Kids Baking Championship
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Food Network Running Children • Food
13 Seasons · 122 Episodes · Premiered February 2, 2015
Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli lead eight talented kid bakers through tasty challenges designed to find the most impressive and creative young baker on Kids Baking Championship. In each challenge, the kid contestants (ranging in age from 10 to 13) will be tested on their baking skills and originality, as they whip up delectable desserts including creative cakes, mouthwatering cookies and pastries making it seem as easy as pie. At stake, a sweet prize package that includes a complete set of Food Network bakeware products, a profile in Food Network Magazine, an original cake featured at Charm City Cakes and a $10,000 grand prize. Only one will take the cake to become the Kids Baking Champion!
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
4 episodes
E01
Bake Sale
Tue, Feb 3 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In the Kids Baking Championship, kids serve up two items for a bake sale.
E02
Dessert Imposters
Tue, Feb 10 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Kid bakers create sweet treats masquerading as savory dishes.
E03
Stuffed Puffs
Tue, Feb 17 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Kid bakers create dough and delicious fillings for their stuffed puffs.
E04
Celebration Cakes
Tue, Feb 24 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Remaining kid bakers must create a huge celebration cake for when they win.
Season 2
8 episodes
E01
Pie a La Mode
Tue, Jan 5 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
For kickoff to the Kids Baking Championship, get ready to eat pies! For their first challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 10 best kid bakers in the country to elevate classic pies to an art form, but what's pie without homemade ice cream?
E02
Eclairs Gone Wild
Tue, Jan 12 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Time to hop on the "Eclairis Wheel" as the nine remaining kid bakers take on a sweeping new trend in baking: the radically elevated and decorated eclair. This cream-filled challenge will test the young bakers to the max!
E03
'Hot' Chocolate
Tue, Jan 19 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman turn up the heat and ask the remaining eight bakers to incorporate chilies, peppers, cayenne and more into their chocolate creations. The kid bakers must balance the heat in their sweets, so that they showcase the flavor without overwhelming the judges' taste buds.
E04
Macaron Stackaron
Tue, Jan 26 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The French macaron is the new cupcake, so the seven remaining kid bakers must take on this extremely demanding dessert, producing three dozen colorful macarons and stacking them to at least five inches high.
E05
Lunchbox Desserts
Tue, Feb 2 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The six remaining kid bakers get creative as they invent lunch box desserts. The good news? Trading items is allowed. The bad news? Carrot sticks are tough to work into a dessert!
E06
Candymonium
Tue, Feb 9 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
To celebrate candy in all its glory, the five remaining kid bakers must use three types of candy in a dessert but also keep it balanced, because it's a fine line between candymonium and candy overload!
E07
Dessert Imposters 2.0
Tue, Feb 16 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The most beloved challenge from the first season of Kids Baking Championship is back with a twist. For dessert impostors 2.0, the four remaining kid bakers must make a dessert item that looks like a savory dish and also create a savory cupcake for "dessert." It's dinner in reverse!
E08
Spring Break Cakes
Tue, Feb 23 2016 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In the final challenge, the three remaining kid bakers battle it out for the title of Kids Baking Champion while making spring break-themed cakes. Which baker will emerge the winner and take home $25,000?
Season 3
10 episodes
E01
Life Is a Carnival
Tue, Jan 3 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The carnival is in town for the Kids Baking Championship kick off! It's a thrill ride when Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 12 best kid bakers in the country to create carnival-themed cupcakes and incorporate carnival treats like kettle corn, frozen bananas and cotton candy.
E02
I Lava Volcano
Tue, Jan 10 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the 11 remaining kid bakers with creating volcano Bundt cakes that spew smoke and edible boulders. The red-hot challenge will test these amazing bakers to their fiery core!
E03
Comfort Food Dessert Imposters
Tue, Jan 17 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The most beloved challenge of all pulls up a seat at the local diner! The remaining 10 kid bakers must create a comfort food dessert imposter -- meatloaf, fried chicken, mac and cheese, and more -- to keep their place at the table.
E04
Color Me Wow!
Tue, Jan 24 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In an ode to the outrageous psychedelic colors of tie-dye, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman head back to the 1960s and ask the remaining nine kid bakers to "color them wow" with mind-blowing tie-dye cakes.
