# Pep, 10, from Boxtel wins Heel Holland Bakt Kids

> Ten-year-old Pep Donders from Boxtel won the final of the children's baking contest, broadcast on Saturday evening by MAX.

Society · published 2026-10-24 18:17 · https://nlnow.nl/a/pep-10-from-boxtel-wins-heel-holland-bakt-kids/

Pep Donders, 10, from Boxtel won the final of Heel Holland Bakt Kids, the children's version of the Dutch baking contest, in the episode broadcast on Saturday evening.

Pep, Job and Pleun reached the final. Job Stuivenberg, also 10, is from Reeuwijk. Pep baked with his mother, Teuntje.

Heel Holland Bakt Kids is a MAX programme. This series ran for six episodes.

In the semi-final the bakers received an order for 200 petitfours, small square cakes. They also had to make a racing car that was both edible and able to drive. Pep and Teuntje qualified for the final with Job and Pleun.

Earlier, Pep and his mother baked 175 sausage rolls for Serious Request in Den Bosch. Loïs and her uncle Stef, from Eindhoven and Rosmalen, left the contest before the final.

## Background

- **Heel Holland Bakt Kids**: Heel Holland Bakt Kids is the children's edition of Heel Holland Bakt, the Dutch televised baking competition. Young contestants compete over several episodes, with their bakes judged by a jury, and one child is crowned winner in the final episode.

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