Baker's Dozen

Just love this new show, love Bill and Tamera, love all the bakers! Incredible stuff they're all making, I'm so dazzled and sooo inspired to try some of this at home!! Great technique tips too...love hearing about how the guest judges went viral... and just love the stories Bill tells about cooking for Barack and Michelle. My fave new show! Must-watch tv!

Bill and Tamera make a great team and I love the format of starting with 13 contestants, down to 5 and then 3. These folks are so darn creative, I'm in awe of their talent. Makes me want to get in the kitchen and try my hand at some of their creations. Love the set too! Such a beautiful back drop in the beginning of the show when they're outdoors. Looking forward to more episodes.

My wife began watching this show a couple of weeks ago. I overheard it one afternoon and sat in for that show and all the others in the series. A lifelong fan of sports, I love the competition... and I appreciated that the contestants were good sports to boot. Big gives constructive criticism without being acerbic... he clearly knows his stuff, but he never talks down to the bakers competing. And he is never mean. I was disappointed there wasn't a second series already in the can. I'm a fan!

Love the cohosts! Tamera is lovely and Bill has a way of giving criticism that is constructive and caring.

Also love the cute set, hearing stories about the White House and the contestants bios.

May I have some more please? Serve it up!

"Baker's Dozen" hosts Tamera Mowry-Housley and Chef Bill Yosses embody the aesthetic of Hulu's addictive and charming new reality competition series, which pits seasoned, formally trained professionals against fiercely talented "amateurs" who honed their skills with the help of the internet. A media star with a massive following, Mowry-Housley is an accomplished home cook, while the French-trained Yosses was a legend in the restaurant world before being appointed White House Executive Pastry Chef. Their onscreen chemistry is the perfect balance of sweet and tart as they guide 13 contestants through each episode's heady baking challenges, which are mostly inspired by gorgeous goodies that have gone viral on social media. To amp up the fun, each week one of the creators of those viral sensations is a guest judge, including TikTok baking phenom Robert Lucas; Lauren Ko, of the Instagram-breaking "geometric tart;" and Loria Stern, whose edible flower confections have inspired a zillion Youtube imitators.

Social media has helped spur the dismantling of the caste system in the culinary world, and it's terrific to see this in action on "Baker's Dozen." Based solely on the luscious, colorful treats, viewers would never know who's an "amateur" and who's a "professional," and that's part of why this is the best new cooking show of the year. The pro-am dynamic boosts the tension of every challenge while making it possible to avoid the outdated, cliched, and toxic trope of kitchen machismo/preening--which sadly has remained a staple of culinary "reality" shows (looking directly at you, Food Network). "Baker's Dozen" is the most kind-hearted competition imaginable; Yosses and Mowry-Housley and their guest judges are full of compliments and offer loads of technique tips as they winnow down the contestants. Each episode is a lovely romp that reminds us that the world is still sweet and good, and humans are still capable of creating beauty and love, despite the seemingly dark times we live in. It's the perfect show for both kids and adults to escape reality for a delicious hour of butter-drenched enchantment!