E05
Throwback Eclairs
Tue, Jan 31 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
What were desserts like when hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman were kids? The remaining eight bakers must update old school desserts like coconut cream pie or German chocolate cake into trendy "throwback" eclairs.
E06
Breakfast Desserts
Tue, Feb 7 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The remaining seven kid bakers become royal subjects to either Valerie "Queen of Pancakes" Bertinelli or Duff "King of Waffles" Goldman and must please their ruler by creating layer cakes made from waffles or pancakes. To increase the stakes, the winning side is immune from elimination.
E07
Mobile App Cookies
Tue, Feb 14 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Today, there's an app for almost everything! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman provide app names like Snackchat, Clash of Carbs and Pastry Chef Go. Then, the remaining six kid bakers must design and create mobile app icons out of sugar cookies and explain what each app does.
E08
Pet Shop Joys
Tue, Feb 21 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Cute little pets serve as the inspiration for incredible sweets when the last five kid bakers standing must create a dessert inspired by the animal they are paired with: guinea pig, turtle, rabbit, mini pig or silkie chicken.
E09
Molecular Kidstronomy
Tue, Feb 28 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Kids Baking Championship goes mad scientist! Using futuristic tools, the final four bakers fight for a spot in the finale with molecular gastronomy inspired desserts. Which three kids will make it through the high-tech gauntlet?
E10
Superhero Grand Finale
Tue, Mar 7 2017 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
For the finale, the last three kid bakers are given five hours to create an original superhero cake and describe their superhero's powers during tasting. Who will win this last challenge and fly off with $25,000?
Season 4
10 episodes
E01
Cookielicious
Tue, Jan 2 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The new season of Kids Baking Championship kicks off with a whole new take on everybody's favorite: cookie cake! Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli throw a curve ball at the 12 kid bakers by asking them to make layered, tiered, stacked and beautifully decorated cookie cakes.
E02
Pizza for Dessert
Tue, Jan 9 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman have a special challenge boxed up and ready to deliver to the 11 kid bakers. They must turn pizza into a sweet treat by creating dessert pizzas, but they must incorporate something that belongs on a real pizza into their pie.
E03
Lemon BFFs
Tue, Jan 16 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's no secret that Valerie Bertinelli loves lemon, and lemon goes with so many other flavors. This challenge Duff Goldman and Valerie have the kid bakers celebrate lemon and its "best flavor friends" in the form of lemon bars. The result will be sour for one baker as they are sent home.
E04
Cake and Ice Cream 2.0
Tue, Jan 23 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli have cake and ice cream on the brain, but they want a new approach. The bakers must use ice cream and an inspiration for their cake to create a colorful drip cake. As a twist, they must also create homemade ice cream to accompany their cake. One baker will melt in this challenge.
E05
Doughnuts Go Nuts
Tue, Jan 30 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman shake things up by asking the bakers to work in teams to create designs made of doughnuts. Each baker will individually bake and decorate two dozen mini doughnuts, and then they will need to combine them to create a unified design. One baker will fall in the hole and be eliminated.
E06
Unicornucopia
Tue, Feb 6 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the bakers to create a unique two-layer unicorn cake that illustrates a specific emotion. The one who does not take the cake will gallop home.
E07
Lunchbox Imposters
Tue, Feb 13 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
With only 6 bakers left Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman test their skills with lunchbox imposters, where they must make a dessert that looks like a common lunchbox food item, and they must also create a side dish to go along with it.
E08
Out of This World
Tue, Feb 20 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli ask the bakers to make something out of this world - an intergalactic dessert! Since astronauts eat freeze dried foods, the bakers must also use freeze dried ingredients. They must also make an edible sun to go with their galaxy dessert. One baker's dessert will not be stellar and will be sent home.
E09
Sand Castle Sweets
Tue, Feb 27 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
With spring break just around the corner, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are dreaming about their beach vacations. They ask the remaining bakers to face the sandcastle sweets challenge and create a cereal treat sandcastle filled with two different baked goods to earn their place in the finale.
E10
Cover Story Cakes
Tue, Mar 6 2018 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In the finale challenge, Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli task the remaining three bakers to create a birthday cake in celebration of Food Network Magazine's 10th birthday. The winner will go home with $25,000 and the title of Kids Baking Champion!
