About this season
The search to find the greatest holiday baker begins as amateur bakers enter the kitchen, where they show off their family traditions and superb baking skills. To survive the challenges from week to week, they must prove their abilities in front of our tough-love judges.
Episodes (8)
1. Holiday Party Delights
Aired 6 November 2017 • 42 min
Bakers create eye-catching and tantalizing new holiday treats for seasonal parties; bakers create a dessert with an unusual candy cane flavor; for the main heat, they use a holiday cocktail as sweet inspiration; one unlucky baker goes home.
2. Season Of Sharing
Aired 13 November 2017 • 42 min
In the pre-heat, eight bakers team up to make a dozen hand pies in a festive holiday shape; for the main heat, bakers create a holiday dessert duo inspired by classic holiday flavor combinations.
3. Thanksgiving Genius
Aired 20 November 2017 • 42 min
In the pre-heat, seven bakers must create a Thanksgiving dessert using a mystery canned fruit; in the main heat, bakers whip up new Turkey Day sensations by combining two traditional desserts.
4. A New Holiday Spin
Aired 27 November 2017 • 42 min
The six remaining bakers create new takes on traditional holiday baking; inspired by an internet baking meme, for the pre-heat they use yellow cake mix to make anything but cake; in the main heat, bakers must holiday up a non-holiday dessert.
5. Comfort and Joy
Aired 4 December 2017 • 42 min
The five remaining bakers ignite the holiday spirit with a fiery, pre-heat dessert. While in the main heat, they take a traditional holiday cheese board and turn it into an unusual cheesecake.
6. Tradition! Tradition!
Aired 11 December 2017 • 42 min
The bakers celebrate two classic holiday traditions: Hanukkah jelly doughnuts and ye olde fruitcake. They must create a dozen doughnuts featuring a challenging flavour combo. Then, they try their best to reinvent fruitcake.
7. Twelve Days Of Christmas
Aired 18 December 2017 • 42 min
Three bakers grab two last-minute holiday gifts and combine them into one dessert before creating a 12 Days of Christmas dessert. The winning baker walks away with 50,000 dollars and the title of Holiday Baking Champion.
8. Runners Up Redemption
Aired 25 December 2017