‘Tis the season and Food Network Canada is ready to celebrate with a festive lineup full of new and returning programming sure to bring holiday cheer to the whole family. Brand new series Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown sees Bobby on the naughty list, which means he has to face off against his fellow Food Network chefs, and Candified: Home for the Holidays tasks Candy Queen Jackie Sorkin with creating a full-size house made out of holiday sweets. New special Kids Baking Championship: All-Star Holiday Homecoming, hosted and judged by Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli, will task four Kids Baking Championship winners with showing off their skills as they craft tasty holiday delights. Viewers can also look forward to a fresh batch of fan-favourite series including The Big Bake: Holiday, Christmas Cooke Challenge, Holiday Wars, Holiday Baking Championship and Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdown. Available on a national free preview from November 1 to November 30, 2022, Food Network Canada is the ultimate destination for season’s eatings.
Programming highlights include:
NEW SEASON
The Big Bake: Holiday, Season 3 (7x60min)Canadian Broadcast Premiere
Sundays at 8 p.m. ET beginning November 6Corus Studios‘ The Big Bake: Holiday returns with more larger-than-life baking battles. Brad Smith returns as host alongside judges Eddie Jackson, Ron Ben-Israel and Danni Rose. Each episode tasks three professional baking teams with designing, baking and decorating a grand-scale cake creation based on holiday themes, including Santa Clause parade, elves on the loose, the nutcracker ballet, naughty or nice and more. Each episode the team with the most spectacular cake will take home the $10,000 prize.
NEW SEASON
Christmas Cookie Challenge, Season 6 (8x60min)
Canadian Broadcast Premiere
Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT beginning November 6
Christmas Cookie Challenge returns with hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson welcoming the most talented cookie makers around to craft stunning creations from rotating carousels and ornaments to heavenly angels. In the eight-episode season, themes include a “Christmas love” couples competition and a gingerbread challenge to build a dazzlingly detailed downtown North Pole scene. Each week, only one winner takes home the coveted golden ornament and $10,000 prize.
NEW SEASON
Holiday Wars, Season 4 (8x60min)
Canadian Broadcast Premiere
Premieres November 6 with back-to-back new episodes at 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET. Beginning November 13, new episodes premiere Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Just in time for eggnog and yule logs, nine teams of talented cake and sugar artists compete for sweet victory in the return of Holiday Wars. Host Jeff Mauro and judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira challenge these elite bakers to create over-the-top cakes inspired by traditional holiday tales. In the end, only one team walks away with the championship title and the grand prize: an all-expenses paid trip to see Iceland’s Northern Lights.
NEW SEASON
Holiday Baking Championship, Season 9 (4x120min & 4x60min)
Canadian Broadcast Premiere
Mondays at 8 p.m. ET beginning November 7
A new season of Holiday Baking Championship returns with a dozen of the best holiday bakers showcasing their superb baking skills through weekly dessert challenges over eight episodes. Hosted by Jesse Palmer, each week judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman, and Carla Hall determine which baker rises above the rest, earning $25,000, a spot in Food Network Magazine and the title of Holiday Baking Champion.
NEW SEASON
Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdown, Season 2 (7x60min)
Canadian Broadcast Premiere
Premieres November 7 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. Beginning November 21, New episodes air Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Jesse Palmer hosts a gingerbread-themed Holiday Baking Championship where three teams of gingerbread artists and baking assistants take on all-encompassing gingerbread builds based on a theme. The gingerbread-obsessed artists also face baking twists that can make or break their creations. Joyful judges Nacho Aguirre, Kardea Brown and Breegan Jane bring their expertise and holiday cheer to decide which team wins $10,000 worth of festive prizes.
NEW SERIES
Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown(6x60min)
Canadian Broadcast Premiere
Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT beginning November 11
Santa’s got Bobby Flay on the naughty list this year, which means he’ll be facing off against his Food Network family for some good old-fashioned holiday competition. Each episode sees the Beat Bobby Flay format expanded to three rounds with a team element – and in Bobby’s biggest nightmare, only the toughest chefs are entering the kitchen to attempt to take him down in this epic Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown!
NEW SPECIAL
Kids Baking Championship: All-Star Holiday Homecoming (1x60min)
Canadian Broadcast Premiere
Premieres Monday, November 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Four Kids Baking Championship winners return to show off their top-notch skills as they craft tasty holiday delights. Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli challenge the champs to bring the holiday cheer with decked-out yule logs for a chance to win a stunning prize package worth $10,000!
NEW SERIES
Candified: Home for the Holidays (4x60min)
Canadian Broadcast Premiere
New episodes premiere nightly at 8 p.m. from Tuesday, December 6 to Friday, December 9
The challenge is to create a life-size house made of …CANDY! Watch as Candy Queen Jackie Sorkin and her team of candy artists design, glue, melt and shape hundreds of thousands of sweet pieces to build a fantasy come to life just in time for the holidays.