Season 5
7 episodes
E01
#Selfieclairs
Tue, Aug 7 2018 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
A brand-new group of kid bakers introduce themselves via delicious "Selfieclairs"! Using a selfie as inspiration, the bakers create eclairs in assigned flavors and then decorate them to serve as a pate a choux pastry introduction.
E02
Defying Gravity
Tue, Aug 14 2018 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the kid bakers to make magic by creating cakes with gravity-defying illusions on them. Whose extraordinary cake will rise to the top?
E03
Ice Screamers
Tue, Aug 21 2018 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In a moment of serendipity, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman create an ice cream sandwich with a doughnut that gives them a great idea! The kid bakers will have to turn unexpected baked items like waffles, blondies and cupcakes into outrageous ice cream sandwiches.
E04
Imposters Italiano
Tue, Aug 28 2018 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman love Italian food so much they're challenging the bakers to create lasagna dessert imposters! The bakers must create meat lasagna, spinach-and-mushroom lasagna or veggie-pesto lasagna imposters if they want to stay in the game.
E05
You're in the Ballpark
Tue, Sep 4 2018 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Thirteen-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne and her puppet Petunia hang out at the ballpark withValerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman while they enjoy their favorite stadium snack of all -- popcorn! This buttery treat inspires the Big Bake challenge where the kid bakers are tasked with making over-the-top popcorn desserts.
E06
Bite-Sized Birthday Party
Tue, Sep 11 2018 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman love birthday parties at the park so they're taking this inspiration to the Big Bake Challenge. The kid bakers are tasked with creating bite-sized birthday party desserts for an outdoor birthday party and serving them on mini picnic tables!
E07
Winning Colors
Tue, Sep 18 2018 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Thunder claps and lightning strikes greet the bakers but when the storms pass, a rainbow appears and inspires the final challenge -- rainbow cakes! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman want cakes that have rainbows on the inside and outside. Whoever has the best rainbow cake will win $25,000, a spot in Food Network Magazine and the title of Kids Baking Champion!
Season 6
10 episodes
E01
Bakin' with Bacon
Tue, Jan 8 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's no secret that Valerie Bertinelli loves lemon, but Duff Goldman's favorite ingredient is revealed in this season's kick-off challenge -- bacon cupcakes! Each of the 12 young bakers must make a cupcake featuring bacon and an assigned ingredient like maple, chocolate or cherry.
E02
Spots and Stripes Forever
Tue, Jan 15 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli take the 11 young bakers on a safari of sweetness as they challenge them to create mini cheesecakes with colorful animal prints, from tiger and zebra stripes to leopard and giraffe spots.
E03
Brownies vs. Blondies
Tue, Jan 22 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli raise the eternal question: Which are better, brownies or blondies? To settle the debate, they divide the 10 young bakers into teams for the brownies vs. blondies challenge.
E04
Macaron Madness
Tue, Jan 29 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Macarons are a wildly popular dessert, and macarons decorated with faces are a definite trend. Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the nine young bakers to create macarons decorated with happy faces and sad faces.
E05
Opposites Attract
Tue, Feb 5 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman put the eight young bakers in teams and challenge them to each make half a cake that combines with their teammate's half-cake to make a whole cake representing an opposites theme like fire and ice, night and day, land and sea or big and small.
E06
Freaky Flavors
Tue, Feb 12 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli are cooking up something unusual in the science lab ... it's the freaky flavor tarts challenge! Each of the seven young bakers must create a large tart featuring a freaky flavor like jalapeno, goat cheese, yuzu, pink peppercorn, anise, blue cheese or curry.
E07
Monkey See, Monkey Bake
Tue, Feb 19 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman know that sometimes you can make something extraordinary out of ingredients you have at home. They challenge the six young bakers to turn packaged biscuit dough into dramatic and delicious monkey bread volcanoes.
E08
Let's Taco About Baking
Tue, Feb 26 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Dessert impostors come in all shapes and sizes, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the five young bakers to make sweet dessert tacos that look like the real thing.
E09
Puzzle Me This
Tue, Mar 5 2019 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's always a puzzle to determine which three bakers will make it to the finale, and this season, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are making it a sugar cookie puzzle. The four remaining young bakers must make sugar cookie puzzles in assigned flavors like raspberry, butterscotch, spice or lemon to earn a spot in the top three!
