The Kids Baking Championship 2023 contestants are getting their best aprons on for season 12. A total of 12 youngsters from nine to 13 are hoping to take home the win. From Andy to Oscar, they’re all ready to bake the perfect cookies and cakes, and it’s all for our mouth-watering pleasure.
Food Network is bringing back the kids’ version of Baking Championship. With some bakers already having opened their own businesses as young as age nine, it’s certainly going to be a tough competition. The Kids Baking Championship 2023 contestants have been practising for years…
#KidsBakingChampionship returns with a SWEET new group of kid bakers! 🍬 Get your first taste of the season Monday, January 1st @ 8|7c or @StreamOnMax. #StreamOnMax pic.twitter.com/pIr0A2Wzku
— Food Network (@FoodNetwork) December 26, 2023Kids Baking Championship 2023 contestants
Andy Coyle
Age: 11
Where from: Redwood City, California
Instagram: @andysbigheadbakery
Andy made his own birthday cake this year! He started Big Head Bakery in 2019 and works as a head pastry chef. His Instagram bio states that he has “big ideas in baking.”
Levi Dubner
Age: 14
Where from: Boca Raton, Florida
Instagram: @levi.bakes
Levi bakes for fun alongside his acting hobby. He runs his own YouTube channel called Levi’s Kitchen, where he once made a Barbie cake in celebration of the movie.
Anaiah Hodges
Age: 10
Where from: Manvel, Texas
Instagram: @anaiah_sweet_treats
Anaiah is busy dancing when she’s not in the kitchen making bakes. Currently in seventh grade, she is self-taught after she showed interest in baking four years ago, having watched YouTube videos.
Leland Jackson
Age: 13
Where from: Ann Arbor
Leland didn’t make it onto the show the first year he applied, but that didn’t deter him. When he got in, his mom told We Love Ann Arbor: “He learned. He e was baking really cool things like macaroons.”
Jaime Lee
Age: 11
Where from: Yorktown, Virginia
Instagram: @vive_la_foodie
Jaime describes herself as a baker, chef, student, artist, bookworm, crazy cat lady, boxer, and jiu-jitsu-er. Beyond her love for baking, Lee also loves cats, and her nickname is “Jaime Cat.”
Madison Lendor
Age: 10
Where from: Monroe, New York
Instagram: @doublebaked_culinary
Seventh grader Madison auditioned for the show alongside her twin sister, Hailee, with whom she launched a baking business at age eight. They learned to bake from their mother, Yesenia.
Henry Muranaka
Age: 11
Where from: Bountiful
Henry started helping his mom bake in the kitchen at four years old. He never would have dreamed he’d end up on Kids Baking Championship – but he was accepted onto season 12!
Tasi Savage
Age: 12
Where from: Kona
Tasi is a kid baker from Hawaii. Besides baking, her favorite activity is surfing at the beach.
Lila Smethurst
Age: 11
Where from: San Antonio, Texas
Instagram: @lilas_butterbomb_bakery
Lila is a kid baker who makes beef wellington for her family! She began baking at a very young age by helping her mom and Nana in the kitchen. At age nine, she came up with Lila’s Butterbomb Bakery.
Elsie Stark
Age: 9
Where from: Abeline, Texas
Instagram: @elsies_awesome_sweets
Elsie launched her own business, Elsie’s Awesome Sweets and Treats, at the age of eight. At first, she just made cookies and did monthly sales online, delivering to people’s houses. Now, she loves bake sales!
Oscar Stowell
Age: 12
Where from: Ross, California
Kid baker Oscar learned how to bake from his grandma and loves baking with her.
Camryn Williams
Age: 11
Where from: Charlotte, North Carolina
Instagram: @camryns_slimeshoppe
Camryn is a baker, slime-maker and gymnast. Her passion combined with the entrepreneurial spirit of her brothers, Aaden and Jackson, turned into Camryn’s Slime Shoppe (aka CSS).
WATCH KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP ON FOOD NETWORK ON MONDAY JANUARY 1 AT 7 PM
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