[4][5] In the United States, the seventh series was broadcast as the fourth season on PBS and streamed as Collection 4 on Netflix.

[6] This series was won by Candice Brown, with Andrew Smyth and Jane Beedle finishing as runners-up.

For the technical challenge, the bakers were instructed to make Mary Berry's recipe for twelve jaffa cakes.

The recipe used a whipped fatless sponge, orange jelly and tempered chocolate with a design of sorts.

For the technical challenge, the bakers were required to make twelve Dampfnudel, a recipe Paul Hollywood called "notoriously difficult".

In the signature, the seven remaining bakers were asked to create a meringue pie containing citrus fruit, such as orange, grapefruits and lemons, in two hours.

The technical challenge gave the bakes three hours to make a Marjolaine, an unusual layered cake made with meringue, decorated with ganache and nuts.

The showstopper challenge allocated four hours for the bakers to make twenty-four mini mousse cakes in two flavours (twelve of each).

During the signature challenge, the five remaining bakers were asked to bake a shaped pie with Tudor flavours in three hours.

In the showstopper challenge, the contestants were asked to bake a marchpane (marzipan) cake in a three-dimensional shape in 3+1⁄2 hours.

The first task for pâtisserie week required the remaining four contestants to bake twenty-four palmiers, with two different savoury fillings and shapes, in three hours.

The two Christmas specials were the last to be aired on BBC before the channel move, and thus featured the last appearances of hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins and judge Mary Berry.

The signature challenge required the bakers to create 2 batches of edible Christmas tree decorations, 12 of each type, using biscuits.

The technical challenge was set by Paul, in which the bakers were tasked of baking a Kanellängd, a spiced Scandinavian celebratory Christmas loaf with the meaning of "cinnamon length".

For the showstopper challenge, the bakers were required to make 36 sweet Christmas miniatures, 12 each of three types, arranged as a celebratory centerpiece.

[41] Andrew Smyth has appeared on Lorraine on ITV,[42][unreliable source] Christmas Kitchen on BBC One.

[43] He baked a cake as a rotating jet engine for Prince William when he visited the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby where Smyth worked.