About this season
Eight of America's most-talented bakers will go head-to-head at the oven for the chance to claim $25,000 and the title of Best Baker in America after weeks of demanding challenges.
Episodes (7)
1. Cake, Glorious Cake
Aired 7 May 2018 • 43 min
Nine elite professional bakers gather to begin the first in a series of 14 challenges designed to test the limits of their baking mastery. In the master challenge, the bakers must create a mind-bending cake using vanilla as the featured flavor.
2. Wedding Spectacular
Aired 14 May 2018 • 43 min
The remaining eight bakers are charged with making perfect wedding-themed mini mousse cakes in the Skills Challenge. In the Master Challenge, the bakers must create a croquembouche-inspired wedding tower that includes two types of pastry and uses champagne as the featured flavor.
3. Summer Desserts
Aired 21 May 2018 • 43 min
The seven remaining bakers begin by making perfect strawberry shortcake in the Skills Challenge. In the Master Challenge, the bakers must create a "fire and ice" dessert that features one frozen element, one bruleed element and has mint as the featured flavor.
4. East Coast Classics
Aired 28 May 2018 • 43 min
The six bakers left in the competition face a Skills Challenge to create flawless mini Boston cream pies. For the Master Challenge, they're asked to bake their version of the "ultimate" New York cheesecake with apple as the featured flavor.
5. Magnificent Meringue
Aired 4 June 2018 • 43 min
The five remaining bakers must make mini meringue pies in the Skills Challenge. In the Master Challenge, they're challenged to feature raspberry flavor in a classical French layered meringue cake called a marjolaine.
6. Old-School Classics
Aired 11 June 2018 • 43 min
The four remaining bakers have one more chance to get into the Best Baker in America finale. Their Skills Challenge is to make historic Mont Blanc cakes, which are tarts topped with a tower of chestnut paste. In the Master Challenge, the bakers have to make a striking cake called a Charlotte Royale -- also known as "brain cake" -- with peanut butter as the featured flavor.
7. Chocolate Crescendo
Aired 18 June 2018 • 43 min
In what is becoming a Best Baker in America tradition, the finale is all about the world's most beloved ingredient -- chocolate. In the Skills Challenge, the three remaining bakers must create a perfect version of the glazed Austrian chocolate cake called sachertorte. The final Master Challenge is to create the ultimate chocolate cake for 100 people that features caramel flavor and elaborate chocolate decorations, three types of chocolate and three flavors of chocolate bonbons.