The BEST episodes of Holiday Baking Championship season 1

Every episode of Holiday Baking Championship season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Holiday Baking Championship season 1!

The search to find the greatest holiday baker begins as eight 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 must prove their abilities in front of our tough-love judges: Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller and Lorraine Pascale. Hosted by Bobby Deen, this baking championship is the sweetest way to celebrate this holiday season.

Last Updated: 12/15/2024Network: Food NetworkStatus: Continuing
Great Holiday Traditions
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7.52
21 votes

#1 - Great Holiday Traditions

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/2014

It's winter nights and holiday breakfasts in this episode, when the four bakers are first tasked to use the classic holiday flavors of peppermint and hot chocolate in a dessert and then create a blown-out holiday breakfast complete with three sweet dishes.

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It's Not the Holidays Without Pie
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7.48
25 votes

#2 - It's Not the Holidays Without Pie

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/2014

In this episode, the six remaining bakers take on the crusty, sweet goodness of pie. In the first challenge, they have just 30 minutes to make their best dessert using store-bought pie crust. In the second challenge, the bakers create three different pies with three different crusts.

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Holiday Cookie Madness
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7.47
47 votes

#3 - Holiday Cookie Madness

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2014

The eight bakers have to put their best cookie forward in the first two challenges of this competition. First, they'll have to make their best holiday cookie using an assigned baking tool and in the second challenge, they must use holiday ingredients to impress the judges with three different kinds of cookies.

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Gingerbread Worlds
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7.26
23 votes

#4 - Gingerbread Worlds

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/14/2014

In the epic finale, the three remaining bakers have just one challenge, but it's a massive one. Each baker taps into a favorite holiday memory and then constructs gingerbread worlds filled with all sorts of treats. The baker who can impress the judges the most will become the Holiday Baking Champion and take home $50,000!

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The Great Holiday Cake-Over
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7.26
27 votes

#5 - The Great Holiday Cake-Over

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/2014

The five bakers left in the Holiday Baking Championship take the polarizing fruitcake someplace new and reinvent the biggest holiday cake of all, the yule log.

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Classic Holiday Flavors
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7.25
40 votes

#6 - Classic Holiday Flavors

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/2014

The seven remaining bakers take classic holiday flavors into tasty new territory. In the first challenge, they create a swirled treat using eggnog and have to play nice with varieties of sugar and spice for their second dessert.

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