7.7/1017 votes#1 - 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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7.4/1013 votes#2 - Yule Be Merry
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 11/8/2021
It's bottoms up for judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall as the 10 bakers team up to take on boozy desserts. In the main heat, host Jesse Palmer challenges the competitors with five different styles of yule log cakes in 10 different flavor combinations. In the end, one baker leaves the competition.
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7.1/1012 votes#3 - Attitude of Gratitude
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 11/15/2021
In a holiday pantry raid, host Jesse Palmer throws open the cupboards and the Mason jars to ask the nine remaining bakers to create canned fruit desserts.
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7.5/1014 votes#4 - Best Thanksgiving Ever
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/2021
In a nod to the day after Thanksgiving, host Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to use Black Friday kitchen gadgets like a spiralizer or an espresso machine to make desserts.
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7.2/1014 votes#5 - Gifts That Keep on Giving
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/29/2021
In honor of the Hanukkah oil that kept burning, host Jesse Palmer asks the seven remaining bakers to create festive Hanukkah olive oil cakes. In the main heat, it's all about gift exchange desserts as the competitors randomly choose a dreaded holiday dessert and attempt to spin it into holiday happiness to please judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall.
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7.8/1013 votes#6 - 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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7.6/1012 votes#7 - Holidays in All the Ways
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 12/13/2021
Host Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to create sweet potato and spice desserts in honor of Kwanzaa. In the main heat, the competitors make Christmas card cakes that depict a perfect family snapshot for a holiday card to capture the smiles of judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall. In the end, one baker heads for the exit.
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6.5/1012 votes#8 - Ultimate Holiday Party
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 12/20/2021
Host Jesse Palmer kicks things off with a swanky Christmas open house for judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall and asks the bakers to create dessert charcuterie boards. Then, the bottom two bakers face off in a sudden elimination challenge of dueling holiday pinata desserts. In the final main heat, the competitors take on holiday party theme cakes and incorporate lights into their designs. The most successful cake maker becomes the Holiday Baking Champion and walks away with $25,000!
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The Best Episodes of Holiday Baking Championship Season 8
Every episode of Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Holiday Baking Championship Season 8!
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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Network:Food Network
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Falling Into Winter" is the best rated episode of "Holiday Baking Championship" season 8. It scored 7.7/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/1/2021. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Yule Be Merry".