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Outrageous Pumpkins (2019)
Needs a More Knowledgeable Host
This show is awesome! I love to watch the creativity and imagination shown in the carvings done by the contestants. I wish I had these skills myself, but I am content watching othesr more skilled perforn the challenges. Where this show fails is that the host of the show is a Food Network star instead of someone who knows their stuff about carving pumpkins and sculpture. None of the hosts has really added any value to the experience. Please, bring in someone who has done pumpkin carving, like the judges have, who knows the medium and can add some interesting POV to the show. I'm sure there are plenty of them out there who have a nice personality and can host the show as well.
Halloween Cookie Challenge (2022)
Keep Trying
Neither this show nor the Holiday Cookie Challenge have really come together yet as far as hosts/judges for the shows are concerned. Eddie Jackson doesn't seem to fit anywhere he is placed, and he needs to learn more critiques aside from "texture," "salt," and "this is the best xxx I've ever had." It becomes difficult to believe when he says it so often.
Keep trying, though, Food Network, because the contestants are pretty awesome and talented. I do enjoy watching the different techniques used to decorate the cookies, and someday would like to give it a try myself. I don't know that I would want to make such huge cookies, though, as I would be afraid they would be burned around the edges and raw in the middle.
Halloween Baking Championship (2015)
2023 RAMPED UP!
This is the best season ever. Don't change the lineup of host or judges ever again. John Henson is PERFECT! And the three judges, Carla, Zac, and Stephanie are great sports and personalities. The costumes are outrageously fun and over the top. You have a winner...don't change ANYTHING. The theme this year is also superb, and tying in the contestants to the carnival theme also is engaging and entertaining. This year is a winner!! Don't mess with perfection. I have watched this show since its beginning, and it has developed into the delight that it is now. I learn a lot from this series, and the other baking championships, but I look forward to this one most of all. Thank you for getting it to this level.
Halloween Wars (2011)
2023 IMPROVED!!!
So glad that they returned to the original format and having Jonathon back as host for Halloween Wars this year!! Sorry, but having Zac Bagans as a guest host who was never in the studio was a bust. Bringing back the Small Scare and the live host is a huge improvement, as is cutting back the amount of babble from the judges throughout the episodes. The emphasis is back on the teams, which is where it all happens. The set definitely has improved since the original series, so this year is probably the best season ever. Thank you, Food Network, for finally getting the recipe right! Please don't mess with perfection!