{"id":15745,"date":"2022-05-19T19:46:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1648841"},"modified":"2022-05-19T20:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T18:21:52","slug":"bake-off-the-professionals-2022-air-date-when-does-the-show-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bake-off-the-professionals-2022-air-date-when-does-the-show-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Bake Off: The Professionals 2022 air date: When does the show return?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 19 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Bake Off: The Professionals returns to our screens next week, with a <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/bake-off-professionals-2022-contestants\/&quot;\">new line-up of working chefs<\/a> hoping to impress Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden with their expert baking skills.<\/p>\n<p>While former Bake Off contestant Liam Charles is returning to host, he\u2019ll be joined by <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/bake-off-stacey-solomon-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">brand new presenter Stacey Solomon<\/a>, who is taking over from Tom Allen.<\/p>\n<p>With pastry chefs hailing from Manchester, Cumbria, Wiltshire, Birmingham and London, this year\u2019s competition is set to be a hot one.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything we know so far about Bake Off: The Professionals 2022.<\/p> <h2><strong>When does Bake Off: The Professionals 2022 start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bake Off: The Professionals kicks off its fifth season on\u00a0<strong>Tuesday 24th May\u00a0<\/strong>at <strong>8pm<\/strong> on\u00a0<strong>Channel 4.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The series will air every Tuesday from the 24th onwards, with episode one challenges the contestants to create 36 individual strawberry fraisiers and a chocolate amenity in just three hours.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bake Off: The Professionals 2022 judges<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/70305S5EMBARGO-Tuesday-17th-May-Bake-Off-The-Professionals-Series-5-Benoit-Cherish-03-383ff58.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/70305S5EMBARGO-Tuesday-17th-May-Bake-Off-The-Professionals-Series-5-Benoit-Cherish-03-383ff58.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1648865\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/70305S5EMBARGO-Tuesday-17th-May-Bake-Off-The-Professionals-Series-5-Benoit-Cherish-03-383ff58.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>The show\u2019s judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden will be returning to examine the contestants\u2019 expert bakes.<\/p>\n<p>Benoit Blin is a Chef Patissier at Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat\u2019Saisons, Relais &amp; Chateaux, where he\u2019s been for 20 years. The French chef has previously worked at the Hotel Ritz in Paris and the Normandy Hotel in Deauville.<\/p>\n<p>Cherish Finden is an Executive Pastry Chef at Pan Pacific, who has previously worked at The Langham, Raffles Hotel and The Sheraton.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bake Off: The Professionals 2022 hosts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This year, brand new host <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/bake-off-stacey-solomon-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Stacey Solomon<\/a> will be taking presenting duties from Tom Allen on Bake Off: The Professionals alongside Liam Charles.<\/p>\n<p>Solomon is best known for competing on The X Factor, I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2026Get Me Out of Here and for appearing on Loose Women.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Liam Charles has been a host on Bake Off: The Professionals since 2o18, having\u00a0 competed on The Great British Bake Off the year before. He has also presented Liam Bakes, been a judge on Junior Bake Off and appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats.<\/p>\n<h2>Is there a trailer for Bake Off: The Professionals 2022?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/70305S5EMBARGO-Tuesday-17th-May-Bake-Off-The-Professionals-Series-5-Liam-Stacey-01-154c6cd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/70305S5EMBARGO-Tuesday-17th-May-Bake-Off-The-Professionals-Series-5-Liam-Stacey-01-154c6cd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/70305S5EMBARGO-Tuesday-17th-May-Bake-Off-The-Professionals-Series-5-Liam-Stacey-01-154c6cd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/70305S5EMBARGO-Tuesday-17th-May-Bake-Off-The-Professionals-Series-5-Liam-Stacey-01-154c6cd.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/70305S5EMBARGO-Tuesday-17th-May-Bake-Off-The-Professionals-Series-5-Liam-Stacey-01-154c6cd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1648859\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" 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Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013 <a class=\"&quot;waffle-rich-text-link&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a> to get each issue delivered to your door. 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