E10
Desserts Doing Good
Tue, Mar 12 2019 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are hosting the ultimate bake sale for the finale. They challenge the remaining three young bakers to create cakes using bake sale items like toffee, rice cereal treats or chocolate-covered pretzels, but the cakes also have to illustrate a common bake sale theme like Drama Club, Dance Club or Chess Club. Only one baker will win $25,000, a spot in Food Network magazine and the title of Kids Baking Champion.
Season 7
7 episodes
E01
Splatter Up!
Tue, Aug 6 2019 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the nine young bakers to get creative and colorful. Cakes in assigned flavors like chocolate, red velvet and coconut are splattered with color -- the brighter and crazier, the better!
E02
Desserts to the Rescue!
Tue, Aug 13 2019 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the eight bakers to defend Bird Island or Pig Island in this round inspired by the Angry Birds 2 movie. Each baker makes a dozen cupcakes based on a movie character, then they team up to build an edible island.
E03
I Doughnut Know What to Think!
Tue, Aug 20 2019 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the seven young bakers to make a giant doughnut cake. Using Bundt cake pans, the bakers make a cake in an assigned flavor like strawberry or maple and then decorate it to look like an oversized doughnut.
E04
International Intrigue
Tue, Aug 27 2019 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The six young bakers must fake it to make it as Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge them to create imposters that look like international dishes, such as sushi or shish kebab, but taste like dessert.
E05
Hole-y Hedgehogs
Tue, Sep 3 2019 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the five young bakers to each make a poke cake with fillings such as pureed fruit or pudding. To increase the cuteness factor, they must decorate it to look like the pokiest little critter -- a hedgehog!
E06
Beauty Is in the Pie of the Beholder
Tue, Sep 10 2019 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman present the four young bakers with late-summer fruit and challenge them to bake a beautiful, delicious pie. Only the cream of the crop will make it to the finale!
E07
Out of This World
Tue, Sep 17 2019 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are lost in space and challenge the three remaining bakers to create cakes that look like a spaceship, aliens or another planet. The most out-of-this-world cake wins, and only one baker will claim $25,000, a spot in Food Network Magazine and the title of Kids Baking Champion.
Season 8
10 episodes
E01
Beyond the Fringe
Tue, Jan 7 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
To kick off the season, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are going back to the 1970s as they challenge the 12 young competitors to make shag cakes. Each baker must make a cake in their chosen flavor and then decorate it to create a shag texture. Groovy, man!
E02
1,2,3 Delicious!
Tue, Jan 14 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the 11 young bakers to create assigned Neapolitan desserts featuring chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.
E03
Sammy Whammy
Tue, Jan 21 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's the most anticipated episode of the season -- dessert impostors! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the remaining 10 bakers to create desserts that look like sandwiches. Order up!
E04
Llama Drama
Tue, Jan 28 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Move over unicorns, there's a new animal after our hearts. The nine young bakers must create llama cupcakes in a chosen flavor. Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman also welcome a special guest -- a real live llama!
E05
One Potato, Two Potato
Tue, Feb 4 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Potatoes aren't just for french fries anymore -- they're for decorating. Hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the eight remaining bakers to carve potato cutouts and create colorful potato-print cookies.
E06
Ice Cream Cone-a-copia
Tue, Feb 11 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Ice cream cones are for more than just holding ice cream. Hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the seven kid bakers to create impressive ice cream cone cupcakes in order to stay in the game.
E07
Mama Mia!
Tue, Feb 18 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
For this Italian-bakery themed challenge, hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the remaining six bakers with creating Italian rainbow cookies featuring classic flavors like apricot, cherry, almond, lemon, hazelnut or espresso.
E08
Architectural Digestible
Tue, Feb 25 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Interior decorating is the inspiration as Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the five bakers to create beautiful decorations and mouthwatering layers in showstopping trifles.
E09
Dinomighty
Tue, Mar 3 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Welcome to the Dinosaur Park! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the four bakers to show off their baking and building skills by making 3-D dinosaur cookies in the shape of a T. rex, velociraptor, stegosaurus, brontosaurus or triceratops.
E10
The Fruit of Your Labor
Tue, Mar 3 2020 3:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Fruit is an important element of baking, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the final three bakers to make fruit cakes, but not the holiday kind. Instead, they have to make cakes that look like actual fruit! One baker will walk away with the title of Kids Baking Champion.
