Holiday Baking Championship Winner Season 12

Monday night at 8pm ET on Food Network is the two-hour season twelve finale of Holiday Baking Championship where the winning baker will take home $25,000.  This season there are five remaining contestants in the final episode.  The five remaining contestants competing for the prize are: Nico Alkalay (Denver, CO), Tarek Husseini (St. Louis, MO), Charles Zimmerman(Charlottesville, VA), Chase Maus (Santa Fe, NM), and Ashleigh Wright (Frisco, TX).   One of the contestants will be eliminated during the first hour of the episode and the final four will compete during the second hour to be crowned the winner of Holiday Baking Championship.  Duff Goldman will once again be missing from the judges table as Zac Young, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown will be the judges in the final episode.

The episode description for the final episode states, "It's the finale, and three challenges await the five remaining bakers! For the preheat, host Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to create "naughty" elf desserts in flavors like black licorice, sauerkraut, or red curry. Then, in an elimination challenge, the competitors make "nice" hot cocoa desserts. For the final bake, the bakers must make a large-scale, over-the-top naughty vs. nice cake with both themes clearly represented in the decorating. Guest judge Zac Young joins Nancy Fuller and Kardea Brown to decide which talented baker walks away with $25,000 and the title of Holiday Baking Champion!"

I will update this post with the winner of Holiday Baking Championship season 12 after the episode airs and feel free to discuss this season in the comments.

Continue reading to see who was eliminated during the first hour and to see who won season 12 of Holiday Baking Championship....

Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas Winner

Tonight at 8pm ET on Food Network is the two-hour season finale of Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas. There are four teams remaining who are competing for bragging rights, a $100,000 prize, and an additional $50,000 prize for their charity. The final four teams are: Kevin Lee and Dale Talde, Jet Tila and Ashley Holt, Michael Voltaggio and Bryan Voltaggio, and Tobias Dorzon and Marcel Vigneron.

For the semi-finals of Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas, Kevin Lee and Dale Talde will face Jet Tila and Ashley Holt, while Michael Voltaggio and Bryan Voltaggio will face Tobias Dorzon and Marcel Vigneron. The two winners of those matchups will face off in the finale to determine the winner of Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas.

Here is a previous post about all of the matchups and outcomes for TOC: All-Star Christmas, but below is how the final four teams got to this point:

• Kevin Lee and Dale Talde defeated Maneet Chauhan and Stephanie Izard 77-74 and Graham Elliot and Giuseppe Tentori 78-74.
• Jet Tila and Ashley Holt defeated Aarón Sánchez and Amanda Freitag 82-79 and Britt Rescigno and Jonathon Sawyer 93-88.
• Michael Voltaggio and Bryan Voltaggio defeated Sara Bradley and Damaris Phillips 82-80 and Mei Lin and Nini Nguyen 92-91
• Tobias Dorzon and Marcel Vigneron defeated Shirley Chung and Sherry Yard 85-79 and Antonia Lofaso and Alex Guarnaschelli 80-79.

Also, below is the updated bracket for TOC: All-Star Christmas that shows the winners of all of the matchups up until this point.

I will update this post with the winner of the final three matchups after the episode airs and you can discuss season 6 of Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas in the comments.

Continue reading to see who won the matchups in the final episode.....

Harry Potter Wizards of Baking Winner - Season 2

Sunday night at 8pm ET on Food Network is the season 2 finale of Harry Potter Wizards of Baking where the winning team will be announced.  There are three teams remaining that are hoping to be crowned the Wizards of Baking winner.  The teams are: Molly Robbins (Lancashire, UK) and Priya Winsor (St. Albert, Alberta, Canada), Alex Madrigal (Playa Del Carmen, Mexico) and Jenny Chambers (Salisbury, UK), and Zoë Burmester and Jordan Pilarsk (season 1 winners).  There is no cash prize, but the winners will get a "Wizards of Baking Cup."  Last year, the winners were included in a Harry Potter cookbook which is already available on Amazon.  There have been other Harry Potter cookbooks released in the past, but it doesn't seem there will be another one released from season 2.

The episode description for the final episode states, "For the final showdown in the illustrious Great Hall, hosts James and Oliver Phelps challenge the three baking teams to create showpieces celebrating the Goblet of Fire. The epic creations are presented to a crowd of Harry Potter superfans. Guest judges Warwick Davis, Afshan Azad and Devon Murray return to join Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef to award the trophy and crown the Wizards of Baking champions."

I will update this post with the winner of Harry Potter Wizards of Baking season 2 after the episode airs and feel free to discuss this season in the comments.

Continue reading to see who won Harry Potter Wizards of Baking season 2.......