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Kids Baking Championship - Episode Guide

Season 1

Bake Sale

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2015

Bake Sale

In the Kids Baking Championship, kids serve up two items for a bake sale.

Dessert Imposters

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2015

Dessert Imposters

Kid bakers create sweet treats masquerading as savory dishes.

Stuffed Puffs

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Feb 16, 2015

Stuffed Puffs

Kid bakers create dough and delicious fillings for their stuffed puffs.

Celebration Cakes

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2015

Celebration Cakes

Remaining kid bakers must create a huge celebration cake for when they win.

Season 2

Pie a La Mode

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2016

Pie a La Mode

For kickoff to the Kids Baking Championship, get ready to eat pies! For their first challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 10 best kid bakers in the country to elevate classic pies to an art form, but what's pie without homemade ice cream?

Eclairs Gone Wild

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2016

Eclairs Gone Wild

Time to hop on the "Eclairis Wheel" as the nine remaining kid bakers take on a sweeping new trend in baking: the radically elevated and decorated eclair. This cream-filled challenge will test the young bakers to the max!

'Hot' Chocolate

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2016

'Hot' Chocolate

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman turn up the heat and ask the remaining eight bakers to incorporate chilies, peppers, cayenne and more into their chocolate creations. The kid bakers must balance the heat in their sweets, so that they showcase the flavor without overwhelming the judges' taste buds.

Macaron Stackaron

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2016

Macaron Stackaron

The French macaron is the new cupcake, so the seven remaining kid bakers must take on this extremely demanding dessert, producing three dozen colorful macarons and stacking them to at least five inches high.

Lunchbox Desserts

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2016

Lunchbox Desserts

The six remaining kid bakers get creative as they invent lunch box desserts. The good news? Trading items is allowed. The bad news? Carrot sticks are tough to work into a dessert!

Candymonium

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2016

Candymonium

To celebrate candy in all its glory, the five remaining kid bakers must use three types of candy in a dessert but also keep it balanced, because it's a fine line between candymonium and candy overload!

Dessert Imposters 2.0

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2016

Dessert Imposters 2.0

The most beloved challenge from the first season of Kids Baking Championship is back with a twist. For dessert impostors 2.0, the four remaining kid bakers must make a dessert item that looks like a savory dish and also create a savory cupcake for "dessert." It's dinner in reverse!

Spring Break Cakes

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2016

Spring Break Cakes

In the final challenge, the three remaining kid bakers battle it out for the title of Kids Baking Champion while making spring break-themed cakes. Which baker will emerge the winner and take home $25,000?

Season 3

Life Is a Carnival

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2017

Life Is a Carnival

The carnival is in town for the Kids Baking Championship kick off! It's a thrill ride when Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 12 best kid bakers in the country to create carnival-themed cupcakes and incorporate carnival treats like kettle corn, frozen bananas and cotton candy.

I Lava Volcano

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2017

I Lava Volcano

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the 11 remaining kid bakers with creating volcano Bundt cakes that spew smoke and edible boulders. The red-hot challenge will test these amazing bakers to their fiery core!

Comfort Food Dessert Imposters

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2017

Comfort Food Dessert Imposters

The most beloved challenge of all pulls up a seat at the local diner! The remaining 10 kid bakers must create a comfort food dessert imposter -- meatloaf, fried chicken, mac and cheese, and more -- to keep their place at the table.

Color Me Wow!

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2017

Color Me Wow!

In an ode to the outrageous psychedelic colors of tie-dye, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman head back to the 1960s and ask the remaining nine kid bakers to "color them wow" with mind-blowing tie-dye cakes.

Throwback Eclairs

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2017

Throwback Eclairs

What were desserts like when hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman were kids? The remaining eight bakers must update old school desserts like coconut cream pie or German chocolate cake into trendy "throwback" eclairs.

Breakfast Desserts

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2017

Breakfast Desserts

The remaining seven kid bakers become royal subjects to either Valerie "Queen of Pancakes" Bertinelli or Duff "King of Waffles" Goldman and must please their ruler by creating layer cakes made from waffles or pancakes. To increase the stakes, the winning side is immune from elimination.

Mobile App Cookies

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2017

Mobile App Cookies

Today, there's an app for almost everything! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman provide app names like Snackchat, Clash of Carbs and Pastry Chef Go. Then, the remaining six kid bakers must design and create mobile app icons out of sugar cookies and explain what each app does.

