To kick off the season, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are going back to the 1970s as they challenge the 12 young competitors to make shag cakes. Each baker must make a cake in their chosen flavor and then decorate it to create a shag texture. Groovy, man!
The holidays are here, and the Kids Baking Championship kitchen heats up as four fan-favorite kid competitors return for a new challenge. Host and judge Duff Goldman is joined by Season 4's Abby Martin, who offers her unique perspective as a former contestant. Duff asks the returning competitors to make a holiday candle tsunami cake with a poured sugar flame, and the best baker will win the ultimate $10,000 baker's prize package complete with a blast chiller!
Guy Fieri is letting his buddy Duff Goldman temporarily turn Flavortown Market into Sweet City and invite some of America's best pastry chefs to compete in his diabolical Dessert Games. First, they must make an extravagant deep-fried dessert on a budget that Guy has secretly downsized. Then, they must race against the clock to make a late night guilty pleasure in only 20 minutes. Finally, Guy gifts Duff with one of his newest games: a giant gumball machine that determines which wild ingredient must be featured in a tricked-out ice cream sandwich. Whose frozen treat will earn them a guaranteed $10,000?
Cherry blossom festivals are an iconic celebration of spring, so host Molly Yeh asks the bakers to take the beauty of the blooms and turn them into inspired cherry blossom desserts. Judges Kardea Brown, Nancy Fuller and Duff Goldman marvel at the beauty of the season and the beauty of the bakers' creations.
Duff Goldman dives into the highlights and lowlights of the cutest season ever of Kids Baking Championship when the youngest bakers took over the kitchen. He sees what the youngsters are up to now, and welcomes the youngest baker of them all to the studio for a little Taekwondo and baking catch-up.