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Texas Monthly – A Texas Seventh Grader Was Crowned the Winner of Food Network’s ‘Kids Baking Championship’

Texas Monthly – A Texas Seventh Grader Was Crowned the Winner of Food Network’s ‘Kids Baking Championship’

Posted on March 5, 2024

WHO: Lila Smethurst, a seventh grader at Tex Hill Middle School, in San Antonio.WHAT: Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship, a baking-competition TV show in which young bakers, aged eight to thirteen this season, vie to win $25,000 and a feature in Food Network Magazine.WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Smethurst took home the top prize in the elimination-style reality show that challenges young kitchen whizzes to create everything from cupcakes to pastries, all while testing their skills, creativity, and ability to work under pressure.During the season finale of Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship, competitors were tasked with making science fair–style volcano cakes that had to produce smoke. Texan Lila Smethurst created a polar-themed volcano cake that won the judges over.Even though she’s young, the Tex Hill Middle…

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