Kids Baking Championship is a competitive reality baking program produced by Levity Entertainment Group for the Food Network. Each week, the children compete to make the best dish, and are judged on presentation, taste, and creativity. The series is hosted and judged by baker Duff Goldman, actress Valerie Bertinelli in seasons 1 through 12, and Kardea Brown in season 13.[1]
Most seasons have had 12 contestants, while some have had as few as eight. In most seasons, the prizes awarded along with the title of "Kids Baking Champion" have been $25,000 in cash and a feature in Food Network Magazine. Seasons two and three did not include the article, while in season one the winner received $10,000 and a full kitchen remodel for their parents' house instead of the $25,000; in addition, a re-creation of their winning cake was sold by Goldman's bakery Charm City Cakes.
The seventh season premiered on August 5, 2019.[2] On November 19, 2020, it was announced that the ninth season would premiere on December 28, 2020.[3] On November 18, 2021, it was announced that the tenth season would premiere on December 27, 2021.[4]
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(FINALIST) This baker was eliminated in the finals.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
^1 : Jackson and Natalie were eliminated before the winner was announced.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Bake Sale"
February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)
The first challenge is to make 2 baked goods fit for a bake sale, in two hours. In the middle of the baking, Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli give the bakers a twist: to incorporate peanut butter and jelly.
Winner: Cody
Winner's Dishes: Lemon Pound Cake and a Razzleberry Pie (Raspberries, Blackberries and Blueberries)
Recipe Incorporated: Raspberry Vanilla Pudding Pie with Peanut Butter Crust
Lost: Anthony and Caroline
Loser's Dishes: Anthony – Blueberry Lattice Pie, Chocolate Mousse Tart and a Peanut Butter Jelly cookie; Caroline – Upside-Down Peach Tart with Oatmeal Lace Cookies and Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
2
"Dessert Imposters"
February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)
The six bakers are tasked to make a dessert imposter that looks savory but is actually sweet. The six choices were bagel (Hollis), sushi (Annika), pizza (Payton), taco (Cody), burger (Natalie), and spaghetti (Jackson). Duff and Valerie throw in the challenge of making the bakers incorporate a side kick to the original plan.
Winner: Natalie
Winner's Dish: Vanilla Cupcake Bun, Brownie Meat Patty, Coconut Lettuce, Licorice Tomatoes, and white chocolate Thousand Island Dressing with a sidekick of parmesan cheese fries (apples fried and baked with powdered sugar)
Lost: Payton
Loser's Dish: Snickerdoodle Cookie Crust with Marshmallow Cheese, Peanut Butter Cups as olives, Gummies as peppers and fondant as pepperoni with a sidekick of garlic bread (pie dough rolled with cinnamon and sugar and baked with icing)
3
"Stuffed Puffs"
February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)
The five bakers are challenged to make 24 stuffed puffs made from pâte à choux dough in 90 minutes. Duff and Valerie throw a monkey wrench in everybody's plans by changing the plan from making all sweet to half savory.
Winner: Annika
Winner's Dish: A lemon cream puff with a savory cheddar cheese cream puff
Lost: Cody
Loser's Dish: A chocolate ricotta cream puff with an eclair filled with figs, blue cheese and prosciutto
4
"Celebration Cakes"
February 23, 2015 (2015-02-23)
The four bakers are challenged to make a celebration cake for the finale. The cake must be at least three layers. Valerie and Duff throw another twist and tell the kids they need to make a "party favor" and give the kids ideas. Annika makes a dark chocolate cake with a raspberry cream coat and frosting. Jackson makes a lemon cake. Hollis makes a lemon cake. Natalie creates a lemon cake with cream cheese frosting. Jackson attempts to make macarons, but they crack. He then makes shortbread. Annika makes lemon bars. Hollis makes a sugar cookie. Natalie makes a cake-in-a-jar. The judges have two standouts; Annika and Hollis. Hollis wins the $10,000, her cake in Duff's collection and the industrial kitchen set.
Winner: Hollis
Runner-Up: Annika
Finalists: Jackson and Natalie
Season 2
10 bakers compete for the title of Kids Baking Champion and $25,000. Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli are the hosts and judges again.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1 (5)
"Pie à la Mode"
January 4, 2016 (2016-01-04)
For the first challenge, the bakers are asked to make a perfect pie. The twist was that they had to make ice cream.
Winner: Jane
Winner's Dish: Jane's Grandma Jean's pecan pie with a side of chocolate shaved ice cream.
Lost: Alex A.
Loser's Dish: A chocolate cream pie with a cinnamon ice cream.
2 (6)
"Eclairs Gone Wild"
January 11, 2016 (2016-01-11)
The bakers are given the task of making 12 eclairs that have "gone wild" with color and flavor. A twist arrives with the bakers making 4 cream puffs in the shape of their favorite animal.
Winner: Rebecca
Winner's Dish: A caramel bacon eclair with a mouse cream puff filled with a lime and a raspberry pastry cream.
Lost: Ryan
Loser's Dish: A cookie butter eclair with a snail cream puff filled with the same eclair pastry cream.
3 (7)
"'Hot' Chocolate"
January 18, 2016 (2016-01-18)
The bakers are given the challenge of creating any chocolate intensive dessert, but a twist shows up requiring that they use chilies, hot spices and hot sauce in their dessert.
Winner: Peggy
Winner's Dish: A chocolate cayenne brownie with a raspberry coulis and a sriracha ice cream.
Lost: Colby
Loser's Dish: A chocolate cayenne cake with a vanilla buttercream frosting with a chocolate cayenne ganache.
4 (8)
"Macaron Stackaron"
January 25, 2016 (2016-01-25)
The remaining kids are given the challenge of creating macarons of any flavor. The twist is that they must stack them to 5 inches tall. If they do not stack them to the required height, they are not eligible to win, but it does not mean they are out of the competition.
Winner: Matthew
Winner's Dish: A chocolate cherry macaron and a S'mores macaron.
Lost: Emma
Loser's Dish: A chocolate macaron filled with a cream cheese frosting and raspberry coulis.
5 (9)
"Lunch Box Desserts"
February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)
The bakers are given the task of creating desserts using items in a lunch box. The twist is that they must use another item given out: banana chips or carrots.
Winner: Peggy
Winner's Dish: A chocolate zucchini cake with an orange sauce and a coconut carrot ice cream.
Lost: Alex P.
Loser's Dish: An open-faced ice cream sandwich featuring an almond butter cookie with a pumpkin seed ice cream with sauteed strawberries and carrots.
6 (10)
"Candymonium"
February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)
The excited bakers are challenged to create desserts using 3 types of candy. The twist is that they must use a blow torch somewhere on their dessert in a way that makes sense.
Winner: Matthew
Winner's Dish: a peanut butter chocolate sachertorte with a torched meringue.
Lost: Jane
Loser's Dish: A sour candy cake with a sugar stick frosting with chocolate candies and torched marshmallows.
7 (11)
"Dessert Imposters 2.0"
February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)
The bakers are challenged to make dessert imposters, the favorite challenge from last season. The twist is that they must create a savory cupcake along with their sweet imposter.
Winner: Rebecca
Winner's Dish: A BLT with yellow cake bread, white chocolate lettuce, strawberries as tomatoes, marzipan bacon and buttercream mayonnaise with a corn cupcake with mashed potato frosting.
Lost: Peggy
Loser's Dish: Nachoes with phyllo dough chips, lemon curd cheese, white cake as chicken, and lime zest as cilantro with a butternut squash cupcake with a guacamole frosting.
8 (12)
"Spring Break Cakes"
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)
For the final challenge, the bakers are given the task of creating cakes based on common "Spring Break" destinations: the beach (Rebecca), the amusement park (Matthew) and camping (Yahshimabet). The twist is that they must include a curd filling in their cake.
Winner: Rebecca
Winner's Dish: A lemon chiffon cake with a strawberry buttercream with lemon and strawberry curd, decorated to look like the beach.
Runners-Up: Matthew and Yahshimabet
Matthew's Cake: A chocolate cake with an orange buttercream filled with an orange curd and decorated to look like a roller coaster car found at an amusement park.