Pet Shop Joys

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2017

Pet Shop Joys

Cute little pets serve as the inspiration for incredible sweets when the last five kid bakers standing must create a dessert inspired by the animal they are paired with: guinea pig, turtle, rabbit, mini pig or silkie chicken.

Molecular Kidstronomy

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Feb 27, 2017

Molecular Kidstronomy

Kids Baking Championship goes mad scientist! Using futuristic tools, the final four bakers fight for a spot in the finale with molecular gastronomy inspired desserts. Which three kids will make it through the high-tech gauntlet?

Superhero Grand Finale

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Mar 6, 2017

Superhero Grand Finale

For the finale, the last three kid bakers are given five hours to create an original superhero cake and describe their superhero's powers during tasting. Who will win this last challenge and fly off with $25,000?

Season 4

Cookielicious

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 2018

Cookielicious

The new season of Kids Baking Championship kicks off with a whole new take on everybody's favorite: cookie cake! Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli throw a curve ball at the 12 kid bakers by asking them to make layered, tiered, stacked and beautifully decorated cookie cakes.

Pizza for Dessert

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2018

Pizza for Dessert

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman have a special challenge boxed up and ready to deliver to the 11 kid bakers. They must turn pizza into a sweet treat by creating dessert pizzas, but they must incorporate something that belongs on a real pizza into their pie.

Lemon BFFs

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2018

Lemon BFFs

It's no secret that Valerie Bertinelli loves lemon, and lemon goes with so many other flavors. This challenge Duff Goldman and Valerie have the kid bakers celebrate lemon and its "best flavor friends" in the form of lemon bars. The result will be sour for one baker as they are sent home.

Cake and Ice Cream 2.0

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2018

Cake and Ice Cream 2.0

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli have cake and ice cream on the brain, but they want a new approach. The bakers must use ice cream and an inspiration for their cake to create a colorful drip cake. As a twist, they must also create homemade ice cream to accompany their cake. One baker will melt in this challenge.

Doughnuts Go Nuts

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2018

Doughnuts Go Nuts

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman shake things up by asking the bakers to work in teams to create designs made of doughnuts. Each baker will individually bake and decorate two dozen mini doughnuts, and then they will need to combine them to create a unified design. One baker will fall in the hole and be eliminated.

Unicornucopia

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2018

Unicornucopia

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the bakers to create a unique two-layer unicorn cake that illustrates a specific emotion. The one who does not take the cake will gallop home.

Lunchbox Imposters

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2018

Lunchbox Imposters

With only 6 bakers left Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman test their skills with lunchbox imposters, where they must make a dessert that looks like a common lunchbox food item, and they must also create a side dish to go along with it.

Out of This World

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2018

Out of This World

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli ask the bakers to make something out of this world - an intergalactic dessert! Since astronauts eat freeze dried foods, the bakers must also use freeze dried ingredients. They must also make an edible sun to go with their galaxy dessert. One baker's dessert will not be stellar and will be sent home.

Sand Castle Sweets

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2018

Sand Castle Sweets

With spring break just around the corner, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are dreaming about their beach vacations. They ask the remaining bakers to face the sandcastle sweets challenge and create a cereal treat sandcastle filled with two different baked goods to earn their place in the finale.

Cover Story Cakes

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2018

Cover Story Cakes

In the finale challenge, Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli task the remaining three bakers to create a birthday cake in celebration of Food Network Magazine's 10th birthday. The winner will go home with $25,000 and the title of Kids Baking Champion!

Season 5

#Selfieclairs

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2018

#Selfieclairs

A brand-new group of kid bakers introduce themselves via delicious "Selfieclairs"! Using a selfie as inspiration, the bakers create eclairs in assigned flavors and then decorate them to serve as a pate a choux pastry introduction.

Defying Gravity

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2018

Defying Gravity

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the kid bakers to make magic by creating cakes with gravity-defying illusions on them. Whose extraordinary cake will rise to the top?

Ice Screamers

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2018

Ice Screamers

In a moment of serendipity, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman create an ice cream sandwich with a doughnut that gives them a great idea! The kid bakers will have to turn unexpected baked items like waffles, blondies and cupcakes into outrageous ice cream sandwiches.

Imposters Italiano

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2018

Imposters Italiano

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman love Italian food so much they're challenging the bakers to create lasagna dessert imposters! The bakers must create meat lasagna, spinach-and-mushroom lasagna or veggie-pesto lasagna imposters if they want to stay in the game.

