The audience favorite bake-off competition is back with nine new world-class bakers facing off each other through multiple rounds and skills tests. The competition will also test the contestants with a Master Challenge that tests the baker’s prowess working with specific flavors and ingredients. Read on to find out more about the contestants and judges, and upcoming episodes of Best Baker in America Season 2 on Food Network.
Best Baker in America Season 2 Cast
Scott Conant hosts the competition as bakers from across the country and with visiting guest judges and influencers to select the winner of the title who will also take away the grand prize of $25,000.
Best Baker in America Season 2 (2018)
Cerated By: Food network
Contestants: Becca Craig, Kym DeLost, Jeremy Fogg, Frania Mendivil, Leigh Omilinsky, Lasheeda Perry, Max Santiago, Jean-Francois Suteau, Adam Young
Judges: Jason Smith and Marcela Valladolid
Special Guests: Yolanda Gampp, Joshua John Russell, Gemma Stafford, Bellanger, Shinmin Li, Sherry Yard, Zac Young
Network Food Network
Air Date: May 7 2018, 9 PM ET/PT
Best Baker in America Season 2 Format
During the course of Best Baker in America season 2, the nine bakers will have to prove to the judges that they have what it takes to be the best, as they are tasked with culinary challenges designed to test their baking expertise and their inventiveness, including baking perfect Petit Fours to creating a classical French layered meringue cake to constructing the perfect strawberry shortcake and old school classics such as a Charlotte Royale and a Mont Blanc cake, all leading up to the finale on Monday, June 18th when we find out who truly is the Best Baker in America.
In each episode to create elegant and delicious versions of classic baked goods, including a Skills Challenge that tests their mastery of the essential technical skills of baking, followed by a Master Challenge that tests the baker’s prowess working with specific flavors and ingredients.
Best Baker in America Episode Guide
Can’t wait to find out what challenges the contestant are waiting for in the upcoming episodes? Here’s a quick peek inside Best Baker in America Season 2.
Season 2 Episode 1
Chef Scott Conant, tasks the bakers with baking perfect Petit Fours in the first Skills Challenge. In the Master Challenge, the bakers must create a mind-bending cake for fifty people using vanilla as the featured flavor.
Season 2 Episode 2
The remaining eight bakers are charged with making perfect wedding-themed mini mousse cakes in the Skills Challenge. In the Master Challenge, the bakers must create a croquembouche-inspired wedding tower that includes two types of pastry and uses champagne as the featured flavor.
Season 2 Episode 3
he seven remaining bakers begin by making perfect strawberry shortcake in the Skills Challenge. In the Master Challenge, the bakers must create a “fire and ice” dessert that features one frozen element, one bruleed element and has mint as the featured flavor.
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