This is a list of episodes for Spring Baking Championship. The series has been presented by Bobby Deen (seasons 1–2), Ali Khan (seasons 4 and 7), Clinton Kelly (seasons 5–6), Molly Yeh (season 8) and Jesse Palmer (seasons 3, 9–11). With the judges Duff Goldman (seasons 1+), Nancy Fuller (seasons 1+), Lorraine Pascal (seasons 1–6) and Kardea Brown (seasons 7+).
Series overview
Season 1 (2015)
There are 8 professional and home bakers competing in a 6-episode baking tournament. One person is eliminated every week until the last episode where the final three compete for the grand prize of $50,000.
Contestants 1st – Andy Chlebana, Pastry Instructor from Plainfield, Illinois 2nd/3rd – Damiano Carrara, Bakery Owner & Pastry Chef from Moorpark, California 2nd/3rd – Dwayne Ingraham, Executive Pastry Chef from Oxford, Mississippi 4th – Simone Faure, Bakery Owner from St. Louis, Missouri 5th – Sandy Hunter, Assistant Pastry Chef from Chicago, Illinois 6th – Juliana Evans, Stay-at-Home Mom from Orlando, Florida 7th – Kristine de la Cruz, Bakery Owner from Los Angeles, California 8th – Chris Taylor, Epidemiologist from Atlanta, Georgia
Elimination Table
PlaceContestantEpisode 1 2 3 4 5 6 1Andy IN LOW IN‡ HIGH WIN WINNER‡2DamianoHIGH WIN IN WIN‡ LOW RUNNER-UP Dwayne WIN‡ IN‡ HIGH LOW HIGH‡ RUNNER-UP 4 SimoneHIGH IN WIN IN OUT 5 Sandy IN HIGH LOW OUT 6 Juliana LOW IN OUT 7 Kristine LOW OUT 8 Chris OUT
(WINNER) The contestant won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win. (WIN) The contestant won the challenge for that week. (HIGH) The contestant was one of the selection committee's favorites for that week. (IN) The contestant performed well enough to move on to the next week. (LOW) The contestant was one of the selection committee's two or three least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated. (OUT) The contestant was the selection committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.
Season 2 (2016) Eight professional and home bakers come to compete in a six-episode baking tournament. This season is the last season with Bobby Deen as host. This season also began the mid-round twists in main heat challenges that are a staple of other baking championships competitions.
Contestants 1st – Jane Soudah, Pastry Chef from South Pasadena, California 2nd/3rd – Dan Langan, Personal Trainer from Havertown, Pennsylvania 2nd/3rd – Susana Mijares, Bakery Owner from San Antonio, Texas 4th – Kenny Magana, Pastry Research & Development from Reading, Pennsylvania 5th – Audrey McGinnis, Home Caterer from Frisco, Texas 6th – William "Will" Poole, Pastry Chef from New Ipswich, New Hampshire 7th – Dustin Charbonneau, Executive Pastry Chef from Chicago, Illinois 8th – Najie Mercedes, Pastry Chef from Miami, Florida
Elimination Table PlaceContestantEpisode 1 2 3 4 5 61Jane IN HIGH WIN‡ IN‡ WIN WINNER‡2Dan HIGH‡ IN IN WIN LOW RUNNER-UP Susana WIN IN IN LOW HIGH RUNNER-UP 4Kenny IN IN HIGH HIGH OUT‡5Audrey LOW WIN‡ LOW OUT 6Will IN LOW OUT7Dustin IN OUT 8Najie OUT
(WINNER) The contestant won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win. ‡ The contestant won the Preheat challenge for that week. (WIN) The contestant won the Main Heat challenge for that week. (HIGH) The contestant was one of the selection committee's favorites for that week. (IN) The contestant performed well enough to move on to the next week. (LOW) The contestant was one of the selection committee's three or four least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated. (OUT) The contestant was the selection committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.
Season 3 (2017) This season featured nine professional and home bakers competing in a seven-episode baking tournament with a grand prize of $50,000. The season premiere aired the first and second episodes together. The last two episodes aired as a two=hour finale. Jesse Palmer replaced Bobby Deen as host for this season.
