nice as well.

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It's rised and the yeast has started to activate.

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I'm just sort of concentrating a bit more because

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we have only got 15 minutes left, and they take ten minutes to cook.

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To get the best results, the bakers need to follow the judges' recipe

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but Joe is doing it his own way.

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He rolled them out not thin enough and he's put all four on one tray,

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so he's going to end up with four pitta breads that are rather thick.

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-They're probably going to end up like floury baps.

-Yes.

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The breads are doing OK, they've only been a couple of minutes.

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They're getting some air bubbles round the side.

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I think they're pretty good. They're making me hungry.

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I hope theirs don't rise and mine do rise.

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One minute left to go.

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They smell good. Hopefully they taste good.

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OK, I'm afraid your time's up. Please step away from your worktops.

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There's no more the bakers can do.

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They've faced the judges before but this time it's tougher than ever

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as there are two places in the final at stake.

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Mary and Paul are looking for perfectly risen

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golden pitta breads with a light and airy pocket.

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I think you've all done exceptionally well.

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We chose pitta bread because it's a semi-final

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and it's quite tricky to do. The dough has to be kneaded properly,

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to create a good finished product. We'll start here with Joe.

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Joe was super confident with his bread making skills

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but will the judges be impressed with his results?

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You put them all on one tray.

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In your recipe it clearly says, put it on two trays.

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The reason we put them on two trays is because they have to be bigger.

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Let's have a quick look. It looks more like a floury roll

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than a pitta bread.

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You see inside it's more bread-like than it is pitta-like.

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Now it smells good.

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-To me it's more like a crisp bap.

-Yes.

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Tastes delicious though, lovely.

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Good effort, Joe.

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Has Cameron's first ever attempt at pitta bread

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got what the judges are looking for?

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-You've managed to get...

-A lovely pocket.

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That's where the pork could go or chicken or anything.

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-You've got a nice sandwich.

-They're a nice even size.

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It's a good bake.

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You've managed to create something tasty.

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It'll pass as a pitta bread. It's pretty good.

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Kieran was out of his comfort zone on this challenge

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but has he risen to the occasion?

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Those look good. An even size.

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Yes, you've got a bit of a rise from them as well.

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Let's look for this envelope.

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-There she is.

-It's all in the taste.

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You've got a lovely flavour, a lovely look,

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and you've got a great bake.

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Saffron raced ahead of everyone else

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but will the judges rate her bread any higher?

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You managed to mix it and knead it in five minutes. I couldn't do that!

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But the structure inside is quite irregular.

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You get little bits of pockets, then it's quite tight.

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It's not even enough because the kneading wasn't done properly.

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The taste is fine.

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Thank you very much, judges.

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OK, guys. That's your first challenge complete.

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You've got one more to face. Good luck.

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I think I'm going to give it more welly in the second one

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cos I would really, really, really like to get through to the finals.

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I'm in a stronger position than some of the other people

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who didn't get as good comments.

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If I do well in the tart challenge and don't screw up massively,

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then I'll get through.

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I think my chances of going to the final four are looking quite good

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because I got good comments,

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but everyone else's pitta breads were really good, especially Cameron.

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I think the other bakers did better than me in this round

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but next round I'm definitely going to up my game

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and I know my next bake is going to wow the judges.

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The semi-finalists are about to face the ultimate test

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of their baking ability, pastry making.

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They will be expected to tackle this trickiest of techniques like pros.

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It's one challenge that really will push them to their baking limits.

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Bakers, this is the Invention Challenge - the last test

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that stands between you and a place in the finals.

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We want to test your pastry skills.

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You have to make a savoury tart inspired by today's theme of sport.

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And Mary and Paul are going to be very tough on their judging.

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They are looking for fantastic ideas,

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really brilliant presentation

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and it's got to taste out of this world.

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This is your last chance to impress the judges before they decide

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who goes through to the finals.

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Good luck. On your marks...

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Get set...

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Bake.

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The semi-finalists have just an hour and a half to bake their tarts.

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It's their most difficult bake so far

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and a real test of their baking skills.

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To go through to the finals today would mean everything to me,

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but to win, would actually mean my whole life.

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The bakers have to make their own pastry from scratch

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and after getting a bit lost with the recipe in the first challenge,

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Joe is more at home with the well-practised savoury tarts.

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-Hello, mate. How's it going?

-Really well.

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I'm making spinach and gruyere tarts.

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Oh, lovely. How do you fancy your chances?

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I think I have a pretty good chance of getting through.

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But I don't know. It's all up to the judges.

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Yes. And have you tested this out before at home?

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-Oh, yes.

-Tried and tested.

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-And how did it taste?

-It tasted delicious.

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Well, good luck and don't forget to read that method, OK?

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-Yep.

-Nice one, mate. See you in a bit.

-OK.

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As well as perfecting their pastry,

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the semi-finalists must also cook up a unique

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and delicious filling, good enough to win them a place in the final.

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Kieran has come up with a clever twist

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on the sporty theme for his tarts.

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Keiran, how are your tarts going?

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I'm making club tarts,

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because they have the same ingredients as a club sandwich.