Season 9
10 episodes
E01
Flying Colors aka Brushstrokes
Tue, Dec 29 2020 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman embrace the brushstroke decorating trend by asking the 12 young bakers to create colorful and delicious brushstroke mini cheesecakes.
E02
Garden of Eatin' aka Garden Cakes
Tue, Dec 29 2020 3:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Garden-themed decorating is gaining in popularity, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the 11 young bakers to create garden cakes decorated with actual fruits, herbs and other natural ingredients -- no glitter, sprinkles or fondant allowed.
E03
Party in the Sky aka Cupcake Rainbows
Tue, Jan 5 2021 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
What's that beautiful arc of color in the sky? It's a rainbow! For this challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the 10 young bakers with working in teams to create vibrant and dazzling cupcake rainbows.
E04
Three Square Meals aka Dessert Imposters and Best Bits
Tue, Jan 12 2021 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's the most-anticipated challenge of the competition -- dessert imposters! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the nine kid bakers to create breakfast, lunch and dinner imposters.
E05
Picnic Time
Tue, Jan 19 2021 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman love picnics, but desserts don't always fit into a picnic basket. They challenge the eight young bakers to create portable hand pies and a dressed-up version of "ants on a log."
E06
The Spice Is Right
Tue, Jan 26 2021 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Desserts get a balanced hit of sweet, savory, bitter and sour from Chinese five-spice powder, which is a mix of star anise, Szechuan peppercorns, fennel, cinnamon and clove. For this challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the seven young bakers to create Chinese five-spice desserts to stay in the game.
E07
Puppy Treats
Tue, Feb 2 2021 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The competition has gone to the dogs! Supercute puppies, to be exact. To celebrate Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman pair each of the six bakers with an adorable, adoptable puppy and challenge them to create a cake that reflects their puppy's happy life after adoption on his or her first birthday.
E08
Edible Expressions
Tue, Feb 9 2021 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In the cookie face challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge each of the five bakers to create a giant cookie face with 3-D features that communicate an assigned expression like happy, sad, angry, surprised or excited.
E09
Pie Squared aka Sheet Pan Pies
Tue, Feb 16 2021 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Why have one kind of pie when you can have two? Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the four young bakers with creating a two-flavor sheet pan pie. Successfully making two different delicious pie fillings and a tasty crust plus great decorations will land three bakers in the finale.
E10
Location, Location, Location
Tue, Feb 23 2021 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
For the finale, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman focus on biomes -- large regions of Earth with specific climates that are home to certain types of living things. The three final bakers must make cakes based on a specific biome: rainforest, desert or coral reef. The young baker with the best biome cake earns $25,000 and the title of Kids Baking Champion!
Season 10
10 episodes
E01
Float Like a Butterfly
Tue, Dec 28 2021 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
To kick off this special season featuring the youngest cast ever, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 12 kid bakers to pay homage to the brilliant transformation of the butterfly by making colorful carved butterfly cakes. After judging, one baker leaves the competition.
E02
Everything But the Kitchen Sink
Tue, Jan 4 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The Kids Baking Championship snack mine is the inspiration for this week's challenge as hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 11 young bakers to use three snack items -- potato chips, pretzels and chocolate candies -- in one delicious kitchen sink dessert. In the end, one baker goes home.
E03
Dessert Rivals
Tue, Jan 11 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In the grand tradition of dessert rivalries, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman divide the 10 kid bakers into two teams for a good old-fashioned chocolate vs. peanut butter throwdown. To up the stakes, the winner of the challenge will earn immunity from elimination for their entire team! After the dust settles, one baker from the losing team is eliminated.
E04
Cereal Psych Out
Tue, Jan 18 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the nine kid bakers to turn miniature cookies and chocolate-covered dried fruit or nuts into cookie cereal. Glass of milk, anyone? One baker is eliminated.
E05
All Puffed Up
Tue, Jan 25 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the eight kid bakers to work in teams of two to build and decorate tasty and beautiful team puff designs made of two different colored and flavored cream puffs. In the end, one baker leaves the competition.
E06
BBQ LOL OMG
Tue, Feb 1 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's the beloved imposters challenge, and hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the young bakers to create grilled dessert imposters with side dishes like ribs and mac 'n' cheese or hot dogs and baked beans. The least successful baker goes home.
E07
Earn Your Stripes
Tue, Feb 8 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Zebra stripes are one of the most stunning designs in nature -- and they're even more striking inside a cake! For this challenge, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the six remaining kid bakers to take a walk on the wild side and make zebra cakes with interior stripes. In the end, one baker is eliminated.