You're in the Ballpark

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2018

You're in the Ballpark

Thirteen-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne and her puppet Petunia hang out at the ballpark withValerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman while they enjoy their favorite stadium snack of all -- popcorn! This buttery treat inspires the Big Bake challenge where the kid bakers are tasked with making over-the-top popcorn desserts.

Bite-Sized Birthday Party

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2018

Bite-Sized Birthday Party

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman love birthday parties at the park so they're taking this inspiration to the Big Bake Challenge. The kid bakers are tasked with creating bite-sized birthday party desserts for an outdoor birthday party and serving them on mini picnic tables!

Winning Colors

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2018

Winning Colors

Thunder claps and lightning strikes greet the bakers but when the storms pass, a rainbow appears and inspires the final challenge -- rainbow cakes! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman want cakes that have rainbows on the inside and outside. Whoever has the best rainbow cake will win $25,000, a spot in Food Network Magazine and the title of Kids Baking Champion!

Season 6

Bakin' with Bacon

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2019

Bakin' with Bacon

It's no secret that Valerie Bertinelli loves lemon, but Duff Goldman's favorite ingredient is revealed in this season's kick-off challenge -- bacon cupcakes! Each of the 12 young bakers must make a cupcake featuring bacon and an assigned ingredient like maple, chocolate or cherry.

Spots and Stripes Forever

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Jan 14, 2019

Spots and Stripes Forever

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli take the 11 young bakers on a safari of sweetness as they challenge them to create mini cheesecakes with colorful animal prints, from tiger and zebra stripes to leopard and giraffe spots.

Brownies vs. Blondies

Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2019

Brownies vs. Blondies

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli raise the eternal question: Which are better, brownies or blondies? To settle the debate, they divide the 10 young bakers into teams for the brownies vs. blondies challenge.

Macaron Madness

Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2019

Macaron Madness

Macarons are a wildly popular dessert, and macarons decorated with faces are a definite trend. Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the nine young bakers to create macarons decorated with happy faces and sad faces.

Opposites Attract

Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2019

Opposites Attract

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman put the eight young bakers in teams and challenge them to each make half a cake that combines with their teammate's half-cake to make a whole cake representing an opposites theme like fire and ice, night and day, land and sea or big and small.

Freaky Flavors

Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2019

Freaky Flavors

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli are cooking up something unusual in the science lab ... it's the freaky flavor tarts challenge! Each of the seven young bakers must create a large tart featuring a freaky flavor like jalapeno, goat cheese, yuzu, pink peppercorn, anise, blue cheese or curry.

Monkey See, Monkey Bake

Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2019

Monkey See, Monkey Bake

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman know that sometimes you can make something extraordinary out of ingredients you have at home. They challenge the six young bakers to turn packaged biscuit dough into dramatic and delicious monkey bread volcanoes.

Let's Taco About Baking

Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2019

Let's Taco About Baking

Dessert impostors come in all shapes and sizes, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the five young bakers to make sweet dessert tacos that look like the real thing.

Puzzle Me This

Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Mar 4, 2019

Puzzle Me This

It's always a puzzle to determine which three bakers will make it to the finale, and this season, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are making it a sugar cookie puzzle. The four remaining young bakers must make sugar cookie puzzles in assigned flavors like raspberry, butterscotch, spice or lemon to earn a spot in the top three!

Desserts Doing Good

Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2019

Desserts Doing Good

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are hosting the ultimate bake sale for the finale. They challenge the remaining three young bakers to create cakes using bake sale items like toffee, rice cereal treats or chocolate-covered pretzels, but the cakes also have to illustrate a common bake sale theme like Drama Club, Dance Club or Chess Club. Only one baker will win $25,000, a spot in Food Network magazine and the title of Kids Baking Champion.

Season 7

Splatter Up!

Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2019

Splatter Up!

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the nine young bakers to get creative and colorful. Cakes in assigned flavors like chocolate, red velvet and coconut are splattered with color -- the brighter and crazier, the better!

Desserts to the Rescue!

Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2019

Desserts to the Rescue!

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the eight bakers to defend Bird Island or Pig Island in this round inspired by the Angry Birds 2 movie. Each baker makes a dozen cupcakes based on a movie character, then they team up to build an edible island.

I Doughnut Know What to Think!

Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2019

I Doughnut Know What to Think!

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the seven young bakers to make a giant doughnut cake. Using Bundt cake pans, the bakers make a cake in an assigned flavor like strawberry or maple and then decorate it to look like an oversized doughnut.

International Intrigue

Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2019

International Intrigue

The six young bakers must fake it to make it as Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge them to create imposters that look like international dishes, such as sushi or shish kebab, but taste like dessert.

Hole-y Hedgehogs

Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2019

Hole-y Hedgehogs

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the five young bakers to each make a poke cake with fillings such as pureed fruit or pudding. To increase the cuteness factor, they must decorate it to look like the pokiest little critter -- a hedgehog!

Beauty Is in the Pie of the Beholder

Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2019

Beauty Is in the Pie of the Beholder

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman present the four young bakers with late-summer fruit and challenge them to bake a beautiful, delicious pie. Only the cream of the crop will make it to the finale!

Out of This World

Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2019

Out of This World

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are lost in space and challenge the three remaining bakers to create cakes that look like a spaceship, aliens or another planet. The most out-of-this-world cake wins, and only one baker will claim $25,000, a spot in Food Network Magazine and the title of Kids Baking Champion.

Season 8

Beyond the Fringe

Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Jan 6, 2020

Beyond the Fringe

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!

1,2,3 Delicious!

Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2020

1,2,3 Delicious!

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the 11 young bakers to create assigned Neapolitan desserts featuring chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.

Sammy Whammy

Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2020

Sammy Whammy

It's the most anticipated episode of the season -- dessert impostors! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the remaining 10 bakers to create desserts that look like sandwiches. Order up!

Llama Drama

Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2020

Llama Drama

Move over unicorns, there's a new animal after our hearts. The nine young bakers must create llama cupcakes in a chosen flavor. Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman also welcome a special guest -- a real live llama!

One Potato, Two Potato

Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2020

One Potato, Two Potato

Potatoes aren't just for french fries anymore -- they're for decorating. Hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the eight remaining bakers to carve potato cutouts and create colorful potato-print cookies.

Ice Cream Cone-a-copia

Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2020

Ice Cream Cone-a-copia

Ice cream cones are for more than just holding ice cream. Hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the seven kid bakers to create impressive ice cream cone cupcakes in order to stay in the game.

Mama Mia!

Episode: 8x07 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2020

Mama Mia!

For this Italian-bakery themed challenge, hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the remaining six bakers with creating Italian rainbow cookies featuring classic flavors like apricot, cherry, almond, lemon, hazelnut or espresso.

Architectural Digestible

Episode: 8x08 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2020

Architectural Digestible

Interior decorating is the inspiration as Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the five bakers to create beautiful decorations and mouthwatering layers in showstopping trifles.

Dinomighty

Episode: 8x09 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2020

Dinomighty

Welcome to the Dinosaur Park! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the four bakers to show off their baking and building skills by making 3-D dinosaur cookies in the shape of a T. rex, velociraptor, stegosaurus, brontosaurus or triceratops.

The Fruit of Your Labor

Episode: 8x10 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2020

The Fruit of Your Labor

Fruit is an important element of baking, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the final three bakers to make fruit cakes, but not the holiday kind. Instead, they have to make cakes that look like actual fruit! One baker will walk away with the title of Kids Baking Champion.

Season 9

Flying Colors aka Brushstrokes

Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2020

Flying Colors aka Brushstrokes

Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman embrace the brushstroke decorating trend by asking the 12 young bakers to create colorful and delicious brushstroke mini cheesecakes.

Garden of Eatin' aka Garden Cakes

Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2020

Garden of Eatin' aka Garden Cakes

Garden-themed decorating is gaining in popularity, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the 11 young bakers to create garden cakes decorated with actual fruits, herbs and other natural ingredients -- no glitter, sprinkles or fondant allowed.

Party in the Sky aka Cupcake Rainbows

Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Jan 4, 2021

Party in the Sky aka Cupcake Rainbows

What's that beautiful arc of color in the sky? It's a rainbow! For this challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the 10 young bakers with working in teams to create vibrant and dazzling cupcake rainbows.

Three Square Meals aka Dessert Imposters and Best Bits

Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Jan 11, 2021

Three Square Meals aka Dessert Imposters and Best Bits

It's the most-anticipated challenge of the competition -- dessert imposters! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the nine kid bakers to create breakfast, lunch and dinner imposters.

