'Light Up the Holidays': Food Network serves up 'Kids Baking' special

Duff Goldman hosts "Kids Baking Championship: Light Up the Holidays"

Over the years, "Kids Baking Championship" has given viewers plenty of reasons to think the future of baking (and eating) looks bright, and this holiday baking season it seems the sweet-natured, fan-favorite competition series is keen to help keep our spirits merry and bright, too.

'Light Up the Holidays': Food Network serves up 'Kids Baking' special

Duff Goldman hosts "Kids Baking Championship: Light Up the Holidays"

Over the years, "Kids Baking Championship" has given viewers plenty of reasons to think the future of baking (and eating) looks bright, and this holiday baking season it seems the sweet-natured, fan-favourite competition series is keen to help keep our spirits merry and bright, too.

Cookie chaos: 'Gingerbread Showdown' features sweetly spiced showpieces

Jesse Palmer hosts "Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdown"

Cookie or architecture? Who says gingerbread can't be both!

This week, the sweetly spiced star of your holiday baking/centerpiece-building plans will get its moment to shine, courtesy of a new Food Network competition series that is a bit of a hybrid itself.

Spicing things up: Teigen matriarch lands on discovery

Vilailuck "Pepper" Teigen from "Getting Spicy With Pepper Teigen"

Families play a big role in shaping a child's food preferences and establishing good eating habits that are carried into adulthood. So it's no surprise that many famous chefs, celebrity or otherwise, often credit their mothers for their culinary success.

Holidays on Hulu: 'Taste the Nation' shifts focus to the season's foods

Padma Lakshmi hosts "Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi: Holiday Edition"

'Magnolia Adventure': Yeh stars in new hour-long special

Molly Yeh and Joanna Gaines in "Molly Yeh's Magnolia Adventure"

Food revolution: A look at a changing industry in 'The Next Thing You Eat'

Chef David Chang from "The Next Thing You Eat"

Engineering a winner: 'Baking Impossible' takes cake to new heights

Shanice and Vanessa from Season 1 of "Baking Impossible"

Engineering a winner: 'Baking Impossible' takes cake to new heights

Shanice and Vanessa from Season 1 of "Baking Impossible"

A sweet new entry: Hulu rolls out new baking competition

Bill Yosses and Tamera Mowry-Housley from "Baker's Dozen"

Shows like "The Great British Bake Off" and Food Network's Baking Championship franchise have proven that one should never underestimate the skills of an amateur baker -- well, except those appearing in "Nailed It!" (but that's the whole point).