Holiday Baking Championship
TVG
Holiday
Reality
Cooking
Eight bakers enter the kitchen to show off their traditions and baking skills.
Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Sunday, November 30
Pies and Shine
Season 12 • Episode 4
Jesse challenges the bakers to make holiday pies with no repeated flavors among their own team.
Monday, December 1
Pies and Shine
Season 12 • Episode 4
Jesse challenges the bakers to make holiday pies with no repeated flavors among their own team.
Monday, December 1
Pies and Shine
Season 12 • Episode 4
Jesse challenges the bakers to make holiday pies with no repeated flavors among their own team.
Monday, December 1
Snowed in Sweets New
Season 12 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer asks the teams to make desserts representing snow-day activities for the judges.
Tuesday, December 2
Snowed in Sweets
Season 12 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer asks the teams to make desserts representing snow-day activities for the judges.
Friday, December 5
Snowed in Sweets
Season 12 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer asks the teams to make desserts representing snow-day activities for the judges.
Friday, December 5
Yule Be Merry
Season 8 • Episode 2
The bakers are challenged with five different styles of yule log cakes.
Friday, December 5
Attitude of Gratitude
Season 8 • Episode 3
The competitors create heartfelt messages on top of a favorite Thanksgiving dessert: pie.
Friday, December 5
Best Thanksgiving Ever
Season 8 • Episode 4
The competitors work in teams to create cornucopia bread baskets filled with holiday breads.
Friday, December 5
Make New Friends, but Keep the Old
Season 8 • Episode 6
The competitors update an assigned vintage holiday dessert to create a new Christmas delight.
Friday, December 5
Holidays in All the Ways
Season 8 • Episode 7
Host Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to create sweet potato and spice desserts in honor of Kwanzaa.
Friday, December 5
Ultimate Holiday Party
Season 8 • Episode 8
The competitors take on holiday party theme cakes and incorporate lights into their designs.
Saturday, December 6
Make New Friends, but Keep the Old
Season 8 • Episode 6
The competitors update an assigned vintage holiday dessert to create a new Christmas delight.
Saturday, December 6
Holidays in All the Ways
Season 8 • Episode 7
Host Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to create sweet potato and spice desserts in honor of Kwanzaa.
Saturday, December 6
Ultimate Holiday Party
Season 8 • Episode 8
The competitors take on holiday party theme cakes and incorporate lights into their designs.
Saturday, December 6
Old-Fashioned Christmas Party
Season 11 • Episode 4
Host Jesse Palmer welcomes 12 bakers to celebrate holiday get-togethers with seasonal desserts.
Saturday, December 6
Cookie Exchange Party
Season 11 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to make flavor-forward cookies; deciding the winner in a blind tasting.
Saturday, December 6
Office Christmas Party
Season 11 • Episode 6
Jesse Palmer asks the remaining seven bakers to team up and make caramel and chocolate desserts.
Saturday, December 6
Holiday Pajama Party
Season 11 • Episode 7
Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to make footie pajama macarons, cream puff garlands and a dessert.
Saturday, December 6
Gingerbread House Party
Season 11 • Episode 8
The bakers construct gingerbread house cakes in unique architectural styles.
Sunday, December 7
Holiday Pajama Party
Season 11 • Episode 7
Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to make footie pajama macarons, cream puff garlands and a dessert.
Sunday, December 7
Gingerbread House Party
Season 11 • Episode 8
The bakers construct gingerbread house cakes in unique architectural styles.
Sunday, December 7
Snowed in Sweets
Season 12 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer asks the teams to make desserts representing snow-day activities for the judges.
Monday, December 8
Snowed in Sweets
Season 12 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer asks the teams to make desserts representing snow-day activities for the judges.
Monday, December 8
Snowed in Sweets
Season 12 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer asks the teams to make desserts representing snow-day activities for the judges.
Monday, December 8
Jingle Mingle New
Season 12 • Episode 6
The seven bakers must make a Chrismukkah dessert platter with decorated Christmas cookies.
Tuesday, December 9
Jingle Mingle
Season 12 • Episode 6
The seven bakers must make a Chrismukkah dessert platter with decorated Christmas cookies.
Wednesday, December 10
Gearing Up for the Holidays
Season 6 • Episode 1
The competitors must bake and decorate a Danish kransekake featuring holiday ingredients.
Wednesday, December 10
Filling Grateful
Season 6 • Episode 3
Each baker makes three pies using an assigned harvest ingredient and decorate each differently.
Wednesday, December 10
Thanksgiving It My All
Season 6 • Episode 5
The bakers create a dozen kicked-up apple cider doughnuts decorated with seasonal themes.
Wednesday, December 10
Trendsetting Turkey Day
Season 6 • Episode 6
Jesse Palmer tasks the seven bakers with taking a beloved holiday appetizer to a whole new level.
Thursday, December 11
Gearing Up for the Holidays
Season 6 • Episode 1
The competitors must bake and decorate a Danish kransekake featuring holiday ingredients.
Thursday, December 11
Filling Grateful
Season 6 • Episode 3
Each baker makes three pies using an assigned harvest ingredient and decorate each differently.
Thursday, December 11
Thanksgiving It My All
Season 6 • Episode 5
The bakers create a dozen kicked-up apple cider doughnuts decorated with seasonal themes.
