Holiday Baking Championship is back!

The 2025 edition of the long-running Food Network TV series will return tonight (Monday, November 3) t 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Jesse Palmer will host the series.

For the first time ever, the show will split the 12 competing bakers into two teams of Naughty vs. Nice. Host Jesse Palmer “welcomes them to an adorable, immersive holiday village with a working coffee shop, general store, and town hall. In this joyful world, the teams will take on tasks like ‘Snow Day Desserts,’ ‘Chrismukkah Platters,’ and of course, ‘Naughty Elf Desserts’ – complete with advantages that lean either mischievous or merry.”

This year, the judges are Duff Goldman , Nancy Fuller , and Kardea Brown .

The three “will bring tough love as they determine which amazing

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