A Central New York woman is ready to pursuing her dream on a new Food Network show.
Ally Radziewicz will be a contestant on “Summer Baking Championship,” hosted by “The Bachelor” star Jesse Palmer on the Food Network and Discovery+. She will be one of ten bakers tackling summer-themed baking challenges for a chance to win a $25,000 grand prize and the official title of “Summer Baking Champion.”
Radziewicz, a 2011 Jamesville-DeWitt High School graduate, is a professional French-trained baker who operates her own small business, The Love Bean, at her home in Pompey, N.Y. On Instagram (@the_lovebean), she frequently shares photos of delectable-looking cakes, cupcakes, cookies, macaroons and other custom-crafted sweet treats for birthdays, weddings and other special occasions.
On “Summer Baking Championship,” though, she’ll be competing to impress judges Duff Goldman, Carla Hall, and Damaris Phillips. The Food Network has multiple “Baking Championship” series, but this new spinoff requires contestants use flavors, ingredients, and celebrations specific to the summer season.
“I was excited when I found out it was summer (themed),” Radziewicz told syracuse.com | The Post-Standard. “I love all things summer. I love summer baking and the seasonal ingredients that that brings so I was excited. … I would have been nervous but I think summer made it a little more lighthearted, which was nice.”
One of the show’s first competitions required the contestants to make doughnuts that look like pool floaties. She was ready for the challenge.
“That makes sense,” she said. “An inner tube looks like a doughnut already. But it’s like when you’re put under these pressure situations… your mind just goes, like, ‘What’s happening?’ … And you have to think so fast.”
Other challenges will include creating a cake with a gelatin water feature, pink desserts in honor of the new “Barbie” movie, a two-tier cake that resembles a 4th of July…
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