As the calendar turns to September and the leaves start changing colors, Food Network fans know that it's time for pumpkin spice and everything nice. After Spring Baking Championship season 10 and Summer Baking Championship season 2, it's time for Halloween Baking Championship season 10.
"Food Network’s Halloween programming is iconic because of its fantastical themes and extraordinary creations," said Betsy Ayala, head of content, Food, in a press release. "Launching Halloween in September allows us to build fan excitement early and carry that momentum through October to the end of the year."
Here's everything we know about Halloween Baking Championship season 10.
Next episode of Halloween Baking Championship season 10
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 premieres Monday, September 16, at 9 pm ET/PT on Food Network, with new episodes available to stream the following day on Max.
Here's what we know about the next new episode airing October 28:
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 episode 7:
"John Henson discovers a spirit doing some imaging in the X-ray room, and wants the bakers to use these X-rays as templates for build-a-spirit desserts. The bakers make a portal entremet and reveal an otherworldly creature to the judges."
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Halloween Baking Championship season 10 episodes
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 episode 1: "Laboratory Story"
"Bakers explore Henson Labs' Chem Lab, where John Henson tasks them with creating broken glass desserts and sinister bubbling treats; Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell test their poison tolerance before sending one baker to the cryo-freeze."
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 episode 2: "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"
"John Henson summons the spirit of Beetlejuice to help broker a deal with the lab's other spirits; to butter up the ghost, he asks the bakers to make black and white desserts and Shrinker treats that feature a tiny dessert atop a larger one."
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 episode 3: "Mad Mutations and Transformations"
"Things keep turning into other things in the Research and Development Lab, and it's disturbingly delicious. John Henson pairs up the bakers into research teams, and they use exotic candy corn flavors as inspiration for lab specimen-stuffed desserts decorated with tongues, eyeballs, noses or toes. With elimination looming, the bakers serve judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell a mad menagerie of cutesy-to-creepy desserts by turning an adorable stuffy into a delicious, mutated monster."
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 episode 4: "Rotten and Forgotten Desserts"
"Inspired by the lab's umami-loving mummy, John Henson tasks the bakers with creating sweet mummy treats featuring umami ingredients."
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 episode 5: "Wizard of Labs"
"Ten bakers explore the spooky Henson Laboratories, where mad scientist John Henson tries to appease the lab's haunting specters with sweet treats. At the end of the experiment, one baker will win the Halloween Baking Champion title and a $25,000 prize!?"
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 episode 6: "Otherworldly Treats"
"John Henson catches a spirit in the X-ray room, and he wants the bakers to use its X-rays as templates for build-a-spirit desserts."
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 premise
Here's the official synopsis of Halloween Baking Championship season 10 from Food Network:
"This year's Halloween schedule begins Monday, September 16, at 9pm ET/PT when Halloween Baking Championship takes on steampunk vibes. The series returns with more creativity and competition as 10 talented bakers from across the country create awe-inspiring desserts inspired by the haunted science lab known as 'Henson Laboratories.' Each week, host John Henson chairs the chaos as the bakers battle it out in two heats, and for the first time, a chance at immunity is on the line. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young decide who will earn the title of Halloween Baking Champion."
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 judges
John Henson hosts Halloween Baking Championship season 10.
The judges are pastry chef Stephanie Boswell (Spring Baking Championship: Easter), chef Carla Hall (The Chew) and pastry chef Zac Young (Top Chef: Just Desserts).
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 contestants
Here are the 10 contestants battling for the ultimate title in Halloween Baking Championship season 10:
- Hollie Rivera (Winnipeg, Canada)
- Aaron Davis (Surprise, Ariz.)
- Manny Martinez (San Antonio, Texas)
- Carly Robertson (Lehi, Utah)
- Joel Gonzalez (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
- Lillian Chng (San Diego, Calif.)
- Megan Aucone (Sayreville, N.J.)
- Samantha Santiago Torres (Chicago)
- JL Hinojosa (Austin, Texas)
- Thierry Aujard (Norristown, Pa.)
Halloween Baking Championship season 10 trailer
Take a look at the Halloween Baking Championship season 10 trailer below.