List of Holiday Baking Championship episodes
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This is a list of episodes for the Food Network cooking competition series Holiday Baking Championship. The series has been presented by Bobby Deen (seasons 1–3) and Jesse Palmer (seasons 4+) and judged by Nancy Fuller (seasons 1+), Duff Goldman (seasons 1+), Lorraine Pascale (seasons 1–6), Carla Hall (seasons 7-11), and Kardea Brown (season 12).
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· Series overview
1
1
Season
1
Episodes
6
Season premiere
November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09)
Season finale
December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)
2
2
Season
2
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01)
Season finale
December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)
3
3
Season
3
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)
Season finale
December 25, 2016 (2016-12-25)
4
4
Season
4
Episodes
7
Season premiere
November 6, 2017 (2017-11-06)
Season finale
December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)
5
5
Season
5
Episodes
7
Season premiere
November 5, 2018 (2018-11-05)
Season finale
December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17)
6
6
Season
6
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 4, 2019 (2019-11-04)
Season finale
December 23, 2019 (2019-12-23)
7
7
Season
7
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 2, 2020 (2020-11-02)
Season finale
December 21, 2020 (2020-12-21)
8
8
Season
8
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 1, 2021 (2021-11-01)
Season finale
December 20, 2021 (2021-12-20)
9
9
Season
9
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 7, 2022 (2022-11-07)
Season finale
December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19)
10
10
Season
10
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 6, 2023 (2023-11-06)
Season finale
December 18, 2023 (2023-12-18)
11
11
Season
11
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04)
Season finale
December 16, 2024 (2024-12-16)
12
12
Season
12
Episodes
8
Season premiere
November 3, 2025 (2025-11-03)
Season finale
December 22, 2025 (2025-12-22)
| Season | Episodes | Season premiere | Season finale |
| 1 | 6 | November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09) | December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14) |
| 2 | 8 | November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) | December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20) |
| 3 | 8 | November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06) | December 25, 2016 (2016-12-25) |
| 4 | 7 | November 6, 2017 (2017-11-06) | December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18) |
| 5 | 7 | November 5, 2018 (2018-11-05) | December 17, 2018 (2018-12-17) |
| 6 | 8 | November 4, 2019 (2019-11-04) | December 23, 2019 (2019-12-23) |
| 7 | 8 | November 2, 2020 (2020-11-02) | December 21, 2020 (2020-12-21) |
| 8 | 8 | November 1, 2021 (2021-11-01) | December 20, 2021 (2021-12-20) |
| 9 | 8 | November 7, 2022 (2022-11-07) | December 19, 2022 (2022-12-19) |
| 10 | 8 | November 6, 2023 (2023-11-06) | December 18, 2023 (2023-12-18) |
| 11 | 8 | November 4, 2024 (2024-11-04) | December 16, 2024 (2024-12-16) |
| 12 | 8 | November 3, 2025 (2025-11-03) | December 22, 2025 (2025-12-22) |
· Season 1 › Episodes
1
1
Ep. #
1
Title
"Cookie Madness"
Original Air Date
November 9, 2014
2
2
Ep. #
2
Title
"Classic Holiday Flavors"
Original Air Date
November 16, 2014
3
3
Ep. #
3
Title
"It's Not the Holidays Without Pie"
Original Air Date
November 23, 2014
4
4
Ep. #
4
Title
"The Great Holiday Cake-Over"
