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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 17 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.

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

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34 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Dark Genius
    Hard Boiled Genius
    Hidden Genius
    Candied Genius
    Glistening Genius
    Global Genius
    Disco Genius
    Fiery Genius
    Golden Genius
    Dancing Genius
  • Dark Genius

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

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

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

    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.
    Upcoming
  • Glistening Genius

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

    Conch shell inspiration; seaweed as a mandatory ingredient.
    Upcoming
Sweet Genius

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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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