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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.

USNetflix
CANetflix
UKNetflix

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.

Baking Impossible Season 1 cast
BakerAgeHometown
Brandi Rominesn/an/a
Cindy Ngarn/an/a
Edwin Chiun/aSeattle, Washington
Hannah Waldenn/an/a
Jacob Swiezyn/an/a
Joey Politon/an/a
Mario Gayoson/aAustin, Texas
Menuka Gamagen/an/a
Ninan/an/a
Randi Leesen/an/a
Renee Frohnertn/an/a
Rodolfo Goncalvesn/aNew York, New York
Sara Schonourn/aBoston, Massachusetts
Shanice Whiten/an/a
Sierra Taylorn/an/a
Steve Dayn/an/a
Taylor Tabbn/an/a
Vanessa Barcelon/an/a

Season fact sources

en.wikipedia.org, thecinemaholic.com, news.engr.psu.edu.

Every season guide is on this page: open a season for its episodes, bakes, cast where available, and sources. Winners stay tucked away so nothing gets spoiled by accident.

Season winners

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Season 1Reveal

Rodolfo Goncalves

New York, New York

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