6 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United States Executive producer(s) Chris Losnegard Original network Food Network Network Food Network | 6/10 IMDb No. of episodes 27 Running time 60 minutes First episode date 29 June 2015 Number of episodes 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Jonathan Bennett, Ron Ben-Israel, Waylynn Lucas, Richard Ruskell Nominations Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Cooking Show Similar Cupcake Wars, Holiday Baking Championship, Kids Baking Championship, Chopped Junior, Cake Boss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cake Wars is an American reality competition series which was first broadcast on June 29, 2015 and aired on the cable TV channel Food Network. Cake Wars is a spinoff of Food Network's popular baking reality series Cupcake Wars. Jonathan Bennett hosts a competition where four bakers face off to have their cakes featured in a special event, in addition to a $10,000 prize. Star pastry chefs Waylynn Lucas, Ron Ben-Israel and Richard Ruskell judge which cakes are worthy of headlining parties for things such as The Simpsons, The Sound of Music, DC Comics, and more.
Contents
The show is almost identical to Cupcake Wars, except that the contestants make their creations out of regular cakes instead of cupcakes and there are two rounds instead of Cupcake Wars' usual three. The first round is called "Batter Up," and the contestants are required to choose a certain number of ingredients that go with the episode's theme. One contestant is eliminated after the first round, and in the second round (called "Cake Off"), each of the teams is given two more assistants to help them make their biggest creations and improve any mistakes they may have made in the first round. Before the winner is announced, one person of the three remaining contestants is eliminated, and the winner is chosen from the two remaining contestants.
It was announced on December 2, 2015 that Cake Wars would be renewed for a second season. The new season will feature 13 episodes that include Star Wars, Dr. Seuss, and Willy Wonka cakes.
Theme
The show invites cake bakers from all over the United States to compete. Each episode is centered on the theme or event; past themes include a birthday party for baby hippo from the Los Angeles Zoo, a party for the 45th Anniversary of the classic film Willy Wonka, and a film festival, etc.
Judges
Just like in Cupcake Wars, almost every episode of Cake Wars has three judges (some have four judges), two of whom are permanent judges. The guest judge(s) is usually someone who has something to do with the event for the episode, or at least someone who fits in with the theme of the episode. All the judges have the opportunity to constructively critique the cake competitors after each round of battle. The three permanent judges are:
