Giada De Laurentiis hosts Food Network’s newest baking competition

By Andrew Warren TV Media

It’s an exciting new year, and that means a sweet new competition series has found a home on Food Network. “Winner Cake All” premiered just a few weeks ago, and while baking competitions may be a dime a baker’s dozen these days, this one has a secret weapon: its host.

Food Network personality Giada De Laurentiis fills the role with her iconic warmth and charisma, overseeing the Monday night competition as four cake-making teams spend each episode crafting sweet and decadent treats that are feasts for the eyes just as much as they are for the taste buds.

Each episode begins with the bakers facing the Decoration Challenge, where a client in need of a beautiful cake for a special event tasks them with creating unique cake toppers that fit a theme. Once the judges have sent one of the teams home empty-handed, the remaining three face the Cake Challenge.

In this week’s episode, airing Monday, Jan. 21, the bakers are asked to make decorations that honor their favorite fairy tales. Then, the remaining three teams get to meet the clients, the stars of “Broadway Christmas Party,” who are looking for the perfect cake to help celebrate the third year of their hit live concert series with the cast and crew.

Princesses demand glitz and glitter, and the bakers need to make a treat that’s fit for royalty. Like all clients, these ladies are discerning and looking for the best of the best, and only one team can create the per- fect cake and earn the $10,000 prize. Of course, the cash is only half of the reward — getting their cakes served at events is its own special prize for any baker, and that kind of name recognition can be a boon for any professional.

So far this season, the bakers have made cakes for the Busby fam- ily from TLC’s “OutDaughtered” and crafted sweet edible sculptures for ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer from “America’s Got Talent.” There’s no telling what each week will have in store as four new baking teams enter the kitchen. Tune in to the latest episode of “Winner Cake All” on Monday, Jan. 21, on Food Network.

Sunday, Jan. 20

Noon (8) WDSE Around the Farm Table

1:00 p.m. (9) KAWE New Scandinavian Cooking Niklas visits Lofoten, a string of islands that stretches into the North Atlantic.

2:00 p.m. (9) KAWE The Great British Baking Show In week three, see how the remaining 10 bakers prepare to brave bread.

Monday, Jan. 21

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Tuesday, Jan. 22

11:30 a.m. (9) KAWE Sara’s Weeknight Meals Sara visits a forager who supplies restaurants in New York with ‘found food’.

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Wednesday, Jan. 23

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Thursday, Jan. 24

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Friday, Jan. 25

12:30 p.m. (9) KAWE Food Over 50 Make a low sodium diet, no salt chicken chili verde, and low sodium orange sesame chicken.

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Saturday, Jan. 26

6:00 a.m. TRAV Food Paradise The nation’s tastiest BBQ, featuring falloff-the-bone beef ribs in Austin.

7:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Wisconsin Foodie Visit Muscoda, WI for their annual Morel Fest.

7:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Taste of Malaysia With Martin Yan (N)

8:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Simply Ming (N)

TRAV Best Places to Pig Out Check out a seven-layer tasty tower of meat and cheese called the OMFG burger. (N)

8:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Arabian Gulf potpie, braised lamb shanks with okra and curried swordfish stew are served.

9:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Martha Bakes (N)

TRAV The Zimmern List Andrew is in Louisville, which boasts one of the most eclectic food scenes in the country. (N)

9:30 a.m. (2) KTCA How to Cook Well

With Rory O’Connell Rory O’Connell prepares lamb koftas and a chocolate and caramel mousse for dessert.

TRAV The Zimmern List Andrew visits Cleveland for a taste of the city’s culinary comeback. (N)

10:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places (N)

TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Andrew samples the cuisine of Vienna and enjoys a dessert dating back to the 1800s.

10:30 a.m. (2) KTCA New Orleans Cooking With Kevin Belton New Orleans Red Gravy; Triple Threat Meatballs; Tiramisu Cupcakes. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Andrew Zimmern reveals Tel Aviv’s most iconic eats, from falafel to hummus to shawarma.

11:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way

11:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Lidia’s Kitchen Recipes include mussels with fennel and saffron as well as spicy stuffed clams. (N)

Noon (2) KTCA Sara’s Weeknight Meals

12:30 p.m. (2) KTCA America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Julia and Bridget unlock the secrets to the ultimate roast chicken with warm bread salad. (N)

1:00 p.m. (2) KTCA Nigella: At My Table Nigella cooks comforting recipes, like chicken with red grapes and marsala.

1:30 p.m. (2) KTCA Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

2:00 p.m. (2) KTCA Confucius Was a Foodie The thoughts and beliefs of foodie writers and philosophers are compared.

2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Catherine Smart teaches how to make a vibrant salmon chraimeh.

3:00 p.m. (2) KTCA The Great British Baking Show The bakers start off with an array of rich tortes in the Signature challenge.

Brainerd Daily Dispatch, MN: Food Jan 20, 2019 to Jan 26, 2019

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