How to Watch Holiday Baking Championship

Food Network’s hit holiday show Holiday Baking Championship returns for its eighth season on Monday, November 1 at 8 ET/PT with the episode “Fall Into Winter.” Twelve bakers are encouraged to embrace the transition of fall into winter in their baking and face off for judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman, and Carla Hall. Read on to learn how to stream the Holiday Baking Championship without cable, as well as how to watch past seasons.

• When Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Start: Monday, November 1 at 8 pm ET/PT
• When do New Episodes of Holiday Baking Championship air: Monday
• TV Network: Food Network
• Best Way to Stream Live: Philo (Free Trial)
• Current Season On-Demand: New Episodes of the current season are also available on Philo (Free Trial) after they air on Food Network.
• Past Seasons On-Demand: Holiday Baking Championship seasons 1 – 7 are also available on Philo (Free Trial)

How You Can Watch Holiday Baking Championship

Below are all the ways you can watch Holiday Baking Championship as it airs without cable.

Philo is The Cheapest Way To Watch Holiday Baking Championship

The most affordable way to watch Holiday Baking Championship without cable is by subscribing to the streaming service Philo. For just $25 a month, you get over 60 channels, including Food Network. The service includes a cloud DVR so you can record episodes and watch them later. Philo offers a seven-day free trial. Cancel within the trial period, and you will not be charged. If you continue your subscription, you can cancel at any time as there is no long-term contract.

You can also use your Philo credentials to sign on to the Food Network app and watch Holiday Baking Championship on-demand. For information, check out our review, which includes a list of all channels available on Philo. Philo supports the Apple iPhone and iPad (running iOS 9 or newer), Android phones and tablets (running 5.0 or newer), Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, and Chromecast. See our review of Philo for details.

Watch Holiday Baking Challenge on Hulu

Hulu is another way you can stream current episodes of Holiday Baking Championship. Previously Hulu was known for its vast on-demand streaming library. However, they have added a Hulu Live TV service for $69.99 per month that lets you watch channels like Food Network live. Hulu Live TV is one of the best live TV streaming services available. It includes the following features:

• The basic package comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR storage. (Upgrades available)
• Watch on 2 screens at once. (Upgrades available)
• Comes with 6 customizable profiles
• Includes entire Hulu streaming library

Hulu runs on Roku, Fire TV Devices, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, iOS, Android, and more. Check out our full review of Hulu Live TV for more details.

Check out Hulu’s free trial here.

Watch Holiday Baking Championship on Vidgo

Vidgo is a newer streaming service that offers fairly competitive pricing over other live streaming services. Vidgo includes Food Network in its Core package, along with over 60 other channels. New customers can sign up for the Core Plan for $55 per month. (They offer discounted promo pricing for your first 3 months.)

Vidgo doesn’t force you into a contract so you can cancel any time. They do offer special pricing, which you can cancel at any time. Vidgo is supported on available on Android, iOS, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV. You can also stream the service on up to 3 devices at the same time. We have the full details in our guide to Vidgo’s live streaming service.

Holiday Baking Championship on FuboTV

FuboTV is an excellent place to go for sports, but it offers many other more general channels as well, including Food Network so you can watch new episodes of Holiday Baking Championship when they air. fuboTV provides 70+ channels on its basic package for $64.99 per month/month. The service includes:

• over 100 channels are available in fuboTV’s channel lineup
• You can watch it on three screens at the same time 
• 250 hours of cloud DVR storage
• The FuboTV app is available on major platforms, including Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV. 

You can sign up for a 1-week free trial or check out our review of FuboTV for more details.

Holiday Baking Championship on Sling TV

One more price-conscious alternative is Sling TV. You can watch Holiday Baking Championship on Food Network with either its “Blue” or “Orange” package. Each is priced at $35 per month. Sling TV provides a live stream of Food Network, so you can watch Holiday Baking Championship just as if you had cable.  

Sling TV is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and more, so it’s not a problem to enjoy Holiday Baking Championship on a TV, tablet, computer, or other smart devices.  There are more channels available on Sling TV than what I’ve mentioned here. To find out more about what Sling TV has to offer, and more information about Sling TV device compatibility, check out this detailed review of Sling TV.

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Holiday Baking Championship on DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM is another way you can watch Holiday Baking Championship. Channel packages with Food Network start at $69.99 per month. A subscription to DIRECTV STREAM includes the following:

• watch 20 streams simultaneously per subscription 
• a cloud-based DVR
• channels like Food Network and more
• supported on AppleTV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon FireTV, and more

You can check out this streaming service through this online offer or read about it in our DIRECTV STREAM review.

Holiday Baking Championship on YouTubeTV

YouTubeTV also offers Food Network so you can watch new episodes of Holiday Baking Championship. Included is a cloud DVR as well as limitless storage space for recording your shows. Your library of recorded shows can be streamed anywhere. In addition to several channels, YouTube TV includes a Personal Cloud DVR and YouTube Red original series. All this costs subscribers just $64.99 per month for six accounts.

• access to Food Network, Local Network Channels, and over 70 other channels
• unlimited cloud DVR storage
• stream on three devices at once
• Youtube TV supports Android, iOS, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, and more. The YouTube TV app has also returned to Roku devices after settling a dispute between the two companies. 
• Includes Youtube TV on-demand

Check our review of YouTube TV for all the information on this service. YouTube TV offers a 1-week free trial.

Watch Past Seasons of Holiday Baking Championship

If you are looking to watch past seasons of Holiday Baking Championship, they are available on-demand through most services that carry Food Network, including Philo, FuboTV, Hulu Live TV,  DIRECTV STREAM, and YouTube TV, as well as Discovery+ (although Discovery doesn’t usually carry the current season). Food Network makes all seasons of Holiday Baking Championship available on-demand so you can watch past episodes of Holiday Baking Championship through each service’s app. Just use the search function in the streaming services app and look for Holiday Baking Championship. All the episodes should be available.

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