Show guide
Food Network's coziest bracket wraps a serious baking competition in tinsel: a field of home and professional bakers races through festive elimination rounds for a cash prize and the champion's title. The judging bench has been remarkably stable for over a decade, which gives the show the comfortable, well-worn feel of a holiday tradition. It is the anchor of the network's entire Baking Championship franchise.
Each episode opens with a smaller preheat challenge, then a bigger holiday-themed main heat where one baker is eliminated. The bracket narrows week by week until the finale crowns a champion, who takes home $25,000.
$25,000
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Twelve festive seasons and counting, every one archived below.
| Season | Aired | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Nov 9, 2014 to Dec 14, 2014 | 6 |
| Season 2 | Nov 1, 2015 to Dec 20, 2015 | 8 |
| Season 3 | Nov 6, 2016 to Dec 25, 2016 | 8 |
| Season 4 | Nov 6, 2017 to Dec 18, 2017 | 7 |
| Season 5 | Nov 5, 2018 to Dec 17, 2018 | 7 |
| Season 6 | Nov 4, 2019 to Dec 23, 2019 | 8 |
| Season 7 | Nov 2, 2020 to Dec 21, 2020 | 8 |
| Season 8 | Nov 1, 2021 to Dec 20, 2021 | 8 |
| Season 9 | Nov 7, 2022 to Dec 19, 2022 | 8 |
| Season 10 | Nov 6, 2023 to Dec 18, 2023 | 8 |
| Season 11 | Nov 4, 2024 to Dec 16, 2024 | 8 |
| Season 12 | Nov 3, 2025 to Dec 22, 2025 | 8 |
Each season guide will contain episodes, bakes, cast when available, and sources. Winners stay tucked away below so nothing gets spoiled by accident.
Tap a season to reveal its winner. Nothing is spoiled until you ask.
Every winner is verified against a cited source: Wikipedia and verified press per season.
Specific kit tied to Holiday Baking Championship, each labelled with how solid the attribution is. When the exact model is not sold on Amazon we say so and point you at a buyable equivalent instead of faking a link.
Stand mixer (studio kit anchor)
The Food Network championship kitchens are stocked with KitchenAid stand mixers; the same kit recurs across Holiday, Kids and Spring, so we attribute once and re-theme. Buyable, and the natural gateway into the stand-mixers guide.
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