Yahshimabet's Cake: A mocha cake and a chai spice cake with buttercream and filled with orange curd white chocolate ganache, decorated to look like a camping trip.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Life Is a Carnival"
January 2, 2017 (2017-01-02)
In this episode, the bakers are challenged to make carnival themed cupcakes. Duff and Valerie throw a twist in which the kids have to incorporate kettle corn and other small carnival treats.
Winner: Kaniyah
Winner's Dish: A vanilla popcorn cupcake with a vanilla buttercream frosting.
Lost: Brooke
Loser's Dish: A lemon cupcake with a sweet pretzel filling and a vanilla frosting.
2
"I Lava Volcano"
January 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)
The kid bakers have to make tropical volcano cakes for the challenge. A twist is tossed-in, in which they have to make edible boulders.
Winner: Aidan
Winner's Dish: A passionfruit cake with a banana buttercream with cream-filled cookie boulders.
Lost: Charlotte
Loser's Dish: A ginger cake with a chocolate ganache frosting with chocolate and fondant boulders.
3
"Comfort Food Dessert Imposters"
January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)
The remaining bakers must create a comfort food dessert imposter — meatloaf (Cole), fried chicken (Justice), mac and cheese (Audra), PB&J (Keili), chili (Reese), roast beef sandwich (Maya), hot dog (Dylin), meatball sub (Aidan), grilled cheese sandwich (Kaniyah), and a burrito (Jason). The bakers are then asked to make a side of chips and salsa.
Winner: Jason
Winner's Dish: A crepe tortilla filled with pound cake as chicken and chocolate as refried beans with a side of chocolate and buttercream salsa with crepe chips
Lost: Dylin
Loser's Dish: A vanilla hot dog bun with a vanilla buttercream hot dog, mustard, ketchup and relish, with a side of cherry salsa with phyllo dough chips.
4
"Color Me Wow!"
January 23, 2017 (2017-01-23)
The bakers are given the challenge of creating a tie dye cake to resemble the 60's. A twist is that they must make a swirled ice cream.
Winner: Cole
Winner's Dish:A fruit flavored cake dyed multiple colors with a fruit swirl ice cream.
Lost: Keili
Loser's Dish: An apple cinnamon cake with lemon and raspberry with a swirl ice cream.
5
"Throwback Eclairs"
January 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)
The kids are challenged to make eclairs based on old desserts: Coconut Cream Pie (Cole), Black Forest Cake (Justice) German Chocolate Cake (Maya), Chocolate Pecan Pie (Audra), Pineapple Upside Down Cake (Reese), Cherry Cheesecake (Kaniyah), Banana Cream Pie (Aidan) and Grandmas Apple Pie (Jason). A twist comes in when the kids must make something with dried fruit.
Winner: Justice
Winner's Dish: An eclair filled with chocolate cherry whipped cream topped with a chocolate apricot ganache.
Lost: Maya
Loser's Dish: An eclair filled with chocolate pastry cream and topped with dates.
6
"Breakfast Desserts"
February 6, 2017 (2017-02-06)
Valerie, the queen of pancakes, and Duff, the king of waffles challenge the bakers to make cakes out of one of the two breakfast items. Team are decided with a coin draw, and the winning side does not face elimination. A twist is that they must use breakfast cereal in their dessert. Justice, Audra, Aidan and Cole were Team Waffle, and Kaniyah, Jason and Reese were Team Pancake.
Winner: Aidan
Winner's Dish: a cinnamon roll style waffle with swiss meringue buttercream topped with cinnamon crunch cereal and a side of cinnamon crunch cereal ice cream.
Lost: Reese
Loser's Dish: A carrot cake pancake with a vanilla buttercream topped with melted chocolate and a cherry.
7
"Mobile App Cookies"
February 13, 2017 (2017-02-13)
The bakers are given the task of creating sugar cookies to resemble apps and must explain what the app does. For example: SnackChat, DessertCraft, Noodle Maps, etc. A twist is that the bakers must use citrus in their dessert.
Winner: Justice
Winner's Dish: An orange cookie with a glaze and artistic app designs.
Lost: Jason
Loser's Dish: An orange cookie with a vanilla glaze and designs. (Jason had no explanation for his apps)
8
"Pet Shop Joys"
February 20, 2017 (2017-02-20)
The bakers are challenged to create desserts based on animals: a rabbit, a turtle, a silky chicken, a guinea pig and a mini pig. The twist is that the bakers must include a friend for their mini pet dessert.
Winner: Kaniyah
Winner's Dish: A pineapple upside down cake with a cat sugar cookie and a pineapple ice cream. (Kaniyah's animal was a rabbit).
Lost: Audra
Loser's Dish: A banana cake with a vanilla frosting and fondant chickens with a mini pet friend of a fondant egg the chicken laid. (Audra's animal was a silky chicken).
9
"Molecular Kidstronomy"
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27)
The bakers are given the difficult task to create desserts with molecular ingredients: the smoking gun, the maltodextrin, etc. The twist is that the bakers must use old-fashioned whisks in some way.
Winner: Aidan
Winner's Dish: A S'mores tart with a graham cracker crust, a smoked chocolate ganache, peanut butter snow and whipped cream.
Lost: Cole
Loser's Dish: A smoked apple pie with an apple ice cream and peanut butter snow with whipped cream.
10
"Superhero Grand Finale"
March 6, 2017 (2017-03-06)
The bakers are given the final task of creating cakes resembling a made up super hero. The twist is they must create a super villain too.
Winner: Aidan
Winner's Dish: a lemon rosemary olive oil cake with a swiss meringue buttercream with a cookie super villains. His hero is named Prism, and he created color. His super villain is Dismal, and he makes everything gray and dull.
Runners-Up: Justice and Kaniyah
Justice's Dish: A rose water cake with a vanilla butter cream and a rice cereal treat villain. His hero was Weather Man, and he controls the weather. His super villain is The Evil Sun, and he wants it to be hot all year long.
Kaniyah's Dish: A lemon rosemary blueberry cake with a vanilla buttercream and a cookie villain. Her hero is Catastrophe Girl, who prevents the catastrophes from happening. Her super villain is Mr. Rotten Potato, who stayed in a refrigerator too long and turned evil.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Cookielicious"
January 1, 2018 (2018-01-01)
The bakers have to make a cookie cake in an assigned flavor. The flavors are: snickerdoodle (Beverly and Bryn), chocolate (Linsey and Abby), chocolate chip (Luke and Julia), oatmeal raisin (Aditya and Soleil), sugar (Alex and Gareth), and peanut butter (Michael and Grady). The twist was they had to edibly and legibly write their name on their cake.
Winner: Aditya
Winner's Dish: Spiced oatmeal raisin cookie cake with spiced buttercream.
The bakers had to turn pizza into dessert pizza. The twist was they had to incorporate an original pizza ingredient (tomatoes, ricotta cheese, hot peppers, bacon, or basil).
Winner: Abby
Winner's Dish: Blondie crust pizza with maple cream cheese and bacon.
Lost: Gareth
Loser's Dish: Pie crust pizza with raspberry ricotta buttercream.
3
"Lemon BFFs"
January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)
In honor of Valerie Bertinelli's favorite food, lemons, the bakers had to make lemon bars with another assigned ingredient. They were: pecan (Linsey), raspberry (Grady), blueberry (Aditya), blackberry (Luke), cherry (Julia), walnut (Beverly), strawberry (Abby), ginger (Alex), coconut (Soleil), and almond (Bryn). The twist was they had to make an edible lemon decoration.
Winner: Aditya
Winner's Dish: Blueberry lemon bar.
Lost: Grady
Loser's Dish: Raspberry lemon bar.
4
"Cake and Ice Cream 2.0"
January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22)
The bakers had to make ice cream cone drip cakes inspired by a popular ice cream flavor. They were: pistachio (Abby), Neapolitan (Bryn), chocolate peanut butter (Aditya), cookies 'n cream (Soleil), mint chocolate chip (Linsey), butter pecan (Luke), chocolate chip (Beverly), vanilla raspberry swirl (Julia), and rainbow sherbet (Alex). The twist was they had to make ice cream on the side.
Winner: Abby
Winner's Dish: Pistachio cake with pistachio buttercream.
Lost: Beverly
Loser's Dish: Chocolate chip cake with chocolate chip buttercream.
