Halloween Wars: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Under the watchful eye of host Rossi Morreale, five teams composed of a pumpkin carving expert, cake artist and sugar artist will battle it out as they create Halloween-themed edible displays that will send chills up your spine. In each episode, teams will face two grueling challenges. First, they'll face off in the Small Scare, where they must create a Halloween-themed design in just 45 minutes. One winning team gets an advantage in the big battle - the Spine Chiller. In the end, their creations will be judged by renowned cake decorator Shinmin Li and make-up artist Brian Kinney, and a rotating panel of celebrity guest judges who are legends in the horror genre. One team will be eliminated after each episode. In the end only one team will be declared Halloween Wars Champion, and walk away with a $50,000 grand prize.

Series details

• Title: Halloween Wars
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2011-10-02
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Food Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 4361

Cast and credited roles

• Jonathan Bennett — Host
• Rossi Morreale — Host
• Shinmin Li — Judge
• Aarti Sequeira — Judge
• Eddie Jackson — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-10-02; final listed air date 2011-10-23.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-10-07; final listed air date 2012-10-28.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-10-06; final listed air date 2013-10-27.
• Season 4: premiered 2014-10-05; final listed air date 2014-10-26.
• Season 5: premiered 2015-10-04; final listed air date 2015-10-25.
• Season 6: premiered 2016-10-02; final listed air date 2016-10-30; episode order: 6.
• Season 7: premiered 2017-10-01; final listed air date 2017-10-29; episode order: 5.
• Season 8: premiered 2018-09-30; final listed air date 2018-10-28.
• Season 9: premiered 2019-09-29; final listed air date 2019-10-27.
• Season 10: premiered 2020-09-13; final listed air date 2020-10-11; episode order: 5.
• Season 11: premiered 2021-09-19; final listed air date 2021-10-31.
• Season 12: premiered 2022-09-18; final listed air date 2022-10-30; episode order: 8.
• Season 13: premiered 2023-09-17; final listed air date 2023-10-29; episode order: 8.
• Season 14: premiered 2024-09-22; final listed air date 2024-10-27; episode order: 7.
• Season 15: premiered 2025-09-21; final listed air date 2025-10-26; episode order: 6.
• Season 16: premiered 2026-09-13; final listed air date 2026-10-18.

Source and licence

Adapted from Halloween 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.