Original Air Date
November 30, 2014
5
5
Ep. #
5
Title
"Great Holiday Traditions"
Original Air Date
December 7, 2014
6
6
Ep. #
6
Title
"Gingerbread Worlds"
Original Air Date
December 14, 2014
| Ep. # | Title | Original Air Date |
| 1 | "Cookie Madness" | November 9, 2014 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make holiday cookies in 1 hour. Each contestant picked a gift-wrapped box and had to make a certain type of cookie depending on the tool found inside. (Cookie press = spritz cookie, rolling pin = rolled cookie, ice cream scoop = drop cookie, & spatula = layered cookie). Winner: Erin Campbell (Her advantage was being able to substi | ||
| 2 | "Classic Holiday Flavors" | November 16, 2014 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make an eggnog swirled treat in 1 hour. Winner: Terra Nelson (Her advantage was exclusive use of a spice grinder in the second round.) Main Heat: The contestants have 1 hour to make a dessert featuring at least 3 classic holiday spices and 2 different kinds of sugar. All except for Terra had to grind their spices by hand. Winner: | ||
| 3 | "It's Not the Holidays Without Pie" | November 23, 2014 |
| Preliminary Heat: Create any dessert, except for pie, with a ready-made pie crust in 30 minutes. Winner: Erin Campbell (Her advantage is a 10-minute head start in the second round.) Main Heat: The contestants have 2 hours to make 3 different pies that are inspired by home memories and traditions. End-of-the-round twist is having the contestants cho | ||
| 4 | "The Great Holiday Cake-Over" | November 30, 2014 |
| Preliminary Heat: Each contestant got a wrapped package with a fruitcake inside. They had 45 minutes to reinvent their holiday fruitcake into a different dessert. Winner: Erin Campbell (Her advantage is 10 minutes of help from Duff Goldman at any point in the second round.) Main Heat: The contestants are shown a Yule Log ("Bûche de Noël") cake and | ||
| 5 | "Great Holiday Traditions" | December 7, 2014 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make a peppermint and hot chocolate dessert in 45 minutes. Winner: Erin Campbell (Her advantage is exclusive use of a waffle iron and pancake griddle for the second round.) Main Heat: The contestants have 2 hours to make a breakfast feast featuring 3 sweet, baked dishes. Winner: Naylet Larochelle Eliminated: Terra Nelson | ||
| 6 | "Gingerbread Worlds" | December 14, 2014 |
| Main Heat: The final three contestants have 10 hours to create a gingerbread display based on a favorite holiday memory, and incorporate three ginger infused baked items. Mid-round challenge is to add marzipan decorations. Winner of $50,000: Erin Campbell Runners-up: Bill Lipscomb and Naylet Larochelle | (Note: There's no pre-heat here. It's just one long, main round where the winner takes it all.) |
· Season 1 › Elimination Table
1
1
Place
1
Contestant
2
Episode
3
Episode
4
Episode
5
Episode
6
1
1
Place
1
Contestant
Erin
Episode
HIGH‡
Episode
LOW
Episode
IN‡
Episode
IN‡
Episode
LOW‡
Episode
WINNER
2
2
Place
2
Contestant
Bill
Episode
HIGH
Episode
WIN
Episode
IN
Episode
HIGH
Episode
IN
Episode
RUNNER-UP
Naylet
Naylet
Place
Naylet
Contestant
WIN
Episode
IN
Episode
HIGH
Episode
LOW
Episode
WIN
Episode
RUNNER-UP
4
4
Place
4
Contestant
Terra
Episode
LOW
Episode
IN‡
Episode
LOW
Episode
WIN
Episode
ELIM
5
5
Place
5
Contestant
David
Episode
IN
Episode
HIGH
Episode
WIN
Episode
ELIM
6
6
Place
6
Contestant
Dante
Episode
IN
Episode
HIGH
Episode
ELIM
7
7
Place
7
Contestant
Punky
Episode
IN
Episode
ELIM
8
8
Place
8
Contestant
Stephanie
Episode
ELIM
| Place | Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1 | Erin | HIGH‡ | LOW | IN‡ | IN‡ | LOW‡ | WINNER | |||||||
