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Sweet Genius
Sweet Genius

Sweet Genius

—Renowned pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel hosts this competition series in which four of America's premier pastry chefs compete in challenges, judged by Ben-Israel, that test their ability to use secret ingredients to create, based on a given inspiration, inventive desserts in a finite period of time. The winner of each challenge advances to the final test in which the last chef standing wins $10,000. Among the challenges the contestants face is using duck fat and fusilli to create a frozen treat inspired by diamonds. Chances are you won't see that dessert in your neighborhood ice cream shop anytime soon.
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Season 18 of 8 Episodes

  • Spicy hot candy and a rare fruit in frozen desserts; baked desserts; bone chilling ingredient.

  • Hard-boiled eggs in dessert; treasure from the sea; gummy candies for the last test.

  • The chefs are given heels as inspiration for their frozen deserts.

  • Butterflies are the source of inspiration for the first test; on a wing and a prayer, the chefs try to create amazing frozen desserts with candied ginger and squid ink as mandatory ingredients.

  • The chefs are inspired by jellyfish and incorporate sweet and sour ingredients into their desserts.

  • Conch shell inspiration; seaweed as a mandatory ingredient.

  • Zen objects in the first test; frozen desserts using jelly beans and hot sauce; foul smelling fruit distract; disco ball inspiration.

  • Cheese croquettes in the desert; some candies of multiple colors; a rare delicacy from Mexico.

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32 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Twinkling Genius
    Dream Catching Genius
    Electric Genius
    Sci-Fi Genius
    Samba Genius
    Wedded Genius
    Dark Genius
    Hard Boiled Genius
    Hidden Genius
    Candied Genius
  • Twinkling Genius

    Chocolate desserts from chicken stock and a southern candy treat; candy creations from fennel and juicy fruit.
    Upcoming
  • Dream Catching Genius

    Chewy fruit and hors d'oeuvres in chocolate desserts; a Middle Eastern dip in the candy test; creating a cake out of two mandatory ingredients.
    Upcoming
  • Electric Genius

    Fruity cereal as a mandatory ingredient; candy confections made with a strawberry drink and a yellow pepper; fiesta favorite as an inspiration.
    Upcoming
  • Sci-Fi Genius

    Space-themed desserts from Italian olives and retro candy.
    Upcoming
  • Samba Genius

    The chefs attempt to make excellent chocolate desserts that include one blue and one yellow mandatory ingredient.
    Upcoming
  • Wedded Genius

    Chocolate desserts with ketchup; a candy test with instant noodles and fruit; marriage themed test.
    Upcoming
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Renowned pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel hosts this competition series in which four of America's premier pastry chefs compete in challenges, judged by Ben-Israel, that test their ability to use secret ingredients to create, based on a given inspiration, inventive desserts in a finite period of time. The winner of each challenge advances to the final test in which the last chef standing wins $10,000. Among the challenges the contestants face is using duck fat and fusilli to create a frozen treat inspired by diamonds. Chances are you won't see that dessert in your neighborhood ice cream shop anytime soon.

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  • Chef Ron has a host of holiday surprises for the competitors.

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