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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!

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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 skills. To survive the challenges from week to week, they

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Episode 6 - Make New Friends, but Keep the Old
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    S8:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Episode 1 - Falling Into Winter
    7.7/10(19 votes)

    S8:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Episode 7 - Holidays in All the Ways
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    S8:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Episode 4 - Best Thanksgiving Ever
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    S8:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Episode 2 - Yule Be Merry
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    S8:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Episode 5 - Gifts That Keep on Giving
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    S8:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Episode 3 - Attitude of Gratitude
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    S8:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Episode 8 - Ultimate Holiday Party
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    S8:E8

    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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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Make New Friends, but Keep the Old" is the best rated episode of "Holiday Baking Championship" season 8. It scored 7.8/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/6/2021. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Falling Into Winter".