cooking this week
WEDNESDAY
A fresh season: ‘Best Baker in America’
returns with a new batch of bakers
By Andrew Warren
TV Media
W
hat’s not to love about
freshly baked goodies
that have just come out of the
oven? I don’t know if I could
ever decide whether the suc-
culent aromas or the melt-in-
your-mouth taste is better, but
I do know that there’s nothing
quite like homemade treats.
Of course, while I can bake
some pretty respectable
breads, cakes and pastries, I’ll
be the first to admit that they
pale in comparison to anything
that a real professional baker
can make, and now some of
the best bakers in the country
are coming together to find out
which one of them really takes
the cake.
A new season of “Best Baker
in America” premieres Monday,
May 13, on Food Network, with
nine new professional bakers
eager to prove their chops and
outbake their peers for a sweet
$25,000 prize and the brag-
ging rights that go along with
it. Frequent “Chopped” judge
Scott Conant returns to host
the competition, which puts
the bakers through a series
of tricky baking challenges.
“Holiday Baking Champion-
ship” winner Jason Smith and
“Mexican Made Easy” host
Marcela Valladolid both return
as judges this season.
In this week’s premiere,
the nine bakers assemble for
their very first Skills Challenge:
they must make perfect mini
princess cakes. Once that deli-
cate task is behind them, they
move on to the week’s Master
Challenge, which is always de-
signed to test their abilities to
work with various ingredients
and flavors. For their first Mas-
ter Challenge, the bakers must
use elderflower and lemon to
flavor spectacular royal baby
celebration cakes that are big
enough to serve 100 people.
Along with Smith and Val-
ladolid, each episode also
features a guest judge to help
determine which bakers get
to stay and which will be sent
home empty-handed. Over
the course of the season, the
bakers will be asked to bake
many different things, from
miniature versions of classic
pastries to smashable desserts
that feature coconut as their
main flavor.
In the end, only one of the
bakers can be named the best
baker in America and win the
$25,000 prize that comes with
the title. The competition gets
underway Monday, May 13, on
Food Network.
2:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy chal-
lenges All-star chefs to an upscale dinner.
3:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Four
chefs make three meals on a budget of
$60. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Chefs
are forced to weigh their steakhouse
dinner. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games The young
chefs use the first ever ‘Groceryland’
game. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games A dinner
party for four on less than $8.
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Four
moms use creativity to prepare breakfast.
(CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Three
judges and their moms are ready to
cook. (CC)
THURSDAY
2:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Johnny and
Jumoke battle for the throne. (CC)
2:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay A culinary
skirmish for a chance to take down
Bobby. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Bobby Flay is
about to receive a run for his money. (CC)
3:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chefs John
Tesar and Terry Sargent step into the
arena. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Three of
Bobby’s friends play to take him down.
(CC)
4:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Josh and Alex
ensure Bobby’s competitive spirit is up.
(CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Honolulu’s
Shaymus Alwin faces off with Jeremy
Sewall. (CC)
5:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Melissa and Jen
intend to prove they can compete. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay The king of fried
food takes on the king of brunch. (CC)
6:30 p.m.
FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Bakers Lorraine
Pascale and Damaris Phillips. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped Four funny women
compete. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped Four moms attempt to
cook in a large arena. (CC)
FRIDAY
Scott Conant and contestants from “Best Baker in America”
2:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy Fieri visits Baltimore, Memphis and
Minnesota. (CC)
2:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
Fieri discovers outrageous food. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy visits joints doing things their own
way. (CC)
3:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy is in search of the ultimate comfort
foods. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy heads to California to a diner for
meatloaf.
4:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy tries traditional El Salvadoran pork
stew. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy takes a seat at some family-run
restaurants. (CC)
5:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy is on the west coast for a taste of
California. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Searching the country for a taste of the
South. (CC)
6:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
finds food with international influences.
(CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy’s in search of funky neighborhood
joints. (CC)
7:30 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
samples from the land and the sea. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
Fieri visits familiar faces and their new
places. (CC)
SATURDAY
2:00 p.m.
OPB Annabel Langbein: The Free
Range Cook Venison Tataki, Confit duck
and chocolate cake. (CC)
FOOD Worst Cooks in America Teams
race to assemble sushi rolls. (CC)
2:30 p.m.
OPB Martha Bakes Learn how to make
three coffee shop favorites. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
KTNW America’s Test Kitchen From
Cook’s Illustrated Adam Ried reveals his
top pick for Dutch ovens. (CC)
FOOD Bite Club Three of Oklahoma
City’s top chefs compete. (CC)
3:30 p.m.
KTNW A Chef’s Life Mrs. Tessie Mae
gives a golf cart tour of her garden. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
OPB The Great British Baking Show
Find out who will be crowned the winner.
(CC)
7:00 p.m.
KTNW The Great British Baking Show
The remaining bakers face biscuits and
traybakes. (CC)
SUNDAY
2:00 p.m.
FOOD Spring Baking Championship
The remaining bakers celebrate Mother’s
Day. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
FOOD Duff Takes the Cake Duff
delivers a 100-pound bull cake to Flint
Rasmussen. (CC)
3:30 p.m.
FOOD Duff Takes the Cake Duff
Goldman makes the cakes for his own
wedding. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Bake You Rich Tiramisu; stuffed
chocolate cake. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
This trip, Guy is celebrating all things
mom. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy
crosses the states for south of the border
flavor. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games GGG
competitors return to Flavortown with
their moms! (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Guy
invites chefs and their moms for Mother’s
Day. (CC)
MONDAY
2:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America Elite bak-
ers face a series of challenges. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America Bakers
must make wedding-themed mini mousse
cakes. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America The
remaining bakers make strawberry
shortcake. (CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America The
remaining bakers make New York
cheesecake. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America Bakers
make mini meringue pies and marjolaine.
(CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America The
final four must make historic Mont Blanc
cakes. (CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Best Baker in America The
remaining bakers make an Austrian
chocolate cake. (CC)
TUESDAY
2:00 p.m.
FOOD Bite Club Three of Oklahoma
City’s top chefs compete. (CC)
3:00 p.m.
KVEW The Rachael Ray Show (CC)
FOOD Chopped Junior The contestants
take on a creepy-crawly snack. (CC)
4:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped Bobby himself com-
petes against the champ of all champs.
(CC)
5:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped Four new returning
champs battle with all they’ve got. (CC)
6:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped A set of twins is returns
to the ‘Chopped’ kitchen. (CC)
7:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped Ferocious repeat
champs return to the Chopped Kitchen.
(CC)
8:00 p.m.
FOOD Chopped The ingredient baskets
are filled with Cuban foods. (CC)
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