Pillsbury Bake Off

The Pillsbury Bakeoff is a special annual baking contest game show that is run by the Pillsbury Company. Although the Bakeoff still occurs today, it was televised from 1949-2017.

Broadcast
1949–2002 CBS

2008, 2017 Food Network

2010, 2013 Syndicated

2012 Hallmark Channel

2014 ABC

Hosts
Arthur Godfrey 1949–1957

Art Linkletter 1958–1968

Bob Barker 1970–1982

Gary Collins & Mary Ann Mobley 1984–1988

Willard Scott 1990–1992

Alex Trebek 1994–1998

Phylicia Rashad 2000

Marie Osmond 2002

Dick Clark 2004 (not aired)

Keegan Gerhard 2008

Oprah Winfrey 2010

Martha Stewart 2012

Padma Lakshmi 2013

Carla Hall 2014

Ree Drummond 2017

Gameplay
Contestants have to make the best sweet dish possible. Whoever has the best dish will win a cash prize. The prize originally started out at $25,000, but then skyrocketed to $1,000,000, but then went down to $50,000 plus a kitchen makeover.

Trivia

 * Phylicia Rashad was the first female host of the competition
 * From 1978 to 2012, the contest was held biennially.


 * The contest was not held in 2015 and 2016.


 * The original name for the Pillsbury Bake Off in 1949 was the Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest