The favored Halloween Baking Championship returned for its eleventh season on the Meals Community on Monday (September 15) with 10 new budding bakers taking to the kitchen to create some spooky treats. Nevertheless, a brand new format twist has left many followers disenchanted.
Not like earlier seasons, which noticed the ten contestants competing in two rounds, leading to 20 creations total, Season 11 sees only one spherical that includes all 10 bakers. The underside three contestants are then positioned in a “Sudden Demise” spherical, with the loser being eradicated.
Stephanie Boswell, Carla Corridor, and Zac Younger are this season’s judges and determine which bakers depart the competitors and who will in the end stroll away with $25,000 and the title of Halloween Baking Champion. John Henson serves as host.
After studying of the brand new format on Monday’s premiere, followers took to Reddit to complain, with one consumer writing, “Halloween Baking Championship 2025, you ruined half the explanation we watch.”
“This sudden demise factor is so silly, half the explanation we watched was to see all bakers make 2 desserts so 20 creations… And but right here they make 10 after which 3, that’s simply… Who determined this?” the consumer continued, saying the unique format labored as a result of the primary spherical would enable bakers to “work out some jitters” and are available again stronger in spherical two.
They added, “I don’t know who runs these reveals however jfc man you guys simply don’t get it, the format each baking championship and Halloween wars had have been good… It’s why we’ve all been hooked 12 months after 12 months. It’s not simply altering surroundings it’s willy nilly altering the basics of the problem, it didn’t want modified.”
Many others agreed, with one commenter writing, “I left the showrunner a message on Instagram. I doubt I’ll hear again, however I might have an interest to listen to her aspect of this debacle.”
“It’s unhappy to see this present not displaying extra of the baking. It’s known as the Halloween Baking Championship,” mentioned one other.
“I didn’t get the memo that that is how it will likely be each week?! I had hoped it was a weed-out for the premiere,” one other added.
One other wrote, “Agreed, new format is horrible. This present isn’t MasterChef, additionally that first episode felt prefer it was written by TLC. A lot scripted drama, halloween baking championship isn’t a novela.”
Others agreed that the primary episode targeted an excessive amount of on drama, with one Reddit consumer writing, “I don’t look after the give attention to hysterics.”
“I simply felt like there was an excessive amount of crying and never almost sufficient baking,” mentioned one other.
“Couldn’t even end the episode. That is the primary time I’m not going to trouble watching extra,” one other added.
Some additionally criticized the brand new set, with the balcony, particularly, inflicting a lot frustration.
“The balcony is horrible, not solely do they appear silly all crammed up there however the ooos and awss, the laughing and digital camera chopping again… Completely ridiculous. When the judges are judging it’s their time, I don’t have to see the forged each waking second,” mentioned the unique Reddit poster.
“Why copy the Grasp Chef balcony? The entire present simply appeared off. The set, the host, the judges, the blonde on the ground and a quitter? What is occurring right here?” wrote one commenter.
“The opponents watching from the balcony whereas every individual is being judged feels a bit like public humiliation to me. I don’t assume I’ll be watching this season,” one other added.
Nevertheless, one fan disagreed, writing, “The one change I favored was the balcony.”
Others have been additionally keen to offer issues an opportunity. “Nonetheless, it’s the primary episode of a sequence I am keen on. I’ll give it an opportunity. And, in the event that they actually wish to win me over, the extra blind judging, the higher,” mentioned one consumer.
What did you consider the brand new format guidelines? Did you benefit from the first episode? Tell us your ideas under,
Halloween Baking Championship, Season 11, Mondays, 9/8 c, Meals Community