Next Great Baker (season 3) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Next Great Baker |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 (includes two special episodes) |
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| Original network | TLC |
| Original release | November 26, 2012 – February 11, 2013 |
The third season of Next Great Baker was a super exciting baking competition show! It aired from November 26, 2012, to February 11, 2013. In this show, talented bakers compete to become the "Next Great Baker."
Just like the season before, this season took place at Carlo's Bake Shop in Jersey City, New Jersey. But for the grand finale, the show moved to Las Vegas, Nevada at The Venetian Las Vegas.
The big winner of this season was Ashley Holt! She won $100,000, a special feature in Redbook magazine, and the amazing chance to work alongside the famous baker Buddy Valastro in his bakery.
Meet the Bakers!
Thirteen super talented bakers competed in this season. They came from all over the United States to show off their skills!
| Contestant | Age | Job | Hometown |
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| Letty Alvarez | 41 | Owner of LA Sweets | Miami, Florida |
| James Brown | 41 | Owner of Brown's Bakery | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Paul Conti | 30 | Bakery Consultant/Owner Cake Face Cakery | Staten Island, New York |
| Chad Durkin | 29 | Baking Expert | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Gretel-Ann Fischer | 36 | Owner of Cupp's Café & Bakery | Colchester, Vermont |
| Peter Gray | 21 | Owner of Pete's Sweets | East Longmeadow, Massachusetts |
| Ashley Holt | 25 | Pastry Chef/Owner of Sugar Monster Sweets | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Jen Kwapinski | 32 | Owner of Jen's Cakes | San Jose, California |
| Chris Luna | 29 | Sales Executive | Roseville, California |
| Melissa Payne | 33 | Owner of Couture Cake Creations | Chesterfield, Virginia |
| Jessica Reyling | 30 | Stay-at-Home Mom | Peoria, Illinois |
| Emme Tyler | 30 | Owner of Skinny Batches | Los Angeles, California |
| Garrett Wallace | 36 | Cake Artist | Waverly, Tennessee |
Contestant Journey
This table shows how each baker did in the competition. Episodes 5 and 11 were special episodes, not competition rounds, so they are not in the table.
| Place | Contestant | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 | Episode 12 | |
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| Baker's challenge winner(s) |
Chad | Gretel-Ann Jen Letty Melissa |
Ashley Garrett |
Ashley Chad Gretel-Ann Paul Peter |
Jen Letty |
Gretel-Ann | Ashley | Ashley | Ashley | Ashley | None | |
| 1 | Ashley | WIN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | WINNER |
| 2 | Gretel-Ann | LOW | LOW | HIGH | LOW | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOW | LOW | LOW | SECOND |
| 3 | Jen | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | THIRD | |
| 4 | Paul | WIN | WIN | LOW | WIN | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | OUT | ||
| 5 | Chad | LOW | IN | LOW | WIN | WIN | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||
| 6 | Chris | HIGH | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | WIN | OUT | ||||
| 7 | Letty | LOW | LOW | WIN | WIN | LOW | OUT | |||||
| 8 | Peter | HIGH | IN | WIN | WIN | OUT | ||||||
| 9 | Garrett | LOW | WIN | IN | WD | |||||||
| 10 | Jessica | WIN | WIN | HIGH | OUT | |||||||
| 11 | Melissa | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| 12 | James | LOW | WD | |||||||||
| 13 | Emme | OUT | ||||||||||
- (WIN) The baker(s) won the challenge.
- (WIN) The baker won individual immunity and the elimination challenge.
- (HIGH) The baker(s) had one of the best cakes for that challenge, but did not win.
- (IN) The baker(s) did not win nor lose and advanced to the next week.
- (LOW) The baker(s) was/were part of the team who lost, but was not the last to move on.
- (LOW) This baker was singled out as one of the worst teammates, and was/were the last to move on.
- (OUT) The baker(s) was/were eliminated.
- (IN) The baker(s) had immunity.
- (WD) The baker(s) voluntarily left the competition.
Episode Guide
| Episode No. |
Season No. |
Title | Air Date | Eliminated | |
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| 20 | 1 | "Game On!" | November 26, 2012 | Emme | |
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Baker's Challenge: Bakers made a dessert of their choice. Chad won this challenge. Elimination Challenge: Teams made a bachelor cake for Mario Lopez. Team 2 won, and Ashley was the MVP. Team 4 had the worst cake, and Emme was eliminated. |
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| 21 | 2 | "Cake Powers, Activate!" | December 3, 2012 | James (Quit) | |
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Baker’s Challenge: Teams learned to make fondant cakes. Melissa's team won. Elimination Challenge: Bakers created superhero cakes with moving parts. Garrett’s team won. Melissa’s team had the worst cake. James then announced he had a brain tumor and left the competition, so no one was eliminated. |
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| 22 | 3 | "Bunny Suits and BB Guns" | December 10, 2012 | Melissa | |
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Melissa was eliminated in this episode.
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| 23 | 4 | "Cake Roast" | December 17, 2012 | Jessica & Garrett (Quit) | |
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Jessica was eliminated. Garrett also chose to leave the competition.
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| 24 | 5 | "New Year's Eve, Hoboken Style!" | December 31, 2012 | N/A | |
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This was a special episode. It looked back at the season so far and showed how the show was made behind the scenes. No one was eliminated.
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| 25 | 6 | "Wedding Belles" | January 7, 2013 | Peter | |
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Peter was eliminated in this episode.
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| 26 | 7 | "Cakes Al Dente" | January 14, 2013 | Letty | |
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Letty was eliminated in this episode.
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| 27 | 8 | "Battle of the Sexes" | January 21, 2013 | Chris | |
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Chris was eliminated in this episode.
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| 28 | 9 | "Happy Birthday Kelly" | January 28, 2013 | Chad | |
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Chad was eliminated in this episode.
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| 29 | 10 | "Momma Knows Best" | February 4, 2013 | Paul | |
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Paul was eliminated in this episode.
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| 30 | 11 | "Road to the Finale" | February 11, 2013 | Jen | |
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This was a special episode leading up to the finale. Jen was eliminated.
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| 31 | 12 | "Vegas, Baby!" | February 11, 2013 | (1)Ashley , (2) Gretel-Ann | |
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The grand finale took place in Las Vegas. Ashley Holt was crowned the winner, and Gretel-Ann was the runner-up.
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