‘Is It Cake?’ Holiday Edition, Hosted by Mikey Day, Set at Netflix (EXCLUSIVE)
by Jennifer Maas · VarietyNetflix has ordered a special holiday edition of its hit baking competition series “Is It Cake?,” hosted by “SNL” star Mikey Day.
Consisting of four episodes launching Nov. 28, “Is It Cake? Holiday” will feature the return of nine “All Star” bakers from across the first three seasons of “Is It Cake?” for a holiday showdown. The contestants will “craft tasty replicas of ice skates, wreaths, nutcrackers and more in this holiday spin on the mind-bending baking competition” and try to “baffle the celebrity judges with their festive and delicious deceptions and fight their way to the ultimate grand prize.”
Guest judges for the season include Rachel Bloom, Wayne Brady, Sebastian Maniscalco, Hannah Berner, Tiffany Haddish, Devon Walker, James Austin Johnson, Chris Witaske, Sasheer Zamata, Terry Crews, Punkie Johnson and Randall Park.
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“Is It Cake? Holiday” competitors include series vets Jonny Manganello (S1), Andrew Fuller (S1), April Julian (S1), Elizabeth Rowe (S2), Miko Kaw Hok Uy (S2), Danya Smith (S2), Grace Pak (S3), Henderson Gonzalez (S3) and Jujhar Mann (S3).
The holiday series is executive produced by Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Nan Strait, Dan Volpe and Andrew Wallace and hails from “Is It Cake?” studio Alfred Street Industries.
The “Is It Cake? Holiday” season joins a festive offering at Netflix that also includes holiday movies “Meet Me Next Christmas,” “Hot Frosty,” “The Merry Gentlemen,” “Our Little Secret” and “That Christmas.”