Halloween Baking Championship

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Halloween Baking Championship
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Genre Food reality television
Presented by
Judges
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes64 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time41-84 minutes
Original release
Network Food Network
ReleaseOctober 5, 2015 (2015-10-05) –
present

Halloween Baking Championship is an American cooking reality competition series that premiered on Food Network on October 5, 2015. [1] A spin off of Holiday Baking Championship , it's a seasonal program that runs annually during the Halloween season and aims to crown the best baker of spooky desserts. The tenth season premiered on September 16, 2024.

Contents

Format

Most episodes have two rounds. The first round is the "Preliminary Heat", also called "The Thriller" challenge in season 7 and later. The bakers are first told of their themes [2] and get varying cook times to create a small dessert. The person who wins the first round gets an advantage in the next round, which varies by episode and season. For example, the advantage may be exclusive choice of ingredients or themes, assigning these to other contestants, or immunity from elimination.

The second round is the "Main Heat", also called "The Killer" challenge in season 7 and later. The contestants get a longer time to bake a larger dessert, which must include a new theme and/or ingredients that might be chosen by the contestants or assigned to them. The lowest-ranked baker in this round is eliminated every episode except for the last one. In the finale, the final three or four contestants compete in a winner-take-all final round. The winner gets $25,000 and in some seasons are given a feature article in Food Network Magazine.

From season 6 onward, every season has an overarching theme that relates to the theme of each challenge. For example, season 6 features a haunted house theme, with each challenge being associated with a different room in the house.

Host and judges

Unlike its sister show Holiday Baking Championship , the panel of judges has changed frequently in the series (with the exception of Carla Hall, who has been on the show since it began in 2015).

The first season was hosted by Richard Blais with chefs Carla Hall, Ron Ben-Israel, and Sherry Yard serving as judges. The second season saw Carla Hall as the only returning chef/judge. She was joined by Food Network personality Sandra Lee and Damiano Carrara to help judge, and comedian Jeff Dunham as the host. For seasons three through five, the show was hosted by John Henson. Lorraine Pascale and Zac Young joined Carla Hall as judges for the third and fourth seasons, while Katie Lee replaced Pascale for season five. [3] For the sixth season, Henson did not return to the show (likely due to difficulties owing to the COVID-19 Pandemic, which was ongoing at the time). As a result, Carla Hall served as both a judge and a host for that season; she was accompanied by Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell as judges. [4] John Henson returned to serve as host in 2021 for season seven and Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell returned as judges. [5] They have all remained in these roles through season ten.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 4October 5, 2015October 26, 2015
2 5October 3, 2016October 31, 2016
3 6September 25, 2017October 30, 2017
4 6September 24, 2018October 29, 2018
5 6September 23, 2019October 28, 2019
6 7September 14, 2020October 26, 2020
7 7September 13, 2021October 25, 2021
8 8September 12, 2022October 31, 2022
9 8September 11, 2023October 30, 2023
10 7September 16, 2024October 28, 2024

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References

  1. ↑ "Get Ready for Loads of Tricks and Treats with the New Series Halloween Baking Championship".
  2. ↑ "Five Things You Didn't Know About "Halloween Baking Championship"".
  3. ↑ "Spellbinding Sweets Fill The New Season Of Halloween Baking Championship Hosted By John Henson".
  4. ↑ Struble, Cristine (15 September 2020), Halloween Baking Championship Season 6 Premiere: Welcome home?, archived from the original on October 9, 2022, retrieved 2020-10-09
  5. ↑ "Food Network's Halloween Schedule Includes "Halloween Wars," Zak Bagans & a Tribute to '80s Slashers!". 4 August 2021.
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