Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge
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| Genre | Cooking competition |
| Presented by | Tamera Mowry-Housley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Running time | 43–57 min. |
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| Release | December 13, 2022 |
Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge is an American cooking competition television series hosted by Tamera Mowry-Housley. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Freevee on December 13, 2022.
Summary
[edit]Competing in teams of two, bakers and cake artists take on a series of culinary challenges inspired by iconic Dr. Seuss stories, such as The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Horton Hears a Who!. Their creations are judged by pastry chefs Clarice Lam and Joshua John Russell, based on taste, creativity, and storytelling.
The first three episodes acted as qualifiers with three teams going head to head to win spots in the next round. After that the show changes to a typical format with all teams competing in every challenge and one team being eliminated every episode. Ultimately in the finale the two remaining teams competed for the $50,000 prize.[1][2]
Contestants
[edit]| Team[3] | Bakers | Eliminated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Team | Cristina Vazquez | Kerrie Breuer | Winners |
| Teal Team | Rebecca Reed | Ashley Ball | Runner-up |
| Brown Team | Angel Figueroa | Maya Hayes | Eliminated in Episode 7 |
| Purple Team | Nikki Jessop | Alejandra Galan | Eliminated in Episode 6 |
| Blue Team | Kyle Smothers | Huiwen Lu | Eliminated in Episode 5 |
| Yellow Team | Lorenzo Delgado | Tareka Lofton | Eliminated in Episode 4 |
| Orange Team | Chris Cwierz | Alene Paulk | Withdrew |
| Pink Team | Daniel Santo Edwards | Joyce Osorio | Eliminated in Episode 3 |
| Red Team | Angelo Satterwhite | Lily Sanchez | Eliminated in Episode 1 |
Production
[edit]On March 17, 2022, it was announced that a Dr. Seuss-themed baking competition series was in development at Amazon Studios, and would also be produced by Dr. Seuss Enterprises and Super Delicious. This would be the first unscripted series based on the work of Dr. Seuss.[4] On August 16, 2022, it was announced that the series had been greenlit by Amazon, with Tamera Mowry-Housley as host, and Clarice Lam and Joshua John Russell as judges.[5] Ruth Amsel is showrunner and executive producer, and Cara Tapper, Adam Cohen, Joanna Vernetti, and Susan Brandt are also executive producers.[1]
Contestant Progress
[edit]| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 7 | 8 | |
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| Theme | The Cat in the Hat |
Oh the Places You'll Go |
Green Eggs and Ham |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff |
The Lorax | Fox in Socks |
Horton Hears a Who! | |
| Yertle the Turtle |
If I Ran the Circus | ||||||||
| Team | Elimination Challenge Results | ||||||||
| Cristina & Kerrie | WIN | BTM2 | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WINNER | |||
| Rebecca & Ashley | WIN | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN3 | WIN | RUNNER-UP | |||
| Angel & Maya | WIN | SAFE | WIN | BTM2 | OUT | ||||
| Nikki & Alejandra | OUT | WIN1 | SAFE | OUT | |||||
| Kyle & Huiwen | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| Lorenzo & Tareka | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| Chris & Alene | SAFE | WD1 | |||||||
| Daniel & Joyce | OUT | ||||||||
| Angelo & Lily | OUT | ||||||||
^Note 1 : In episode 4, it was announced that the Orange Team, Chris & Alene, had withdrawn from the competition. As a result the judges were allowed to bring one team back into the game, and they selected the Purple Team, Nikki & Alejandra.
^Note 2 : From episode 6 on the team that won the first round no longer received an advantage in the elimination challenge.
^Note 3 : The Green Team, Cristina & Kerrie, were declared the Best Bite of the day, however the Teal team, Rebecca & Ashley, also received pins and had their recipe added to Amazon as well.
- (WIN) This team won the elimination challenge and had their recipe shared on Amazon.
- (SAFE) This team was declared safe from elimination.
- (BTM) This team was in the bottom two.
- (OUT) This team was eliminated from the competition.
- (WD) This team withdrew from the competition.
Bold denotes the team that won the first challenge and received an advantage in the elimination challenge.
Release
[edit]The trailer for the series was released on November 16, 2022. All eight episodes of the series premiered on Amazon Freevee and Prime Video on December 13, 2022.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Petski, Denise (16 August 2022). "'Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge' Gets Amazon Series Order With Tamera Mowry-Housley As Host". Deadline. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Amick, Brian (17 November 2022). "Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge to air on Prime Video". Bake. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge".
- ^ Otterson, Joe (17 March 2022). "Dr. Seuss-Themed Baking Competition Series in the Works at Amazon". Variety. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Burton, Carson (16 August 2022). "Amazon's 'Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge' Adds Tamera Mowry-Housley as Host, Clarice Lam and Joshua John Russell as Judges". Variety. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ Orellana Hernandez, Angie (16 November 2022). "Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge: See Contestants Tackle One Cake, Two Cakes in Trailer". ET. Retrieved 13 December 2022.