Holiday Baking Championship Winner Season 11

Monday night at 8pm ET on Food Network is the two-hour season eleven finale of Holiday Baking Championship where the winning baker will take home $25,000.  This season there are five remaining contestants in the final episode.  The five remaining contestants competing for the prize are: Jer Barrios (pastry sous chef from Carson City, Nevada), Rolf Runkel (pastry chef from Calgary, Alberta), Rafi Dekrmnjian (bakery owner from Northridge, California), Steven Levitt (home baker from Aurora, Ontario), and Natasha Aschoff (bakery owner from Plymouth, Massachusetts).   One of the contestants will be eliminated during the first hour of the episode and the final four will compete during the second hour for the $25,000 prize.

The episode description for the final episode states, "In the season finale, host Jesse Palmer is throwing a gingerbread house party with all the trimmings! In the preheat, the bakers create faux candy desserts, traditional candy decorations that are actually desserts on the inside. Then, the competitors must take inspiration from holiday eggnog flavors to create the most impressive eggnog desserts for judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller, and one baker will be eliminated. For the final challenge, the bakers construct gingerbread house cakes in unique architectural styles like modern, Tudor, cozy cottage or castle. In the end, only one baker will be named Holiday Baking Champion and take home $25,000!"

I will update this post with the winner of Holiday Baking Championship season 11 after the episode airs and feel free to discuss this season in the comments.

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During the first hour, the judges decided to eliminate Jer Barrios for the least impressive eggnog dessert. This meant that the final four competing in the final challenge were Rolf Runkel, Rafi Dekrmnjian, Steven Levitt, and Natasha Aschoff.

In the final challenge, the judges decided that Steven Levitt made the best gingerbread cake and was declared the winner of Holiday Baking Championship. Steven Levitt wins Holiday Baking Championship season 11, the $25,000 prize, and a feature in Food Network Magazine.