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Holiday Baking Championship
All New November 3 at 8|7c
Bakers compete in the Holiday Kitchen for a chance to win $25,000. They celebrate the season as they share family traditions and show off superb baking skills in front of tough-love judges.
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About The Show
Bakers compete in the Holiday Kitchen for a chance to win $25,000. They celebrate the season as they share family traditions and show off superb baking skills in front of tough-love judges.
About the Host
Jesse Palmer
Food Network HostAfter five seasons as a quarterback in the NFL, Jesse Palmer began a career as a game analyst. Now he hosts The Bachelor and various Food Network shows.
Episodes
S13 | E1
Welcome to Santa's Village
Host Jesse Palmer welcomes 12 talented bakers to Santa's Village, where Christmas preparations are in full swing, and assigns the competitors to two teams, The Reindeer Crew or The Elf Squad. In the first preheat challenge, the bakers create an "employee profile" dessert that illustrates what they love most during the holidays. Then, Santa wants the bakers to help him design stained glass for his office expansion, so they must make holiday stained-glass cakes. Judges Duff Goldman, Kardea Brown, and Molly Yeh decide the winner of a $1,000 Ghirardelli prize package, and one baker from the losing team is eliminated.
S13 | E2
The Time of Your Life
It's staff appreciation week at Santa's Village, and to shine a spotlight on the hardworking heroes who keep Christmas running smoothly, host Jesse Palmer asks the baking teams to make peppermint holiday desserts to honor the unsung heroes of the Peppermint Dept. In the main heat, the bakers appreciate the seamstresses and tailors who keep Santa's fit fresh by making radical red velvet desserts. Judges Duff Goldman, Kardea Brown, and Molly Yeh choose the winner of the $1,000 Ghirardelli prize package, and each member of the winning team earns 30 minutes of time that they can use throughout the rest of the season. After one baker from the losing team is eliminated, both teams are dissolved -- leaving every baker for themselves going forward.
S13 | E3
Snow Business
Snow globes are one of the most popular holiday gifts of all, and the elves at Santa's Village are terribly backed up. To help Santa boost output, host Jesse Palmer asks the 10 remaining bakers to create snow globe trifles and decorate the top with a personal holiday scene that depicts a holiday memory. Judges Duff Goldman, Kardea Brown, and Molly Yeh pick the winner to receive a $1,000 Ghirardelli prize package, and the least successful baker is eliminated.