The winning dish is worth $100,000 at the National Chicken Cook-off, where 51 amateur chefs battle it out for the biggest prize in contest history.One competitor from each state and the District of Columbia won a recipe contest and a place at the cook-off in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they have three hours to make their prized poultry.
The smallest cakes get the big-time treatment. Six top cake teams fight to create the tastiest cupcakes in America, and then decorate and stack the little treats into showpieces you have to see to believe. Chef Scott Liebfried hosts this unprecedented winner-take-all competition.
COMPETITORS:
Lora Mahaffey
Calliope Designs and Confections
Anchorage, Alaska
Bronwen Weber
Executive Chef: Frosted Art Bakery
Dallas, Tex.
Norman Davis
The Sweet Life
Annanadale, Va.
Martin Howard
Pastry Chef: Brasserie 8½
New York, N.Y.
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Peggy Hambright
MagPies Cakes
Knoxville, Tenn.
Megan Ray
Founder and partner: Miette Organic Patisserie
San Francisco, Calif.
JUDGES:
Robert Bleifer
Executive Chef for Food Network Kitchens
New York, N.Y.
Susan Stockton
Vice President, Culinary Productions for Food Network
New York, N.Y.
Gail Watson
Gail Watson Custom Cake
New York, N.Y.
www.gailwatsoncake.com
Five Pastry Chefs face off over Chocolate. Their challenge, create a work of art made out of chocolate. And the theme for this work of art was "Dreams". The winner of the competition goes home 10-thousand dollars richer.
Extremely large and very delicate sugar sculptures are brought to life by five of the top pastry artists in the country. There has never been a more dramatic pastry competition!
Six cake decorators or pastry chefs compete for 10-thousand dollars in a quest to create the most amazing birthday cake for Elvis. The competition lasts seven hours and the chefs will face three judges.
COMPETITORS:
Stephane Treand, Executive Pastry Chef at the St. Regis Resort Monarch Beach,
Dana Point, Calif.
Sadruddin Abdullah, Assistant Professor at Johnson and Wales Culinary Institute,
Charlotte, N.C.
Scott Green, Assistant Pastry Chef, Four Seasons Resort Aviara,
San Diego, Calif.
Steven Weiss, Head Pastry Chef, Sams Town Casino,
Shreveport, La.
Kaushik Chowdhurry, Head Pastry Chef, JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa,
Phoenix, Ariz.
Judges:
Robert Bleifer, Executive Chef, Food Network Kitchens
Ewald Notter, Notter School of Pastry Arts & Chocolate Studio
Susan Stockton, Vice President, Food Network Culinary Productions
Ten of America's best grillers meet in Napa Valley to build the ultimate burger. Five competitors compete in the non-beef category for $10,000 and five competitors compete in the beef category for a whopping $50,000! Viewers will be treated to some of the most amazing burgers ever thrown on the grill...from salmon, to steak, to lamb and of course, good old ground beef. The recipes are mouth-watering and include flavors from around the globe, stretching from Morocco, to Hawaii, to Italy. After this Challenge, you'll never look at burgers the same way!
Six teams of student pastry chefs face off in the Happiest Place on Earth. On the line, a 14-thousand dollar scholarship and an internship in the prestigious Disney kitchens. These students will be tested. In eight hours, they will not only have to create four different desserts, but at the end of the day, they must also create a three foot tall chocolate and sugar centerpiece.
Food Network brings together five of the country's best pastry artists to design the perfect wedding cake for a real-life wedding. Watch as some of Food Network's biggest stars, including Giada De Laurentiis and Warren Brown, help the lucky couple choose their dream confection.
The Grove Park Inn and Resort in Asheville, N.C., is the stage for Food Network Challenge: Gingerbread Champions. Five amateur pastry chefs who have all won national gingerbread championships have eight hours to create a gingerbread showpiece that best portrays their favorite childhood holiday memory. Will it be Jim Rhegness' interpretation of a New York City parade, Christina Banner's ode to Christmas music, Nancy Kyzer's rendition of Santa's magical midnight ride delivering toys, Bobbie Jinright's homage to her grandmother's Christmastime sweets or Valarie Enters' representation of a holiday vacation that takes home the gold medal and $10,000 prize?
Competitors:
Christina Banner
Newland, N.C.
Bobbie Jinright
Troy, Ala.
Nancy Kyzer
Indianapolis, Ind.
Jim Rhegness
Toledo, Ohio
Valarie Enters
Sanford, Fla.
Judges:
Nicholas Lodge
Norcross, Ga.
Colette Peters
New York, N.Y.
Aaron Morgan
Asheville, N.C.
Five of the country's top pastry chefs take on the world of architecture. Their goal? To recreate some of America's most amazing mansions. The twist? These mansions must be made out of gingerbread. You'll see Victorians, a Frank Lloyd Wright, a Vanderbilt mansion and a huge estate built by John Ringling, complete with a merry-go-round. At the end of the day, one of our gingerbread architects will walk away with $10,000.
COMPETITORS:
Bronwen Weber
Frosted Art
Dallas, Texas
Tariq Hanna
Motor City Casino
Detroit, Mich.
Martin Howard
Brasserie 8 ½
New York, N.Y.
Charmaine Jones
Cake Diva
Hoboken, N.J.
Tracy DeWitt
Scottsdale Culinary Institute – Chef Instructor
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Judges:
Kerry Vincent
Hall of Fame Sugar Artist
Tulsa, Okla.
Nicholas Lodge
International Sugar Art Collection
Norcross, Ga.
Aaron Morgan
Grove Park Inn
Asheville, N.C.
Keegan Gerhard
Master of Ceremonies
Las Vegas, Nev.
Five pastry chefs compete for $10,000 in their mission to create the ultimate sugar showpiece that not only demonstrates a musical theme but is also capable of movement (rocking and rolling). The competition lasts seven hours and the contestants will face three judges.