5
"Doughnuts Go Nuts!"
January 29, 2018 (2018-01-29)
The bakers worked in teams. They had to make an artful design with doughnuts. The twist was they had to incorporate a textural element in their doughnuts. They were: Aditya and Alex, Linsey and Luke, Abby and Julia, and Bryn and Soleil. The winning team earned immunity from elimination. The twist was the bakers had to add texture to their doughnut (corn flakes, fruit cereal, graham crackers, pretzels, chocolate sandwich cookies, peanuts, potato chips, macadamia nuts)
Top Team: Abby and Julia
Winner: Bryn
Winner's Dish: Bacon doughnut with maple glaze.
Lost: Soleil
Loser's Dish: Lemon doughnut with blueberry glaze.
6
"Unicornucopia"
February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)
The bakers had to make a unicorn cake in an assigned emotion. They were: surprised (Julia), angry (Luke), happy (Linsey), loving (Alex), worried (Abby), sad (Aditya), and shy (Bryn). The twist was they had to make a baked nameplate for their unicorn. Duff Goldman got a tattoo inspired by the winning cake.
Winner: Linsey
Winner's Dish: Confetti cake with raspberry purée and vanilla buttercream.
Lost: Aditya
Loser's Dish: Lavender cake with vanilla buttercream and blueberry purée.
7
"Lunchbox Impostors"
February 12, 2018 (2018-02-12)
The bakers had to make dessert imposters inspired by classic lunchbox items. They were: bologna sandwich (Linsey), turkey wrap (Julia), tuna salad sandwich (Luke), PB&J (Abby), chicken nuggets (Bryn), and ham and cheese sandwich (Alex). The twist was they had to incorporate a juice box into their dessert imposter.
Winner: Abby
Winner's Dish: "PB&J" with "strawberry yogurt".
Lost: Luke
Loser's Dish: "Tuna salad sandwich" with apple juice granola.
8
"Out Of This World!"
February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19)
The bakers had to make intergalactic desserts with an assigned freeze-dried fruit. They were: mango (Abby), peach (Alex), banana (Bryn), strawberry (Linsey), and apricot (Julia). The twist was they had to make an edible sun.
Winner: Linsey
Winner's Dish: Strawberry sugar cookies with royal icing and rice cereal sun.
Lost: Julia
Loser's Dish: Cream puffs with apricot pastry cream and cereal treat sun.
9
"Sand Castle Sweets"
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26)
The bakers had to make a rice cereal treat sandcastle and fill it with 12 baked goods. The twist was they had to incorporate pineapple in their desserts.
The bakers had to make cakes for Food Network Magazine's tenth birthday. The twist was they had to make a topper with the number 10 in honor of the magazine turning 10.
Winner: Linsey
Winner's Cake: Chocolate cake with coconut cream and raspberry buttercream.
Runner-Ups: Abby and Alex
Abby's Cake: Vanilla bean cake with lime, strawberry, and vanilla buttercream.
Alex's Cake: Pumpkin spice cake with spice pastry cream and orange cream cheese frosting.
Season 5
Nine bakers compete for the title of Kids Baking Champion, $25,000, and a spot in Food Network Magazine. Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli are the hosts and judges again.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Selfieclairs"
August 6, 2018 (2018-08-06)
The bakers had to make six selfie éclairs in an assigned flavor. They were: strawberry (Issi), raspberry (Matthew), chocolate hazelnut (Saylor), mango (Natasha), salted caramel (Zach), cookie butter (Taylor), apple (Mekdes), S'mores (Davey), and cinnamon (Enzo). The twist was they had to write an edible hashtag on one of their selfieclairs. The winner's éclair got posted on Duff Goldman's Twitter account.
Winner: Taylor
Winner's Dish: Tie-dye éclairs with cookie butter pastry cream.
Lost: Zach
Loser's Dish: Éclairs with salted caramel pastry cream.
2
"Defying Gravity"
August 13, 2018 (2018-08-13)
They had to make a gravity-defying cake with candy as the gravity-defying element. They were: chocolate peanut butter candies (Taylor), jelly beans (Davey), chocolate candies (Saylor), candy butterflies (Mekdes), gummy bears (Issi), sour gummies (Matthew), candy flowers (Natasha), and fruit candy (Enzo). The twist was they had to incorporate fresh ginger in their cakes.
Winner: Natasha
Winner's Dish: Confetti cake with ginger pastry cream, American buttercream, and candy flowers.
Lost: Enzo
Loser's Dish: Chocolate cake with lemon filling, ginger buttercream, and fruit candy.
3
"Ice Screamers"
August 20, 2018 (2018-08-20)
The bakers had to make an ice cream sandwich with an assigned baked good and ice cream that they made from scratch. They were: waffle (Taylor), brownie (Issi), French toast (Natasha), doughnut (Davey), cupcake (Saylor), blondie (Matthew), and cookie (Mekdes). The twist was they had to make a sauce to go along with their ice cream sandwich.
Winner: Saylor
Winner's Dish: Confetti cupcakes with peach ice cream and strawberry, raspberry, blackberry coulis.
Lost: Mekdes
Loser's Dish: Dark chocolate peanut butter cookies with chocolate ice cream and cookies 'n cream sauce.
4
"Imposter Italiano"
August 27, 2018 (2018-08-27)
The bakers had to make lasagna dessert imposters inspired by different lasagna types. They were: meat lasagna (Natasha and Issi), spinach and mushroom lasagna (Taylor and Saylor), and veggie pesto lasagna (Davey and Matthew). The twist was they had to make an imposter classic Italian side dish to go with their lasagna. They were: calamari (Natasha and Davey), garlic bread (Taylor and Saylor), and stuffed mushrooms (Issi and Matthew).
Winner: Issi
Winner's Dish: "Meat lasagna" (crêpes with ricotta, basil, and strawberry sauce and Parmesan) with "stuffed mushrooms" (chocolate rice cereal treats).
Lost: Davey
Loser's Dish: "Veggie pesto lasagna" (blondies with cream cheese frosting) with "calamari" (rice cereal treat doughnuts).
5
"You're In the Ballpark!"
September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03)
Darci Lynne and Petunia guest starred on this episode. The bakers had to make baseball inspired desserts with popcorn. They were: cookie bar (Matthew), tart (Taylor), cheesecake (Saylor), Bundt cake (Natasha), and macaron (Issi). The twist was they had to make an edible baseball or something they could find at a baseball diamond.
Winner: Matthew
Winner's Dish: A: Shortbread cookie bar with dulce de leche chocolate ganache and popcorn. B: Popcorn marshmallow treat baseball.
Lost: Saylor
Loser's Dish: A: French toast bacon cheesecake with graham cracker and popcorn crust. B: Caramel popcorn rice cereal treat baseball.
6
"Bite-Sized Birthday Party"
September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10)
The bakers had to make 24 bite-sized desserts for a bite-sized birthday party. The twist was they had to incorporate bananas in one of their desserts.
Loser's Dish: A: Mint chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter banana cream cheese frosting. B: Cowboy cookies.
7
"Winning Colors"
September 17, 2018 (2018-09-17)
The bakers had to make a rainbow cake that looks like a rainbow on both the outside and the inside. The twist was they had to make an edible pot of gold.
Winner: Natasha
Winner's Cake: Vanilla cake with citrus frosting and rainbow rosettes.
Runner-Ups: Matthew and Taylor
Matthew's Cake: Lemon cake with raspberry filling and lemon vanilla buttercream.
Taylor's Cake: Two-tier yellow cake with lemon curd and strawberry buttercream.
Season 6
12 bakers compete for the title of Kids Baking Champion, $25,000, and a spot in Food Network Magazine. Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli are the hosts and judges again.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Bakin' With Bacon"
January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)
In honor of Duff Goldman's favorite food, bacon, the bakers had to make bacon cupcakes with another assigned ingredient. They were: chocolate (Nyah), ginger (Davis), marshmallow (Madison), coffee (Jenna), cherry (Karthik), pecan (Brooklyn), cinnamon (Paige), peanut (Meadow), peach (Jaxon), maple (Misha), caramel (Gavin), and cream cheese (Kasey). The twist was they had to incorporate Valerie Bertinelli's second-favorite food, marzipan.
