Summer Baking Championship

2 seasons available

Ten bakers have to impress judges with bright, summer flavors, from fruit pies to ice cream sandwiches, and their interpretations of classic summer celebrations for a chance to win a cash prize.
Beachside Delights
S2 E1

Jesse Palmer hosts a beach rental baking competition; ten bakers craft faux ice cream bars and cocktail tarts; judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman, and Damaris Phillips savor summer-inspired creations before they select the champion.

Summer Cruise
S2 E2

Jesse Palmer's cruise baking contest features vibrant inner tube cakes and snorkeling-themed cheesecakes for judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman, and Damaris Phillips to evaluate.

Summer Lake Adventure
S2 E3

While fueling up at a lakeside hotel breakfast buffet, Jesse Palmer challenges the bakers to make sweet and savory breakfast treats; Jesse has been picking berries by the lake, and it's the bakers' job to turn them into summer pies.

Summer Feelings
S2 E4

Jesse Palmer uses Disney and Pixar's "Inside Out 2" as inspiration for the bakers to design core summer travel memory desserts.

We're Going Glamping
S2 E5

Jesse Palmer uses his ideal road snack, a chocolate bar, to challenge the bakers with creating road trip portable desserts; the bakers go glamping as they cook up glam summer cobbler desserts before the judges decide who takes a hike.

Southwest Summer Break
S2 E6

Cruising through the American Southwest, Jesse Palmer tasks the bakers with creating sweet and handheld dessert tacos.

Shark Week Sweets
S2 E7

Jesse Palmer celebrates Discovery's Shark Week on the sandy shores by challenging the bakers to make shark bite cookie bars in the shape of beach items.

Big Apple Fireworks
S2 E8

Jesse Palmer lands in the Big Apple for some finale fireworks and the bakers create red, white and woo-hoo desserts for his backyard BBQ; the one baker who can blow the judges away with their exploding fireworks cake will take home the $25,000 prize.

Dockside Desserts
S1 E1

Jesse Palmer is ready to take a dip in the lake and uses his favorite floatie as inspiration for floatie doughnuts in summer flavors; Jesse challenges the bakers to make gelatin water feature cakes, and the competitor that sinks is sent home.

Let's Cool Off
S1 E2

Jesse Palmer looks to cool off with refreshing ice cream sandwiches in bright summer designs; an ice cream truck in the kitchen inspires the bakers to turn a classic treat into a high-end frozen dessert before one competitor has a chilly farewell.

Summer Fun in the Sun
S1 E3

Jesse Palmer is all about the outdoors as he tasks the bakers with making radical s'more desserts using wild chocolate flavors; the bakers must use fresh-pressed juice to create a dessert that's inspired by bike riding -- the Paris-Brest.

Summer Fruitastic
S1 E4

Jesse Palmer challenges the bakers to make a cobbler, crumble or clafoutis using the bounty of the summer fruit stand; the bakers must make watermelon desserts that taste and look like a watermelon before the judges send another competitor home.

Beach Day
S1 E5

Jesse Palmers tasks the bakers with capturing that coastal vibe using beach drink trifles; when the sun starts to get too hot, the bakers create refreshing summer cream pies to avoid a scorching elimination.

Summer Celebrations
S1 E6

For Father's Day, Jesse Palmer challenges the bakers to get fired up with grill pan desserts for Dad, complete with grill marks; June is also Pride Month for the LGBTQ+ communities, so the bakers celebrate with rainbow desserts.

Sweets for Barbie
S1 E7

Jesse Palmer celebrates Warner Bros. Pictures' film, "Barbie," by having the bakers make desserts inspired by her signature color, pink; the bakers aren't playing around when they create toy cakes that look like they belong in the Dreamhouse Kitchen.

Bring 4th the Sweets
S1 E8

Jesse Palmer takes the final three bakers on a wild ride as he challenges them to make three amusement park treats; the bakers roll out sparkler-studded Fourth of July parade float cakes for the "Summer Baking Championship" title and $25,000.