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.
#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.
#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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#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.
#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.
#6 - Cakes Al Dente
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/14/2013
Contestants create cakes resembling classic Italian meals.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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
#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?
#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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#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.
Watch Now:Apple TV#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.