Four top pastry chefs go on a seven-day Western Caribbean cruise to four ports of call. The competitors' assignment is to design a colorful sugar and candy showpiece inspired by particular shore excursions found at each destination. The chefs will then come to Food Network Challenge studios and attempt to create their sugar showpiece in an eight-hour competition. The winning showpiece is worth ten thousand dollars.
This competition is all about going big or going home. Two Challenge superfans are planning a big wedding--and they want a giant cake to go with it. The competitors not only have to personalize the cake to satisfaction of this couple, but the cakes have to be at least six feet tall. Anything under six feet means automatic disqualification. The winner takes home ten thouand dollars.
Four adventurous sugar artists have a near impossible assignment: create a fantasy flying machine out of sugar that moves through the air. Combining movement with sugar is a recipe for disaster, so the big question is whether any of these machines will survive their maiden voyage. The one that can is worth ten grand.
It's three rounds of cookies like you've never seen before. Four top pastry chefs have come to Challenge armed with their best cookie recipes. What they don't know is that each round will also test their ability to adapt to some twists and turns. The competitor that earns the highest overall score over the three rounds will win ten thousand dollars.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the popular television show Dora the Explorer, four cake designers will make cakes inspired by some of Dora's greatest adventures. However, the competitors find out that they have to go on an adventure of their own and perform a task in order to earn an item that they must incorporate into their cake design. Someone will crash and burn before it's done. And someone will go home with ten thousand dollars.