Gordon Ramsay will be joined by TV host Carla Hall and Sprinkles Cupcakes founder Candace Nelson on Next Level Baker, Fox‘s upcoming three-week special event holiday series.
Hall and Nelson will serve as co-mentors on the cooking competition series “where bakers are challenged to create eye-popping festive holiday delights.”
In choosing the contestants, Ramsay scoured the country for the best home, pro and social media bakers, from different backgrounds and levels of expertise, according to Fox.
Ramsay, Hall and Nelson will take the bakers under their wings in the competition, which will see one of them winning $25,000 and a HexClad prize package.
The three-week special event series premieres Thursday, Dec. 4 at 9/8c on Fox, Fox One and Next Day Hulu.
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Next Level Baker is produced by Studio Ramsay on behalf of Studio Ramsay Global and BiggerStage. Ramsay and Matt Cahoon serve as executive producers.
Hall co-hosted The Chew for seven years. She can be seen as a judge in shows including BakeAway Camp and Holiday Baking Championship, and also served as judge and coach for multiple seasons on Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America. She also serves as a judge on Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking. Hall also hosted the Emmy-nominated food and travel show Chasing Flavor.
Nelson left a career in finance to start Sprinkles, billed as the world’s first cupcake bakery and Cupcake ATM. She served as a judge for 10 seasons of Cupcake Wars on Food Network and 3 seasons of Sugar Rush on Netflix, where she also served as executive producer. She followed Sprinkles with the launch of Pizzana, a franchise of Neo-Neapolitan pizzerias, and CN2 Ventures, a Los Angeles-based venture studio and investment firm.