Winner: Meadow
Winner's Dish: Vanilla cupcakes with peanut butter bacon frosting.
Lost: Kasey
Loser's Dish: Vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and bacon.
2
"Spots and Stripes Forever"
January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)
The bakers had to make animal print mini cheesecakes in white and another assigned color. They also had an assigned animal. They were: white and turquoise cheetah (Nyah), white and magenta zebra (Jenna), white and pink leopard (Gavin), white and orange zebra (Davis), white and red cheetah (Brooklyn), white and lime green giraffe (Madison), white and blue leopard (Jaxon), white and yellow zebra (Karthik), white and brown tiger (Misha), white and dark green tiger (Meadow), and white and purple giraffe (Paige). The twist they had to incorporate honey in their cheesecakes.
Winner: Madison
Winner's Dish: White and lime green honey cheesecake with graham cracker crust.
Lost: Brooklyn
Loser's Dish: White and red honey cheesecake with graham cracker crust.
3
"Brownies vs. Blondies"
January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19)
Duff Goldman prefers brownies, and Valerie Bertinelli prefers blondies, so they divided the bakers into two groups. The bakers had to make a brownie or blondie cake with an assigned ingredient. They were: walnuts (Davis and Karthik), peanut butter chips (Meadow and Misha), white chocolate chips (Jaxon and Madison), almonds (Gavin and Paige), and pumpkin (Jenna and Nyah). The twist was they had to incorporate sprinkles and get the sprinkles to stick. The winning team earned immunity from elimination.
Team Brownie: Davis, Meadow, Jaxon, Gavin, and Jenna
Team Blondie: Madison, Nyah, Karthik, Paige, and Misha
Top Team: Team Blondie
Winner: Misha
Winner's Dish: Peanut butter chip blondie with caramel sauce and orange sprinkles.
Lost: Gavin
Loser's Dish: Almond brownie with almond buttercream and blue sprinkles.
4
"Macaron Madness"
January 28, 2019 (2019-01-28)
The bakers had to make six macarons with happy faces and six macarons with sad faces. The twist was they had to make a crumble to go around their macarons.
Winner: Jaxon
Winner's Dish: Happy: Vanilla macaron with cream cheese buttercream. Sad: Vanilla macaron with espresso buttercream. Twist: Graham cracker crust crumble.
Lost: Misha
Loser's Dish: Happy: Macaron with Swiss buttercream and lemon curd. Sad: Macaron with Swiss buttercream and caramel. Twist: Vanilla wafer cookie crumble.
5
"Opposites Attract"
February 4, 2019 (2019-02-04)
The bakers worked in teams. They had to make a 2-sided opposite cake in an assigned theme. They were: fire (Paige) and ice (Nyah), day (Meadow) and night (Karthik), land (Madison) and sea (Jaxon), and big (Davis) and small (Jenna). The twist was they had to incorporate a classic combination in their cake. They were: lemon (Nyah) and lime (Paige), chocolate (Jaxon) and peanut butter (Madison), white chocolate (Jenna) and macadamia nuts (Davis), and apples (Meadow) and cinnamon (Karthik). The winning team earned immunity from elimination.
Top Team: Paige and Nyah
Winner: Madison
Winner's Dish: Chocolate cake with peanut butter cream cheese frosting.
Lost: Jenna
Loser's Dish: Raspberry lemon cake with white chocolate royal icing.
6
"Freaky Flavors"
February 11, 2019 (2019-02-11)
The bakers had to make a tart with an assigned freaky flavor. They were: yuzu (Paige), jalapeño (Nyah), blue cheese (Karthik), goat cheese (Davis), anise (Meadow), curry (Jaxon), and pink peppercorn (Madison). The twist was they had to incorporate milk chocolate.
Winner: Davis
Winner's Dish: Sablé tart with milk chocolate goat cheese pastry cream and caramelized pears.
Lost: Karthik
Loser's Dish: Walnut crust tart with pear pastry cream, caramelized pears, and blue cheese crumbles.
7
"Monkey See, Monkey Bake"
February 18, 2019 (2019-02-18)
The bakers had to make monkey bread volcanoes with an assigned tropical fruit. They were: mango (Madison), pineapple (Jaxon), orange (Paige), coconut (Meadow), banana (Davis), and passion fruit (Nyah). The twist was they had to make a lava sauce to dip their monkey bread in.
Winner: Meadow
Winner's Dish: Coconut monkey bread with coconut cream lava sauce.
Lost: Madison
Loser's Dish: Mango monkey bread with chocolate lava rocks and mango sauce.
8
"Let's Taco About Baking"
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)
The bakers are asked to make dessert imposter tacos. Each of the bakers were assigned a different type of taco: chicken (Davis), ground beef (Jaxon), shrimp (Paige), pork (Nyah), and fried fish (Meadow). The twist was that they had to make a churro from scratch to go on the side.
Winner: Davis
Winner's Dish: Imposter taco with fried crepe as the taco shell, blondie as chicken, white chocolate as lettuce, and melted marshmallows as cheese, with a raspberry mango salsa, honey creme sour cream, and chocolate orange churro.
Lost: Nyah
Loser's Dish: Imposter taco with pie dough as the taco shell, cake as pork, chocolate as lettuce, and red airbrushed marshmallows as tomatoes with a churro.
9
"Puzzle Me This"
March 4, 2019 (2019-03-04)
The bakers have to make sugar cookie puzzles with a nice design and an assigned flavor: spice (Meadow), raspberry (Jaxon), lemon (Davis), and butterscotch (Paige). The twist was that they had to additionally make a cookie in the shape of a key.
Winner: Davis
Winner's Dish: Lemon sugar cookie with lemon royal icing with lemon sugar cookie key. Davis designed his cookie like the Mona Lisa.
Lost: Jaxon
Loser's Dish: Raspberry sugar cookie with raspberry buttercream with raspberry sugar cookie key. Jaxon designed his cookie like a flower garden.
10
"Desserts Doing Good"
March 11, 2019 (2019-03-11)
For the final challenge, the bakers are given the task of creating cakes based on school clubs with an assigned bake sale treat. Paige got Chess Club and chocolate covered pretzels. Davis got Dance Club and toffee. Meadow got Drama Club and rice cereal treats. The twist was that they had to use fresh cherries somewhere in their cake.
Winner: Paige
Winner's Dish: A chocolate cake with cherry pie, mascarpone, and crushed chocolate covered pretzel filling.
Runners-Up: Davis and Meadow
Davis's Cake: An Earl Gray cake with cherry buttercream filling topped with a toffee cookie crumble.
Meadow's Cake: A lemon ginger cake with cherry buttercream filling.
Season 7
Aired August 5, 2019 - September 16, 2019.[9] Nine bakers compete for the title of Kids Baking Champion, $25,000, and a spot in Food Network Magazine. Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli are the hosts and judges again.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Splatter Up!"
August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)
The bakers had to make splatter cakes with assigned flavors. The twist was to make a personalized cake topper. The winner of the challenge receives a signed apron from Duff and Valerie.
Winner: Trevin
Winner's Dish: Red Velvet Cake with white chocolate chips and cream cheese buttercream (also used for paint splatters)
Lost: Sophia
Loser's Dish: Chocolate Chip cake with Vanilla buttercream with royal icing splatters
2
"Desserts to the Rescue!"
August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12)
The kid bakers were divided into four teams of two to make bird or pig cupcakes in honor of The Angry Birds Movie 2. At the start, there were two teams baking bird cupcakes (Red or Chuck) and pig cupcakes (Leonard and Garry) The twist was the teams had to switch partners (each team would have one bird and one pig cupcake) and create an edible Bird Island display.
Top Team: Tarek and Trevin
Winner: Tori
Winner's Dish: Cinnamon Cupcake with Cream cheese frosting (Red)
Lost: Dhrama
Loser's Dish: Vanilla Lime Cupcake with Lime buttercream (Chuck)
3
"I Doughnut Know What to Think!"
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)
The bakers were tasked to make giant doughnut cakes. The twist was for the bakers to incorporate coffee somewhere in their cakes (they can use instant coffee, cold brew, or coffee extract).
