Best Baker in America

3 seasons available

America's top bakers gather to put their baking brilliance to the test.
The South
S4 E1

First the bakers must make Kentucky's May Day PieCaken with bourbon as the featured flavor; the elimination bake-off challenge involves the elements of Florida's Key lime pie.

The Mid-Atlantic
S4 E2

The nine bakers must make their own upscale version of Maryland's Smith Island cake while incorporating boardwalk popcorn; the bake-off round involves a dessert inspired by the Pennsylvania classic shoofly pie.

Rocky Mountain States
S4 E3

The competition heads west as the eight bakers must feature Montana and Idaho's beloved huckleberries in their huckleberry pie-embouche pastry tower; in the bake-off challenge, the bakers celebrate Utah's official state snack, gelatin.

The Northern Plains
S4 E4

The seven bakers put their own spin on kuchen, the official state dessert of South Dakota, and serve it with a side of ice cream; the bake-off challenge involves making a new dessert with the ingredients of Minnesota's scotcheroo bar.

The Midwest
S4 E5

The six remaining bakers must make Michigan's bumpy cake into a bumpy entremets using the featured flavor of cherries; in the bake-off, the competitors have to make mini versions of Missouri's beloved gooey butter cake.

The Northeast
S4 E6

The five remaining bakers have to reinvent the Boston cream pie using coffee syrup; in the bake-off, the competitors are tasked with creating beautiful plated desserts based on Maine's whoopie pies.

The Southwest
S4 E7

With one last chance to earn a spot in the finale, the bakers get creative with Nevada's Basque cake and use Southwest chile peppers as the featured flavor; they must combine New Mexico's state cookies, biscochitos, and flan into an original dessert.

The Pacific
S4 E8

In the finale, the bakers must turn California's famous chiffon cake into a tsunami cake featuring lemons and avocados; they have to build a two-foot-tall Hawaiian-themed dessert showpiece with intricate chocolate work before the winner is chosen.

Royal Cakes
S3 E1

Professional bakers are challenged to create perfect mini princess cakes; bakers then must create royal baby celebration cakes for 100 people using elderflower and lemon as the featured flavors; Marcela Valladolid, Jason Smith and Zac Young judge.

Extra Icing: Surprise Desserts
S3 E2

The theme is surprises, and host Scott Conant challenges competitors to show their mastery of molten lava cakes; the bakers must create smashable desserts using meringue, sugar or chocolate, and they have to use coconut as the featured flavor.

Summer Vacation Desserts
S3 E3

Seven remaining bakers start out by making perfect floating island desserts; host Scott Conant asks them to create a flaming bombe Alaska with mango as the featured flavor; chocolatier Valerie Gordon joins judges Jason Smith and Marcela Valladolid.

Classic French Pastries Reinvented
S3 E4

Bakers must re-create a beloved French classic, the eclair; the competitors have to re-imagine a classic French entremet cake using almond as the featured flavor; French pastry chef Florian Bellanger joins judges Jason Smith and Marcela Valladolid.

Themed Desserts: Toy Story 4
S3 E5

The five bakers replicate Toy Story 4 characters in cake.

Tiny and Tall Desserts
S3 E6

The four bakers make miniature pastry classics and 12-layer desserts.

All-American Birthday Bash: Chocolate-Flavored
S3 E7

In a chocolate-themed finale, host Scott Conant challenges the three remaining bakers to create grown-up versions of a brownie sundae; the Master Challenge is to make a Happy Birthday USA chocolate fireworks cake to celebrate July 4th.

Cake, Glorious Cake
S2 E1

Nine professional bakers gather for the first of 14 baking challenges.

Wedding Spectacular
S2 E2

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 uses champagne as the featured flavor.

Summer Desserts
S2 E3

The bakers make perfect strawberry shortcakes and a "fire and ice" dessert.

East Coast Classics
S2 E4

The six remaining bakers make mini Boston cream pies and NY cheesecakes.

Magnificent Meringue
S2 E5

The five remaining bakers must make mini meringue pies and use raspberry flavor in a classical French layered meringue cake called a marjolaine; pastry chef Shinmin Li serves as a guest judge.

Old-School Classics
S2 E6

The four bakers try to make it into the finale with Mont Blanc cakes.

Chocolate Crescendo
S2 E7

In the Skills Challenge, the three remaining bakers must create a perfect version of the glazed Austrian chocolate cake called sachertorte.