For their final challenge, the last two teams standing create their largest displays yet: the spookiest hotels on Earth! It's up to Jonathan Bennett, Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira to decide who will be checking out with the Halloween Wars championship title and the $25,000 grand prize!
Host Maneet Chauhan challenges the five remaining teams of cake and sugar artists to imagine friendly aliens celebrating their own holidays on another planet. At the end of this intergalactic face-off, judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira narrow the field of competition by eliminating one team.
The pros and amateurs go nuts as they create empanadas with hazelnuts in round one. Then, in round two, host Geoffrey Zakarian and judges Josh Capon and Aarti Sequeira are in despair trying to separate the remaining contestants into cooks and cons while they prepare masterpieces with pears.
Jeff Mauro is here to prove that on Thanksgiving, the bird rules the roost! He enlists chefs Aarti Sequeira, Kelsey Barnard Clark and Andrew Zimmern to serve up bold flavors, bigger personalities and plenty of trash talk -- because this turkey day, only one chef will carve out a victory!
Host Jeff Mauro challenges the five remaining teams of cake and sugar artists to create a woodland creature who is throwing an ugly sweater party for all their forest-dwelling friends! At the end of this festive fiesta, judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira will eliminate one more team.
With just four teams left, host Jonathan Bennett invites them to a killer dance party where ravenous zombies have brain-inspired treats on the menu! Judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira decide which three teams move into the semi-finals and which team's chances are dead on arrival.
Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans taunts the five remaining teams with one of the creepiest exhibits at his museum: the Circus Room. For this challenge, the cake and sugar artists must show the true terror of the traveling circus to impress judges Eddie Jackson, Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira.
Four new teams face off in the second qualifying round, where host Jonathan Bennett challenges them to depict the moment a person transitions into a horrifying Halloween monster. Then, judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira move three more teams through, and one team is left in the dust.
Four new teams face off in the second qualifying round, where host Jonathan Bennett challenges them to depict the moment a person transitions into a horrifying Halloween monster. Then, judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira move three more teams through, and one team is left in the dust.
Food Network stars Anne Burrell, Scott Conant, Aarti Sequeira and Beau MacMillan each recall a different dish they loved growing up, including Tandoori Chicken, Rose Geranium Cake, Rabbit Stew and fresh made pasta. Now they're making these special heirloom dishes and revealing the secret to their family recipes.