Thursday, December 11
Trendsetting Turkey Day
Season 6 • Episode 6
Jesse Palmer tasks the seven bakers with taking a beloved holiday appetizer to a whole new level.
Thursday, December 11
Hosting the Holidays
Season 7 • Episode 4
The challenge for the eight bakers is to turn breakfast items into Thanksgiving desserts.
Thursday, December 11
It's What's on the Inside That Counts
Season 7 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer gives the seven bakers advent calendars filled with chocolate to inspire them.
Thursday, December 11
Topsy-Turvy Holidays
Season 7 • Episode 6
Competitors are challenged to create a twist on traditional Hanukkah jelly doughnuts.
Thursday, December 11
A Classic Christmas
Season 7 • Episode 7
Jesse Palmer asks the five bakers to create an over-the-top version of a holiday trifle.
Thursday, December 11
Christmas Windows in Time
Season 7 • Episode 8
Jesse kicks things off by asking the final four competitors to create a holiday macaron tower.
Friday, December 12
Jingle Mingle
Season 12 • Episode 6
The seven bakers must make a Chrismukkah dessert platter with decorated Christmas cookies.
Friday, December 12
Holiday Cookie Madness
Season 1 • Episode 1
Eight bakers have to prove their cookie baking skills in the first two challenges.
Friday, December 12
Classic Holiday Flavors
Season 1 • Episode 2
The seven remaining bakers take classic flavors to a new level; a swirled treat using eggnog.
Friday, December 12
It's Not the Holidays Without Pie
Season 1 • Episode 3
The six remaining bakers take on making pies; a store-bought crust; three different pies.
Friday, December 12
The Great Holiday Cake-Over
Season 1 • Episode 4
The five bakers left to compete take the fruitcake to a new level and reinvent the yule log.
Friday, December 12
Great Holiday Traditions
Season 1 • Episode 5
The holiday flavors of peppermint and hot chocolate must be used in a dessert; holiday breakfast.
Friday, December 12
Gingerbread Worlds
Season 1 • Episode 6
The remaining bakers are challenged to construct gingerbread worlds filled with all sorts of treats.
Saturday, December 13
It's Not the Holidays Without Pie
Season 1 • Episode 3
The six remaining bakers take on making pies; a store-bought crust; three different pies.
Saturday, December 13
The Great Holiday Cake-Over
Season 1 • Episode 4
The five bakers left to compete take the fruitcake to a new level and reinvent the yule log.
Saturday, December 13
Great Holiday Traditions
Season 1 • Episode 5
The holiday flavors of peppermint and hot chocolate must be used in a dessert; holiday breakfast.
Saturday, December 13
Gingerbread Worlds
Season 1 • Episode 6
The remaining bakers are challenged to construct gingerbread worlds filled with all sorts of treats.
Sunday, December 14
Jingle Mingle
Season 12 • Episode 6
The seven bakers must make a Chrismukkah dessert platter with decorated Christmas cookies.
Monday, December 15
Jingle Mingle
Season 12 • Episode 6
The seven bakers must make a Chrismukkah dessert platter with decorated Christmas cookies.
Monday, December 15
Pies and Shine
Season 12 • Episode 4
Jesse challenges the bakers to make holiday pies with no repeated flavors among their own team.
Monday, December 15
Snowed in Sweets
Season 12 • Episode 5
Jesse Palmer asks the teams to make desserts representing snow-day activities for the judges.
Monday, December 15
Jingle Mingle
Season 12 • Episode 6
The seven bakers must make a Chrismukkah dessert platter with decorated Christmas cookies.
Monday, December 15
Retro Christmas New
Season 12 • Episode 7
Jesse Palmer gives the six remaining bakers a gauntlet of three retro Christmas dessert challenges.
Tuesday, December 16
Retro Christmas
Season 12 • Episode 7
Jesse Palmer gives the six remaining bakers a gauntlet of three retro Christmas dessert challenges.
Wednesday, December 17
Gettin' Gifty With It
Season 6 • Episode 7
Bakers create decorated cupcake mosaics inspired by a pair of holiday pajamas.
Wednesday, December 17
North Pole Vaulting
Season 6 • Episode 8
Bakers create assigned desserts that are inspired by Santa Claus and cakes that look like an igloo.
Wednesday, December 17
Traditions With a Twist
Season 6 • Episode 9
Jesse Palmer challenges the four remaining bakers to give gold-covered chocolate coins a twist.
Wednesday, December 17
Christmas Day Delights
Season 6 • Episode 10
The three bakers make a Christmas morning brunch using classic holiday flavors.
Thursday, December 18
Gettin' Gifty With It
Season 6 • Episode 7
Bakers create decorated cupcake mosaics inspired by a pair of holiday pajamas.
Thursday, December 18
North Pole Vaulting
Season 6 • Episode 8
Bakers create assigned desserts that are inspired by Santa Claus and cakes that look like an igloo.
Thursday, December 18
Traditions With a Twist
Season 6 • Episode 9
Jesse Palmer challenges the four remaining bakers to give gold-covered chocolate coins a twist.
Thursday, December 18
Christmas Day Delights
Season 6 • Episode 10
The three bakers make a Christmas morning brunch using classic holiday flavors.
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