E08
Cosmic Delights
Tue, Feb 15 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
For this challenge, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the bakers to combine a lot of small parts to create one big whole by making cosmic cupcake pull-aparts decorated to look like the sun, a rocket, Saturn, a comet or the moon. At the end of the mission, one baker is eliminated.
E09
Shake, Shake, Shake
Tue, Feb 22 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In one of the most difficult challenges of the season, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman embrace the "loaded" foods trend by asking the remaining kid bakers to make loaded milkshakes from scratch topped with two different baked goods. All that baking and ice cream making will secure the three best bakers a place in the finale.
E10
Cityscakes
Tue, Feb 22 2022 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In this over-the-top finale, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the youngest final three bakers in the history of the show to make a championship-worthy, two-tiered cityscape cake that captures the quintessential sights of an assigned iconic city: San Francisco, New York City or Washington D.C. In the end, one baker emerges as Kids Baking Champion, winning a spot in Food Network Magazine and $25,000.
Season 11
13 episodes
E01
Trick or Eat
Tue, Oct 18 2022 12:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Four fan-favorite kids bakers dare to return to a kitchen that has been transformed into a spooky Halloween haunt. Hosts Duff Goldman and Maneet Chauhan challenge them to create a Halloween mask pie using ingredients the bakers collect while trick-or-treating, but they must be wary of a sudden, shocking twist! What isn't scary is the impressive $10,000 prize package of baking tools and equipment that goes home with the best pie-maker!
E02
Gobble Goodies
Mon, Nov 14 2022 12:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
In the spirit of gathering with old friends, hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli bring back four unforgettable kid bakers and challenge them to make turkey cakes. The bakers create pure holiday magic as they compete for a bountiful $10,000 prize package of Thanksgiving-themed baking tools and equipment.
E03
All-Star Holiday Homecoming
Tue, Nov 29 2022 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Four Kids Baking Championship winners return to show off their top-notch skills as they craft tasty holiday delights. Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the champs to bring the holiday cheer with decked-out Yule logs for a chance to win a stunning prize package worth $10,000!
E04
Biz Kids: Great First Impressions
Tue, Dec 27 2022 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
First impressions are everything in the business world, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman kick off the competition by giving the kid bakers free rein to show off their bestselling dessert using the psychology of color. Smart owners choose brand colors that highlight the most important aspects of their business, and one young baker is left feeling blue at elimination time.
E05
Biz Kids: Smashing Success
Tue, Jan 3 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
A successful business often captures the public's attention with a unique product or a new spin on familiar things. Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the biz bakers to tantalize their customers by combining two sweet treats into one dessert mash-up, such as Cheesecake and Eclairs, Pecan Pie and Donuts, Brownies and Tiramisu, and more. In the end, one baker is eliminated.
E06
Biz Kids: Logo-A-Gogo
Tue, Jan 10 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
All businesses need a logo, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the biz bakers with putting their own design on a logo cake. The kids will go head-to-head in a team challenge that finally decides which cake flavor is better, chocolate or vanilla. The winning cake earns immunity for their whole team, and one baker from the losing team is sent home.
E07
Biz Kids: Festival Fare
Tue, Jan 17 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The key to growing a small business is getting good reviews, and food festivals are the perfect place for new customers to sample food and create "buzz." Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli ask the bakers to create festival-friendly desserts in a jar, like cheesecake, banana pudding, brownies, lemon meringue pie or strawberry shortcake. Then, the bakers taste each other's treats, and the business with the most "thumbs up" earns immunity from elimination, while the least successful dessert maker goes home.
E08
Biz Kids: 8 Little Bakers Go to Market
Tue, Jan 24 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
As any business owner knows, sales trends change all the time, and you have to keep up. In this cupcake challenge Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman assign each baker a cupcake flavor that reflects current market popularity, including snickerdoodle, s'mores, PB&J, strawberry lemonade, cinnamon toast and peanut butter chocolate. Then in a super-sized twist, each baker must pair up with their neighbor to create a new cupcake that will predict a trendy flavor in the future. When the flour settles, one baker is eliminated.
