The search is on for the best "chowda" in New England. More than 20 teams bring their secret recipes to Rhode Island to try and earn bragging rights.
This Sugar Arts Championship invloves some of the nation's top bakers and a host of cake enthusiasts. The competition in Tulsa is every bride's dream come true.
Ten finalists are flown to Georgia to share cake recipes and family stories in the Accubake contest. Winning is all about taste and a good history. The prize is cash and an oven.
The coastal states have amazing shellfish and and other fish. States send representatives (including Paula Deen) to New Orleans to compete in a seafood showdown.
Twenty-five teams accept an invitation to Nevada for a BBQ rib showdown. $16,500 and team pride is on the line.
The World Pizza Championships take place in Italy. Six American chefs are vying to be crowned pizza king. But, the Italians may have something to say about that. Taste, dough tossing, and acrobatics take center stage.
For the first time in the U.S., pastry chefs combine with bakers for a 2-day contest that showcases each of their unique talents and combined creativity.
Five sugar masters take great risks in this competition. Not only does their design have to top five feet, but they have to maneuver it through an obstacle course. Competitors: Stephane Treand Sadruddin Abdullah Steven Weiss Kaushik Chowdhurry Scott Green Judges: Robert Bleifer Susan Stockton Ewald Notter
It’s the season opener of barbecue competitions in Mobile, Ala. Over 90 teams have come out with their secret rubs, sauces and tricked out smokers to compete for their share of $20,000 in prize money. Many of these teams are now old friends because they compete against each other contest after contest. But this is their first competition of the year. Old friends aside, they’re serious about winning. Watch as seasoned pros deliver up award-winning recipes, race to beat the clock and find out whose barbecue drives the judges hog-wild.
The best in the country converge with no idea what shape the competition will take. Hours before the contest begins the theme is announced--Sports.
Five competitors face off to create unique artistic interpretations of the challenge theme: Dreams. Contestants: Daniel Pino, Jody Klocko, Michelle Tampakis, Tariq Hanna, and Vincent Pilon
Top pastry chefs try their hand at architecture as they build edible mansions out of gingerbread. These bakers ae used to working with cake, so a crumbing cookie could prove to be their downfall. These masters must base their design off of a real building.
Four-foot tall sugar structures showcase the great outdoors. However, this is no ordinary competition. This is an elimination challenge--each round, contestants must showcase a specific skill. The least impressive competitor is eliminated by the judges
Join Food Network at the 2008 Bake-Off® Contest where 100 lucky finalists put their baking skills to the test. The grand prize? $1,000,000.
Four of the country's best pastry chefs square off to make cakes based on four of the most popular Disney films of all time: Pinocchio, Mary Poppins, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White. The competitors' talent and skill will be put to the test, because if their work isn't perfect, everyone will know. The winning pastry chef wins ten thousand dollars and a gold medal.
In this first competition, it begins with six pastry chefs who think they have eight hours to showcase their skill and prove why they are the best of the best. Their task is to tell one story of their life in cake.
The remaining four pastry chefs have come prepared to create a cake based on an original superhero, complete with extreme elements not usually seen in cake, like mechanics and fireworks.
In the final round of Last Cake Standing, the remaining three competitors must endure the longest competition in Challenge history, a 24-hour marathon. The finalists must make a five-foot tall birthday cake for a set of sextuplets who are turning sixteen.
Four cake artists have to make cakes to celebrate a tenth high school reunion. And who better to assist with the cake than the former classmates of the class of 2000? The rebel, the cheerleader, the jock and the nerd all have a bone to pick with each other. And it will be settled in the Food Network Challenge studio. The winning competitor will earn ten thousand dollars. (Episode: CC1011H) Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/food-network-challenge/10-series/high-school-reunion-cakes.html?oc=linkback
Contestants compete to build the best cake using Disney's Beauty and the Beast for inspiration.
Get ready for a showdown at the Challenge corral. Four top chocolatiers have to cowboy up to create scenes straight out of the old west--and make the scenes extreme. But a twist right out of the gate throws a the competitors off their game. Top showpiece of the day is worth ten thousand dollars
Food Network Challenge is jammin' out to the totally tubular decade - the 1980's! Four cake designers will bust out awesome cakes that celebrate the fads, fashion and music of the decade of excess. And the competitors are in for a big surprise, as 80's pop superstar Tiffany will be on hand to judge! The grand prize of $10,000 and a trip to an Awesome 80's party is in store for the most radical cake.
Four gifted cake artists must use The Force to re-create Star Wars cakes to celebrate the grand reopening of Disney Resort's Star Tours ride. It's a Challenge filled with plot twists and Jedi mind tricks. And the competitor that can deliver an epic cake will win $10,000 and a trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla.
Four chocolatiers will create their version of a mythical creature and then bring it to life with some extreme effects. But there is magic and mischief afoot in the Challenge studio. And the competitors will have to work fast and smart to overcome it all win ten thousand dollars.
Take a trip back in time as four of the top cake artisans in all the land present cakes celebrating the colorful tradition of Renaissance Festivals. We toss in a twist for our lords and ladies and the fairest cake in the land takes home ten thousand dollars.
Four cake designers create cake masterpieces inspired by the LEGO toy universe. But if the competitors want the $10,000 prize, they're going to have to overcome some surprise obstacles that are anything but child's play.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang are making a debut in cake.
In this holiday special, four cake designers take on classic Christmas tales and carols. During the competition, those who have been nice get an extra gift. But the competitors who have been naughty get an unwelcome surprise. The person who can infuse their cake with a little Christmas magic will get a ten thousand dollar check in their stocking.
Challenge celebrates one of the most-beloved holiday films of all time, A Christmas Story. Host Ian Ziering welcomes four competitors, and there's no shortage of "Oh ffffudge!" moments on this wild ride. One competitor is sent home, and the remaining three go on to vie for $10,000 and the ultimate prestige title, Food Network Challenge Champion.
Ian Ziering hosts a flurry of action in the kitchen as four cake artists hop off the bunny slope and take on a black diamond challenge: winter sports cakes. The judges send one Challenger home after the first round, and the final three skate to the finish line, but only one will take home the gold medal and $10,000.
Ian Ziering welcomes four cake artists to the kitchen as Challenge celebrates the 80th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz. Winning Food Network Challenge takes courage, brains and a lot of heart, and although four start the journey, only three will continue down the yellow brick road. In the end, one Challenger's ruby red slippers will walk away with $10,000.
Cakes that breathe fire, blast water and shoot electricity -- anything goes as Challenge takes on Pokemon cakes. Ian Ziering welcomes four top cake artists to the kitchen, and the three finalists must find a way to shoot thunderbolts, fire razor leaves and ignite flames on their cakes. The cake and artist with the best battle moves will be crowned the Challenge champion and take home $10,000.
Ian Ziering welcomes four cake artists to the competition as Challenge celebrates the 35th anniversary of one of the most iconic film trilogies in movie history, Back to the Future. From DeLoreans to flux capacitors, the Challengers' cake creations are mind-blowing. After one Challenger is eliminated, the remaining three compete for the $10,000 prize.
Game on! Challenge celebrates the 85th anniversary of one of the world's most-popular board games, Monopoly. Ian Ziering challenges four skilled cake artists to create iconic anniversary cakes that have it all, from treasured game pieces to Park Place. One Challenger will go bankrupt before the end, but another will pass Go, win $10,000 and take home the title of Food Network Challenge Champion.