Picnic Time

Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: Jan 18, 2021

Picnic Time

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman love picnics, but desserts don't always fit into a picnic basket. They challenge the eight young bakers to create portable hand pies and a dressed-up version of "ants on a log."

The Spice Is Right

Episode: 9x06 | Airdate: Jan 25, 2021

The Spice Is Right

Desserts get a balanced hit of sweet, savory, bitter and sour from Chinese five-spice powder, which is a mix of star anise, Szechuan peppercorns, fennel, cinnamon and clove. For this challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the seven young bakers to create Chinese five-spice desserts to stay in the game.

Puppy Treats

Episode: 9x07 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2021

Puppy Treats

The competition has gone to the dogs! Supercute puppies, to be exact. To celebrate Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman pair each of the six bakers with an adorable, adoptable puppy and challenge them to create a cake that reflects their puppy's happy life after adoption on his or her first birthday.

Edible Expressions

Episode: 9x08 | Airdate: Feb 8, 2021

Edible Expressions

In the cookie face challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge each of the five bakers to create a giant cookie face with 3-D features that communicate an assigned expression like happy, sad, angry, surprised or excited.

Pie Squared aka Sheet Pan Pies

Episode: 9x09 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2021

Pie Squared aka Sheet Pan Pies

Why have one kind of pie when you can have two? Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the four young bakers with creating a two-flavor sheet pan pie. Successfully making two different delicious pie fillings and a tasty crust plus great decorations will land three bakers in the finale.

Location, Location, Location

Episode: 9x10 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2021

Location, Location, Location

For the finale, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman focus on biomes -- large regions of Earth with specific climates that are home to certain types of living things. The three final bakers must make cakes based on a specific biome: rainforest, desert or coral reef. The young baker with the best biome cake earns $25,000 and the title of Kids Baking Champion!

Season 10

Float Like a Butterfly

Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: Dec 27, 2021

Float Like a Butterfly

To kick off this special season featuring the youngest cast ever, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 12 kid bakers to pay homage to the brilliant transformation of the butterfly by making colorful carved butterfly cakes. After judging, one baker leaves the competition.

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2022

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

The Kids Baking Championship snack mine is the inspiration for this week's challenge as hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the 11 young bakers to use three snack items -- potato chips, pretzels and chocolate candies -- in one delicious kitchen sink dessert. In the end, one baker goes home.

Dessert Rivals

Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2022

Dessert Rivals

In the grand tradition of dessert rivalries, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman divide the 10 kid bakers into two teams for a good old-fashioned chocolate vs. peanut butter throwdown. To up the stakes, the winner of the challenge will earn immunity from elimination for their entire team! After the dust settles, one baker from the losing team is eliminated.

Cereal Psych Out

Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2022

Cereal Psych Out

Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the nine kid bakers to turn miniature cookies and chocolate-covered dried fruit or nuts into cookie cereal. Glass of milk, anyone? One baker is eliminated.

All Puffed Up

Episode: 10x05 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2022

All Puffed Up

Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the eight kid bakers to work in teams of two to build and decorate tasty and beautiful team puff designs made of two different colored and flavored cream puffs. In the end, one baker leaves the competition.

BBQ LOL OMG

Episode: 10x06 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2022

BBQ LOL OMG

It's the beloved imposters challenge, and hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the young bakers to create grilled dessert imposters with side dishes like ribs and mac 'n' cheese or hot dogs and baked beans. The least successful baker goes home.

Earn Your Stripes

Episode: 10x07 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2022

Earn Your Stripes

Zebra stripes are one of the most stunning designs in nature -- and they're even more striking inside a cake! For this challenge, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the six remaining kid bakers to take a walk on the wild side and make zebra cakes with interior stripes. In the end, one baker is eliminated.

Cosmic Delights

Episode: 10x08 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2022

Cosmic Delights

For this challenge, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the bakers to combine a lot of small parts to create one big whole by making cosmic cupcake pull-aparts decorated to look like the sun, a rocket, Saturn, a comet or the moon. At the end of the mission, one baker is eliminated.

Shake, Shake, Shake

Episode: 10x09 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2022

Shake, Shake, Shake

In one of the most difficult challenges of the season, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman embrace the "loaded" foods trend by asking the remaining kid bakers to make loaded milkshakes from scratch topped with two different baked goods. All that baking and ice cream making will secure the three best bakers a place in the finale.

