Ten pastry chefs begin vying for a chance to work alongside Buddy Valastro at his famous Hoboken, N.J., bakery in the series premiere. Their first task is to create elaborate celebration cakes that showcase their baking and decorating skills.
Things get heated in the kitchen when the hopefuls work in teams, creating Monopoly-theme cakes to mark the 75th anniversary of the board game.
The gals battle the guys in a Christmas-theme bake-off for the American Cancer Society.
A special-effects company needs an extreme cake to mark its 20th anniversary, so the hopefuls must incorporate special effects and pyrotechnics in their confections.
The hopefuls are tasked with creating space-theme cakes for Buddy Jr.'s birthday party.
The remaining hopefuls must create a dream wedding cake for a couple who are about to walk down the aisle.
Cakes inspired by cars are created after the hopefuls are taken for a test drive in a new vehicle.
The winner is crowned in the Season 1 finale. At stake is $50,000 and a job at Carlo's Bakery.
In the series premiere, the competitors put their baking skills to the test when they are paired up into teams to create a 4-foot tall theme cake. But when Buddy presents an interesting challenge to win immunity, will it be every baker for themselves?
Sculpted cakes are one of the most popular requests made by clients today and nobody does them better than Buddy. The competitors are asked to create life-sized sculpted cakes in 10 hours with special mystery clients serving as the models.
Being the Next Great Baker means creating cakes that are magazine worthy. The stakes are raised when the competitors are asked to create elaborate wedding cakes inspired by the latest wedding trends for Brides Magazine.
Competition heats up for the holidays when the bakers break into teams to create their best holiday themed cake for the Valastro Christmas party. But not everyone is merry as tempers flare amongst the teams with one baker making a trip to the hospital.
"Engineered" cakes that spin, smoke and spark require the contestants to work together on a difficult challenge.
The contestants' speed and agility are tested when they unload the industrial ovens at the new factory. Meanwhile, animal cakes are needed for a New Jersey zoo.
It's wedding day at the bakery! The bakers must team up to create an off-beat wedding cake for a true bridezilla! It's the ultimate test to see how these bakers will handle a difficult client, but will the bride's requests be too demanding?
Season 2 ends with finalists Marissa, Nadine and Ryan vying for the top spot, which includes a $100,000 prize, a feature in Brides magazine and a chance to work at Carlo's Bakery.
In the Season 3 premiere, contestants come up with ideas for a groom's cake with a Mexican fiesta-theme for Mario Lopez's wedding
The chef-testants prepare to construct and decorate 3-foot-tall cakes that pay homage to their favorite childhood fantasies by creating a superhero cake; a surprise judge for the week worries the participants that they may be smashed to pieces.
The remaining chefs are tasked with creating a cake for the cast of Broadway's newest musical, one that pays homage to the holiday film, "A Christmas Story", after which their creations are judged by the movie's star, Peter Billingsley.
The remaining chefs form two teams to create life-size cakes of guest judges, Comics Judy Gould and Carol Leifer.
The contestants discuss the casting process, their first day at the bakery and emerging rivalries.
The competitors create wedding cakes, but they have to change course when the brides alter their design plans.
Contestants create cakes resembling classic Italian meals.
The contestants split into teams of men and women to create theme cakes for the bakery’s portfolio, but a late change in the rules by Buddy intensifies the competition.
Former NFL player Michael Strahan asks the contestants to bake a birthday cake for his talk-show cohost, Kelly Ripa, that will be presented to her on TV.
The final four contestants bake cakes to honor their mothers. Buddy recruits surprise helpers for the competition.
A winner is crowned after the final three contestants compete in Las Vegas in the Season 3 finale.
With two new experts by his side, Buddy the Cake Boss judges ten pairs of bakers in the first phase of the fourth season. Each team takes a bite of the Big Apple as they race to iconic city cites for inspiration in their inaugural cake challenge.
Bakers choose their own teams in a challenge that involves 100 pounds of candy and a very demanding client.
The bakers switch partners to build a cake for a destination wedding, while Buddy gets help from two celebrity guest judges.
The teams must create barbeque inspired cakes and present them to Buddy's family; a six-foot long hot dog and a 4-foot wide hamburger.
Making cakes inspired by horror movies; gory cakes and a guest judge who is a scary film villain.
The teams have to create life sized cakes in the form of the Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo.
A trip to Rachael Ray's show will decide the winner of a competition involving the creation of cakes that defy gravity.
Cakes with a moving element make up the contestants’ quest to be featured in People magazine as part of the publication’s 40th anniversary.
An eliminated group returns when the teams unveil their creations at the Cake Boss Cafe in New York City’s Times Square.
The top three teams remain, but only two will move on to Vegas; each team must create a masterpiece revolving around each judge's specialty.
The final three contestants look back at the most-memorable moments from Season 3.