Baking Championship: Next Gen

Baking Championship: Next Gen

Food Network Running Food

1 Season · 9 Episodes · Premiered January 5, 2026

Baking Championship: Next Gen with hosts and judges, Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown. The pair of culinary experts helm the jam-packed pastry journey that will give a whole new meaning to sibling rivalry when 12 teams of siblings aged 8-14 compete to win $25,000 and become the next generation of Baking Champions. The wholesome and delightful confectionary competition will launch with a supersized two-hour qualifying round to determine who will continue across the eight subsequent episodes to clinch the prize. Once the competition begins, the sibling collaborators will take on tricky challenges like "breakfast dessert imposters," "cream puff friendship bracelets," and "animated cakes.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

9 episodes
E01
The Tryouts
Tue, Jan 6 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 120 min
In the supersized premiere, 12 young sibling teams will step into the pastry school style kitchen and learn that they must try out for their spot in the Baking Championship: Next Gen competition. Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown will put the teams through two rounds of skills challenges to assess which ten teams will move on, and which two teams will be eliminated before the competition even starts. In the first skills test, the nervous teams put up a dozen of their best cupcakes. For the second skills test, the teams must create a pie from scratch good enough to prove they have what it takes to compete. 
E02
Family Favorite
Tue, Jan 13 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E03
A Trip to Remember
Tue, Jan 20 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E04
Puzzle Piece of Cake
Tue, Jan 27 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E05
Rise & Shine
Tue, Feb 3 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E06
Cream Puff Craze
Tue, Feb 10 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E07
Bigs & Littles
Tue, Feb 17 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E08
Hat Tricks
Tue, Feb 24 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
E09
Cakes to Move You
Tue, Mar 3 2026 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Cast

Duff Goldman
Duff Goldman as Host
Kardea Brown
Kardea Brown as Host

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