Sweet Genius: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Renowned pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel hosts this competition series in which four of America's premier pastry chefs compete in challenges, judged by Ben-Israel, that test their ability to use secret ingredients to create, based on a given inspiration, inventive desserts in a finite period of time. The winner of each challenge advances to the final test in which the last chef standing wins $10,000. Among the challenges the contestants face is using duck fat and fusilli to create a frozen treat inspired by diamonds. Chances are you won't see that dessert in your neighborhood ice cream shop anytime soon.

Series details

• Title: Sweet Genius
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2011-09-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-01-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Food Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6628
• TVDB ID: 252171

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-09-22; final listed air date 2011-11-03.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-03-15; final listed air date 2012-03-29.
• Season 3: premiered 2012-10-18; final listed air date 2013-01-24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Sweet Genius 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.