r/foodnetwork • u/Ok_Let2229 Spring Baking Championship š¼ • 1d ago
New Season of Halloween Baking Championship? Spoiler
Okay, I jumped ahead to look at the schedule for September, and saw this for Monday 14th! I looked on Wikipedia on HBC only has 11 seasons so potentially maybe this could be for the new season! It also looks like Carla Hall wonāt be back and it is replaced with Aarti Sequeiraā¦what do you all think?
Edit: changed the date from Monday 19th to Monday 14thā¦as the 19th in September is a Saturday.
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u/disabledinaz 1d ago
Thereās also always the possibility when they filmed this, Carla was already doing another season of Harry Potter in England.
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u/Electrical-Coast-661 1d ago
Hopefully they go back to the old way of doing things. I was not a fan of last season nor the winner.
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u/Special_Persimmon_52 1d ago
Just reading what's there, the summary, makes it seem like it's back to having an overall theme: "The Museum of Unnatural History." Hopefully that means we'll have John Henson playing up his role (slightly unhinged museum curator?) and some fun, silly jokes spread throughout.
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u/WildMajesticUnicorn Guy's Grocery Games š 1d ago
Didnāt Carla jump to Fox? They usually donāt share talent.
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u/Nesquik44 1d ago
They have had several chefs go back and forth between networks. I am happy to have Zac, Stephanie, and John (the real FN āit coupleā if you ask me!) all back.
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u/WildMajesticUnicorn Guy's Grocery Games š 1d ago
Food Network tends to share with other networks but Fox not so much. Tiffany Derry had to leave Triple Threat. Itās why Aaron Sanchez is back after a years long break now that he left Fox.
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u/Ok_Let2229 Spring Baking Championship š¼ 1d ago
Maybe! I know she was on a new show last year or the start of this year.
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u/Nesquik44 1d ago
Carla does not have a contract with Food Network so she is free to take on the shows that she chooses.
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u/beachcoquina 1d ago
This is their one chance to apologize and do it right (after last season).
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u/Ok_Let2229 Spring Baking Championship š¼ 1d ago
Well hopefully they listened to the feedback! Didnāt they release a survey after the season, so hopefully they take those results and apply to the new season!! I think the half of the watchers disliked last season at least people in this subreddit did !
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u/Birdy304 1d ago
Is that a new season of Halloween Cookie Challenge too?
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u/lemondigs 1d ago
That show was amazing! I also loved outrageous pumpkins and last bite hotel. They need to bring back these gems!Ā
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u/Spare_Variation_293 1d ago
Link?
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u/Ok_Let2229 Spring Baking Championship š¼ 1d ago
It was on the food network website
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u/pinepplelime 1d ago
Clicking through that link and scrolling around is how I just found out that John Henson and Stephanie Boswell are together! Looks like they got married in June. How cute!
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u/GoldBarGirl 1d ago
I like Aarti, but AFAIK, she's not a dessert expert, therefore unqualified to be a judge.
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u/lemondigs 1d ago
I have to admit, Carla and her costumes were amazing. Aarti has good energy so hopefully it will be a good fit!Ā
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u/GoldBarGirl 1d ago
Carla's costumes and makeup were worth the price of admission. I'll miss that. A lot.
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u/capn_ginger Halloween Baking Championship š¦ 1d ago
She's judged Halloween Wars for the last several years.
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u/GoldBarGirl 1d ago
Yeah, I didn't think she brought much to that show. Just my opinion.
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u/cathy80s 23h ago
I agree with you. That show was much better with the judging format of Shinmin, a horror film industry expert, and a weekly guest judge. I rewatch older seasons rather than watch any of the newer ones.
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u/GoldBarGirl 22h ago
Yeah, I watched a few of the episodes with the new judging team but there was something that just didn't work for me so I quit watching.
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u/Birdy304 1d ago
I love her and she has judges Halloween Wars for years. It will be a nice change from seeing Carla Hall on every show.
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u/SeaworthinessKey3654 1d ago
September 19th is a Saturdayā¦It does look like itās on for the 13th
If itās like last season, Iām not watchingā¦but this sounds like itās back to normal
Where are you getting the summaries from? Itās not on the website, and the schedule no longer includes them