E09
Biz Kids: Power Lunch Imposters
Tue, Jan 31 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli know that in business sometimes you need to go to a fancy restaurant and sit down over a nice meal to seal a deal. To honor this tradition, the bakers must create power lunch imposter desserts, like crab cakes with wedge salad, steak with fries and even escargot! When the check arrives, one baker is sent home.
E10
Biz Kids: Interview with a Baker
Tue, Feb 7 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Part of running a successful business is being a good leader, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman hold interviews to hire two team leaders who will assign flavors in the cream puff cake challenge to give their team the best chance at winning. Bakers with the same flavors are put head-to-head during judgement, and the side with the most wins earns immunity for their whole team. One baker from the losing side heads for the exit.
E11
Biz Kids: The Customer Is Always Right
Tue, Feb 14 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
As a bakery owner, Duff Goldman receives some VERY unusual requests from customers, and he's using them as the inspiration for a "Make It Work" desserts challenge. In this test, bakers must make a delicious dessert using an unexpected flavor combination, like strawberry and balsamic or banana and grapefruit. The kid bakers who can go with the flow move on, while the least successful dessert maker goes home.
E12
Biz Kids: Cookies Are for Closers
Tue, Feb 21 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
This isn't your grandma's cookie! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the kid bakers to put their own stamp on one of today's biggest trends: the loaded cookie. They want the bakers to really go crazy while making batches of two different types of over-the-top cookies. The more toppings, filling and frosting the better for this semi-final challenge!
E13
Biz Kids: Birthdays Are Big Business
Tue, Feb 28 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The biz bakers make commercials and birthday cakes for the $25,000 prize!
Season 12
13 episodes
E01
Bloodcurdling Bakes
Tue, Sep 26 2023 12:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Four fan-favorite kid bakers dare to return to a kitchen that has been transformed into a spooky Halloween haunt. Duff Goldman and co-host Sam Seneviratne challenge them to create cemetery fault line cakes inspired by classic trick-or-treat candy bars, but beware, there is a sudden, shocking twist! What isn't scary is the very impressive $10,000 prize package of baking tools and equipment that goes to the best cake baker.
E02
Sweets-Giving
Mon, Nov 13 2023 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Hosts Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown welcome four memorable kid bakers back to celebrate the abundance of Turkey Day by creating Thanksgiving buttercream boards featuring duos of buttercream, baked items and chocolate-dipped treats. The winning baker will be filled with gratitude when they take home the bountiful $10,000 prize package of baking tools and equipment.
E03
Reindeer Games
Tue, Nov 28 2023 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Hosts Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown bring the jolly merriment when four unforgettable kid bakers return for the holidays to make reindeer cakes with 3D antlers. The winning baker takes home all the gifts in the $10,000 prize package of seasonal baking tools and equipment.
E04
Bake to School: Picture This
Tue, Jan 2 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Say "cheese" -- it's picture day! Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman meet the 12 kid bakers through picture-day portrait cakes. Each cake must have an edible photo on top and custom emojis that show off each baker's hobbies and interests. And don't blink, because in the end, the least successful baker goes home.
E05
Bake to School: Jumping for Joy
Tue, Jan 9 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's every kid's favorite part of the school day -- recess! And what would recess be without the timeless game of hopscotch? Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the kid bakers to honor this classic game by making blondie hopscotch puzzles! Whose blondies will be hopping into Duff and Val's hearts and who will be hopping home?
E06
Bake to School: Bake Sale
Tue, Jan 16 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
What's the tastiest fundraiser at school? A bake sale! For this challenge, hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are the customers as the kid bakers work in teams to decorate their own bake sale booth and stock it full of their assigned sweets. The baker with the least successful desserts will have to pack up their booth and go home.
E07
Bake to School: Art Is in the Pie of the Beholder
Tue, Jan 23 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
What do you get when you combine mosaic art and baking? You get one of the hottest trends in baking, mosaic pies! In this challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the kids to make these colorful pies filled with cubes of gelatin suspended in creamy pie filling. The mosaic that cracks under pressure will be headed out the door.
E08
Bake to School: School Play
Tue, Jan 30 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The show is about to begin -- it's time for the school play! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the young bakers to work in teams to create a cake inspired by traditional theatrical masks. These happy/sad cakes bring out all sorts of emotions in the kitchen! And when the curtain falls, one baker must exit the stage.
