The trailer shows ‘Mean Girls’ alum Jonathan Bennett returning to his role as host alongside judges Shinmin Li and Andrew Fuller
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- Halloween Wars returns Sept. 13 with all-star pumpkin carvers, cake artists, and sugar masters competing for redemption
- Host Jonathan Bennett teases new challenges, including the first-ever Halloween Wars carve-off, in the two-hour premiere
- Food Network also renewed Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking for season 3, celebrating 25 years of the first Harry Potter film
Halloween Wars is about to launch its “Back from the Dead” season.
PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the trailer for the latest installment of the Food Network competition series, which premieres on Sunday, Sept. 13, at 9 p.m.
The special two-hour opener will feature “returning all-star pumpkin carvers, cake artists and sugar masters hoping to defend their titles while others will be on the hunt for redemption.”
“The premiere launches with two rounds of nail-biting competition, beginning with terrifying head-to-head battles that could put even the strongest teams of former champions in jeopardy,” reads a description from the network. “As the pressure rises, emotions boil over and the losing teams will face a brutal ‘Do or Die’ round two showdown where one team will be eliminated.”
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The trailer shows Mean Girls alum Jonathan Bennett, 45, returning to his role as host alongside judges Shinmin Li and Andrew Fuller.
“They survived Halloween Wars before, and now they’re back,” Bennett declares in the promo, as the eight teams vying for a $30,000 prize make their entrances.
He then teases new challenges, such as the “first-ever Halloween Wars carve off.”
Food Network also recently revealed that Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking has been renewed for season 3.
The show is slated for its annual holiday programming lineup later this year.
The upcoming episodes will feature “cakes of epic scale and artistry presented in even more famed locations that Harry Potter fans know and love,” according to a release shared with PEOPLE.
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Hosts James and Oliver Phelps, known for playing Fred and George Weasley, will return with “their signature charm and behind-the-scenes anecdotes.”
The network added that each episode will pay tribute to one of the Harry Potter movies, a quarter-century after the release of 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
“This year is especially exciting as fans celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first film,” Food Network president Betsy Ayala said in a statement.
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