| The Food Network is an American cable network | | | | then returns to his kitchen to cook a recipe he's |
| that airs series and specials about one of our most | | | | learned. |
| beloved subjects - food. The Network is viewed in | | | | Warren's own most popular cake is a three-layer |
| 80 million households and by half a million people per | | | | buttercream with fresh strawberries, and his |
| day. It's seen in the United States, Australia, New | | | | cupcakes are the all-around best sellers at Cakelove. |
| Zealand, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, | | | | Every Sunday night, the Food Network Challenge |
| Monaco, Andorra, France, and the French-speaking | | | | (which has reached franchise status and offers cash |
| territories in the Caribbean and Polynesia. Canadians | | | | prizes big enough to remodel your kitchen) hosts the |
| now have their own version, Food Network Canada. | | | | largest and most memorable food competitions |
| Every Sunday night, the Food Network Challenge | | | | around the world. And they post the recipes on their |
| (which has reached franchise status and offers cash | | | | Website! |
| prizes big enough to remodel your kitchen) hosts the | | | | Here's a sampling of the competitions for the world's |
| largest and most memorable food competitions | | | | best cakes: |
| around the world. | | | | Wedding Cake Challenge - Teams vie for the |
| Here's a sampling of the competitions for the world's | | | | bragging rights (and $10 grand) for creating the |
| best cakes: | | | | world's most spectacular wedding cake. Spatulas and |
| Wedding Cake Challenge - Teams vie for the | | | | pastry tubes are augmented by high tech weapons |
| bragging rights (and $10 grand) for creating the | | | | such as Homaro Cantu's Class IV laser that sears |
| world's most spectacular wedding cake. | | | | edibles at 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit and ink-jet printer |
| Spatulas and pastry tubes are augmented by high | | | | that prints photographs on soy-based edible paper. |
| tech weapons such as Homaro Cantu's Class IV laser | | | | Disney Dream Desserts - Student pastry chefs |
| that sears edibles at 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit and | | | | create four desserts and a three-foot tall chocolate |
| ink-jet printer that prints photographs on soy-based | | | | and sugar centerpiece as they compete at the |
| edible paper. | | | | Happiest Place on Earth for a $14,000 scholarship and |
| Disney Dream Desserts - Student pastry chefs | | | | an internship in the Disney kitchens. |
| create four desserts and a three-foot tall chocolate | | | | Mystery Birthday Cake - Five top-notch cake |
| and sugar centerpiece as they compete at the | | | | designers are challenged by a client from hell whose |
| Happiest Place on Earth for a $14,000 scholarship and | | | | identity and criteria for the birthday cake will not be |
| an internship in the Disney kitchens. | | | | revealed until minutes before the six-hour competition |
| Mystery Birthday Cake - Five top-notch cake | | | | begins. (Colette Peters took home the $10,000 first |
| designers are challenged by a client from hell whose | | | | prize in 2005.) |
| identity and criteria for the birthday cake will not be | | | | Birthday Cake Competition - An edible, rotating Ferris |
| revealed until minutes before the six-hour competition | | | | wheel is one of the memorable cakes created in this |
| begins. (Colette Peters took home the $10,000 first | | | | competition where six of the nation's top cake |
| prize in 2005.) | | | | designers unleash their imaginations and test their |
| Birthday Cake Competition - An edible, rotating Ferris | | | | skills as they compete to create the world's most |
| wheel is one of the memorable cakes created in this | | | | outrageous birthday cake (and a $10,000 first place |
| competition where six of the nation's top cake | | | | prize). |
| designers unleash their imaginations and test their | | | | Cookies, Fire and Ice (pastry and ice sculpture), |
| skills as they compete to create the world's most | | | | Wedding Cake Classic and Ultimate Wedding Cakes |
| outrageous birthday cake (and a $10,000 first place | | | | are just a few more of the dozens of pastry and |
| prize). | | | | cake competitions hosted by the Food Network |
| Cookies, Fire and Ice (pastry and ice sculpture), | | | | Challenge. Other challenges bring together top-notch |