E09
Bake to School: Spelling Bee Buzz
Tue, Feb 6 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman bring the fun and stakes of a spelling bee into the kitchen by asking the kid bakers to make spelling bee word tarts with assigned words on top. When the spelling bee ends, the baker that didn't use spell-check will take a bow and leave the competition.
E10
Bake to School: Lunch Bell
Tue, Feb 13 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's time for lunch, and cafeteria lunch dessert imposters are on the menu! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman assign each kid baker a different lunch menu with items they must "imposterize" and serve up on a classic cafeteria tray. When lunchtime is over, who will head back to class and who will head home?
E11
Bake to School: Library Visit
Tue, Feb 20 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
For this challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are honoring the school library by asking the young bakers to create book desserts. They can make any dessert, as long as it's decorated to look like a book! Sadly, on the last page, one baker's story comes to an end.
E12
Bake to School: Spirit Day
Tue, Feb 27 2024 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
It's school spirit day, and the theme is tie-dye! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the kid bakers to make tie-dyed doughnuts and ice cream with two different flavored swirls. It's a lot of color, a lot of flavors and a lot of fun as the four remaining bakers compete for the three spots in the finale. When the day is done, one baker will go home.
E13
Bake to School: Science Fair
Tue, Feb 27 2024 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
The finale erupts with fun as the top three kid bakers face the final challenge, science fair volcano cakes. Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the final bakers to make a cake that's not just delicious, it also has to look like a real volcano and erupt like one too! The baker with the best all-around volcano cake will win $25,000 and be crowned the Kids Baking Champion!
Season 13
10 episodes
E01
Scales, Feathers, Fur and Fins
Tue, Jan 7 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
There's a gorgeous parrot and loveable cockatoo in the kitchen, because this season is all about animals! For the kickoff challenge, hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown ask the 12 bakers to create an animal texture tart decorated with creature-inspired features like scales, feathers, fur or fins. Then, for a twist, the kitchen whiz kids must add an edible version of their animal's tail to their dessert.
E02
Macaronimals
Tue, Jan 14 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown have noticed that a particular dessert can be easily shaped into animals like a turtle, a panda or a frog ... but the dessert itself can be tricky. So, for the macaron animals challenge, Duff shows the kid bakers how to create a silky smooth macaron batter before baking time starts. Then, since the animal macarons need a place to rest, the bakers must give their animals an edible habitat to hang out in.
E03
Doggone Good
Tue, Jan 21 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Dog Man is half police officer and half dog, and the animated movie "Dog Man" is all about him. So, for this challenge, hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown pair up the 10 bakers to create two-tiered Dog Man cakes! One team member creates a dog head for the top tier, and their teammate makes the human bottom tier of the cake. For a twist, the bakers must incorporate an ingredient that all dogs (and humans) love -- bacon!
E04
Sea Creature Sweets
Tue, Jan 28 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
This week, we're setting sail with Disney Cruise Line to visit Disney Lookout Cay, where the native sea creatures are so beautiful and inspiring that Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown ask the bakers to create sea animal desserts in an ocean or beach setting. For the twist, bakers are required to make a custom ice cream with a mix-in that goes with their dessert. Then, very special guests Captain Mickey Mouse and Captain Minnie Mouse drop by for a visit because there is an amazing prize at stake in this challenge -- the winning baker will enjoy a Disney Cruise Vacation!
E05
Paws for Applause
Tue, Feb 4 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Game on! The remaining eight bakers are challenged by Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown to make paw print gridiron desserts inspired by Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet. Special guest Dan the Ref keeps everyone in line while real live football-playing puppies motivate the bakers. In a twist, the competitors are tasked with making dessert bark from scratch. Finally, it's a gridiron tasting battle on the football field as the same types of desserts face off head-to-head.
E06
Delightful Dessert Domes
Tue, Feb 11 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
Smurfs are taking over the kitchen! Inspired by the movie "Smurfs," Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown ask the remaining seven bakers to create a Smurf dome cake that illustrates what kind of Smurf they would be! Then, since the Smurfs travel to Australia in the movie, the young bakers must make a cookie decorated to look like an animal found in Australia.
E07
Animal Snackers
Tue, Feb 18 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
E08
Going Underground
Tue, Feb 25 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
E09
Were You Born in a Barn?
Tue, Mar 4 2025 1:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
E10
You Belong in a Zoo
Tue, Mar 4 2025 2:00 AM GMT+0000
60 min
