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October 9 - 15, 2022 • Terre Haute Tribune-Star • 19 tastytv BY GEORGE DICKIE 'Easy-Bake Battle' champions quick and easy cuisine – without the light bulbs Let's just get this out of the way up front. There were no light bulbs used to cook the comestibles on Netflix's "Easy-Bake Battle" nor does the venerable Hasbro toy appliance make an appearance – at least not in the form that we know it. No, the title of the culinary competition series that begins streaming its eight half hour episodes on Wednesday, Oct. 12, refers to, as the show's release explains, cuisine "inspired by Hasbro's iconic Easy- Bake Oven." Translation: simple, easy, delicious meals one can make in little time and with a little outside-the-box thinking. So expect to pick up plenty of clever kitchen hacks or shortcuts from accomplished home cooks as they vie in two rounds of competition for the chance to win $25,000 in each episode and the $100,000 grand prize at the end of the season. The series comes from eOne, the production company owned by Hasbro, and features a whole lot of baking – and not the type of baking one might think. "I don't mean like cake baking," explains executive producer Daniel Calin. "This show does both savory and sweet cooking, which I think differentiates it from a lot of the other shows you'll see on platform and elsewhere. But in the second round, the oven that they use to bake very cleverly in, it aesthetically represents the classic Easy-Bake Oven; it'll be reminiscent of it." So there is a wall oven in the shape of the Easy- Bake Oven here. It has no special capabilities and again, no light bulbs, just an average oven in which contestants will cook their pasta, steak, seafood and dessert dishes, which are then judged by host Antoni Porowski and rotating guest judges including Kristen Kish and Jacques Torres. And that's where the hacks come in. If nothing else, viewers will come away with a few shortcuts and tricks that surely will make their time in the kitchen easier and more productive, just as it did for the home cooks here. "There's a whole world of people on YouTube and TikTok and Instagram who had started championing like an easy way of cooking that is like hack-driven and still gets you to really delicious meals," Calin says. "These folks are like really busy people like you and I who have complicated lives and kids and a lot of demands coming their way. So in the kitchen they've had to figure out how to cook more efficiently without compromising the quality of their food, so they come to the competition with their shortcuts." Antoni Porowski Sunday 5:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Guy brings in chefs representing cuisines from all around the world. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games The chefs shop in the southern half of the store for their signature sandwiches. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Guy brings the culi- nary combat to Flavortown Market's aisles in every single round. 8:00 p.m. CNN Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy Feasting on pizza in Naples; finding the freshest mozzarella and the best San Marzano to- matoes. FOOD Halloween Wars Six teams face off for the first time in the main competi- tion, hoping to impress the judges. 9:00 p.m. CNN Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (N) FOOD Halloween Wars Eddie introduces the five remaining teams to The Is- land of the Dolls in Mexico City. (N) Monday 5:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Eddie Jackson asks three teams to imagine a monster prison escape in- spired by Alcatraz. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Six teams face off for the first time in the main competition, hoping to im- press the judges. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Eddie introduces the five remaining teams to The Island of the Dolls in Mexico City. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Baking Championship The bakers are challenged to make moldy desserts that incorporate fermented in- gredients. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Baking Championship The seven remaining bakers reinvent flambé classics and make realistic open-wound cakes. (N) 10:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Cookie Challenge Hal- loween masks made from cookies; edible party ban- ners that incorporate classic Halloween candies. (N) Tuesday 5:00 p.m. WFYI Pati's Mexican Table Tex-Mex chili; pob- lano, bacon and cheddar skillet cornbread. (In Stereo) FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chefs Alex Guarnaschelli and Tanya Holland swap stories about their longtime friend Bobby Flay. 5:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chef Tiffani Faison and Jeff Mauro (The Kitchen) give Bobby Flay a royal pain. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chefs George Kantaris and Angelo Vangelopoulos take center stage for a shot at the crown. 6:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Alex Guarnaschelli and Jeff Mauro of The Kitchen aim to take down Bobby Flay. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chef Alex Guarnaschel- li reunites with her Alex vs America host, chef Eric Adj- epong. 