The WORST episodes of Next Great Baker

Every episode of Next Great Baker ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.

Last Updated: 8/20/2026Network: TLCStatus: Ended
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#1 - 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.

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#2 - 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.

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#3 - 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.

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#4 - 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.

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#5 - Wedding Belles

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/7/2013

The competitors create wedding cakes, but they have to change course when the brides alter their design plans.

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#6 - Cakes Al Dente

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/14/2013

Contestants create cakes resembling classic Italian meals.

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#7 - Battle of the Sexes

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2013

The contestants split into teams of men and women to create theme cakes for the bakery’s portfolio, but a late change in the rules by Buddy intensifies the competition.

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#8 - 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.

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#9 - 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.

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#10 - Vegas Baby!

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/11/2013

A winner is crowned after the final three contestants compete in Las Vegas in the Season 3 finale.

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#11 - 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.

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#12 - Empire State of Mind

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/24/2014

With two new experts by his side, Buddy the Cake Boss judges ten pairs of bakers in the first phase of the fourth season. Each team takes a bite of the Big Apple as they race to iconic city cites for inspiration in their inaugural cake challenge.

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#13 - Destination Wedding!

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/8/2014

The bakers switch partners to build a cake for a destination wedding, while Buddy gets help from two celebrity guest judges.

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#14 - 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.

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#15 - Nightmare on Baker Street

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/22/2014

Making cakes inspired by horror movies; gory cakes and a guest judge who is a scary film villain.

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#16 - 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.

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#17 - 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.

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#18 - Sexiest Cakes Alive

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/12/2014

Cakes with a moving element make up the contestants’ quest to be featured in People magazine as part of the publication’s 40th anniversary.

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#19 - Wow Cakes

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/12/2014

An eliminated group returns when the teams unveil their creations at the Cake Boss Cafe in New York City’s Times Square.

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#20 - 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.

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#21 - Game On!

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/26/2012

In the Season 3 premiere, contestants come up with ideas for a groom's cake with a Mexican fiesta-theme for Mario Lopez's wedding

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#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?

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#23 - 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.

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#24 - Wedding Wonderland

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/12/2011

Being the Next Great Baker means creating cakes that are magazine worthy. The stakes are raised when the competitors are asked to create elaborate wedding cakes inspired by the latest wedding trends for Brides Magazine.

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#25 - 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.