List of Next Great Baker episodes facts for kids
Next Great Baker (also known as Cake Boss: Next Great Baker) is an American reality television series that airs on TLC, hosted by Buddy Valastro, the star of his own reality series, Cake Boss. Season 3 commenced airing on November 26, 2012.
As of 22 July 2014[update], 36 episodes, including 2 specials of Next Great Baker have aired in four seasons.
Contents
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 8 | December 6, 2010 | January 24, 2011 | |
| 2 | 11 | November 28, 2011 | January 30, 2012 | |
| 3 | 12 | November 26, 2012 | February 11, 2013 | |
| 4 | 10 | June 24, 2014 | August 19, 2014 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2010–11)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Contestant eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Celebrate Good Times, C'mon" | December 6, 2010 | Kendra |
| 2 | 2 | "Do Not Pass "Go"!" | December 13, 2010 | Joe |
| 3 | 3 | "Tis The Season To Be Jolly!" | December 20, 2010 | Johanna |
| 4 | 4 | "It's Dyn-O-Mite!" | December 27, 2010 | Pamela |
| 5 | 5 | "3-2-1 Blast Off!" | January 3, 2011 | Greggy |
| 6 | 6 | "Here Comes The Bride!" | January 10, 2011 | Joe |
| 7 | 7 | "Pedal To The Metal" | January 17, 2011 | Brian & Jay |
| 8 | 8 | "The Big Finale!" | January 24, 2011 | Corina (1) - Megan (2) |
Season 2 (2011–12)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Contestant eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "It's Go Time!" | November 28, 2011 | Sara |
| 10 | 2 | "Life-Sized Cakes" | December 5, 2011 | Tony |
| 11 | 3 | "Wedding Wonderland" | December 12, 2011 | Jasmine |
| 12 | 4 | "Bakers On Ice" | December 19, 2011 | Wesley |
| 13 | 5 | "Let the Sparks Fly" | December 26, 2011 | Minerva |
| 14 | 6 | "Gators, Chimps and Bears...Oh My!" | January 2, 2012 | Heather M. |
| 15 | 7 | "Here Comes The Bride-zilla!" | January 9, 2012 | Heather G. |
| 16 | 8 | "Headbanging Bakers" | January 16, 2012 | Carmelo & Megan |
| 17 | 9 | "Crown-Winning Cakes" | January 23, 2012 | Chad |
| 18 | 9A | "Finale Pre-Show" | January 30, 2012 | N/A |
| 19 | 10 | "…And the Winner Is?" | January 30, 2012 | (1) Ryan, (2) Nadine |
Season 3 (2012–13)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Contestant eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | "Game On!" | November 26, 2012 | Emme |
| 21 | 2 | "Cake Powers, Activate!" | December 3, 2012 | James (Quit) |
| 22 | 3 | "Bunny Suits and BB Guns" | December 10, 2012 | Melissa |
| 23 | 4 | "Cake Roast" | December 17, 2012 | Jessica & Garrett (Quit) |
| 24 | 5 | "New Year's Eve, Hoboken Style!" | December 31, 2012 | N/A |
| 25 | 6 | "Wedding Belles" | January 7, 2013 | Peter |
| 26 | 7 | "Cakes Al Dente" | January 14, 2013 | Letty |
| 27 | 8 | "Battle of the Sexes" | January 21, 2013 | Chris |
| 28 | 9 | "Happy Birthday Kelly" | January 28, 2013 | Chad |
| 29 | 10 | "Momma Knows Best" | February 4, 2013 | Paul |
| 30 | 11 | "Road to the Finale" | February 11, 2013 | Jen |
| 31 | 12 | "Vegas, Baby!" | February 11, 2013 | (1)Ashley , (2) Gretel-Ann |
Season 4 (2014)
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|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Release | |
| Original network | TLC |
| Original release | June 24, 2014 |
The fourth season of Next Great Baker premiered on June 24, 2014. Unlike other previous seasons, the teams competed in teams of two. Other changes from the previous seasons include the addition of Jacques Torres and Bobbie Lloyd as judges, the addition of the final showdown, and the opportunity to work at Buddy's Las Vegas cake shop. However, some aspects of the show were similar, including having ten competitors (or teams) as in season 1, and the $100,000 prize awarded in each of the previous seasons remained.
Contestants
During the fourth season, there were ten different teams of two. The first episode aired on June 24, 2014. This marks the first time that there were ten competitors since the first season. Seasons two and three both had 13 competitors.
| Contestants | Color | Relationship | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiulani Delgado and Roxanne Bodell | Maroon | Aunt and niece | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Julie Voudrie and Danielle Voudrie | Pink | Mother and daughter | Johnson City, Tennessee |
| Barry Ackerman and Fred Isla | Teal | Colleagues | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| David Duran and Elaine Duran | Red | Husband and wife | Kissimmee, Florida |
| Don Donneruno and Meredith Gulfman | Tan | Coworkers | Long Island, New York |
| Ginger Soave and Brandy Smith | Gray | Bakery teacher and student | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Bethany Berend and Jennifer Livermore | Purple | Best friends | Tomball, Texas |
| Al Watson and Lia Weber | Blue | Coworkers | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Manny Agigian and Al DiBartolo | Black | Friends and coworkers | Woolwich Township, New Jersey |
| Jose Barajas and Aimee Anderson | Brown | Friends | Chula Vista, California |
Contestant progress
| Place | Team color | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker's challenge winner(s) |
Pink | N/A | N/A | Red | N/A | N/A | Purple | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| 1 | Blue | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | WIN | WINNER | |||
| 2 | Black | HIGH | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | RUNNER-UP | |||
| 3 | Maroon | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | THIRD | ||||
| 4 | Purple | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | OUT | |||||
| 5 | Brown | IN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||||
| 6 | Tan | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| 7 | Red | LOW | IN | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
| 8 | Pink | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||||||||
| 9 | Teal | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Gray | OUT | |||||||||||||
- (WIN) The team(s) won the challenge.
- (WIN) The team(s) received immunity from the cake challenge.
- (HIGH) The team(s) had one of the best cakes for that challenge, but did not win.
- (IN) The team(s) did not win nor lose and advanced to the next week.
- (LOW) The team was one of the bottom cakes, but escaped the final showdown.
- (LOW) This team had one of the worst cakes, but survived by winning the final showdown.
- (OUT) The team was/were eliminated.
- (IN) The team had immunity.
- (WD) The team voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
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