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Bake-Off® History

Get the inside scoop on the finalists and the recipes from the 45th contest

Eleanor Roosevelt and Art Linkletter with finalist Laura Rott.

Sixty years of the Bake-Off® Contest

Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 60 years of Bake-Off® Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.

1949: Grand Prize winners from the first Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest.

1949 The First Competition: How it Began

Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 60 years of Bake-Off® Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.  Learn More

Winner of the 10th Bake-Off® Contest waves her $25,000 check.

The 1950s: Postwar Boom in the Kitchen

Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 60 years of Bake-Off® Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.  Learn More

Winning moment for Alice Reese with Art Linkletter in 1961.

The 1960s: Mom Goes to Work

Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 60 years of Bake-Off® Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.  Learn More

Finalist poses with a GE range at the 22nd contest in Honolulu.

The 1970s: Cooking Becomes Adventurous

Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 60 years of Bake-Off® Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.  Learn More

Julie Bengsten displays her winning Chocolate Praline Layer Cake.

The 1980s: More Interest in Cooking, Less Time To Cook

Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 60 years of Bake-Off® Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.  Learn More

Kurt Wait becomes the first male $1,000,000 Grand Prize winner in 1996.

The 1990s: A Culinary Melting Pot

Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 60 years of Bake-Off® Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.  Learn More

Bake-Off® 43 finalists enter the ballroom during the Grand March.

The 2000s: A look into the Crystal Bowl

Since our first competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize. Our first winner took home $50,000. Our next one will walk away with $1 million. Take a journey through 60 years of Bake-Off® Contests, and see how amateur cooks like you reflect and set trends in American cooking.  Learn More

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2012 Bake-Off® Contest Winner

Want to know what a million-dollar recipe tastes like? Hats off to this year's unbeatable dessert treat. Pumpkin Ravioli with Salted Caramel Whipped Cream!

 

Celebrate with Bake-Off® Recipes

Pillsbury Bake-Off®

Entertaining is simply the best with winning recipes from the Bake-Off® Contest from easy appetizers to decadent desserts.

 

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History of Bake-Off

Since our first Bake-Off® competition in 1949, more than 4,000 finalists have vied for the Grand Prize.

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    Official 46th Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest Rules, FAQs and Voting Rules
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