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December 26, 2021 - January 1, 2022 WHATS UP! T7 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media I t's the ultimate battle of hol- iday cake bakers and a re- minder of the talent we've seen in Food Network com- petitions past. "Holiday Wars Champion Cake Off" lands on Food Network on Sunday, Dec. 26, and the themed competition is a fun, festive way to transition from Christmas to New Year's Eve. For the first time in Food Net- work history, host and celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan welcomes the reigning champions of "Hal- loween Wars" and "Holiday Wars" and pits them against one another in this one-hour special. These two teams of cake and sugar artists will be tasked with creating their own cake-based team mascot, and they'll also have to demonstrate how they'll ring in the new year by whipping up a champagne-inspired cake flavor. Only one team will win an all- expenses-paid trip for two to New York City, and the task of selecting a winner falls to judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira. Li, an accomplished pastry chef and the co-founder of the chef-booking service Kora, has served as a judge on "Halloween Wars" since the competition's debut in 2011. And while "Holiday Wars" is one of the "newer" seasonal competition series — it only has three seasons under its belt compared to "Halloween Wars'" 11 — its most recent installment marked the first team-up of Chauhan, Li and Sequeira. The trio's chemistry has rekindled viewers' interest in the show. Season 1 of "Holiday Wars" was highly reviewed and posted some solid ratings, but viewers have been pretty vocal online about their disappointment with the second installment. Most of the complaints seemed to have been directed at the contestants and the show's more aggressive/ less festive tone, but viewers weren't crazy about Season 2 host Raven-Symoné or judge Erin McGinn Acevedo, either. Enter "Chopped" judge and former "Iron Chef" competitor Chauhan, who proved to be a hit earlier this year as the host of "Chocolate Meltdown: Hershey After Dark." Chauhan took over as host for Season 3 of "Holiday Wars," while Sequeira, a "Next Food Network Star" winner and the host of Cooking Channel's "Taste in Translation," replaced McGinn Acevedo as a judge. The combination of Chauhan, Li and Sequeira seems to have resonated with fans of "Holiday Wars," and Food Network is hoping history will repeat itself with "Holiday Wars Champion Cake Off," airing this Sunday, Dec. 26. It's a 'Cake Off' Champions return in holiday battle royale Aarti Sequeira co-judges "Holiday Wars Champion Cake Off" Sunday Noon FOOD The Kitchen 1 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 2 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 3 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 4 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 5 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 5:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Simply Ming 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE tasteMAKERS FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Lidia's Kitchen 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Joanne Weir's Plates and Places FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Confucius Was a Foodie FOOD Holiday Wars 9 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 10 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 10:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Monday 4 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Baking With Julia FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 4:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Fit to Eat 5 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 6 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Simply Ming FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Big Time Bake 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations 9 p.m. FOOD Chopped 10 p.m. FOOD Chopped Tuesday 4 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Ciao Italia FOOD Chopped 4:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Moveable Feast With Relish 5 p.m. FOOD Chopped 6 p.m. FOOD Chopped 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Joanne Weir's Plates and Places FOOD Chopped 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Yan Can Cook: Spice Kingdom 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Christopher Kimball's Milk Street FOOD Chopped 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations 9 p.m. FOOD Supermarket Stakeout 10 p.m. FOOD Chopped Wednesday 4 p.m. (13.2) CREATE A Chef's Life FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 4:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated 5 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 6 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations 7 p.m. (24) KFTA Gordon Ramsay's Road Trip FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Lidia's Kitchen FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations 9 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 10 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Thursday 4 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Ciao Italia FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 4:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Moveable Feast With Relish FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 5 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 5:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 6 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 7 p.m. (13) KAFT Cooking on the Wild Side (13.2) CREATE Sara's Weeknight Meals FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 7:30 p.m. (13) KAFT Cooking on the Wild Side (13.2) CREATE Pati's Mexican Table FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Christopher Kimball's Milk Street 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations 9 p.m. FOOD Undercover Chef 10 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Friday 4 p.m. (13.2) CREATE A Chef's Life FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 4:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 5 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Simply Ming FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana 9 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE The Jazzy Vegetarian FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 10 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Ellie's Real Good Food FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Saturday Noon FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 1 p.m. (13.2) CREATE New Day New Chef FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 1:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Ellie's Real Good Food 2 p.m. (13.2) CREATE The Jazzy Vegetarian FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 3 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 4 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 4:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen 5 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Christopher Kimball's Milk Street FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Sara's Weeknight Meals FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Pati's Mexican Table FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Confucius Was a Foodie FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives TRUTV Fast Foodies 9:30 p.m. FOOD 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