Contestants 1st – Jordan Pilarski, Pastry Chef from Amelia Island, Florida 2nd/3rd – Adam Young, Bakery Owner and Head Pastry Chef from Mystic, Connecticut 2nd/3rd – Daniela Copenhaver, Online Caterer & Baker from Chula Vista, California 4th – John Reed, Bakery owner from Shamong Township, New Jersey 5th – Courtney Rezendes, Culinary Instructor from Fall River, Massachusetts 6th – Fausto Barragan, School Principal from La Puente, California 7th – Heather Walker, Home Baker from Scottsdale, Arizona 8th – Samirah Williams, Boutique bakery owner from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9th – Mark Heyward-Washington, Pastry Chef from Charleston, South Carolina
Elimination Table
PlaceContestantEpisode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1Jordan HIGH IN WIN LOW WIN LOW WINNER‡2Adam IN IN‡ IN HIGH‡ IN‡ LOW RUNNER-UPDaniela IN LOW‡ IN WIN HIGH WIN‡ RUNNER-UP4John LOW IN HIGH IN LOW OUT 5Courtney IN WIN IN IN OUT 6Fausto WIN IN LOW‡ OUT 7Heather IN‡ HIGH OUT 8Samirah IN OUT 9Mark OUT
(WINNER) The contestant won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win. ‡ The contestant won the Preheat challenge for that week. (WIN) The contestant won the Main Heat challenge for that week. (HIGH) The contestant was one of the selection committee's favorites for that week. (IN) The contestant performed well enough to move on to the next week. (LOW) The contestant was one of the selection committee's least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated. (OUT) The contestant was the selection committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.
: The Preheat challenge in the second episode was a team challenge; Adam and Daniela thus won as a team.
Season 4 (2018) This season featured the most bakers to this point, with 10 contestants (including a baker from Canada) competing in an eight-episode baking tournament for a chance at $50,000. Ali Kahn took over as host.
: Winner Nacho Aguirre is married to Susana Mijares who was a finalist in season 2 of Spring Baking Championship
Contestants 1st – Nacho Aguirre, Chef and Owner from San Antonio, Texas 2nd/3rd – Caleb Fischer, Chef de Cuisine from Auburn, Alabama 2nd/3rd – Cristina Vazquez, Pastry Cook from Fair Lawn, New Jersey 4th – Heather Wong, Pastry Chef from Burbank, California 5th – Aaron McInnis, Nutritionist from Newfoundland, Canada 6th – Ruby Bloch, Baker from New Orleans, Louisiana 7th – Jessica Duggan, Home Baker from Puyallup, Washington 8th – Deepal Patel, Senior Pastry Chef from Kansas City, Missouri 9th – Andrew Belen, Baker from Chicago, Illinois 10th – Michelle Kaiser, Bakery Owner from Omaha, Nebraska
Elimination Table
PlaceContestantEpisode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81Nacho HIGH IN LOW‡ HIGH WIN LOW WIN‡ WINNER2Caleb IN IN WIN WIN IN IN LOW RUNNER-UPCristina LOW‡ IN‡ IN IN‡ LOW HIGH‡ IN RUNNER-UP‡4Heather IN IN HIGH LOW HIGH WIN OUT 5Aaron WIN HIGH IN IN IN OUT 6Ruby IN WIN IN‡ IN OUT‡ 7Jessica IN LOW IN OUT 8Deepal HIGH IN OUT 9Andrew IN OUT 10Michelle OUT
(WINNER) The contestant won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win. ‡ The contestant won the Preheat challenge for that week. (WIN) The contestant won the Main Heat challenge for that week. (HIGH) The contestant was one of the selection committee's favorites for that week. (IN) The contestant performed well enough to move on to the next week. (LOW) The contestant was one of the selection committee's three or four least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated. (OUT) The contestant was the selection committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.
: The Preheat challenge in the third episode was a team challenge so Nacho and Ruby won as a team.
Season 5 (2019) Air Dates: March 18 – May 6, 2019. Ten contestants competed in this season for $25,000 (half the prize money of past seasons) and a feature in Food Network Magazine. The new host of this season is Clinton Kelly.
