10 Must-Watch Baking Shows

Best baking shows are not only entertaining, but they can also be informative for individuals looking for ideas for their next dinner or a particularly extravagant birthday cake.

You can experience exotic locales, recipes, and flavor combinations that you couldn't have imagined before, especially for those who can't just pack up and move out of the country or even out of their home state whenever they want, thanks to access to a vast array of culinary programming.

So, if you enjoy watching chefs produce fantastic baked treats or contestants compete to make the next best cake, join us as we go over our list of the best baking shows.

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10 Best Baking Shows

Nailed It

Nailed It!, a Netflix original series, is an American bake-off competition show in the style of reality television. In this series, three amateur bakers with limited baking talents compete against each other to recreate sophisticated cakes and other sweet treats in order to win a $10,000 reward and a trophy called “Nailed It!”

This show was based on the idea of regular individuals attempting to produce extravagant cakes and sweets that they had seen on the internet. | Stream on Netflix

Cake Wars Season 1

Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
Michael Shea (Director) - Megan Lawrence (Producer)

Cake Wars

While there are many talented cake bakers out there, only a few handfuls are capable of winning Cake Wars. Jonathan Bennett hosts this tough battle in which four skilled bakers compete to determine whose mind-blowing cake creation will be the center of attention at a large event, earning them the $10,000 prize.

Waylynn Lucas and Ron Ben-Israel, master pastry chefs and judges, will decide whether cakes are worthy of headlining parties for The Simpsons, The Sound of Music, DC Comics, and more! The Cake Wars are about to commence.

Sugar Rush - Season 1

Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
Warren Brown, Michel Richard, Mike McCarey (Actors)

Sugar Rush

Sugar Rush is a mash-up of Cupcake Wars and The Great British Baking Show in terms of a timed competition baking show. It comprises four teams competing against each other in a timed competition to create the most delicious desserts, with the victors receiving a large cash reward of $10,000.

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Pastry chefs Adriano Zumbo and Candace Nelson, as well as a number of guest judges, judge each team's masterpieces.

The Great British Baking Show Season 1

Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry (Actors)

The Great British Baking Show

The Great British Baking Show is a British baking competition show in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds to impress a panel of judges with their baking abilities.

Each game eliminates a candidate; the winner is chosen from those who have advanced to the finals. As it's known, the Bake Off is credited with reigniting interest in baking in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Spring Baking Championship Season 1

Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
Duff Goldman, Lorraine Pascale, Nancy Fuller (Actors)

Spring Baking Championship

America's top bakers make springtime treats as they compete to win challenges and a $25,000 prize.

Summer Baking Championship - Season 1

Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
Duff Goldman, Carla Hall, Damaris Phillips (Actors)

Summer Baking Championship

Host Jesse Palmer welcomes 10 skilled chefs to compete in a series of summer-themed challenges. In the end, only one will impress judges Duff Goldman, Carla Hall and Damaris Phillips to win a sweet $25,000 prize.

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Is It Cake?

Skilled cake artists create mouthwatering replicas of handbags, sewing machines, and more in a mind-bending baking contest inspired by a popular meme. | Stream on Netflix

Baking Impossible

Top bakers and engineers team up to build edible creations that must taste delicious and survive intense engineering stress tests to win $100,000. | Stream on Netflix

Sugar Rush: The Baking Point

In this race against time, six teams of pastry chefs blend innovation and tradition to create edible marvels. Who will bake their way to the top? | Stream on Netflix

Sugar Rush Christmas

It's everything you love about “Sugar Rush” — with a holly jolly holiday twist — in this Christmas-themed spin on competitive baking. | Stream on Netflix

Find 25 more baking shows on Hulu and Netflix.

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