‘The Great British Baking Show’ Season 10 Quarterfinal Eats Pie

The Great British Baking Show saved Pastry Week for the Season 10 quarterfinals, with good reason. Pastry is one of the series’ staples, appearing every season except Seasons 2 and 3 (never seen in the U.S./PBS Season 5). In those seasons, “Pastry” Week was replaced with “Pies” instead.

It’s not wrong to equate the two: Several of the “Pastry” challenges over the years have been pretty pie-heavy, and this season is one of them. That’s a little disappointing, since “Pastries” is one of those challenges that usually comes later in the season because it requires multiple skill sets firing at once. It can also encompass a wide range of baked goods, like eclairs or Vol-au-vents.

But this season’s Pastry Week mainly features pies, starting with the Signature Challenge.