Get Ready to Cozy Up With Food Network's Holiday Shows

It's the most wonderful time of the year here at Food Network: We have a packed slate of holiday shows to delight all season long. The festivities kick off with fan-favorite series Holiday Baking Championship and the return of Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, followed by seasonal spinoff Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas hosted by Guy Fieri. Then new series Sweet Deceit rolls out special holiday episodes and this year, it’s Team Bobby Flay vs. Team Brooke Williamson for a fresh take on Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown.

Premieres: Monday, November 2 at 8|7c

Host Jesse Palmer welcomes 12 bakers to Santa’s Village, the bustling campus at the North Pole where holiday magic is serious business. Throughout the season, the bakers must prove they have the creativity, skill and teamwork needed to support the big boss himself. Every challenge is designed to help Santa and his operation succeed, from creating festive treats to solving delicious holiday dilemmas. The competition begins with a team-building phase inspired by Santa's belief that great things happen when people work together, and the bakers are divided into the Elf Squad and the Reindeer Crew. But once the teams dissolve, the competition becomes every baker for themselves. Judges Duff Goldman, Kardea Brown and Molly Yeh decide which baker will earn the title of Holiday Baking Champion and win $25,000.

Premieres: Wednesday, November 4 at 8|7c

Ready your wands for a new season of the magical fan-favorite series, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the first film in the series, Season 3 introduces a tournament twist with four teams of three, each representing one of the four Hogwarts Houses — Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Comprised of returning competitors, each team features cake artists, bakers and pastry chefs who have previously proven their talent and passion for Harry Potter, though none has ever lifted the Wizards of Baking Cup in victory. Hosts James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) are joined by two new “Ministers of Baking,” cake royalty Duff Goldman and celebrated pastry chef Sarah Mountain who will judge the teams’ showpieces and determine which House will earn the trophy and a once-in-a-lifetime VIP trip to Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo.

Premieres: Sunday, November 8 at 8|7c

Guy Fieri combines everyone's favorite culinary competition with the most wonderful time of the year in Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas. Thirty-two jingle-bell-rockstar chefs are teaming up as duos to make both sweet and savory dishes in a one-of-a-kind holly jolly tournament. These chefs will try to sleigh the competition all for a shot at the $100,000 prize and some seriously sweet charity cash. Competing teams include Jet Tila and Alex Guarnaschelli; Ashley Holt and Britt Rescigno; Tobias Dorzon and Kenny Gilbert; Marcel Vigneron and Hung Huynh; Kevin Lee and Shota Nakajima; Dale Talde and TJ Obias; Mei Lin and Alex Stupak; Sara Bradley and Nini Nguyen; Stephanie Izard and Damaris Phillips; Gabe Bertaccini and Zac Young; Aaron May and Adam Sobel; Grace Pak and Rocco DiSpirito; Curtis Stone and Mitzi Reyes; Brian Malarkey and Carlos Anthony; Stephanie Boswell and Aarti Sequeira; and Molly Coen and Chayil Johnson. Each week, Hunter Fieri and commentators Tiffani Faison and Justin Warner provide insight into each team’s strategy.

Premieres: Tuesday, November 17 at 8|7c

Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown returns with a twist. This season, it’s Team Bobby Flay vs. Team Brooke Williamson as the culinary icons host the ultimate holiday party with festive food, outrageous games, and fierce competition. In this girls vs. guys battle, Brooke joins forces with chefs Antonia Lofaso and Ayesha Nurdjaja, while Bobby teams up with chefs Michael Voltaggio and Michael Jenkins. Each week, eager guests arrive ready to join the teams to celebrate, but as the cocktails flow, holiday traditions are put to the test, team pride takes over and the party quickly spirals into an all-out culinary showdown. Guests include Gabe Bertaccini, Maneet Chauhan, Adrienne Cheatham, Leah Cohen, Tiffani Faison, Viet Pham, Damaris Phillips, Marcus Samuelsson, Jet Tila, Bryan Voltaggio, Geoffrey Zakarian and Claudette Zepeda.