| 2 | Bill | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | IN | RUNNER-UP | |||||||
| Naylet | WIN | IN | HIGH | LOW | WIN | RUNNER-UP | ||||||||
| 4 | Terra | LOW | IN‡ | LOW | WIN | ELIM | ||||||||
| 5 | David | IN | HIGH | WIN | ELIM | |||||||||
| 6 | Dante | IN | HIGH | ELIM | ||||||||||
| 7 | Punky | IN | ELIM | |||||||||||
| 8 | Stephanie | ELIM | ||||||||||||
· Season 2 › Episodes
1
1
Ep. #
1
Title
"We're Nuts for the Holidays"
Original Air Date
November 1, 2015
2
2
Ep. #
2
Title
"Holiday Craftiness"
Original Air Date
November 8, 2015
3
3
Ep. #
3
Title
"Stuffing Is the Best Part"
Original Air Date
November 15, 2015
4
4
Ep. #
4
Title
"Thanksgiving's Just Around the Corner"
Original Air Date
November 22, 2015
5
5
Ep. #
5
Title
"Ginger and Spice and Everything Nice"
Original Air Date
November 29, 2015
6
6
Ep. #
6
Title
"World Class Classics"
Original Air Date
December 6, 2015
7
7
Ep. #
7
Title
"Re-Gifting"
Original Air Date
December 13, 2015
8
8
Ep. #
8
Title
"Holiday Hoopla"
Original Air Date
December 20, 2015
| Ep. # | Title | Original Air Date |
| 1 | "We're Nuts for the Holidays" | November 1, 2015 |
| Preliminary Heat: Each baker chose a nutcracker from a table with a tag that had a type of nut written on it. They had 90 minutes to make a nut & chocolate confection with their chosen nut. (Steve & Briana got pecans, Melody & John got almonds, Adalberto & Susan got Brazil nuts, Joe & Maeve got hazelnuts, Padua & Haley got walnuts.) Winner: Padua P | ||
| 2 | "Holiday Craftiness" | November 8, 2015 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make a baked dessert featuring candy canes in 1 hour. Winner: Susan Steffan (Her advantage was getting special decorations for her wreath in the next round.) Main Heat: The contestants had 90 minutes to create an edible wreath dessert. Mid-round twist is to incorporate oranges into the dessert. Winner: Steve Konopelski Eliminated: | ||
| 3 | "Stuffing Is the Best Part" | November 15, 2015 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make a holiday whoopie pie in 1 hour. Each contestant had to choose a turkey baster filled with a "decorating theme" (Melody & Padua got "turkey", Susan & Maeve got "pumpkin", Steve & Briana got "pilgrim", Haley & Adalberto got "fall foliage"). Winner: Steve Konopelski (His advantage was first choice of candy for the second round. | ||
| 4 | "Thanksgiving's Just Around the Corner" | November 22, 2015 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make a dessert with canned cranberry sauce in 1 hour. Winner: Padua Player (His advantage is the ability to assign a fall ingredient to each contestant in the next round.) Main Heat: The contestants had 90 minutes to make a dessert with assigned fall fruits and vegetables. For winning the pre-heat, Padua chose apples for himself a | ||
| 5 | "Ginger and Spice and Everything Nice" | November 29, 2015 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make a dozen mini desserts, in 1 hour, with ginger as the main ingredient. Winner: Steve Konopelski (His advantage was a 10-minute head start in the second round.) Main Heat: The contestants had 90 minutes to bake three different types of cookies, 1 dozen each, based on family traditions. Mid-round twist has each contestant using | ||
| 6 | "World Class Classics" | December 6, 2015 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make an updated version of 2 traditional Hanukkah treats: rugelach and coconut macaroons. They had 75 minutes to bake. Winner: Haley Miller (Her advantage is 10 minutes of help from season 1 winner, Erin Campbell.) Main Heat: The contestants had 2 hours to make a holiday croquembouche. Winner: Maeve Schulz Eliminated: Melody Larse | ||
