In 1996, single dad and home cook Kurt Wait became the first and so far only man to win the Pillsbury Bake-Off — in the first year that the contest prize was raised to $1 million. After his ...

An Independence woman has won the $50,000 grand prize in the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest, hosted this year by a home baker familiar to Kansas City Chiefs fans — Donna Kelce.

The Bake-Off was created in 1949 by Minneapolis flour-miller Pillsbury Co. — now a division of Golden Valley-based General Mills Inc. — and has grown into a piece of Americana.

Throughout my 25-plus years writing about recipes, some of my favorite competitive kitchen stories have come from writing about the annual Pillsbury Bake-Off competition and our local contestants ...

1. **The 52nd Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest**: The 52nd Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest is an American tradition. Home bakers nationwide show their creativity and passion for it, and they have much talent.

NORTH POTOMAC — Susan Wittan’s lemon-ginger cake had the appearance of a winner: Curvaceously caloric, a real heart-stopper. But inside, the layer cake was riddled with air bubbles. Whe… ...

47th Pillsbury Bake-Off contest is accepting entries with $1 million up for grabs. For the first time, a public vote will be combined with judges’ scores to determine the grand prize winner a… ...

Does the air around Orlando smell a little sweeter, like something’s in the oven? Maybe not yet, but early next week, you might get a whiff of some bodacious cooking. That’s because 100… ...

The grand prize winner of the 48 th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest has been named! After rigorous testing of thousands of entries, four stood out as the best of the best, with the grand prize awarded ...

Mary Beth Mandola (left to right), Nancy Olson, Kelly McWherter and Jane Michel are four local contestants in the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest, sample each other's dishes, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 ...