The bakers craft creative desserts for a spice nut challenge, and then Jason Smith shows how make a Bourbon Ganache Tart with a Sweet Habanero Nut Crust.
From paper towels to plastic wrap, we found reusable replacements for all the disposable kitchen goods you use. Because we're thinking about a greener planet, our wallets and let's be honest: our sanity. Paper goods can be hard to come by right now.
It's time for the country's top bakers to take on springtime treats, as eight bakers enter the kitchen to show off their superb baking skills! From Mother's Day brunches and family picnics to birthday parties and weddings, there's a lot of spring baking to do. To survive the challenges from week to week, the bakers must prove their abilities in front of our returning tough-love judges: Duff Goldman, Lorraine Pascale and Nancy Fuller. Hosted by Bobby Deen, this baking championship is the sweetest way to kick off spring!
Alexis deBoschnek is a cook, recipe developer, host and writer based in Los Angeles, California. Most recently, Alexis was a Senior Test Kitchen Manager and on-camera talent at BuzzFeed’s Tasty. Alexis hosted the Tasty original series Friend in Town, as well as the viral series, Chef Out of Water. After obtaining her BA from the Fashion Institute of Technology, Alexis decided to leave the fashion world for the food world and attended culinary school at the International Culinary Center in New York City. She has developed recipes and written for Tasting Table, First We Feast, Chowhound, The Kitchn, and Brightland.
For the first time ever, twelve of the worst bakers in America will be drafted into the most intense baking boot camp in the world. Under the watchful eyes of Chef Duff Goldman and Chef Lorraine Pascale, these kitchen fakers will have just six weeks to turn into expert bakers, as they compete in a series of challenges and learn key new baking techniques. Only two recruits will be left standing in the finale, where they must take over a bakery and win over a panel of baking experts in order to walk away with the $25,000 prize.