Show guide
Baking Impossible
- Netflix
- United States
- 2021
- 1 season
- Completed
About Baking Impossible
Netflix's bakineering experiment pairs a baker with an engineer and demands desserts that actually work as machines: cakes that roll, launch, float, or survive a stress test. The judging panel is split by discipline the same way the teams are, so a build can nail the flavor and lose on structural failure. No other show in the genre makes frosting and physics fight this entertainingly.
The format
Baker-engineer duos build functional edible creations each episode, judged on both the baking and whether the engineering survives its stress test, with teams eliminated until a final pair splits the $100,000 prize.
The prize
$100,000, shared by the winning two-person team
Hosts & judges
Hosts
- Justin Willman2021
Judges
- Andrew Smyth2021
- Joanne Chang2021
- Hakeem Oluseyi2021
Where to stream
A Netflix original: it streams on Netflix in the US, Canada, and the UK.
Verified July 2026. Streaming availability changes often, so check the platform before you subscribe.
Seasons
One season of bakineering, archived in full below.
Season 1Oct 6, 2021 to Oct 13, 20218 episodes
- Episodes
- 8
- Premiere
- Oct 6, 2021
- Finale
- Oct 13, 2021
- Country
- United States
Episodes and bakes
The episode-by-episode challenge guide for this season is being verified against broadcaster records. Cast, dates, results, and season sources are listed here while that editorial pass is completed.
Season result
The winner stays hidden until you choose to reveal it.
Reveal the Season 1 winner
Rodolfo Goncalves
New York, New York
Full cast
Everyone recorded for Season 1, listed alphabetically without result spoilers.
| Baker | Age | Hometown |
|---|---|---|
| Brandi Romines | n/a | n/a |
| Cindy Ngar | n/a | n/a |
| Edwin Chiu | n/a | Seattle, Washington |
| Hannah Walden | n/a | n/a |
| Jacob Swiezy | n/a | n/a |
| Joey Polito | n/a | n/a |
| Mario Gayoso | n/a | Austin, Texas |
| Menuka Gamage | n/a | n/a |
| Nina | n/a | n/a |
| Randi Leese | n/a | n/a |
| Renee Frohnert | n/a | n/a |
| Rodolfo Goncalves | n/a | New York, New York |
| Sara Schonour | n/a | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Shanice White | n/a | n/a |
| Sierra Taylor | n/a | n/a |
| Steve Day | n/a | n/a |
| Taylor Tabb | n/a | n/a |
| Vanessa Barcelo | n/a | n/a |
Season fact sources
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Season winners
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