Sartaj Singh
‘Halloween Wars’ will be back for another spooky season! Food Network has reportedly renewed the reality competition series for its fourteenth installment. Even though the upcoming season has not been officially announced, the production department is seeking cake decorators, candy makers, and pumpkin carvers to participate in the latest installment of the Halloween-themed show, confirming new episodes. The season is expected to follow in the footsteps of its predecessors, with actor Jonathan Bennett as the presenter and $25,000 as the cash prize for the winners.
Produced by Super Delicious, ‘Halloween Wars’ has teams of cake, sugar, and pumpkin artists competing in multiple rounds to make the most creative and scary edible artwork. In season 13, the initial round had contestants competing against each other to create the best display based on themes like twisted fairy tales, ‘The Exorcist,’ and monster mashups. The final round saw two teams competing to create the most terrifying creature residing in an attic. Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira crowned the winner and presented the cash prize of $25,000.
Bennett hosted ‘Halloween Wars’ between seasons 6 and 10 before returning to host the thirteenth installment. Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans, known for Travel Channel’s ‘Ghost Adventures,’ took over for seasons 11 and 12. Bennett is recognized for breathing life into characters like Aaron Samuels in ‘Mean Girls,’ Ethan in Lauren Lungerich’s ‘Awkward,’ and Brandon Mitchell in Hallmark’s ‘The Christmas House.’
Super Delicious is also responsible for creating several other reality shows that center on sensational baking and food crafting. Another show hosted by Bennett, ‘Cake Wars,’ pits talented cake artists against each other in creating incredibly intricate displays using cakes. ‘Cupcake Wars’ follows a similar format but chronicles the creativity and creations of cupcake bakers and decorators with judges Candace Nelson and Florian Bellanger deciding the winners. Prime Video’s ‘Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge’ ties the baking competition around the beloved characters created by the titular author. Food Network’s ‘Holiday Wars’ is a Christmas-themed baking and food crafting competition. ‘Ciao House’ invites talented chefs to breathtaking locations to compete against each other in cooking the best Italian cuisine.
Other Super Delicious-produced shows include ‘The Wedding Party,’ ‘Farmer Wants a Wife,’ ‘Flash,’ ‘That’s Tough,’ ‘Staged to Perfection,’ ‘Man Answers Shock and Awe,’ and MTV’s ‘90’s House.’ The banner’s other productions similar to ‘Halloween Wars’ are ‘Candyland,’ ‘Craft Wars,’ ‘School of Chocolate,’ and ‘Sugar Dome.’
