Four bakers try to hang on as they fight for a place at the star-studded party for the Professional Bull Rider's Award Ceremony on the Las Vegas strip.
Four bakers are going to have to bring the funny -- and the tasty -- if they want to be front and center at a celebrity packed VIP party for Variety magazine's Power of Comedy. Celebrity Publicist Jennifer Styles serves as the guest judge.
What happens when a 6 foot 5 inch guy decides to open up a bakery that makes the best cupcakes around? You get 'Big Man Bakes" of course! Cupcakes are the hottest food trend, but William "Chip" Brown was ahead of the curve when he opened "Big Man Bakes" now LA's biggest little bakery in town. What will happen when chef Bobby Flay brings his best mini's west to put them to the test against LA's sweetest tastemaker. It's a mini cupcake Tinseltown Throwdown!
Pro and amateur bakers battle using hot peppers to create spicy cupcakes. Judges Lorraine Pascale and Damaris Phillips join baking maestro and host, Buddy Valastro, in sifting out the bakers from the fakers. Round two is an education in competition, as school snacks must be used in the winning dish.
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. We apologize no contact information is available.
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