Next Great Baker

2010 • TLC

4.7

203 reviews

TV-14

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Season 4 episodes (10)

1 Empire State of Mind

6/24/14

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.

2 Sugar High

7/1/14

Playground antics take over as the bakers choose their own teams in an effort to please some very picky and demanding clients with an affinity for all things sugary. With 100 lbs. of candy, can the bakers sweet talk their way into the next round?

3 Destination Wedding!

7/8/14

The bakers use something borrowed to complete this cake challenge: someone else's partner! They are thrown into arranged marriages with new partners to construct a destination wedding cake. Helping Buddy judge are two famous players in the game of love.

4 Buddy's Winter BBQ

7/15/14

Competition sizzles when the teams have to make barbeque inspired cakes. As if making a six-foot long hot dog and a 4-foot wide hamburger was not stressful enough, the teams will have to present their cakes to Buddy's family!

5 Nightmare on Baker Street

7/22/14

6 Long Island Medium Cakes

7/29/14

It's the toughest challenge of them all, life sized cakes! The teams have to make their cakes in the form of the Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo, for her charity event. Will the teams be able to successfully go big or will they go home?

7 Gravity Defying Cakes

8/5/14

Competition is turned on its head, as the bakers have to create gravity defying cakes. As if keeping these cakes upright isn't difficult enough, teams will also learn these cakes will head to the Rachael Ray show. Will the pressure get the best of them?

8 Sexiest Cakes Alive

8/12/14

Cakes will be getting the special treatment, as this week the teams are competing for a chance to be featured in People Magazine. The stakes are higher than ever, when the bakers learn that every cake needs a moving element.

9 Wow Cakes

8/12/14

Teams will have to wow the judges as they must bake their best cakes and desserts for the Cake Boss Cafe in Time Square. And to throw an extra wrinkle into the mix, Buddy brings back a past eliminated group for redemption. Only the top three will move on.

10 Vegas Showstoppers

8/19/14

It's down to the top three, but only two teams will move on to the Vegas showdown. Each team must create a culinary masterpiece revolving around each of the judges' specialties. Which teams will have Lady Luck on their side to move onto the Vegas Finale?

About this show

Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro puts 10 talented pastry chefs through the ringer to earn the title of Next Great Baker. Each week, Buddy pushes the contestants' baking skills to the limit through a series of challenges. At stake - $50,000 cash and a chance to work side-by-side with Buddy at Carlo's Bakery.

Ratings and reviews

4.7

203 reviews

Kelly Green

June 28, 2016

I loved the new idea of working in teams, mixing partners, all the creativeness with cake decorating this show brings to us in such little time. Good sportsmanship this season as well. No cheating like in season 3, she should have been disqualified right on the spot. She lost her bakery back home for that. Punishment fits the crime, sorry to say. Please bring us more seasons like season 4. 500 stars from me for this great artistic show!

6 people found this review helpful

J W

December 11, 2012

I loved the first two seasons!! So far I don't gave a fave for this one. So maby are showing bad attitudes!

9 people found this review helpful

Melissa Decker

December 30, 2015

I love Buddy because he is such a nice person and I love his sister he is a great person and he needs to keep it up and his sisters need to give him a little nreak

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