Britain's Best Home Cook

The semi-finalists must impress the judges with their ultimate drinks party canapes before improvising with a scary store cupboard staple. Who will make the final?

Mary's given the quarter finalists 2 hours and 15 minutes to cook their ultimate family pie, and it must be fully encased in pastry they have made from scratch. A perfect fully encased pastry pie is a tricky challenge.

The 6 home cooks make their ultimate curry night feast and do their best to impress in the rustle up round, while avoiding being sent home in Angela's sweet eliminator round.

Mary challenges the cooks to produce their ultimate kid's birthday cake in just 3 hours, and to pile on the pressure she reminds the cooks that she knows a thing or two about birthday cakes.

The remaining eight home cooks prepare their ultimate brunches for the judges and tackle a surprisingly tricky rustle-up challenge.

The nine home cooks whip up their ultimate meringue desserts, then rustle up some amazing vegetable dishes. The weakest cooks then face Angela's dreaded eliminator recipe.

Ten top home cooks prepare their ultimate pasta dinners and rustle up a fruit dish before the weakest cooks face judge Angela Hartnett’s tricky eliminator recipe.