The pair of female chefs will bring their wealth of knowledge to the competition show, which features varying challenges from expert judges — all with a Halloween twist. Past challenges include creepy crawly-covered individual desserts, towering confections of terror and monstrous multi-tiered cakes.
Adesuwa Elaiho owns and operates Asukar, a local pastry company specializing in wedding cakes and pastries. Up until this summer, she operated a Hill Country cafe that served up Elaiho’s confections as well as lunch items. Elaine closed that brick and mortar location recently to focus on relocating her sweet shop to a new spot.
“I’ve loved serving San Antonians and creating confections for their most special moments for years,” Elaiho said in a release. “This is just an entirely new honor to represent my city in such a special way, and for such a fun series.”
Newcomer Mandi Del Toro has been baking professionally for just over a year, transitioning to the culinary world from a special effects makeup artistry career. She specializes in horror-themed cookies, cake pops and yeasted items such as cinnamon rolls that bear an uncanny likeness to human intestines. Yum. Del Toro offers her goods at pop-up events in and around San Antonio under the moniker Kreepy-N-Sweet.
The ninth season of Halloween Baking Championship will premiere on Food Network on Monday, Sept. 11. The show kicks off at 8 p.m. CST.
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