Contestants 1st: Cory Barrett – Culinary Instructor from Kalamazoo, Michigan 2nd/3rd: Karina Rivera – Head Pastry Chef from Miami, Florida 2nd/3rd: Saber Rejbi – Executive Pastry Chef from Chicago, Illinois 4th: Riccardo Menicucci – Executive Pastry Chef from San Francisco, California 5th: Tracey Marionneaux – Executive Pastry Chef from Chicago, Illinois 6th: Marqessa Gesualdi – Bakery Owner and Pastry Chef from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7th: Jordan Kanouse – Pastry Chef from New Orleans, Louisiana 8th: Kevin Dillmon – Bakery Owner from Rome, Georgia 9th: Jessica Colvin – Home Baker from Southlake, Texas 10th: Kendra Stephens – Executive Pastry Chef from Washington, DC
Elimination Table
PlaceContestantEpisode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 81Cory LOW WIN IN‡ IN‡ IN HIGH‡ WIN WINNER‡2Karina HIGH IN IN IN WIN‡ IN HIGH RUNNER-UPSaber IN IN‡ HIGH WIN HIGH LOW LOW‡ RUNNER-UP4Riccardo IN‡ HIGH IN HIGH LOW WIN OUT5Tracey WIN IN LOW IN IN OUT6Marqessa HIGH IN WIN LOW OUT7Jordan IN IN IN OUT 8Kevin IN LOW OUT‡ 9Jessica IN OUT 10Kendra OUT
(WINNER) The contestant won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win. ‡ The contestant won the Preheat challenge for that week. (WIN) The contestant won the Main Heat challenge for that week. (HIGH) The contestant was one of the selection committee's favorites for that week. (IN) The contestant performed well enough to move on to the next week. (LOW) The contestant was one of the selection committee's three or four least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated. (OUT) The contestant was the selection committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.
: The Preheat challenge in the third episode was a team challenge so Cory and Kevin won as a team.
Season 6 (2020)
Contestants 1st – Sohrob Esmaili from San Francisco, California 2/3rd – Arin Hiebert from Calgary, Alberta 2/3rd – Tati Vernot from Miami, Florida 4th – Val Criado from San Antonio, Texas 5th – Christine Nguyen from Sugar Land, Texas 6th – Aris Rodriguez from Sedona, Arizona 7th – Molly Matthaei from Jackson Hole, Wyoming 8th – Aisha Momaney from New York, New York 9th – Franck Iglesias from Old Saybrook, Connecticut 10th – Sandra Danso-Boadi from Mississauga, Ontario 11th – Anibal Rodriguez from Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Elimination Table
PlaceContestantEpisode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91Sohrob IN IN WIN IN‡ LOW LOW LOW WIN WINNER‡2Arin IN‡ WIN IN‡ IN IN‡ HIGH INLOW‡ RUNNER-UPTati HIGH IN IN WIN‡ IN WIN INLOW RUNNER-UP4Val WIN IN IN HIGH IN IN‡ WIN OUT5Christine LOW HIGH IN LOW HIGH IN OUT‡6Aris IN IN LOW IN WIN OUT7Molly IN IN HIGH IN OUT8Aisha IN IN IN‡ OUT9Franck LOW LOW OUT 10Sandra HIGH OUT‡ 11Anibal OUT
(WINNER) The contestant won the competition. (RUNNER-UP) The contestant made it to the finale, but did not win. ‡ The contestant won the Preheat challenge for that week. (WIN) The contestant won the Main Heat challenge for that week. (HIGH) The contestant was one of the selection committee's favorites for that week. (IN) The contestant performed well enough to move on to the next week. (LOW) The contestant was one of the selection committee's three or four least favorites for that week, but was not eliminated. (OUT) The contestant was the selection committee's least favorite for that week, and was eliminated.
Season 7 (2021) 11 bakers enter the kitchen to compete for the $25,000 prize, a chance to be featured in Food Network Magazine, and the title of Spring Baking Champion. This season, bakers are ranked on "The Spring Board" after each pre-heat and main heat. The lowest ranking baker on the board after each main heat is eliminated.
Contestants 1st – Keya Wingfield, pastry chef and bakery owner from Richmond, Virginia 2nd – Natalie Soto, cake artist from Capistrano Beach, California 3rd – Derek Corsino, culinary arts instructor from Saint Helena, California 4th – Veruska Samanez, pastry chef and bakery owner from Cedar Grove, New Jersey 5th – Chiantae Campbell, bakery owner from Miami, Florida