Halloween Baking Championship

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   The Museum of Unnatural History source at TVmaze

   Sep 14, 2026 · Originally aired on Food Network

   For the first haunted heat of the season, host John Henson asks all 10 bakers to make nutty desserts expressing their best spooky Halloween memories. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young pick the winner to receive $1,000, and the top three bakers are safe. The remaining bakers face a challenge to make hideous mask desserts inspired by the disfigured mask collection in the Hall of Humanity. Blame it on the demons! The least successful baker is eliminated.

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   Into the Wild source at TVmaze

   Sep 21, 2026 · Originally aired on Food Network

   At the Museum of Unnatural History, a malevolent spirit is reanimating the taxidermy in the Great Animal Hall, and it's terrifying. So, for the haunted heat, host John Henson challenges the nine bakers to create reanimated taxidermy desserts to win $1,000. Then, the bottom six bakers must create possessed pest desserts inspired by a demonic insect exhibit. In the end, judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young send one baker home.

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   Halloween Haunts source at TVmaze

   Sep 28, 2026 · Originally aired on Food Network

   Inspired by mischief makers, heroes, and villains aboard a festive cruise, host John Henson asks the bakers to make Halloween hero and villain cakes to win a five-night cruise vacation. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young pick the top three bakers to be safe, and the bottom bakers must make magic mirror desserts with a haunting attribute like melting, screaming, or oozing depicted in an edible mirror. The least successful baker is eliminated.

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   Who's Ruining Your Ruin? source at TVmaze

   Oct 5, 2026 · Originally aired on Food Network

   Every baker's life is on the line today in a single challenge. Host John Henson asks the bakers to create a dessert that resembles an assigned classic ruin and represent the monster who haunts it, such as crumbling castle and vampire, old amphitheater and zombie actor, or Stonehenge and demon druids. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young pick the winner to receive $1,000, and one baker goes home.

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   Doll Trouble source at TVmaze

   Oct 12, 2026 · Originally aired on Food Network

   No one is safe! Host John Henson challenges the remaining six bakers to face off in head-to-head matchups to create demon doll desserts, either Paris-Brest, baked cheesecake, or Swiss roll. Bakers with the same type of dessert face off, and the winner of each matchup is safe. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young pick the overall challenge winner to receive $1,000, and the least successful baker is eliminated.

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   Masters of the Macabre source at TVmaze

   Oct 19, 2026 · Airs on Food Network

   In the semifinal haunted heat, host John Henson asks the bakers to create macabre oil painting desserts inspired by creepy masterpieces depicting subjects like drooling hounds of hell, a screaming banshee, and a ghost child. Then, the bottom three bakers take on witchy desserts with edible candles to keep their flame alive in the competition. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young send the least successful baker home.

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   Ancient Rites (That Feel So Wrong) source at TVmaze

   Oct 26, 2026 · Airs on Food Network

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Cast and crew

Cast

John Henson, Zac Young, Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall, Richard Blais, Ron Ben-israel, Sherry Yard, Aarti Sequeira