Cityscakes

Episode: 10x10 | Airdate: Feb 21, 2022

Cityscakes

In this over-the-top finale, hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the youngest final three bakers in the history of the show to make a championship-worthy, two-tiered cityscape cake that captures the quintessential sights of an assigned iconic city: San Francisco, New York City or Washington D.C. In the end, one baker emerges as Kids Baking Champion, winning a spot in Food Network Magazine and $25,000.

Season 11

Trick or Eat

Episode: 11x01 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2022

Trick or Eat

Four fan-favorite kids bakers dare to return to a kitchen that has been transformed into a spooky Halloween haunt. Hosts Duff Goldman and Maneet Chauhan challenge them to create a Halloween mask pie using ingredients the bakers collect while trick-or-treating, but they must be wary of a sudden, shocking twist! What isn't scary is the impressive $10,000 prize package of baking tools and equipment that goes home with the best pie-maker!

Gobble Goodies

Episode: 11x02 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2022

Gobble Goodies

In the spirit of gathering with old friends, hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli bring back four unforgettable kid bakers and challenge them to make turkey cakes. The bakers create pure holiday magic as they compete for a bountiful $10,000 prize package of Thanksgiving-themed baking tools and equipment.

All-Star Holiday Homecoming

Episode: 11x03 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2022

All-Star Holiday Homecoming

Four Kids Baking Championship winners return to show off their top-notch skills as they craft tasty holiday delights. Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the champs to bring the holiday cheer with decked-out Yule logs for a chance to win a stunning prize package worth $10,000!

Biz Kids: Great First Impressions

Episode: 11x04 | Airdate: Dec 26, 2022

Biz Kids: Great First Impressions

First impressions are everything in the business world, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman kick off the competition by giving the kid bakers free rein to show off their bestselling dessert using the psychology of color. Smart owners choose brand colors that highlight the most important aspects of their business, and one young baker is left feeling blue at elimination time.

Biz Kids: Smashing Success

Episode: 11x05 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2023

Biz Kids: Smashing Success

A successful business often captures the public's attention with a unique product or a new spin on familiar things. Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the biz bakers to tantalize their customers by combining two sweet treats into one dessert mash-up, such as Cheesecake and Eclairs, Pecan Pie and Donuts, Brownies and Tiramisu, and more. In the end, one baker is eliminated.

Biz Kids: Logo-A-Gogo

Episode: 11x06 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2023

Biz Kids: Logo-A-Gogo

All businesses need a logo, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman task the biz bakers with putting their own design on a logo cake. The kids will go head-to-head in a team challenge that finally decides which cake flavor is better, chocolate or vanilla. The winning cake earns immunity for their whole team, and one baker from the losing team is sent home.

Biz Kids: Festival Fare

Episode: 11x07 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2023

Biz Kids: Festival Fare

The key to growing a small business is getting good reviews, and food festivals are the perfect place for new customers to sample food and create "buzz." Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli ask the bakers to create festival-friendly desserts in a jar, like cheesecake, banana pudding, brownies, lemon meringue pie or strawberry shortcake. Then, the bakers taste each other's treats, and the business with the most "thumbs up" earns immunity from elimination, while the least successful dessert maker goes home.

Biz Kids: 8 Little Bakers Go to Market

Episode: 11x08 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2023

Biz Kids: 8 Little Bakers Go to Market

As any business owner knows, sales trends change all the time, and you have to keep up. In this cupcake challenge Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman assign each baker a cupcake flavor that reflects current market popularity, including snickerdoodle, s'mores, PB&J, strawberry lemonade, cinnamon toast and peanut butter chocolate. Then in a super-sized twist, each baker must pair up with their neighbor to create a new cupcake that will predict a trendy flavor in the future. When the flour settles, one baker is eliminated.

Biz Kids: Power Lunch Imposters

Episode: 11x09 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2023

Biz Kids: Power Lunch Imposters

Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli know that in business sometimes you need to go to a fancy restaurant and sit down over a nice meal to seal a deal. To honor this tradition, the bakers must create power lunch imposter desserts, like crab cakes with wedge salad, steak with fries and even escargot! When the check arrives, one baker is sent home.

Biz Kids: Interview with a Baker

Episode: 11x10 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2023

Biz Kids: Interview with a Baker

Part of running a successful business is being a good leader, so Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman hold interviews to hire two team leaders who will assign flavors in the cream puff cake challenge to give their team the best chance at winning. Bakers with the same flavors are put head-to-head during judgement, and the side with the most wins earns immunity for their whole team. One baker from the losing side heads for the exit.

