Kids Baking Championship Season 13: Animal Lovers Unite What Did You Think?

We got our first taste of Season 13 of Kids Baking Championship on Food Network last night and it will be a fun season as we get a season focused on Animals. Last night we even get to see some of them as Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown hosted a new field of kids bakers. This should be a great season and on March 3rd we will get two episodes where we will see the season winner crowned and receive the grand prize and title.

You can also see what the second episode will be about below when it airs on Monday January 13th with a macaron animal challenge.

Season 13, Episode 2
Amazing Animals: Macaronimals
Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown have noticed that a particular dessert can be easily shaped into animals like a turtle, a panda or a frog … but the dessert itself can be tricky. So, for the macaron animals challenge, Duff shows the kid bakers how to create a silky smooth macaron batter before baking time starts. Then, since the animal macarons need a place to rest, the bakers must give their animals an edible habitat to hang out in.

Looking forward to seeing some of the new animal based challenges in season 13 of Kids Baking Championship in this ten-episode competition.

Food Network’s Emmy®-Nominated Series, Kids Baking Championship, Returns With an All-New Animal-Inspired Season
Food Network Kids Baking Championship: Amazing Animals

Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown host Kids Baking Championship: Amazing Animals Premiering on Monday, January 6th at 8pm ET/PT

Animal inspiration abounds in a new season of the Emmy-nominated Kids Baking Championship, which returns to Food Network on Monday, January 6th at 8pm ET/PT, and streams next day on Max. Hosts and judges, Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown, welcome a new field of talented kid bakers to the kitchen for challenges inspired by creatures big and small, including a few fluffy, furry and feathery friends who drop in to the kitchen for live appearances over the course of the season. From sea creatures to jungle dwellers to farm animals and more, the twelve kid bakers must craft creative and delicious animal-themed treats for a chance at winning the grand prize.

“Kids Baking Championship is a celebration of the amazing things kids can do in the kitchen, not only with their baking and decorating skills but also in how they support each other even while competing,” said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. “With animals as the inspiration the creations are adorable, and the kids are exceptional in the most heartwarming way.”

A gorgeous parrot named Chicken and a loveable cockatoo named Teva make quite the entrance in the premiere episode, as Duff and Kardea welcome the bakers to the jungle-themed kitchen and kick off the ten-episode competition. In the first challenge, the bakers must make an animal texture tart with creature-inspired features like scales, feathers, fur or fins, and an edible tail is a late-breaking twist the bakers must solve in a tasty and creative way.

On Monday, March 3rd its back-to-back episodes beginning at 8pm ET/PT when the remaining bakers must create cookie animal houses complete with haystack cookies and an edible water trough. Then, at 9pm ET/PT, in the season finale, Duff and Kardea challenge the last three bakers to dig deep for their most winning inspiration and create zoo-inspired cakes. The most successful cake maker will earn the title of Kids Baking Champion, $25,000 and be featured in Food Network Magazine.

This season’s Kids Baking Championship competitors include: Noah Azeez (Toronto, Canada), Brooklyn Barrett (Orlando, FL), Ella Hayek (Ann Arbor, MI), Aria Karayil (Danville, CA), Piper Lowe (Kansas City, KS), Micah Parsons (Stephenville, TX), Pierce Sario (Atlanta, GA), Carter Siporin (Perkasie, PA), Ellvie Smith (Attalla, AL), Carly Van Pelt (Lake Geneva, WI), Jack Whalen (West Richland, WA), and Arielle Yang (Sandy, UT).

Fans can meet the kid bakers and relive fan-favorite moments at FoodNetwork.com/KidsBakingChampionship. Plus, go behind the scenes of Kids Baking Championship: Amazing Animals with Duff and Kardea and discover more baking tips and tricks. Follow all the action on social media using #KidsBakingChampionship.

Kids Baking Championship is produced by Sonic Dog for Food Network.