| 7 | "Re-Gifting" | December 13, 2015 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make a dessert from a candy apple in 75 minutes. Each contestant had to use a type of candy apple inside a gift wrapped box (Steve got a milk chocolate & coconut apple, Maeve got a white chocolate & cinnamon chip apple, Adalberto got a white chocolate & dried cherry apple, and Haley got a dark chocolate & almond apple). Winner: Ad | ||
| 8 | "Holiday Hoopla" | December 20, 2015 |
| Preliminary Heat: Make two dozen holiday cookies in 3 hours and decorate a cookie tree. Winner: Maeve Schulz (Her advantage was the ability to assign the cake themes in the final round.) Main Heat: The contestants had 5 hours to make a festive cake based on a holiday activity. (Maeve chose "sleigh ride", then assigned "singing carols" to Steve, and |
· Season 2 › Elimination Table
1
1
Place
1
Contestant
2
Episode
3
Episode
4
Episode
5
Episode
6
Episode
7
Episode
8
1
1
Place
1
Contestant
Maeve
Episode
IN
Episode
LOW
Episode
IN
Episode
IN
Episode
HIGH
Episode
WIN
Episode
LOW
Episode
WINNER‡
2
2
Place
2
Contestant
Adalberto
Episode
HIGH
Episode
HIGH
Episode
HIGH
Episode
WIN
Episode
LOW
Episode
IN
Episode
WIN‡
Episode
RUNNER-UP
Steve
Steve
Place
Steve
Contestant
LOW
Episode
WIN
Episode
IN‡
Episode
IN
Episode
IN‡
Episode
HIGH
Episode
LOW
Episode
RUNNER-UP
4
4
Place
4
Contestant
Haley
Episode
IN
Episode
IN
Episode
HIGH
Episode
LOW
Episode
IN
Episode
LOW‡
Episode
ELIM
5
5
Place
5
Contestant
Melody
Episode
IN
Episode
IN
Episode
WIN
Episode
IN
Episode
WIN
Episode
ELIM
6
6
Place
6
Contestant
Padua
Episode
IN‡
Episode
IN
Episode
IN
Episode
IN‡
Episode
ELIM
7
7
Place
7
Contestant
Briana
Episode
IN
Episode
IN
Episode
LOW
Episode
ELIM
8
8
Place
8
Contestant
Susan
Episode
WIN
Episode
HIGH‡
Episode
ELIM
9
9
Place
9
Contestant
John
Episode
LOW
Episode
ELIM
10
10
Place
10
Contestant
Joe
Episode
ELIM
| Place | Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Maeve | IN | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WINNER‡ | ||||||||
| 2 | Adalberto | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | LOW | IN | WIN‡ | RUNNER-UP | ||||||||
| Steve | LOW | WIN | IN‡ | IN | IN‡ | HIGH | LOW | RUNNER-UP | |||||||||
| 4 | Haley | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | LOW‡ | ELIM | |||||||||
| 5 | Melody | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | ELIM | ||||||||||
| 6 | Padua | IN‡ | IN | IN | IN‡ | ELIM | |||||||||||
| 7 | Briana | IN | IN | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Susan | WIN | HIGH‡ | ELIM | |||||||||||||
| 9 | John | LOW | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Joe | ELIM | |||||||||||||||
References
- Tarek previously competed on Kids Baking Championship season 7 at age 13, where he was 2nd/3rd runner-up in the finale.
- In episode 7, Ashleigh won the Chance Heat, bypassing the Main Heat and going directly into the finals.
- In episode 8, Ashleigh won the Hot Hot Heat, gaining an advantage in the Main Heat.
- Alyx began on Team Nice, but was recruited to Team Naughty in episode 5.
- List of Episodes for Season 5http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/holiday-baking-championship/episodes
- "FOOD NETWORK SIZZLES WITH NEW SERIES, NEW SPECIALS, NEW EPISODES ALL SUMMER LONG – Discovery, Inc"https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/food-network-sizzles-with-new-series-new-specials-new-episodes-all-summer-long/
- FoodSidedhttps://foodsided.com/2021/11/15/kardea-brown-holiday-baking-championship-gingerbread-showdown-exclusive/