Biz Kids: The Customer Is Always Right

Episode: 11x11 | Airdate: Feb 13, 2023

Biz Kids: The Customer Is Always Right

As a bakery owner, Duff Goldman receives some VERY unusual requests from customers, and he's using them as the inspiration for a "Make It Work" desserts challenge. In this test, bakers must make a delicious dessert using an unexpected flavor combination, like strawberry and balsamic or banana and grapefruit. The kid bakers who can go with the flow move on, while the least successful dessert maker goes home.

Biz Kids: Cookies Are for Closers

Episode: 11x12 | Airdate: Feb 20, 2023

Biz Kids: Cookies Are for Closers

This isn't your grandma's cookie! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the kid bakers to put their own stamp on one of today's biggest trends: the loaded cookie. They want the bakers to really go crazy while making batches of two different types of over-the-top cookies. The more toppings, filling and frosting the better for this semi-final challenge!

Season 12

Bloodcurdling Bakes

Episode: 12x01 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2023

Bloodcurdling Bakes

Four fan-favorite kid bakers dare to return to a kitchen that has been transformed into a spooky Halloween haunt. Duff Goldman and co-host Sam Seneviratne challenge them to create cemetery fault line cakes inspired by classic trick-or-treat candy bars, but beware, there is a sudden, shocking twist! What isn't scary is the very impressive $10,000 prize package of baking tools and equipment that goes to the best cake baker.

Sweets-Giving

Episode: 12x02 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2023

Sweets-Giving

Hosts Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown welcome four memorable kid bakers back to celebrate the abundance of Turkey Day by creating Thanksgiving buttercream boards featuring duos of buttercream, baked items and chocolate-dipped treats. The winning baker will be filled with gratitude when they take home the bountiful $10,000 prize package of baking tools and equipment.

Reindeer Games

Episode: 12x03 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2023

Reindeer Games

Hosts Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown bring the jolly merriment when four unforgettable kid bakers return for the holidays to make reindeer cakes with 3D antlers. The winning baker takes home all the gifts in the $10,000 prize package of seasonal baking tools and equipment.

Bake to School: Picture This

Episode: 12x04 | Airdate: Jan 1, 2024

Bake to School: Picture This

Say "cheese" -- it's picture day! Hosts and judges Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman meet the 12 kid bakers through picture-day portrait cakes. Each cake must have an edible photo on top and custom emojis that show off each baker's hobbies and interests. And don't blink, because in the end, the least successful baker goes home.

Bake to School: Jumping for Joy

Episode: 12x05 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2024

Bake to School: Jumping for Joy

It's every kid's favorite part of the school day -- recess! And what would recess be without the timeless game of hopscotch? Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the kid bakers to honor this classic game by making blondie hopscotch puzzles! Whose blondies will be hopping into Duff and Val's hearts and who will be hopping home?

Bake to School: Bake Sale

Episode: 12x06 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2024

Bake to School: Bake Sale

What's the tastiest fundraiser at school? A bake sale! For this challenge, hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are the customers as the kid bakers work in teams to decorate their own bake sale booth and stock it full of their assigned sweets. The baker with the least successful desserts will have to pack up their booth and go home.

Bake to School: Art Is in the Pie of the Beholder

Episode: 12x07 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2024

Bake to School: Art Is in the Pie of the Beholder

What do you get when you combine mosaic art and baking? You get one of the hottest trends in baking, mosaic pies! In this challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the kids to make these colorful pies filled with cubes of gelatin suspended in creamy pie filling. The mosaic that cracks under pressure will be headed out the door.

Bake to School: School Play

Episode: 12x08 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2024

Bake to School: School Play

The show is about to begin -- it's time for the school play! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the young bakers to work in teams to create a cake inspired by traditional theatrical masks. These happy/sad cakes bring out all sorts of emotions in the kitchen! And when the curtain falls, one baker must exit the stage.

Bake to School: Spelling Bee Buzz

Episode: 12x09 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2024

Bake to School: Spelling Bee Buzz

Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman bring the fun and stakes of a spelling bee into the kitchen by asking the kid bakers to make spelling bee word tarts with assigned words on top. When the spelling bee ends, the baker that didn't use spell-check will take a bow and leave the competition.

