Cupcake Wars Season 2 Episode 10 can be watched on Tuesday at 9:00pm EST on Food Network TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Valentine's Day. Synopsis of the episode is: Four cupcake bakers vie for the chance to have their delicious displays featured at a romantic ocean side wine tasting for couples; special guest judge, Fabio.
Cupcake Wars is a Food Network reality-based competition show hosted by Justin Willman based on creating unique and professional-style cupcakes that began airing in June 2010. The show is similar to its successful Chopped show in that it starts with 4 contestants who are eliminated one by one in 3 rounds. The show regularly airs on Tuesdays at 9 pm, EST. The show also challenges its contestants to create cupcakes with unusual ingredients with the winning team receiving $10,000. Each team consists of a chef and a sous-chef. The Series was created by Super Delicious LLC for the Food Network. The Executive Producers are Adam Cohen, Cara Tapper and Joanna Vernetti.
In the first round, the contestants must create a cupcake based on taste alone with a theme associated including a twist ingredient(s) in 45 minutes. For example, a date-night themed cupcake must include various aphrodisiacs, such as oysters, basil, dark chocolate or champagne.
The second round is based on both taste and presentation. In 75 minutes, the contestants must make 3 different cupcakes, each showcasing a different taste with an outstanding presentation.
The third round is hardest, with the remaining 2 teams making 1,000 cupcakes in only 2 hours. Each team is assisted with the help of a 5-person team consisting of one carpenter and four baking interns to create the showcase for the cupcakes and help make the cupcakes for their corresponding contestants.
The show invites cupcake bakers from all over the United States to compete in the 3 rounds. Each episode has a theme. The themes that have been mentioned so far have been based on a golf tournament, a Seaworld birthday party for an orca, a "match-making" aphrodisiac party, an Ace of Cakes 100th episode celebration, "Survival of the Fittest" theme, an autistic charity event and at a film festival.
The show features chefs from all backgrounds, including vegan pastry chefs, small business owners and internet companies alike. As a result, the show has had unexpected winners, such as Chloe Coscarelli, a 22 year-old vegan pastry chef who won an episode without using any eggs, butter or milk in any of her cupcakes.
