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Best know for his reality TV show Cake Boss, celebrity chef Buddy Valastro is now host of new culinary competition series Bakers vs. Fakers, premiering Wednesday, January 25th at 10pm ET/PT on Food Network.

In a twist on the network’s already hot series Cooks vs. Cons, over two rounds of culinary challenges, a mix of home bakers and professional chefs battle it out each episode for ultimate bragging rights and a cash prize.

Watch as these bakers and fakers must come up with delectable desserts that need to impress a rotating panel of guest judges, including Damiano Carrara, Nancy Fuller, Paulette Goto, Alex Guarnaschelli, Daphne Oz, Damaris Phillips, Lorraine Pascale, Natalie Sideserf, and Zac Young.

With no higher standards for the professionals and no sympathy for the amateurs, a blind taste test will determine the best dessert.

Only after the winner is selected will the true identities be revealed. If a professional is victorious, they take home $10,000, but if an amateur can beat the odds and take down the pros, they walk away with $15,000. NICE.

 “As we have seen with the success of Cooks vs. Cons, not knowing who is the professional and who is the amateur makes the suspense that much greater for viewers at home, as they try to figure out, along with the host and judges, which competitors are bakers and which are fakers,” said Didi O’Hearn, Senior Vice President Programming, Food Network & Cooking Channel.
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R-L: British baking kingpin, Paul Hollywood, Damaris Phillips and Buddy Valastro