Maricsa Trejo will compete in Season eight of Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship. She will compete in opposition to 11 different bakers in a spooky subject matter for the crown and a coins reward of $25,000.

The eight-episode collection may be set in a haunted inn and will release on September 12, 2022, at 9 p.M. ET. Maricsa Trejo, the owner of La Casita Bakeshop (Richardson Bakery), is well-known inside the North Texas pastry industry. Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall, and Zac Young, the judges, will determine her abilities. She will also get a tour of America’s ten most haunted inns if she wins the opposition.

According to the show’s official synopsis:

“On this season of HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP, host John Henson is the caretaker of a haunted inn and could welcome the competition for an eight-week live, unless their baked items fail to electrify the judges, wherein case they will have to “take a look at out” and take the elevator to the mysterious 13th ground from which guests by no means go back.”

Maricsa Trejo become excited to participate within the event. Maricsa said to The Dallas Morning News that she had episodes of nervousness while thinking about doing nicely within the tournament. She was presented a James Beard Award semifinalist for Outstanding Baker in advance this 12 months. This elevated her anxiety seeing that she needed to defend her role. The Halloween Baking Championship contender said of coping with anxiousness and the strain to do nicely:

“I became a little worried but extra delighted to be part of some thing like this.” I have intense anxiety, and being able to undergo that degree of pressure became a venture for me.”

The recent honor she acquired added to the pressure, as Maricsa admitted:

“I turned into involved following my James Beard nomination that I wouldn’t be taken severely if I misplaced or didn’t do the show at all, but I’m happy I did it and turned into capable of make myself proud.”

Maricsa and her husband, Alex Henderson, very own Richardson Bakery, which currently expanded right into a 6000-rectangular-foot space. Her Instagram bio describes her as “a pastry cook by means of profession, artwork maker with the aid of night time, e-book reader by day, smile maker by using night, singer by morning, and adventurer through nature.” She presently has over 600 followers. Maricsa is a self-taught bakery entrepreneur from Texas who “lives and breathes Halloween,” in line with her display’s profile.

The candidate has been open approximately her enthusiasm for Halloween and is well-known for the seasonal pastries she creates for La Casita every yr, which include a Frankenstein scone, a bloody hand pie, and a werewolf claw, making her a “natural suit” for the opposition.

Although she couldn’t say how she fared in the Halloween Baking Championship, she advised The Dallas Morning News that she changed into extremely joyful for fans to observe her and the alternative solid individuals on their experience.

Justin Dominguez, Marcus Brackett, Jill Davis, AJ DeDiego, Kristi Descher, Lola Forbes, Margarita Garcia, Alexey Ivanov, Zac Mercer, Blayre Wright, and Lauren Rogers are a number of the other contributors competing within the Halloween Bakery Championship.

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