The TLC Show Next Great Baker winners are from a famous cake shop in Florissant.
Lia Weber works at Wedding Wonderland, Al Watson is famous for baking nice and good cakes, and awesome is an understatement to describe them. The latest season aired from February to April, both bakers joined in New York City to win the cash prize of $100,000.
The Wedding Wonderland is famous for their sweet cream icing; they don't use fondant in the bakery, according, to the owner Michael Timm. Aside from the cash prize, both winners, Al and Lia are also offered a job to work in Carlo's Bakery in Las Vegas, owned by the host Buddy Valastro. The winners' present cake boss, Timm, says he will beat Valastro's job offer because he needs great bakers in the North County kitchen.
Season 4 features additions and fresh twists, the host and main judge, Cake Boss star, Buddy Valastro comes back with two more regular judges, Magnolia Bakery Chief Baking Officer Bobbie Lloyd and Chocolatier Jacques Torres. There were also a few modifications to the show, the contestants came in pairs. A new round of the contest was introduced in every episode in which the lowest-ranked pairs competed with each other for elimination face off. The challenges were not just about baking, other pastries and other types of desserts were also included.
There were ten different pairs during this season; the first pair eliminated from the competition was the Gray Team, then teal and Pink follow. Season 1 got ten competitors; season 2 and 3 had 13 contenders.
Sean and Catherine Lowe from ABCs, The Bachelor, Dylan Lauren, the owner of Candy Bar, Theresa Capulo of TLCs Long Island Medium, Robert Englund, the actor of Freddie Krueger and the audience of The Rachael Ray Show during the show's trip.