Winner: Trevin
Winner's Dish: Coconut cake with coffee ganache, coconut buttercream, topped with macaroons
Lost: Tori
Loser's Dish: Cherry cake with cherry pie filling and coffee glaze
4
"International Intrigue"
August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)
For this season's Dessert Imposters challenge, the bakers were asked to make dessert imposters that looked like certain international dishes. The twist was to make an edible credit card.
Winner: Sophie
Winner's Dish: Shish Kabob (honey cake pop, candied citrus peel, mango and white chocolate truffles) and butter cookie credit card
Lost: Brady
Loser's Dish: Fajitas (chocolate brownie with crepes, modeling chocolate, and buttercream) and shortbread cookie credit card
5
"Hole-y Hedgehogs"
September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02)
The bakers were tasked to create poke cakes with a hedgehog theme. The twist was to make 3 edible bug decorations.
Winner: Taylor
Winner's Dish: Mocha cake with caramel filling, vanilla buttercream, chocolate cake pop hedgehog and bugs
Lost: Brooke
Loser's Dish: Carrot cake with spices pastry cream, vanilla buttercream, rice cereal treat hedgehog, and marzipan bugs
6
"Beauty is in the Pie of the Beholder"
September 9, 2019 (2019-09-09)
The four bakers make pies with a late summer fruit (apples, blueberries, blackberries, and nectarines). The twist was to make ice cream from scratch.
Winner: Sophie
Winner's Dish: Blackberry pie with lemon ice cream
Lost: Taylor
Loser's Dish: Caramel apple pie with cinnamon ice cream
7
"Out of This World"
September 16, 2019 (2019-09-16)
The last three bakers make cakes that look like a spaceship, aliens or another planet. The twist was to make a cookie that looks like Earth.
Winner: Trevin
Winner's Cake: Orange cake with pineapple curd and passion fruit buttercream (planet cake) and Macarons with orange buttercream (earth twist)
Runner-Ups: Sophie and Tarek
Sophie's Cake: Coconut cake with strawberry coulis, lime curd, and buttercream (alien cake) and coconut sugar cookie (earth twist)
Tarek's Cake: Chocolate cake with mint chocolate chip buttercream (spaceship cake) and lemon sugar cookie (earth twist)
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Beyond the Fringe"
January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)
Inspired by the 1970s, Duff and Valerie tasked the kid bakers to create "Shag" cakes. The twist was to include canned fruit (peaches, cherries, pineapple, and mandarin oranges) into their cakes.
Winner: Reggie
Winner's Dish: Lime olive oil cake with mandarin orange filling and vanilla buttercream
Lost: Phoebe
Loser's Dish: Lemon cake with lemon curd and peach buttercream
2
"1,2,3 Delicious!"
January 13, 2020 (2020-01-13)
Duff and Valerie have the bakers create desserts with the flavors of Neapolitan (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry). The twist was for the kid bakers to create strawberry fans to decorate their plates.
Winner: Naima
Winner's Dish: Vanilla eclair with strawberry pastry cream and chocolate ganache
Lost: Sahana
Loser's Dish: Sugar cookie sandwich with strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla buttercream filling
3
"Sammy Whammy"
January 20, 2020 (2020-01-20)
For this season's Dessert Imposters challenge, the bakers were tasked to make dessert imposter sandwiches. The twist was to add a side to go with their sandwich (dill pickles, coleslaw, fruit cup, potato salad or cucumber salad).
Winner: Graysen
Winner's Dish: BLT on White bread (Cream cheese pound cake with homemade fondant, coating chocolate and candied strawberries) with Potato salad (pound cake with Swiss meringue buttercream)
Lost: Elise
Loser's Dish: Banh Mi on a Baguette (páte à Choux with blondies, raspberry puree, and shredded coconut) with Potato salad (swiss buttercream with blondies)
4
"Llama Drama"
January 27, 2020 (2020-01-27)
The kid bakers take a llama as inspiration to create llama cupcakes. The twist was to make edible grass and dirt.
Winner: Graysen
Winner's Dish: Coconut cupcakes with pineapple filling and coconut buttercream with brown sugar crumble "dirt" with coconut "grass"
Lost: Saleem
Loser's Dish: Chocolate cupcake with toasted marshmallows and graham cracker crumbs (S'mores) with chocolate cookie crumble "dirt" with lime zest "grass"
5
"One Potato, Two Potato"
February 3, 2020 (2020-02-03)
The bakers to asked to create sugar cookies and decorate them using potato stamps of their own design. The twist was to stamp a cookie with their first name initial.
Winner: Morgan
Winner's Dish: Lemon vanilla sugar cookie with royal icing
Lost: Anthony
Loser's Dish: Lime sugar cookie with lime royal icing
6
"Ice Cream Cone-a-Copia"
February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10)
The kid bakers were tasked to make ice cream cupcakes inside ice cream cones. The twist was for them to make their own ice cream from scratch.
Winner: Naima
Winner's Dish: Maple bacon cupcakes with maple buttercream, topped with bacon and chocolate ganache
Lost: Avner
Loser's Dish: Mint chocolate chip cupcakes with mint chip mousse and mint chip buttercream with a side of mint chocolate chip ice cream
7
"Mama Mia!"
February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17)
The bakers had to make a plate of Italian rainbow cookies with one of the following flavors: hazelnut, cherry, almond, lemon, apricot, and espresso. For the twist, they also had to make their own pizza bites to serve with their cookies.
Winner: Reggie
Winner's Dish: Hazelnut Italian rainbow cookies with strawberries and gianduja butter and prosciutto two-cheese pizza bites
Lost: Naima
Loser's Dish: Italian rainbow cookies with cherry jam filling, and chocolate ganache and pepperoni, spinach, mushroom and BBQ sauce pizza bite
8
"Architectural Digestible"
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)
The five remaining kid bakers had to make decorative trifles inspired by interior design. The twist was to create granola from scratch.
Winner: Reggie
Winner's Dish: Vanilla pound cake with passion fruit fillings (curd and mousse), coconut mousse, honey cashew granola, raspberries, blackberries, and mangoes
Lost: Liam
Loser's Dish: Chocolate espresso cake with orange pastry cream, chocolate mousse, raspberries , Mandarin oranges, and chocolate granola
9
"Dinomighty"
March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03)
The final four bakers were asked to make dinosaur sugar cookies, which had to stand on their own. The twist was for the kids to create an edible dinosaur egg.
Winner: Sam
Winner's Dish: Lemon-lime T-Rex cookie with vanilla royal icing and chocolate brownie egg
Lost: Morgan
Loser's Dish: Spiced sugar cookie with royal icing and spiced cake pop egg
10
"The Fruit of your Labor"
March 10, 2020 (2020-03-10)
For the finale, the three bakers are challenged to make cakes decorated to look like fruits (pineapple, watermelon, or orange). The twist was to incorporate nuts (walnuts, almonds, or pecans) into their cake.
Winner: Graysen
Winner's Dish: Pineapple (chocolate cake with cream and almond caramel fillings, caramel buttercream, and white icing)
Runner's Up: Reggie and Sam
Reggie's Cake: Watermelon (orange olive oil chocolate chip cake with chocolate pecan mousse, orange curd and American buttercream)
Sam's Cake: Orange (chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting, pastry cream and toasted walnuts)
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Flying Colors"
January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)
Winner: Keaton
Winner's Dish:
Lost: Andrew
Loser's Dish:
2
"Garden of Eatin'"
January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)
Winner: Cydney
Winner's Dish:
Lost: Trey
Loser's Dish:
3
"Party in the Sky"
January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)
The 10 bakers were divided into five teams of two to make three cupcakes (six total in each team) to form a cupcake rainbow display. Each team was assigned a different piping technique for their cupcakes. The twist is that the bakers had to make meringue clouds.
Top Team: Nemo and Jonah
Winner: Haylin
Winner's Dish: Lemon cupcake with lemon curd and lemon buttercream
Lost: McKenzly
Loser's Dish: Peanut butter cupcake with vanilla buttercream
4
"Three Square Meals"
January 18, 2021 (2021-01-18)
For the season's Dessert Imposters challenge, the bakers were assigned to create impostors based on a Three Course Meal (breakfast, lunch and dinner). The twist was to incorporate avocado into their dessert imposters.
