8.6/109 votesLoading...#1 - Runners Up Redemption
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/25/2017
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8.3/1012 votesLoading...#2 - Holiday Open House
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2024
To kick off, host Jesse Palmer honors the tradition of making tasty treats for family and friends at a holiday open house. In the preheat, Jesse asks the 12 bakers to create holiday cheese ball desserts featuring a type of cheese and either nuts or dried fruit. Then, host gifts are the theme for delicious bites as the bakers create holiday bark inspired desserts that are both inventive and large scale to impress judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller.
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8.3/1012 votesLoading...#3 - Friendsgiving
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2024
To highlight Friendsgiving, host Jesse Palmer asks the remaining 10 bakers to create flavor friends desserts designed to make a seasonal flavor pairing shine. Then, the bakers are divided into two teams for the ultimate fall flavor showdown as they take on apple vs. pumpkin desserts in an all-out effort to settle the debate for judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller.
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#4 - Sweet Secrets
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 12/21/2020
Host Jesse Palmer loves both cookies and pies, so he asks the nine bakers to make holiday cookie-topped mini pies. Then, Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall judge the pie pandemonium as the competitors celebrate fall with flavor combos such as pumpkin-cider and chestnut-chocolate in double crust, cream pies, slab pies, lattice pies and custard pies.
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#5 - Holiday Party Delights
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/2017
Bakers create eye-catching and tantalizing new holiday treats for seasonal parties; bakers create a dessert with an unusual candy cane flavor; for the main heat, they use a holiday cocktail as sweet inspiration; one unlucky baker goes home.
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#6 - Tradition! Tradition!
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2017
The bakers celebrate two classic holiday traditions: Hanukkah jelly doughnuts and ye olde fruitcake. They must create a dozen doughnuts featuring a challenging flavour combo. Then, they try their best to reinvent fruitcake.
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#7 - Twelve Days Of Christmas
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/2017
Three bakers grab two last-minute holiday gifts and combine them into one dessert before creating a 12 Days of Christmas dessert. The winning baker walks away with 50,000 dollars and the title of Holiday Baking Champion.
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8.1/1012 votesLoading...#8 - Thanksgiving Family Feast
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2024
Celebrating the Thanksgiving feast and sitting at the kid's table never felt so special as host Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to make over-the-top Thanksgiving cupcakes for the preheat that are designed to make the adult table jealous. Kids Baking Championship alums and guest judges Matt Azuma and Summer Haque join judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller. Then, the bakers create Thanksgiving pies with 3-D decor elements to bring drama and deliciousness to the feast.
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8.1/1011 votesLoading...#9 - Cookie Exchange Party
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/2024
Host Jesse Palmer throws a holiday cookie exchange party, and the bakers must create flavor-forward seasonal cookies -- but no decorated sugar cookies or gingerbread allowed! Judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller decide the winner of the preheat in a blind tasting, and the bakers get to vote for their favorite cookie as well! Then, the bakers must rise to the occasion by making holiday cookie cakes that feature two different types of cookies, a minimum of four layers and a flavor twist to help wash it all down.
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#10 - Season Of Sharing
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/13/2017
In the pre-heat, eight bakers team up to make a dozen hand pies in a festive holiday shape; for the main heat, bakers create a holiday dessert duo inspired by classic holiday flavor combinations.
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#11 - Comfort and Joy
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2017
The five remaining bakers ignite the holiday spirit with a fiery, pre-heat dessert. While in the main heat, they take a traditional holiday cheese board and turn it into an unusual cheesecake.
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8.0/1014 votesLoading...#12 - Getting Ready for Thanksgiving
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/2022
After a grocery delivery gone wrong, host Jesse Palmer tasks the bakers with creating tasty desserts featuring ingredients used to make Thanksgiving dinner, including carrots, cornbread stuffing mix and sausage. Then, the jolly gingerbread man knows that he could be more than just a cookie -- and it's up to the bakers to make it happen! In the end, judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall send one baker heading for the exit.
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8.0/1012 votesLoading...#13 - Old Fashioned Christmas Party
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2024
Host Jesse Palmer steps back in time to the Victorian era for an old-fashioned Christmas party. In the preheat, the remaining nine bakers are tasked with making fruitcake-blend desserts with a marinated mix of dried fruit, spices and liquor. Then, the bakers must make Lambeth cakes featuring intricate piping, strong color schemes and an unexpected twist featuring an old-timey ingredient. Judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller decide which baker will be eliminated.