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Club for football clubs,

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and I didn't want to do a specific club in case I offended anyone.

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You could have done Liverpool and I wouldn't have been offended at all!

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What's your main ingredients?

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Mainly tomato, bacon and chicken.

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I call it "with a kick" as well,

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because it's got some cayenne pepper.

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Can't wait to try these later.

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-Thank you.

-Thanks very much.

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Kieran isn't the only baker taking his inspiration from football clubs.

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Cameron is making a tart named after Stoke City, AKA the Potters.

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It's a Staffordshire classic.

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-So, Cameron, what are you making?

-It's Potters' tarts.

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It's based on the traditional Staffordshire oatcakes.

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There's a lot of sporting clubs in Staffordshire.

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-There's Stoke City FC...

-I know Stoke, yeah.

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I'm filling it with bacon, leek and cream.

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That's what they traditionally have on them.

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The judges felt Saffron rushed her pittas in the technical challenge,

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so she needs to pull out all the stops to impress them

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with her savoury tarts.

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What sort of tart are you making?

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-Smoked haddock and roast quail's egg.

-Nice.

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How is this relating to sport?

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Because haddock gives you protein, and so does the eggs,

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and the pastry gives you carbohydrates, or energy.

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-Yes.

-Eggs and smoked haddock go really well together.

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Good luck, Saffron.

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Saffron and Cameron are both pre-baking their bases

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without the filling

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to make sure they're properly cooked and don't soggy at the bottom.

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They feel this blind baking will give them the edge,

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but Kieran has other ideas.

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I'm not blind baking.

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Always when I've blind baked, it's never gone as well.

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Keiran's got a great idea - the whole theme is club sandwich.

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But of course, if you want to have a good tart, you MUST blind bake it.

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That's it.

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With the bakers at the halfway stage,

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the pressure is starting to get more intense

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and it seems to be having an effect on Joe's memory.

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-Hey, Joe.

-I'm lost!

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You're lost?

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-What's going on?

-I've forgotten how to make the sauce, the filling.

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Forgotten how to make the sauce. What did it say on the instructions?

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Um...

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-Have you been following that?

-That's for the pastry.

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Where's your other recipe? You haven't got one.

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You're doing this without any method?

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Straight off the top of your head - that's a bold move, Joe.

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-In the semifinals!

-I know what to do.

-You just told me your were lost!

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Joe seems happy enough to work without a recipe,

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but over in Cameron's corner there's a big problem to be dealt with.

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My pastry's not cooking.

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Cameron's pastries aren't blind baking properly,

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but he needs to get them filled and back in the oven, sharpish.

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My pastry's really oily and wet,

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and I want it to crisp up and crumble a bit more.

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I'll be so annoyed if I have to make more pastry.

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Does he start again or work with what he's got?

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Cameron needs to make a decision, and fast.

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I'm just going to have to go with it. OK.

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OK, guys, we've got 30 minutes left to go.

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With time against them,

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the bakers need to quickly get their tart cases filled and into the oven.

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I'm happy with it so far. It's going quite well.

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They look lovely there. The tarts look good, the pastry looks nice.

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So hopefully, I'm a winner!

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But whilst the other semifinalists' tarts are baking away,

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speedy Saffron, amazingly, has fallen behind.

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She still hasn't filled her pastry cases.

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She's been very ambitions. She's chosen different ingredients.

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It should work really well. She's got to catch up on the baking.

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-Let's hope they're done.

-That's my concern - time.

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And for Saffron, things are about to go from bad to worse.

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SAFFRON SIGHS DEEPLY

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Don't worry. You've got loads more.

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We only need to taste one of these lovely babies.

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With no time to start again, Saffron tries to salvage what she can.

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Spillage on Aisle 3... Spillage on Aisle 3, please.

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Can we get a mop and bucket on Aisle 3? Saffron.

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Saffron's not giving up that easily.

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She quickly fills her rescued tarts and gets them in oven.

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OK, guys, you've got five minutes left.

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Cameron, Kieran and Joe are putting together their final touches

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on their sporty presentations.

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Got my players, and the tarts are going to be their heads.

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And I've got on here..."Bake Off United". That's the football team.

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But all Saffron can do is wait and hope.

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OK, guys, your is time up

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and the baking is over. Please step away from your worktops.

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Three of the semi-finalists have finished their baking on time...

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but Saffron's tarts are still in the oven.

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Right, how are they doing?

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They're doing pretty well - they just need a couple more minutes.

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-They have to come out!

-Yes.

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It's time to face the judges.

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Each semi-finalist's savoury tarts will be judged on taste,

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presentation and creativity,

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before the important decision is made

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on which bakers deserve those two places in the final.

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Joe, you're up first.

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Joe made his tart filling without the aid of a recipe,

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but he's hoping his spinach and gruyere tarts

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will still score with the judges.

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A couple of them look quite pale - did you only put cream in that one?

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Yes, I only put cream in them. I was experimenting.

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I wanted to see what they turned out as.

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Bit of a dangerous time to experiment, wouldn't you say?

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It actually tastes really good. The pastry's a bit thick, though.

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There's a little layer that's uncooked slightly,

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because it's so thick.