7:30 p.m. FOOD Outchef'd Home cook Jimmy battles Alex Guarnaschelli, hoping his steak can give him the win. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Damaris Phillips enlists Wayne Brady to team up and distract Bobby Flay with song and dance. 8:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Katherine Clapner and Joe Baker compete in a competition to see who gets to take on Bobby Flay. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Bobby's Triple Threat (N) 10:00 p.m. FOOD Outchef'd (N) Wednesday 5:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Guy invites former baseball players to team up with GGG all-star judges for a culinary home run. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Pork plates; com- petitors will have to show snout if they want to win the all-bacon battle. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Chefs tackle Guy's worst grocery list yet, con- taining ingredients they'd never dream of combining. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Four pro pizza mak- ers rise to the occasion in three pizza-themed Grocery Games. what'scooking 9:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Ulti- mate Game Night Alyssa Milano, Ben Feldman and Francia Raisa create a pizza that looks like Guy. (N) 10:01 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Guy gives four chefs a list of sale items they have to use over the course of the competition. Thursday 5:00 p.m. WFYI Sara's Week- night Meals Grilled lamb chop with steak butter; herbed lamb and feta burg- ers; Peruvian baked chicken thighs. (In Stereo) FOOD Bobby's Triple Threat 6:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Baking Championship John Henson challenges the bakers to create melting desserts that reveal a Hal- loween item inside. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Baking Championship In the pre-heat challenge, bakers make yam desserts that evoke classic scary movie cliches. 8:00 p.m. WTHI-2 Hell's Kitch- en Teams must shell and cook a lobster after watch- ing Gordon demonstrate it to perfection. (N) (In Stereo) FOOD Halloween Baking Championship The bakers work together to create 3-D sketch of a monster out of pate a choux. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Baking Championship The bakers create petit horrors; a unique Halloween wed- ding cake for each couple in the main heat. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Baking Championship Com- petitors are tasked with creating tarot card desserts; the Creepy Clown Hall of Fame. Friday 4:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives Schwarma; burger spot with an Asian twist; pita. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives Homemade pretzels with beer-cheese sauce; burgers. 5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives House-made hot dogs and pork adobo grilled cheese; chicken jam- balaya. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives A restaurant- market in Vancouver; a fresh-catch spot in Kauai, Hawaii. 6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives Sandwiches with dynamite duck and a pork trifecta. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives A taco joint going above and beyond with their Ahogada Torta and a quesadilla-taco-au jus mashup. 7:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives In Laramie, Wyo., an old-school cafe has green chili burritos and pie. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives On this trip, Guy Fieri is divin' into in- ventive eats; in Burlington, Vt., Richmond, Va. and Ot- tawa. 8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives Guy Fieri finds all kinds of unexpected fla- vor, starting with next-level sandwiches in Cleveland. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives (N) 9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives In Puerto Rico, a local gem is serving off-the-hook pork trifongo and shrimp empanadas. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive- Ins and Dives A tiki joint in Houston serves elevated dumplings and honey but- ter chicken biscuits. Saturday 4:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Chili and burgers at a roadside shack; Guy invents the Triple D Triple Play for the menu. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Teams create spooky cakes to impress judges Ed- die Jackson, Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Four teams compete to impress judges with their creepy cakes inspired by a new animated film. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Six teams sculpt cakes based on legendary stories of ghosts and ghouls from around the world. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Halloween Wars Zak Bagans taunts the five remaining teams with one of the creepiest exhib- its at his museum. 9:00 p.m. CNN Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy FOOD Halloween Wars The teams imagine what's lurk- ing in the basement and bring their visions to life in creepy cakes. 10:00 p.m. CNN Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy Stanley Tucci visits Umbria, nick- named The Green Heart of Italy, a carnivore's dream. 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