Bake to School: Lunch Bell

Episode: 12x10 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2024

Bake to School: Lunch Bell

It's time for lunch, and cafeteria lunch dessert imposters are on the menu! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman assign each kid baker a different lunch menu with items they must "imposterize" and serve up on a classic cafeteria tray. When lunchtime is over, who will head back to class and who will head home?

Bake to School: Library Visit

Episode: 12x11 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2024

Bake to School: Library Visit

For this challenge, Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are honoring the school library by asking the young bakers to create book desserts. They can make any dessert, as long as it's decorated to look like a book! Sadly, on the last page, one baker's story comes to an end.

Bake to School: Spirit Day

Episode: 12x12 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2024

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It's school spirit day, and the theme is tie-dye! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge the kid bakers to make tie-dyed doughnuts and ice cream with two different flavored swirls. It's a lot of color, a lot of flavors and a lot of fun as the four remaining bakers compete for the three spots in the finale. When the day is done, one baker will go home.

Bake to School: Science Fair

Episode: 12x13 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2024

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The finale erupts with fun as the top three kid bakers face the final challenge, science fair volcano cakes. Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman ask the final bakers to make a cake that's not just delicious, it also has to look like a real volcano and erupt like one too! The baker with the best all-around volcano cake will win $25,000 and be crowned the Kids Baking Champion!

Specials

Trick or Treat

Episode: S02 Special | Airdate: Oct 5, 2016

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Fan favorites from the Kid's Baking Championship return to the kitchen to take on two spooky challenges; something sweet and scary in the first heat; contestants must become mad scientists in the second heat and bake up a hybrid monster dessert.

Tricks and Treats

Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Sep 26, 2019

Tricks and Treats

Four fan-favorite kid bakers return for a Halloween-themed competition and battle it out for a baker's dream prize package that includes a blast chiller. The kids enter the kitchen to find Duff Goldman stuck in a spider web! After that initial surprise, he and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the bakers to embrace seemingly scary arachnids in the form of spider web desserts.

North Pole Edition

Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Dec 8, 2019

North Pole Edition

The young bakers must think on their feet as Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge them to fill a mini fireplace mantel with "santastic" sweets. Special guest Casey Webb helps choose the winner of the baker's dream prize package of top-of-the-line baking equipment worth over $10,000.

Season's Sweetings

Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Nov 8, 2020

Season's Sweetings

Five fan-favorite kid bakers compete to win a $10,000 baker's dream package that includes a blast chiller! Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman serve as hosts, mentors and judges as they challenge the bakers to create festive gingerbread house cakes.

Best Bits

Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Jan 11, 2021

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Oh My Gourd!

Episode: S10 Special | Airdate: Oct 18, 2021

Oh My Gourd!

Four former Kids Baking Championship competitors return to the kitchen to test their scare-abilities by making pumpkin patch pinata cakes in hopes of winning the ultimate Halloween treat -- a $10,000 dream baking package including a blast chiller. Host and judge Duff Goldman is joined by none other than season 5 champion Natasha Jiwani as a special guest judge.

Light Up the Holidays

Episode: S10 Special | Airdate: Nov 21, 2021

Light Up the Holidays

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!

Turkey Talk

Episode: S10 Special | Airdate: Nov 21, 2022

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Hosts Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli bring back four unforgettable kid bakers to make Thanksgiving cakes. They create holiday magic while competing for a bountiful $10,000 prize package of baking tools.

Kids Baking Championship: Honor Roll

Episode: S12 Special | Airdate: Jan 1, 2024

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Duff Goldman dusts off his graduation caps and grabs that old yearbook as he revisits some of his favorite moments from Kids Baking Championship, crowning everyone from "class clown" to "most likely to become a professional pastry chef." Duff hands out awards to beloved alumni bakers, who give us the inside scoop on what they've been up to since their time on the show.

Kids Baking Championship: Youngest Bakers Ever!

Episode: S12 Special | Airdate: Jan 15, 2024

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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.

Kids Baking Championship: How'd They Bake That?

Episode: S12 Special | Airdate: Jan 22, 2024

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People are always looking for baking tips and secrets when they watch Kids Baking Championship -- it's one of the most popular things about the show! To satisfy that hunger, host Duff Goldman elicits prime baking advice from alumni bakers as they dive into the ins and outs of competing. Along the way, Duff bakes up and assembles an over-the-top KBC tribute cake that encapsulates what makes the show so special.

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