Cupcake Wars is an American reality competition series that premiered on December 27, 2009, on cable television network Food Network.[1] The show, which is based on creating unique and professional-style cupcakes, was hosted by Justin Willman and later by Jonathan Bennett.[2]
The show is similar to Chopped, a cooking show aired on the same network, in that it starts with four contestants who are eliminated one-by-one during three rounds, with the winning team receiving $10,000 and the opportunity to be featured in an upcoming event. Each team consists of a primary baker and a supporting baker.
Rounds
Each round takes about a third of the completed episode. After each round, one team is eliminated.
The first round lasts 45 minutes and is focused on taste.[3] Contestants must create a cupcake with unusual ingredients related to a theme – for example, a date-night theme might require contestants to incorporate various aphrodisiacs, such as oysters, basil, dark chocolate, or champagne.
The second round lasts 75 minutes and is based on both taste and presentation. Contestants must make three different types of cupcakes of their own choice with a unique presentation that relates to the theme.
In the third and final round, the remaining two teams make 1,000 cupcakes in two hours. Each team must feature improved versions of the four cupcakes they made in the first two rounds and must showcase them on an elaborately constructed display. Both the cupcakes and the display must remain consistent with the episode's theme. Each team receives the assistance of four baking assistants and one carpenter in completing the round.[3]
Themes
The show invites cupcake bakers from all over the United States to compete. Each episode is centered on a theme or event; past themes include a Seaworld birthday party for an orca, a "match-making" aphrodisiac party, an Ace of Cakes 100th episode celebration, "Survival of the Fittest" theme, an autism charity event, a golf tournament, and a film festival.
Judges
There are three judges in the series, with two of them serving as permanent judges:
- Candace Nelson , fundadora de Sprinkles Cupcakes , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] la primera pastelería de cupcakes del mundo [ 6 ] (en el episodio 6 y el episodio 7 de la temporada 7, Bobbie Lloyd, directora de repostería de Magnolia Bakery , sustituyó a Nelson)
- Florian Bellanger , chef pastelero ejecutivo francés [ 7 ]
- El tercer juez, que rota periódicamente, es un invitado especial y está relacionado con el evento en el que se servirán los cupcakes ganadores de ese episodio.
Nelson y Bellanger suelen dar a los pasteleros críticas técnicas sobre los métodos, las cantidades y los ingredientes que utilizan, mientras que las críticas de los jueces invitados suelen ser mucho más subjetivas, basadas en si les gustaron o no los cupcakes.
Episodios
Véase también
Referencias
- ↑ Cupcake Wars . Guía de televisión . Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2015 .
- ↑ " Cupcake Wars – Acerca del programa" . Food Network . Consultado el 22 de mayo de 2018 .
- 1 2 "Las Tortugas Ninja Mutantes Adolescentes". Cupcake Wars . Temporada 7. Episodio 5. 4 de noviembre de 2012. Food Network .
- ↑ "Sprinkles Cupcakes, Helados y Galletas" . Sprinkles .
- ↑ "mancare la oala" .
- ↑ "Biografía de Candace Nelson" . Food Network . 10 de agosto de 2010. Archivado del original el 10 de agosto de 2010.
- ↑ "Biografía de Florian Bellanger" . Food Network . 9 de agosto de 2010. Archivado del original el 9 de agosto de 2010.
Enlaces externos
- Serie de televisión estadounidense de cocina de la década de 2000
- Serie de televisión estadounidense de cocina de la década de 2010
- Concursos televisivos estadounidenses de la década de 2000
- Concursos televisivos estadounidenses de la década de 2010
- Estreno de series de televisión estadounidenses en 2009
- Finales de series de televisión estadounidenses de 2018
- Programación original de Food Network
- Concursos de cocina en Estados Unidos
- Serie de televisión de telerrealidad sobre competición culinaria
- Series de televisión sobre chefs