FOOD NETWORK:

SECRET LIFE OF… HALLOWEEN
Premieres: Saturday, October 21st at 10PM
Halloween is the one time when candy is appetizer, entrée and desert. Host Jim O’Connor discovers the trick behind making Halloween’s most famous treat those tasty, three-colored kernels of candy corn. The show also delves into more grown-up fare, including the medieval cake that was the very first Halloween treat and the tempting delights of Mexico’s feast for the Day of the Dead and offers tips for a fun but healthy holiday meal.

EMERIL LIVE: EMERIL’S HALLOWEEN CONTEST
Premieres: Sunday, October 22nd at 8PM
They're creepy and they're kooky....that's the only way to describe Emeril's Halloween Contest winners. Chef Emeril Lagasse welcomes the winners to the show and prepares their recipes.

CANDY CONVENTION
Premieres: Saturday, October 28th at 9PM
In this one-hour special, Food Network gives viewers an all-access pass into a world typically reserved only for candy professionals. Food Network goes behind-the-scenes as candy makers from around the world turn Chicago’s convention center into the sweetest eight acres in America. It looks like Candy Land, but in reality, this is serious business. Host George Duran (Ham on the Street) explores the latest and greatest in candy from chocolate to gummy bears, chili powder lollipops to extreme sour gum drops and gives viewers a glimpse of the sweet new treats in store for this year.

SWEETS AND TREATS WEEKEND COOKING BLOCKS
Airs: October 21st and October 22nd from 7AM-2PM
The top chefs of Food Network will share all their tips, tricks and treats from the perfect Halloween spread to a simple sampling of sweets with this two-day block of special programming. Featuring premiere episodes from Essence of Emeril, Tyler's Ultimate, Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller, Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee, 30 Minute Meals, Everyday Italian, Party Line with the Hearty Boys, Boy Meets Grill and Nigella Feasts.

EMERIL LIVE: SWEETS & TREATS WEEK
Airs: October 22nd-October 29th at 8PM
Emeril is serving up a week of sweets including an all new Halloween recipe contest hour.

SWEETS & TREATS WEEKEND MARATHON
Airs: October 28th and 29th from 2PM-4AM
Food Network celebrates the sweetest holiday of the year with an all weekend salute to sugary treats, including the premiere of the Candy Convention special at 9PM on October 28th. Also includes new episodes of Iron Chef America and Food Network Challenge.

FOOD NETWORK CHALLENGE: CANDY CASTLES
Premieres: October 29th at 9 PM
Chocolate bridges over sugar moats...Ice cream cone towers rising from cake-filled castles...And that¹s just a taste of what you¹ll see when four confectionary architects joust for the Challenge crown and $10,000! But sugar and chocolate aren’t stable like steel and stone, so as walls crumble and sugar shatters, the clock becomes the enemy as the competitors race to bring their fairy-tale fortresses to life.

IRON CHEF AMERICA: HONEY BATTLE
Premieres: October 29th at 10 PM
Pastry Chef and Citizen Cake owner, Elizabeth Faulkner comes to Kitchen Stadium to face-off against Iron Chef Cat Cora in one deliciously sweet battle. See if Cat Cora can hold her own against this renowned pastry chef.

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