Easter Basket Challenge
The bunny’s head was crumbling, literally splitting apart. Gene Shepherd appeared unfazed, calm, collected. But in reality…
“I was in complete and utter panic,” recalls the baker of the moment during his first major challenge on Food Network’s new reality competition series,
Easter Basket Challenge. “I stood there for at least 20 minutes, chin on hand, thinking ‘What the hell am I going to do? ”
The show, which premiered Monday, March 1, at 10 p.m., and runs four more weeks on the cable network, is the latest in its elaborate, over-the-top bake-offs, a mainstay of the Food Network’s Prime Time lineup. It’s hosted by the buoyant Sunny Anderson and features, as judges, celebrated chefs Jordan Andino and Claudia Sandoval.