''Donut Showdown'' is an American food-based television series that aired on

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. The show was originally hosted by Danny Boome and was later hosted by

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. The series was produced by Architect Films. The series pits three contestants against each other to make

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, with the winner awarded a US$10,000 prize.

Episodes

Season 1 (2013)

Broadcast

The series premiered in America on The Cooking Channel on 3 July 2013. Internationally, the series premiered in

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on 14 August 2015 on

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in double episodes each week.

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* * 2010s American cooking television series 2013 American television series debuts 2015 American television series endings American English-language television shows Cooking Channel original programming Reality cooking competition television series {{food-tv-prog-stub