Donut Showdown

Seasons

2013

Canada

4.8

Three teams of two compete to have the tastiest donut. The judges send one team home. The remaining two teams have to make 3 donuts within a theme that is chosen for them. The winning team takes home a $10,000 prize.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Cinco de Mayo

Donuts with a Cinco de Mayo theme are prepared. But first, bakers from Colorado and Georgia vie against the operator of a South Carolina vegan food truck in a "mystery ingredient" elimination round.

S1 • E2

Land of the Rising Sun

Donut makers from Brooklyn, Washington and Toronto compete in a battle with a "Land of the Rising Sun" theme.

S1 • E3

Good Morning

A $10,000 prize is at stake when competitors create fried treats out of bizarre ingredients.

S1 • E4

Camping

Donuts with a camping theme are made by competitors from Sacramento, Salt Lake City and Seattle.

S1 • E5

Bollywood

The challenge is to make donuts with a Bollywood theme.

S1 • E6

Fire & Ice

A $10,000 prize is at stake when competitors create fried treats out of bizarre ingredients.

S1 • E7

Retro Diner

Donuts, with a retro diner theme, are made in a battle that starts off with a "mystery ingredient" elimination round, that pits a donut-maker from Hamilton, Ontario, against a Los Angeles pastry chef and an executive chef from Chicago.

S1 • E8

Pub Grub

A British pub theme determines the winner, when a donut maker from Massachusetts, a vegan chef from Seattle and a restaurateur from Toronto compete.

S1 • E9

Tailgate Party

The theme is tailgate party.

S1 • E10

Carnival

The competition has a carnival theme.

S1 • E11

Great Canadian Donut

Donuts with a Canadian theme are made following a "mystery ingredient" elimination round featuring competitors from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Montreal and Toronto.

S1 • E12

High School Cafeteria

Donuts, with a high-school cafeteria theme, are made. But first, donut makers from Virginia, Oakland and Vancouver take part in a "mystery ingredient" elimination round.