The BEST episodes of Next Great Baker
Every episode of Next Great Baker ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Next Great Baker!
In the series, Buddy Valastro puts 10 talented pastry chefs through the ringer to earn the title of Next Great Baker. At stake - $50,000 cash and a chance to work side-by-side with Buddy at Carlo's Bakery. Each week, Buddy pushes the contestants' baking and decorating skills to the limit through a series of increasingly difficult challenges. Someone will win, and someone will go home every week - until the NEXT GREAT BAKER is the last one standing.
#1 - Happy Birthday Kelly
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/28/2013
Former NFL player Michael Strahan asks the contestants to bake a birthday cake for his talk-show cohost, Kelly Ripa, that will be presented to her on TV.
#2 - Crown Winning Cakes
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/23/2012
#6 - Momma Knows Best
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/2013
The final four contestants bake cakes to honor their mothers. Buddy recruits surprise helpers for the competition.
#8 - Bunny Suits and BB Guns
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/10/2012
The remaining chefs are tasked with creating a cake for the cast of Broadway's newest musical, one that pays homage to the holiday film, "A Christmas Story", after which their creations are judged by the movie's star, Peter Billingsley.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Cakes Al Dente
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/14/2013
Contestants create cakes resembling classic Italian meals.
#10 - Headbanging Bakers
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/16/2012
#11 - New Years Eve, Hoboken Style!
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/31/2012
The contestants discuss the casting process, their first day at the bakery and emerging rivalries.
#13 - Vegas Showstoppers
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/19/2014
The top three teams remain, but only two will move on to Vegas; each team must create a masterpiece revolving around each judge's specialty.
#14 - Cake Powers, Activate!
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/3/2012
The chef-testants prepare to construct and decorate 3-foot-tall cakes that pay homage to their favorite childhood fantasies by creating a superhero cake; a surprise judge for the week worries the participants that they may be smashed to pieces.
#16 - Buddy's Winter BBQ
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/15/2014
The teams must create barbeque inspired cakes and present them to Buddy's family; a six-foot long hot dog and a 4-foot wide hamburger.
#17 - Bakers On Ice
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/19/2011
Competition heats up for the holidays when the bakers break into teams to create their best holiday themed cake for the Valastro Christmas party. But not everyone is merry as tempers flare amongst the teams with one baker making a trip to the hospital.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Long Island Medium Cakes
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/29/2014
The teams have to create life sized cakes in the form of the Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo.
#19 - Gravity Defying Cakes
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/5/2014
A trip to Rachael Ray's show will decide the winner of a competition involving the creation of cakes that defy gravity.
#20 - Life-Sized Cakes
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/5/2011
Sculpted cakes are one of the most popular requests made by clients today and nobody does them better than Buddy. The competitors are asked to create life-sized sculpted cakes in 10 hours with special mystery clients serving as the models.
#21 - Sugar High
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/1/2014
Bakers choose their own teams in a challenge that involves 100 pounds of candy and a very demanding client.
#22 - It's Go Time!
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/28/2011
In the series premiere, the competitors put their baking skills to the test when they are paired up into teams to create a 4-foot tall theme cake. But when Buddy presents an interesting challenge to win immunity, will it be every baker for themselves?
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Cake Roast
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/17/2012
The remaining chefs form two teams to create life-size cakes of guest judges, Comics Judy Gould and Carol Leifer.