The Great American Baking Show has without fanfair announced its latest winner following ABC’s decision to pull the show from its prime time schedule after judge Johnny Iuzzini was accused of sexual misconduct.
In a short video quietly posted to the show’s Facebook page (which you can watch below), Vallery Lomas was revealed to be the winner of Season 3, with Cindy Maliniak and Molly Brodak finishing as runners-up. The clip contains footage from the unaired episodes as wll.
“The show being pulled… was a small road bump,” Lomas continued. “If that’s something that I have to shoulder and the other contestants have to shoulder so that we can stand around this issue, and make sure that this is something that gets addressed and that women in this country and in our society have safe spaces, then that’s something we gladly bear.”
Lomas later during a Facebook Live video, explaining to fans that “because of the actions of Johnny Iuzzini, we are not able to broadcast the show as was originally planned.” ABC made the decision to pull the remaining Baking Show episodes on Dec. 13, after Iuzzini was accused of sexual harassment and mistreatment by several of his former employees at the New York restaurant Jean-Georges.