| Wedding Cake Classic and Ultimate Wedding Cakes | | | | barbecue chefs, pizza makers, and more in a quest |
| are just a few more of the dozens of pastry and | | | | for the world's best culinary creations. |
| cake competitions hosted by the Food Network | | | | Food Network, founded in 1993 and more popular |
| Challenge. | | | | than ever, boasts record-setting ratings in primetime |
| Other challenges bring together top-notch barbecue | | | | and a top food Website. Celebrity chef hosts include |
| chefs, pizza makers, and more in a quest for the | | | | famous restaurateurs Emeril and Wolfgang Puck. |
| world's best culinary creations. | | | | Many of the Food Network's personalities have |
| Celebrity chef hosts include famous restaurateurs | | | | become quite famous, such as home cooking diva |
| Emeril and Wolfgang Puck. | | | | Rachael Ray (the star of the Network and host of |
| Many of the Food Network's personalities have | | | | 30-Minute Meals, sort of an antithesis to Martha |
| become quite famous, such as home cooking diva | | | | Stewart). And, then there's Duff Goldman. |
| Rachael Ray (the star of the Network and host of | | | | Shaping cakes with drill saws and blow torches, |
| 30-Minute Meals, sort of an antithesis to Martha | | | | Goldman is known as the "Bad Boy" of the Food |
| Stewart). And, then there's Duff Goldman. | | | | Network. He hosts the network's latest creation (as |
| Shaping cakes with drill saws and blow torches, | | | | of January 16, 2007), Ace of Cakes. And as one of |
| Goldman is known as the "Bad Boy" of the Food | | | | the most sought after cake decorators in the nation, |
| Network. | | | | he blows away cake decorator stereotypes. |
| He hosts the network's latest creation (as of January | | | | A former graffiti artist, Duff holds degrees in |
| 16, 2007), Ace of Cakes. And as one of the most | | | | philosophy and physics, plays bass in an indie band, |
| sought after cake decorators in the nation, he blows | | | | and studied pastries at the Culinary Institute of |
| away cake decorator stereotypes. | | | | America before going on to the prestigious position |
| A former graffiti artist, Duff holds degrees in | | | | of executive pastry chef at the Vail Cascade Hotel |
| philosophy and physics, plays bass in an indie band, | | | | and Resort in Colorado. He now owns and operates |
| and studied pastries at the Culinary Institute of | | | | Charm City Cakes in Baltimore, |
| America before going on to the prestigious position | | | | His cake creations are as diverse as his talents and |
| of executive pastry chef at the Vail Cascade Hotel | | | | include a Harry Potter quidditch arena, a piece of rare |
| and Resort in Colorado. He now owns and operates | | | | black Wedgwood china made for Hillary Clinton in |
| Charm City Cakes in Baltimore. | | | | 2002, and many family dog tribute cakes. Clients |
| His cake creations are as diverse as his talents and | | | | have paid $175 for a simple square to $20,000 for a |
| include a Harry Potter quidditch arena, a piece of rare | | | | massive, mechanized cake with edible moving parts. |
| black Wedgwood china made for Hillary Clinton in | | | | Many of the Food Network personalities have |
| 2002, and many family dog tribute cakes. | | | | interesting and surprising career stories. Sugar Rush |
| Clients have paid $175 for a simple square to $20,000 | | | | host, Warren Brown, left a career in law to open |
| for a massive, mechanized cake with edible moving | | | | Cakelove, his specialty cake and pastry business in |
| parts. | | | | Washington D.C. (You may have seen him on Oprah |
| Many of the Food Network personalities have | | | | or in Time magazine.) |
| interesting and surprising career stories. | | | | Sugar Rush follows Brown as he visits restaurants, |
| Sugar Rush host, Warren Brown, left a career in law | | | | pastry shops and bakeries around the country, and |
| to open Cakelove, his specialty cake and pastry | | | | then returns to his kitchen to cook a recipe he's |
| business in Washington D.C. (You may have seen him | | | | learned. |
| on Oprah or in Time magazine.) | | | | Warren's own most popular cake is a three-layer |
| Sugar Rush follows Brown as he visits restaurants, | | | | buttercream with fresh strawberries, and his |
| pastry shops and bakeries around the country, and | | | | cupcakes are the all-around best sellers at Cakelove. |