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#14 - A New Holiday Spin
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 11/27/2017
The six remaining bakers create new takes on traditional holiday baking; inspired by an internet baking meme, for the pre-heat they use yellow cake mix to make anything but cake; in the main heat, bakers must holiday up a non-holiday dessert.
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7.8/1014 votesLoading...#15 - Thanksgiving It My All
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/2019
Jesse Palmer teaches the six bakers a lesson in repurposing holiday gifts in the first round, when they must turn panettone, the classic holiday Italian sweet bread, into an entirely new dessert. Then they're challenged to create a beautifully decorated cupcake mosaic inspired by a pair of holiday pajamas. Judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Lorraine Pascale send one baker packing
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7.8/1014 votesLoading...#16 - Gettin' Gifty with It
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/2019
Some of the tastiest treats of Hanukkah are gold-covered chocolate coins, and Jesse Palmer challenges the four remaining bakers to give the classic treat a twist by incorporating candied orange, espresso beans, smoked salt or toasted coconut and create a dessert highlighting their chosen flavor. In the second challenge, the competitors bake up delicious cheesecakes with an assigned crust and decorated with an edible shiny ice rink on top. Judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Lorraine Pascale get serious about which three bakers move on to the finale.
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7.8/1014 votesLoading...#17 - Make New Friends, but Keep the Old
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 12/6/2021
For the exclusive holiday desserts preheat, the six remaining bakers try to impress judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall by making tasty treats for guests with a dietary restriction. In the main heat, host Jesse Palmer challenges the competitors to update an assigned vintage holiday dessert to create a new Christmas delight.
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#18 - Holiday Hoopla
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/20/2015
Season 2 comes to a close with the final three bakers showing off their decorating skills, when making sugar cookie trees and cakes that represent an assigned holiday tradition.
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7.7/1013 votesLoading...#19 - Trendsetting Turkey day
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/2019
Jesse Palmer challenges the five bakers to create assigned desserts that are inspired by and look like Santa Claus. To secure their place in the final four, the bakers are tasked with creating impressive cakes made to look like another icy North Pole staple: an igloo. Judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Lorraine Pascale decide which bakers move on to the next round and which one goes home.
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7.7/1018 votesLoading...#20 - Falling Into Winter
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 11/1/2021
The competition kicks off as host Jesse Palmer asks the twelve bakers to embrace the seasonal transition by making fall and winter doughnuts. For the main heat, the competitors combine holiday cheese board staples in creative apple and cheese desserts. A double elimination looms, and judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall must send two bakers home for the holidays.
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7.7/1014 votesLoading...#21 - First Snow
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/2022
Season's greetings! Host Jesse Palmer gets some welcoming inspiration for the first Preheat as he challenges the 12 bakers to create meringue pavlova wreaths in yummy fall flavors. For the Main Heat, Jesse settles a long-standing debate over the best holiday dessert by dividing the kitchen into the pie team and the cake team. The better bake wins immunity for their whole team, and judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall send one baker from the losing team home.
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7.7/107 votesLoading...#22 - Office Christmas Party
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/2024
Grab your favorite ugly Christmas sweater and join host Jesse Palmer for presents, games and tasty holiday challenges. In the preheat, the bakers team up to make ooey-gooey holiday caramel and chocolate desserts. Then, the real party begins as the ice luge arrives, and the bakers make boozy trifles for judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller that feature an assigned liqueur and a twist with a lot of personality.
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#23 - Thanksgiving Genius
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 11/20/2017
In the pre-heat, seven bakers must create a Thanksgiving dessert using a mystery canned fruit; in the main heat, bakers whip up new Turkey Day sensations by combining two traditional desserts.
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7.6/1011 votesLoading...#24 - Holiday Essentials
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/5/2018
The pumpkin spice phenomenon hits the championship; for the pre-heat, nine bakers attempt to wow the judges with creative pumpkin spiciness; in the main heat, the bakers must combine a yule log with a classic holiday treat.
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7.6/109 votesLoading...#25 - Plenty of Gratitude
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/2018
For the pre-heat, the eight bakers work in teams to make four different kinds of pies on the same sheet pan; in the main heat, the bakers embrace the stuffed feeling after the Thanksgiving meal by making stuffed cakes featuring seasonal ingredients.
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The Best Episodes of Holiday Baking Championship
Every episode of Holiday Baking Championship ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Holiday Baking Championship!
The search to find the greatest holiday baker begins as amateur bakers enter the kitchen, where they show off their family traditions and superb baking...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Runners Up Redemption" is the best rated episode of "Holiday Baking Championship". It scored 8.6/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/25/2017. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Holiday Open House".