Winner: Keaton
Winner's Dish: Hamburger (orange cake with brownie patty)
Lost: Miabella
Loser's Dish: French toast with toppings (pound cake with candied bacon, mixed berries, avocado cream and dulce de leche)
5
"Picnic Time"
January 25, 2021 (2021-01-25)
The bakers were divided into four teams of two to make hand pies with an updated version of "Ants on a Log". The twist was that one teammate would have to make caramel to go with their team's hand pies.
Top Team: Jonah and Keaton
Winner:Jonah
Winner's Dish: Blueberry nectarine hand pie
Lost:Cydney
Loser's Dish: Cranberry apple hand pie
6
"The Spice is Right"
January 25, 2021 (2021-01-25)
The bakers are tasked to make desserts of their choice using Chinese five spice. The twist is that they would have to incorporate fresh ginger.
Winner: Jonah
Winner's Dish: Macaroons
Lost: Namiah
Loser's Dish: Five spice eclairs with chocolate ganache
7
"Puppy Treats"
February 1, 2021 (2021-02-01)
The six bakers are asked to make puppy birthday cakes.
Winner: Bella
Winner's Dish: Cookies and cream cake
Lost: D'Von
Loser's Dish: Strawberry cake
8
"Edible Expressions"
February 8, 2021 (2021-02-08)
The five bakers are tasked to bake expressive cookie faces with 3-D features (eyes, nose, mouth, and ears). The twist is to bake an accessory to put on the face.
Winner: Haylin
Winner's Dish: Lime cookie with lime buttercream (Expression: surprised)
Lost: Nemo
Loser's Dish: Sugar cookie with cream cheese frosting (Expression: happy)
9
"Cereal Pie Squared"
February 19, 2021 (2021-02-19)
Winner: Bella
Winner's Dish:
Lost: Haylin
Loser's Dish:
10
"Location,Location,Location"
February 19, 2021 (2021-02-19)
The final three bakers bake biome cakes. The last twist was to add gelatin to their cake.
Winner:Keaton
Winner's Dish: Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Mousse and a Raspberry Curd (Biome: Desert)
Runner's Up: Bella and Jonah
Bella's Cake: Red Velvet Cake with White Chocolate Mousse and Cream Cheese Frosting (Biome: Tropical Rainforest)
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Float Like a Butterfly"
December 27, 2021 (2021-12-27)
Duff and Valerie want to celebrate the youngest cast in the series by challenging the 12 bakers to make butterfly cakes with assigned flavors. Those flavors were: orange (Caroline), chocolate (Summer), coconut (Ben), cherry (Riya), espresso (Lucia), strawberry (Finley), chai (Joseph), red velvet (Nadya), banana (Ellora), raspberry (Sarah), lime (Ava-Leigh), and mango (Santiago). The twist was that the bakers had to make three edible flowers for their cakes.
Winner: Summer
Winner's Dish: Chocolate Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream
Lost: Ava-Leigh
Loser's Dish: Lime Cake with Lime Buttercream
2
"Everything but the Kitchen Sink"
January 3, 2022 (2022-01-03)
Duff and Valerie challenge the 11 bakers to make kitchen sink desserts using pretzels, chocolate candies, and potato chips. The desserts were: cookie bar (Summer, Ben, and Finley), blondies (Sarah and Ellora), tart (Santiago, Riya, and Lucia), and mini cheesecake (Joseph, Nadya, and Caroline). The twist was each baker had to have a side of popcorn to match their kitchen sink desserts.
Winner: Riya
Winner's Dish: A tart with a pretzel crust, potato chip pastry cream, chocolate candies with Indian popcorn
Lost: Finley
Loser's Dish: Sugar cookie cookie bar with snack mix with cheddar cheese popcorn
3
"Dessert Rivals"
January 10, 2022 (2022-01-10)
Valerie Bertinelli prefers chocolate, and Duff Goldman prefers peanut butter. They divide the remaining 10 bakers into teams and ask the bakers to make chocolate or peanut butter confections of these desserts: sandwich cookie (Lucia and Ben), pie (Nadya and Santiago), whoopie pie (Sarah and Summer), cupcakes (Caroline and Joseph), and poke cake (Riya and Ellora). The twist was each baker had to incorporate jam or jelly into their desserts.
Team Chocolate: Sarah, Nadya, Caroline, Riya, and Lucia
Team Peanut Butter: Ben, Santiago, Joseph, Summer, and Ellora
Top Team: Team Chocolate
Winner: Sarah
Winner's Dish: Chocolate Whoopie Pie with Strawberry Jam
Lost: Ben
Loser's Dish: Peanut Butter Chip Cookie Sandwich with Blueberry Jam
4
"Cereal Psych-Out"
January 17, 2022 (2022-01-17)
Duff and Valerie ask the remaining 9 bakers to turn mini cookies and chocolate-covered fruit or nuts into cookie cereal. The twist was each baker had to make a mousse as their "milk". The fruits and nuts were: cherry (Lucia), pineapple (Caroline), blueberries (Santiago), apricots (Riya), raisins (Sarah), almonds (Summer), macadamia nuts (Ellora), hazelnuts (Joseph), and pecans (Nadya)
Winner: Nadya
Winner's Dish: Oatmeal date cookies with chocolate-covered Pecans and a spiced mousse
Lost: Caroline
Loser's Dish: Coconut cookies with chocolate-covered pineapple and a chocolate coconut mousse
5
"All Puffed Up"
January 24, 2022 (2022-01-24)
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenged the remaining eight bakers to make creampuffs in Teams and with assigned flavors. Those were cookies and cream (Nadya), blackberry (Sarah), passion fruit (Ellora), cookie butter (Summer), ginger (Riya), key lime (Santiago), maple (Lucia), and green apple (Joseph). The twist was each baker had to make a monster or other characters out of one of their creampuffs.
Winner: Riya
Winner's Dish: A Creampuff with Dark Green Craquelin and Ginger Whipped Cream and Ginger Pastry Cream
Lost: Joseph
Loser's Dish: A Creampuff with Green Craquelin and Green Apple Whipped Cream
6
"BBQ Impostors"
January 31, 2022 (2022-01-31)
Duff and Valerie ask the remaining seven bakers to whip up some BBQ dessert impostors with a side. The twist was each person had to incorporate lemon somewhere in their impostor. Those impostors were salmon & asparagus (Ellora), hot dog & baked beans (Riya), kebabs & corn (Santiago), chicken & cole slaw (Sarah), ribs & mac and cheese (Summer), burger & BBQ chips (Lucia), and steak & potato salad (Nadya).
Winner: Ellora
Winner's Dish: Lime cake (salmon) and sugar cookies (asparagus) with candied lemon
Lost: Santiago
Loser's Dish: Cardamom brownie (meat) and passion fruit coconut cake with lemon frosting (corn)
7
"Earn your Stripes"
February 7, 2022 (2022-02-07)
Duff and Valerie challenge the last six bakers to make zebra cakes with certain colors. Each cake has to have white, black and a color that was chosen. The twist was that the bakers had to put a zebra face on their cake. The assigned colors were pink (Lucia), blue (Summer), turquoise (Sarah), orange (Riya), purple (Ellora), and green (Nadya).
Winner: Sarah
Winner's Dish: White cake with a raspberry filling and a citrus buttercream
Lost: Lucia
Loser's Dish: Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream
8
"Cosmic Delights"
February 14, 2022 (2022-02-14)
The remaining five bakers are tasked to make cupcake pull-aparts based on a space theme. The twist was to add an edible alien or UFO that must be baked. The assigned themes were saturn (Nadya), the sun (Sarah), the moon (Ellora), a comet (Riya), and a rocket (Summer).
Winner: Sarah
Winner's Dish: Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Buttercream and a Shortbread Thumbprint Cookie
Lost: Riya
Loser's Dish: Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with Blueberry Cream Cheese Buttercream and a Sugar Cookie
9
"Shake, Shake, Shake"
February 21, 2022 (2022-02-21)
Duff and Valerie challenge the four semifinal bakers to make loaded milkshake with no flavor assignments or specifications. The twist was to make a flavored whipped cream to top off the milkshakes.
