So are we the only ones loving the new Food Network show “Challenge: Last Cake Standing”?? It’s great! The show is almost identical to the traditional FoodTV Challenge format, except that it melds it with the reality show format–complete with the ability to vote one another off–as in last week’s episode. The series started out with Elisa Strauss, Bronwen Weber, Mary Maher, Courtney something (can’t remember her last name–that’s terrible especially since 1. I should know it and 2. I could easily google it), James Roselle, and Michelle Bommarito–all great cake artists…and Food Network Challenge veterans. Jealous? Of course not! Oh…and by the way, definitely spoiler alert if you haven’t already seen the latest episode but intend to.

Wow…I was definitely yelling at the TV…”Mary no! Bad idea to get out of the limo so early!”. The cake artists were put in a limo to find out what the bride and groom wanted as their wedding cake–for THAT evening–and the cake artists decided when they felt they had enough info. The way I saw it, staying in the limo an extra ten minutes or whatever is not gonna just kill your schedule, so at least find out what the client wants before you leave! And at the end, I guess I was right because Elissa Strauss, who jumped out of the limo second, ended up being eliminated (albeit partially for not meeting the height-requirement–don’t get me started about the height-requirement–sheesh).

I’ve gotta say…I was definitely bummed to see Elisa go… she does some incredible work and comes off incredibly sweet. But then again…Bronwen is great too! So how do you choose? Well…I guess basically the way to choose is: if you don’t perform well today, you can easily be gone by the end of it.

Great show…can’t wait for next week’s…