Summer is almost over and it is time to get back to the grueling school schedule. But the change in weather also means that pies and jack-o-Lanterns are not far away as the falling leaves make the walk in the woods a bit more chilly and scary. Food Network is back with its new season of Halloween Baking Championship Season 3 starting in September, well in advance to get you the best dessert recipes for your Halloween bash.
Halloween Baking Championship Season 3 Cast
Hosted by comedian John Henson, the new season will put baking abilities and imagination of the contestants to test as they fight for the coveted title.
Halloween baking Championship Season 3 (2017)
Host: John Henson
Judges: Carla Hall, Lorraine Pascale, and Zac Young
Prize Money: $25,000
Network: Food Network
Release Date: September 25 2017, 9PM
Halloween Baking Championship Season 3 Contestants
The first season of the show began n 2015 and was won by Rudy martinez from New York, the second equally popular and successful was won by Michelle Antonishek of Cotulla, Texas. The third season once again promises to be a close battle from contestants across the US. Here is the list of Halloween baking Championship Season 3 contestants who will pitch their recipes for the title.
- Jasmin Bell (Seattle, WA),
- Cliff Butler (Austin, TX),
- Tyler Davis (St. Louis, MO),
- Jonathan Elias (Birmingham, MI),
- Andrea Kratville (Sonora, CA),
- Dina Melendez-Bonnet (Brooklyn, NY),
- Jessica Scott (San Diego, CA),
- Ray Vizcaino (San Diego, CA).
Halloween Baking Championship Season 3 Format
Bakers from across the country compete to create haunting and spooky sweets on the new season. In each of the six hour-long episodes, the contestants will need to cause quite a fright with freaky, yet tasty, Halloween desserts. On the first episode, the bakers must show off their decorating skills in the pre-heat challenge as they make a dozen Halloween-themed cookies from scratch, such as ghosts, skulls, coffins, spider webs and more.
But, the twist is that the bakers must stuff them with traditional trick-or-treat candies. One contestant will win a special advantage in the main heat challenge, where they need to make a sublime dessert with ooey-gooey fruit-flavored slime that oozes out when cut.
A surprising twist in the challenge will be hard to swallow for one contestant who will be sent to the graveyard of the competition, never to return. The frightful fun continues all season long with creepy challenges and bewitching baked goods that will leave audiences howling for more!
Halloween Baking Championship Season 3 Episode Guide
Here is what you can expect on the new season of Halloween Baking Championship starting in September.
Episode 1 – Season Premiere
September 25th at 9pm – “Filled with Surprises”
In the kick-off pre-heat, the eight bakers must show-off their decorating skills by making and decorating cookies and
filling them with Halloween candies. For the main heat, it’s oozy desserts. The bakers can make any dessert, but it
must be filled with goo that leaks out when cut open. One baker is eliminated.
Episode 2
October 2nd at 9pm – “Bewitching Treats”
In this pre-heat, the seven bakers must bake up witches’ digits – fingers and toes! They must also create a sauce to
dip them in. Then, in the main heat, the witch theme goes even further when the bakers are tasked with creating
desserts that look like witches, complete with edible brooms.
Episode 3
October 9th at 9pm – “It’s All in Your Head”
Halloween chills require a certain state of mind, and for this pre-heat the bakers must put their “brains together” in
teams to create the most outrageous and delicious brain dessert that they can think up. Next, in the main heat, the
bakers must face their fears and create a sweet treat using common fears as inspirations for their desserts.
Episode 4
October 16th at 9pm – “Sweet Screams”
For this pre-heat, the remaining five bakers take a light and sweet dessert – the cream puff – and head to the dark
side by creating “scream puffs.” The main heat is also filled with frights, as the bakers must make scary mask
desserts to spook the judges.
Episode 5
October 23rd at 9pm – “The Candyman Cometh”
In the pre-heat, the four remaining bakers must create desserts that taste like their favorite candy bar. Then, in the
main heat, they must face death by chocolate and must create a dessert that combines chocolate with odd
ingredients.
Episode 6 – Season Finale
October 30th at 9pm – “Extreme Halloween”
The three remaining bakers must make a glowing edible centerpiece and three different creepy treats for a spooky
Halloween party dessert bar. In the final challenge the bakers must create Jack-O-Lantern cakes that light up. Only
one winning baker will carve out the title of Halloween Baking Champion and take home the grand $25,000 prize!
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