Cupcake Wars: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In Cupcake Wars the créme de la créme of the cupcake world take their skills to the next level when they return to Food Network for the sweetest competition yet in five-part special series Cupcake Champions premiering Sunday, May 13th at 8pm ET/PT. Each week, four previous Cupcake Wars winners face off in three tasty elimination challenges until only one decorator remains and wins the opportunity to showcase their cupcakes at the winning gig. For the four winners from each episode, the competition for the coveted title of Cupcake Champion and a $50,000 cash prize culminates in the finale.

Series details

• Title: Cupcake Wars
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2010-06-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-08-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Cooking Channel
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 529

Cast and credited roles

• Florian Bellanger — Judge
• Justin Willman — Host
• Candace Nelson — Judge
• Jonathan Bennett — Host
• Elizabeth Chambers Hammer — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-06-13; final listed air date 2010-08-03.
• Season 2: premiered 2010-12-07; final listed air date 2011-03-08.
• Season 3: premiered 2011-06-14; final listed air date 2011-09-11.
• Season 4: premiered 2011-12-04; final listed air date 2012-03-04.
• Season 5: premiered 2012-03-11; final listed air date 2012-05-06.
• Season 6: premiered 2012-05-13; final listed air date 2012-09-23.
• Season 7: premiered 2012-10-07; final listed air date 2013-03-31.
• Season 8: premiered 2013-04-07; final listed air date 2013-12-07.
• Season 9: premiered 2013-09-07; final listed air date 2013-12-28.
• Season 10: premiered 2016-04-11; final listed air date 2016-08-15; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Cupcake Wars on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.