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-But the flavour's coming through. They're very tasty.

-Very tasty.

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The onion could have done with a little bit longer cooking.

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Thank you very much indeed. Well done.

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Up next is Cameron, who was unhappy with his pastry bases.

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But will his oatmeal tarts,

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filled with Staffordshire smoked ham, cheese and leeks

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win the judges over?

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-I like the idea of everything from Staffordshire.

-Mmm.

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The pastry is a little bit underdone,

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and rather overworked, I would say.

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The shell is a little bit too tough.

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Oatmeal I can just get in the pastry,

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it's giving it a little bit of crunch.

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A nicely flavoured filling.

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Next is Kieran, who took a huge risk and didn't blind bake

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his club tarts with a kick.

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He filled the tarts with chicken, bacon, tomato and cheese,

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and flavoured them with spicy cayenne pepper.

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When you look at them, I immediately want to taste them.

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They look this gorgeous golden brown colour.

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They look so tempting, I can't keep my hands off!

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Visually, the pastry looks fantastic. The shape is bang-on.

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The colour on the pastry,

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and the bake you've got on the pastry, is very good as well.

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-You blind baked these, didn't you?

-No.

-You didn't?!

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The cayenne is coming through. Any more...

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They're very hot, but not too hot for me.

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You may have gone slightly overboard with it, but only slightly.

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-Absolutely delicious.

-Fantastic.

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Last to face the judges is Saffron.

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She nearly lost the pastry shells

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for her smoked haddock and quail egg tarts

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and then struggled with timing issues,

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but has she done enough to impress the judges?

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You had a tough time,

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but you were very ambitious and you did an awful lot.

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It's good pastry. You baked it blind.

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It's not QUITE done,

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but it's very good pastry - it's the evenness of it.

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It needed just a little bit longer.

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The filling is absolutely delicious, and very unusual.

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The bases on some of the ones I've seen are quite raw.

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The pastry is quite flaky, though.

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You were very, very ambitious with the idea of doing this.

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-Filling is very good.

-Your skill and craft is good, and your flavours.

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-Thank you very much, Saffron.

-Thank you.

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Well, good effort. Thanks a lot, guys. You've done all you can.

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It's now in the hands of Paul and Mary,

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for them to make the decision on which two go through to the final.

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But what exactly are the judges thinking?

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So let's start off with young Joe.

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The fillings were fine and flavoursome,

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but he experimented with putting cream in one,

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because he felt like it, and they didn't set.

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The pastry was just a little thick,

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and the onion wasn't quite done.

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And his pittas this morning were, unfortunately, not very good.

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He turned them into baps and rolls rather than pitta bread,

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as he never rolled it thin enough. Unfortunately, they were too fat.

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My tartlets...

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the judges said they were a bit raw and they were a bit uncooked,

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so I'm still happy, but I think I'll take that in

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and try and fix that next time.

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Moving on to Cameron...maybe not as much of a theme as everyone else.

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Sadly, the pastry was rather undercooked.

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The result was just a little bit soggy.

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His pittas were fantastic. I would have put him straight up there.

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He was very, very good at doing them.

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But his tarts have let him down a little bit.

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The base was a slight bit undercooked.

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But I think I've still got a 50/50 chance of getting into the final.

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-Let's move on to Keiran.

-Look at the colour! You want to eat those.

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They have got the colour that makes you think "savoury pie".

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Cayenne pepper may be a little bit much for me.

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The reason he got good colour on his pastry rather than anybody else

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was because he put finely grated cheese IN the pastry,

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which always gives it a lovely colour.

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His pittas were very good. He came out with a great product.

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There was a bit too much of a kick in my tarts.

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I said there was meant to be a kick,

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but Paul said there was a bit too much of a kick.

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-Moving on to Saffron...

-Her flavours!

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She did something unusual, something that she in the family likes.

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Haddock and egg goes very well. She had dill in her pastry.

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The pastry was correctly made - just needed a bit longer cooking.

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The idea was good. She's lined them to the top, excellent filling.

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Her pittas, she didn't knead very well.

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However, her ingenuity, her skill and her flair are good.

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Despite the bad comments,

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I think I've done enough to get through to the final.

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It's decision time.

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All the bakers' hard work has brought them to this point.

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Two will go through to the Bake Off final.

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For the other two, it's home time.

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Paul and Mary have made their decision.

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The first person going through to the finals is...

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Keiran.

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Wow! Thank you.

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The second person going through

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to the finals of Junior Bake Off is...

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Saffron.

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I'm really, really proud of myself. It's just a really amazing feeling.

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Well done, Joe.

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There's not enough "amazings" in the world to describe how amazing it is!

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The two bakers that have gone through,

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I feel they certainly earned their place.

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With Saffron and Kieran setting the benchmark,

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the next people that come through

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and want to get to the final have to reach that benchmark.

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Next time, four more semi-finalists

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have their skills stretched to the max...

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I've got to push now, to hurry up and get it...

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..as they bake their hearts out...

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Looking pretty good!

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..to try and snatch those last two places...

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I haven't got long to let them cool.

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..in the Junior Bake Off final.

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It's going to be epic.

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Phew! Disaster averted.

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