Winner: Ellora
Winner's Dish: Chocolate milkshake with maple bacon doughnut & brownie and a chocolate espresso Whipped cream
Lost: Summer
Loser's Dish: Cookie butter milkshake with snickerdoodles & blondies and a cookie butter & cinnamon Whipped cream
10
"Cityscapes"
February 21, 2022 (2022-02-21)
For the final challenge, the bakers are given the task of creating cakes based on cityscapes based on an assigned American city. The twist was to incorporate an assigned tree commonly found in their respective cities to their cityscapes. The assigned themes were Washington, D.C., with cherry blossom trees (Ellora), New York with maple trees (Sarah), and San Francisco with Sequoia trees (Nadya).
Winner: Nadya
Winner's Dish: White Cake with Strawberry Jam & Rosewater Buttercream
Sarah's Cake: Cookies & Cream Cake with Chocolate & Vanilla Mousse & Vanilla Buttercream
Season 11
12 bakers compete for the title of Kids Baking Champion and $25,000. Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli are the hosts and judges again in this business-themed season of the series.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
No. in Episode
Title
Original air date
1
"Great First Impressions"
December 26, 2022 (2022-12-26)
Duff and Valerie have the kids bakers make their best selling desserts while using the psychology of color. The first twist was to make a colorful sauce to go along with their dessert.
Winner: Toby
Winner's Dish: White chocolate chip matcha cookies with a berry coulis (Colors: red and green)
Lost: Logan
Loser's Dish: Coffee vanilla macarons with a chocolate espresso syrup (Colors: purple and black)
2
"Smashing Success"
January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)
Duff and Valerie challenge the bakers to "smash" two desserts and come up with a name in hopes of it going viral and staying in the competition. The twist was they had to incorporate tie dye colors into their desserts.
Winner: Jason
Winner's Dish: Pina Colada-Cake-Cotta [Cake with coconut panna cotta and pineapple jam] (Mash-up: upside down cake and panna cotta)
Lost: Toby
Loser's Dish: Chur-co pizza [Churro disk with Mexican chocolate pastry cream and graham cracker crumble) (Mash-up: chocolate cream pie and churros)
3
"Logo-a-Gogo"
January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)
The kid bakers make logo cakes and are split into two teams.
Chocolate: Naiel, Naho, Genevieve, Ozan, and Nash; Vanilla: Foster, Peyton, Alissa, Jason, and Sohan. The twist was to include some almonds in their cakes.
Winner: Naiel
Winner's Dish: Chocolate cake with cinnamon pastry cream and almond mascarpone frosting with toasted almond slices
Lost: Foster
Loser's Dish: Vanilla cake with coffee pastry cream and almond buttercream with almond, chocolate, and pretzel mix filling
4
"Festival Fare"
January 16, 2023 (2023-01-16)
The bakers are challenged by Duff and Valerie to make desserts in a jar that they get to taste test. The baker with the most likes gets immunity. The twist was to bake a crumble to go with their desserts.
Winner: Genevieve
Winner's Dish: Cheesecake in a jar (graham cracker crust, no-bake cheesecake filling, raspberry jam, and a raspberry cookie crumble)
Most Liked Dessert: Naho
Dish: Banana pudding in a jar (sugar cookie crust, vanilla pudding with banana slices, whipped cream, chocolate drizzle, and a cinnamon crumble)
Lost: Peyton
Loser's Dish: Berry shortcake in a jar (strawberry-raspberry curd, biscuit with strawberries, whipped cream, and biscuit crumble with pretzels and dried raspberries)
5
"8 Little Bakers Go to Market"
January 23, 2023 (2023-01-23)
Duff and Valerie have the bakers make viral cupcakes with viral flavors in hope to stay in the competition. The twist was the bakers had to team up to create a cupcake that will go viral. The winning team was Genevieve and Naiel, and as a special prize, they received cupcake pillows, courtesy of Duff and Valerie.
Winner: Ozan
Winner's Dish: Chocolate cupcake with graham cracker crust, toasted marshmallow cream frosting, and chocolate ganache drizzle with chocolate-dipped graham cracker (market trend: S'mores)
Winning Team's Cupcake: Genevieve and Naiel's Chocolate cake with jalapeno pastry cream and mango American buttercream
Lost: Jason
Loser's Dish: Red velvet cupcake with whipped chocolate ganache and cream cheese frosting (market trend: Red velvet)
6
"Power Lunch Imposters"
January 30, 2023 (2023-01-30)
The bakers are challenged to make power lunch food imposters. The twist was to make escargot to add to their power lunch food imposter desserts, using snail shells as their guide.
Winner: Genevieve
Winner's Dish: Cobb salad [Coconut (lettuce), Butterscotch blondie (chicken), cherries (tomatoes), kiwi (avocado), and candied bacon (bacon)] with boba escargot
Lost: Ozan
Loser's Dish: Lobster tail (rice cereal treat with lemon buttercream) and corn on the cob (lemon-vanilla cake pop with marizpan) with cake escargot
7
"Interview with a Baker"
February 6, 2023 (2023-02-06)
The bakers are split into two teams with a team leader to create shaped cream puff cakes, with each member facing off based on a flavor. Naiel, Naho and Genevieve are on one team, and the other team is Sohan, Alissa and Nash (with Genevieve and Sohan as the team leaders). The twist was to add a ganache on their cream puff cakes.
Winning Team: Genevieve’s team
Lost: Nash
Loser's Dish: Square cream puff cake with blackberry mascarpone cream filling and chocolate ganache
8
"The Customer is Always Right"
February 13, 2023 (2023-02-13)
The bakers have to make desserts with interesting flavor combinations in any dessert of their choice, except cakes. The twist was to add black pepper to their desserts.
Winner: Naho
Winner's Dish: Black pepper eclair with miso and maple syrup pastry cream and a black pepper sugar cookie
Lost: Alissa
Loser's Dish: Fried yeasted donut with black pepper, topped banana diplomat cream, grapefruit curd mixed with whipped cream, and a black pepper glaze
9
"Cookies are for Closers"
February 20, 2023 (2023-02-20)
The kid bakers are tasked to make two different types of cookies loaded with three toppings/fillings each, two of which they had to make. For this twist, they need to add tea to go with their cookies.
Winner: Naho
Winner's Dish: Caramel bits cookie with cinnamon candied bacon, American buttercream, and chocolate ganache drizzle; Matcha sugar cookie with Swiss meringue, strawberry curd, and white chocolate and matcha drizzle
Lost: Genevieve
Loser's Dish: Bacon and chocolate chip cookie with Swiss meringue buttercream and salted caramel filling; Peanut butter chip cookie with Chai Swiss meringue buttercream and cereal mix filling
10
"Birthdays are Big Business"
February 27, 2023 (2023-02-27)
The final three bakers show off their business and baking skills as they create themed birthday cakes for the $25,000 grand prize. For the twist, the bakers must create a functional yet edible birthday candle for their cakes.
Winner:Naiel
Winner's Dish: Vanilla cake with lime curd, coconut pastry cream, toasted coconut flakes, blue ombre buttercream, and lavender sugar cookie candle with almond wick (Theme: Sailing)
Runners Up: Naho and Sohan
Naho's Cake: Ginger cake with peach compote, ginger pastry cream, peach Italian meringue buttercream, and modeling chocolate candle with a wafer paper wick (Theme: Skateboarding)
Sohan's Cake: Lemon blueberry cake with lemon curd, blueberry coulis, green ombre buttercream, and coating chocolate candle with almond wick (Theme: Gardening)
Season 12
12 bakers compete for the title of Kids Baking Champion and $25,000. Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli are the hosts and judges in this "Bake to School"-themed season of the series. It was Valerie Bertinelli's last season on the series.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Episodes
Episodes
No. in season
Title
Original release date
1
"Picture This"
January 1, 2024 (2024-01-01)
Inspired by school picture day, the 12 bakers are tasked to bake portrait cakes in assigned flavors and decorated with an edible photo and three emojis to represent their interests. For the mid-round twist, the bakers have to include ricotta or mascarpone cheese in their cake.
Winner: Tasi
Eliminated: Henry
2
"Jumping for Joy"
January 8, 2024 (2024-01-08)
In honor of recess, the contestants create blondie hopscotch puzzles surrounded by an edible playground scene. For the twist, the bakers have to add an edible tree.
