The ninth season of Holiday Baking Championship airs on Monday nights at 8pm ET/PT on Food Network. This season is once again hosted by Jesse Palmer and the judges are Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman, and Carla Hall. This year there are twelve bakers competing for a $25,000 prize and a feature in Food Network Magazine. Season nine of Holiday Baking Championship is eight episodes long.
- Aaron Davis (cake decorator)— Surprise, AZ
- Christine Herelle-Lewis (pastry chef) — New York, NY
- Antoine Hopkins (pastry chef) — Philadelphia, PA
- RaChelle Hubsmith (home baker — Salt Lake City, UT
- Bill Makin (home baker) — Brooklyn, NY
- Aishia Martinez (pastry chef)— Union City, NJ
- Harshal Naik (pastry chef) — Bedford, PA
- Zakiya Newton (pastry chef) — Gotha, FL
- Sumera Syed (home baker) — Dallas, TX
- Dru Tevis (pastry chef) — Rehoboth Beach, DE
- Jessica Wang (pastry food stylist) — Los Angeles, CA
- Kristen Weidlein (pastry chef) — Staten Island
The Holiday Baking Championship season finale will air on Monday, December 19th and I will do another post about that episode before it airs. Feel free to discuss season 9 of Holiday Baking Championship in the comments of this post.
UPDATE - Here is the post for the finale.