<Dl> <Dt> Showpiece Challenge </Dt> <Dd> In this challenge each team are asked to reinvent a popular British dessert and present it as a fine - dining showpiece display . Each judge has 50 points they can award with a total of 150 points available . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> In this challenge each team are asked to reinvent a popular British dessert and present it as a fine - dining showpiece display . Each judge has 50 points they can award with a total of 150 points available . </Dd> <P> The format changed between the first and second series . The first series started with 15 teams, three teams in each of the five heats, with the winning team each episode guaranteed a place in the semifinals, with one additional wild card from the heats . Three teams were selected from the two semifinals to compete in the final . The second series started with ten teams separated into two groups of five, with one team eliminated each episode over two sets of three heats before the semifinal . The two winners from the two semifinal then compete in the final . The third series started with twelve teams, in two groups of six, again with one team eliminated in three sets of heats . The remaining six teams, three from each group, then competed for a place in the quarterfinal, followed by the semifinal, leaving three teams in the final . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Series </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th> Premiere </Th> <Th> Final </Th> <Th> Winning team </Th> <Th> Runners - up </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 29 March 2016 </Td> <Td> 17 May 2016 </Td> <Td> Squires Kitchen Cookery School </Td> <Td> London Hilton Park Lane </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boulangerie Jade </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 4 April 2017 </Td> <Td> 31 May 2017 </Td> <Td> Military Chefs </Td> <Td> Cocorico Patisserie </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 6 May 2018 </Td> <Td> 8 July 2018 </Td> <Td> London Hilton Park Lane </Td> <Td> Sweet Art Lab </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Resorts World Birmingham </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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