Winner: Anaiah
Eliminated: Andy
3
"Bake Sale"
January 15, 2024 (2024-01-15)
Paired into five teams of two, the competitors must stock and decorate their own bake sale booths. Each baker makes a dozen individually-packaged portions of two assigned sweets. For the twist, each team must make a dozen cereal treats that are "loaded" with add-ins.
Winner: Levi
Eliminated: Madison
4
"Art Is in the Pie of the Beholder"
January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22)
In honor of art class, the nine bakers are tasked to make colored mosaic pies (mousse or cream pies with gelatin pieces inside). For the mid-round twist, Duff and Valerie have the kids bake an edible frame around their pies.
Winner: Anaiah
Eliminated: Leland
5
"School Play"
January 29, 2024 (2024-01-29)
The kid bakers are once again paired into teams to make cakes inspired by the happy/comedy and sad/tragedy theater masks in celebration of drama club. For the twist, each team has to add an edible marquee to their cake.
Winner: Lila is the individual winner. The winning team of Lila and Oscar receive autographed drama masks from Duff and Valerie.
Eliminated: Jaime
6
"Spelling Bee Buzz"
February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05)
Inspired by the school spelling bee, the bakers are tasked with creating tarts with an assigned flavor and an assigned baking word written on top. For the twist, the bakers must include blueberries.
Winner: Levi
Eliminated: Camryn
7
"Lunch Bell"
February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12)
For this season's dessert imposters challenge, the bakers must create desserts that look like different school lunch entrées and side dishes commonly served at the cafeteria. The twist requires the addition of fresh oranges somewhere in the dish.
Winner: Oscar
Eliminated: Anaiah
8
"Library Visit"
February 19, 2024 (2024-02-19)
In honor of the school library, the five remaining bakers must create their own book desserts. The mid-round twist is for the kids to make edible bookmarks to go with their books.
Winner: Lila
Eliminated: Elsie
9
"Spirit Day"
February 26, 2024 (2024-02-26)
In honor of school spirit day, the semi-finalists are challenged to make a dozen tie-dye glazed doughnuts and ice cream with swirled fillings. The twist requires the addition of a baked mix-in to their ice cream.
Winner: Lila
Eliminated: Levi
10
"Science Fair"
March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)
The science fair is celebrated as the three finalists create volcano cakes with a dry ice smoke effect. Each baker randomly picks a location: polar (Lila), tropical (Tasi), and forest (Oscar). The twist requires the bakers to add sugar flames on top.
Winner: Lila
Runners Up: Oscar and Tasi
Season 13
Season 13 has the biggest change since season 1, Kardea Brown will be replacing Valerie Bertinelli as a judge and Duff Goldman is returning as judge since season 1.
(RUNNER-UP) This baker made it to the finale, and was in second place.
(WIN) This baker won the baking challenge.
(WIN) This baker was on the winning team of a team challenge.
(HIGH) Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but didn't win.
(IN) Baker got through to the next round.
(LOW) Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
(ELIM) This baker was eliminated from the championship.
Specials
Kids Halloween Baking Championship
A special Halloween edition aired October 5, 2016.[10] Food Network chef Duff Goldman and actress Alison Sweeney served at the competition as judges.[11][10] The contestants were four child bakers who previously competed on Kids Baking Championship.[12][13][11][10]
Beginning in 2019, Kids Baking Championship produced additional holiday-themed specials with returning contestants from previous seasons. In each special, the winner is awarded a prize package of baking equipment valued at $10,000.[14]
Episodes
Title
Original release date
"Tricks and Treats"
September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26)
Returning contestants: Bryn (season 4), Davey (season 5), Madison and Karthik (season 6)
In this Halloween special, Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli welcomed back four past contestants to make desserts with a spider web design. The twist required them to add an edible spider with a baked component.
Winner: Karthik
"Kids Baking Championship: North Pole Edition"
December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08)
Returning contestants: Linsey and Alex (season 4), Matthew (season 5), Nyah (season 6)
Valerie, Duff, and guest judge Casey Webb challenged four returning bakers to make one dozen treats for Santa with an assigned type and flavor, along with a cookie note. The twist was to add walnuts, which the bakers had to shell.
Winner: Matthew
"Season's Sweetings"
November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)
Returning contestants: Saylor from season 5, Brady and Taylor from season 7, and Naima and Sam from season 8.
Hosts Duff and Valerie asked five returning kid bakers to make cakes decorated with holiday gingerbread house cutouts and including a required flavor. In a twist, they also had to bake a "reindeer treat" tasting element.
Winner: Taylor
"Oh My Gourd!"
October 18, 2021 (2021-10-18)
Returning contestants: Nemo, Haylin, D'Von, and Cydney, all from season 9
This Halloween special was hosted by Duff and guest judge Natasha Jiwani, the winner of season 5. The bakers were asked to make piñata cakes topped with 3D pumpkin patch decorations. In a twist, they also had to make an edible scarecrow.
Winner: Nemo
"Light Up the Holidays"
November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)
Returning contestants: Avner from season 8 and Bella, Jonah, and Miabella from season 9
This holiday special was hosted by Duff and guest judge Abby Martin, finalist from season 4. The competitors were asked to bake a tsunami cake shaped like a holiday candle. The twist was to add a flame made of poured or melted sugar.
Winner: Jonah
"Trick or Eat"
October 17, 2022 (2022-10-17)
Returning contestants: Summer, Ava-Leigh, Santiago and Sarah from season 10
Duff and guest judge Maneet Chauhan asked the bakers to make pies topped with a Halloween mask and including two assigned ingredients. The twist was to make an edible flashlight.
Winner: Summer
"Gobble Goodies"
November 13, 2022 (2022-11-13)
Returning contestants: Ellora, Joseph, Benjamin, and Caroline from season 10
In this Thanksgiving special, Valerie and Duff challenged four returning kid bakers to make turkey-themed cakes. The twist required the addition of canned cranberry sauce.
Winner: Joseph
"All Star Holiday Homecoming"
November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28)
Returning contestants: Paige (winner of season 6), Taylor (season 7 and winner of "Season's Sweetings" special), Keaton (winner of season 9), Nemo (season 9 and winner of "Oh My Gourd!" special)
Valerie and Duff challenged four past KBC winners to make a non-traditional "dazzling" yule log. The twist was to add meringue mushrooms.
Winner: Keaton
"Bloodcurdling Bakes"
September 25, 2023 (2023-09-25)
Returning contestants: Naiel, Peyton, Genevieve, and Jason from season 11
Duff and guest judge Samantha Seneviratne asked the returning bakers to make Halloween fault line cakes with flavor profiles inspired by candy bars. The twist was to add a fresh gravesite on top.
Winner: Genevieve
"Sweets-Giving"
November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)
Returning contestants: Foster, Toby, Logan, and Sohan from season 11
Duff and guest host Kardea Brown asked the bakers to make a Thanksgiving-themed buttercream board containing two flavors of buttercream, two types of baked items, and two chocolate-dipped items. The twist was to add a half dozen shortbread cookies.
Winner: Toby
"Reindeer Games"
November 27, 2023 (2023-11-27)
Returning contestants: Naho, Ozan, Alissa, and Nash from season 11
In this holiday special, Duff and Kardea Brown asked the competitors to make reindeer cakes with 3D antlers and a flavor combination inspired by "reindeer food" snack mix. The twist was to make eggnog ice cream.
Winner: Ozan
"Scary Good"
October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07)
Returning contestants: Jaime, Levi, Madison, and Tasi from season 12
Duff and Kardea asked the bakers to make pull-apart cupcakes shaped in a Halloween design and including chili peppers as an ingredient. The twist was to add a 3D decoration.
Winner: Levi
"Frosting the Snowman"
December 2, 2024 (2024-12-02)
Returning contestants: Oscar, Anaiah, Camryn, and Elsie from season 12
Duff and Kardea welcomed back four kid bakers. They were given two and a half hours to bake cakes depicting a "North Pole" character (elf, gingerbread person, snowman, or penguin) wearing a knitted accessory. The twist was to add chestnuts to their cake.
