{"id":152383,"date":"2026-03-04T14:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152383\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:16:34","slug":"brooklyn-pastry-chef-joins-new-baking-show-on-food-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152383\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn pastry chef joins new baking show on Food Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cThe Ultimate Baking Championship\u201d is a new show on Food Network showcasing the necessary skills pastry chefs need.<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Food Network<\/p>\n

Food Network\u2019s new competition show, \u201cThe Ultimate Baking Championship,\u201d is putting elite pastry chefs to the test.\n<\/p>\n

Hosted by Jesse Palmer, the show will bring in sixteen pastry chefs from around the country to compete in a series of challenges that test core techniques that every pastry chef should master, from laminated dough and p\u00e2te \u00e0 choux to sugar and chocolate work. Each week, standing judge Duff Goldman will be joined by a baking legend to determine who will move on and who will get eliminated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By the end of the competition, one pastry chef will go home with a $50,000 grand prize. Guest judges include Bryan Ford, Amaury Guichon, Shinmin Li, Jacques Torres, Sherry Yard, Molly Yeh and Zac Young.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among those competing is Brooklyn\u2019s own Cesar Ryan Sajulan, a local pastry chef known for his creativity. The Philippines-born baker fell in love with desserts when he moved to the states.<\/p>\n

\"Cesar<\/a>Cesar Sajulan, as seen on The Ultimate Baking Championship, Season 1.Photo courtesy of Food Network<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in the Philippines, it\u2019s a tropical country where desserts are straight-up fresh fruits. It just made me realize that I want to use ingredients that [make people say] that\u2019s a great dessert,\u201d said Sajulan. I took my culinary experience from the Philippines through my schooling and then moved here to America and fell in love with desserts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sajulan told amNewYork that he was thrilled to compete on \u201cThe Ultimate Baking Championship,\u201d calling it an honor to be chosen for the competition. This is his first time cooking on television, and the whole experience was surreal for Sajulan.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really didn\u2019t sink in with me at first. When they finally said, \u2018You\u2019re gonna go to the competition, you\u2019re gonna fly to California for this,\u2019 it was unbelievable,\u201d said Sajulan. \u201cIt\u2019s my first time being on TV, it was just shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Sajulan, it was the kitchen itself that was the combination of the actual set as well as the techniques showcased in \u201cThe Ultimate Baking Championship\u201d that made the show so impressive.<\/p>\n

\"Host<\/a>Host Jesse Palmer, Guest Judge Sherry Yard and Judge Duff Goldman sample Salty and Sticky dishes by Steven Weiss and Casey Doody, as seen on The Ultimate Baking Championship, Season 1.Photo courtesy of Food Network<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s one of the most finessed types of baking competitions that I\u2019ve seen or compared to other shows I\u2019ve seen on TV,\u201d said Sanjulan. \u201cThe setting of the kitchen itself, it speaks for everything. So you would expect nicer, finer plating or like types of dessert techniques that we\u2019re looking forward to seeing on the TV and things that are high-end types of desserts or plating or things that compete that you would see on the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sajulan says that viewers can look forward to not only seeing top-notch desserts get made but also learn a little more about the people making the treats as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re gonna be looking forward for all the stories of each chef and then the story behind the dessert that we\u2019re creating and the techniques and the execution that we\u2019ve been doing and showing on the show,\u201d said Sajulan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ultimate Baking Championship\u201d premieres on March 9 at 9 pm ET on Food Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Ultimate Baking Championship\u201d is a new show on Food Network showcasing the necessary skills pastry chefs need.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,63266,6628,9,24,63,63270,1869],"class_list":{"0":"post-152383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-cesar-ryan-sajulan","12":"tag-food-network","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-the-ultimate-baking-championship","17":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}