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On 6/16/2022 at 11:46 PM, silverspoons said:

When is season 2 coming out? I saw it was renewed? Then I have seen various dates in May and June but they all have passed by and I have not seen the new season?

No word yet on when we'll see it. Since Fox has announced its Fall premiere dates and the show wasn't on that list, I suspect the show will premiere mid-season, in early 2023

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Quilt Fairy

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On 4/5/2023 at 4:31 PM, DanaK said:

Season 2 premieres this Summer, with a 2 hour premiere on Monday May 22

Great news!  This was an unexpectedly delightful show and I can't wait for the new season. 

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There was a full ad for CSK on Animal Control  (Joel McHale's "other" show 😉) last night. I was watching a recording and went to FF the commercials. I saw "CRIME SCENE KITCHEN!" and went "whoa, whoa, back it up!" So definitely official! I didn't know it had been renewed, but I'm looking forward to a new season. 😆 See ya'll on the 22nd!

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If they're just renewing it now, I wonder when it will air.  They say this year, but it's been a summer show, and knowing how Hollywood operates I don't think that's possible. 

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Joel McHale and ‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ Team Promise Season 3 Contestants Aren’t Less Skilled — the Game Has Just Gotten Much Harder
By Jennifer Maas   Oct 3, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/crime-scene-kitchen-season-3-twists-clues-joel-mchale-1236167186/ 

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“Now that people know the show, thank God, they know there’s a lot of tricks now. On top of that, it is much different when you are in the actual crime scene than when you’re sitting at home,” McHale told Variety. “When you’re sitting at home, you’re gonna just ace ‘Jeopardy.’ You just nail that singing question: it’s freaking Lionel Richie! Then you get there, and all of a sudden, lights, cameras, travel, waking up early and you’re on the spot. And the game is definitely harder, just because people know what to expect and we had to make it harder. And I think it really is a testament to the the test bakers who have to be like, ‘All right, we’re doing a crepe cake now. We got to reverse engineer this thing.’ It’s a weird push and pull where you’re like, you can’t make it too hard, because then no one’s going to get it and it’s going to look impossible, and you can’t make it too easy.”
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As Season 3 of “Crime Scene Kitchen” progresses, showrunner Conrad Green teases multiple new ways in which he and the other producers and test bakers have plotted to make the contestants’ lives that much harder.

“We have dabbled in savory. We are still largely a sweet show, but a little bit of savory and mixing it up is always good to add an extra layer of confusion,” Green said. “And we’re always trying to work out different ways to do clues, so [in an upcoming episode] when they searched the kitchen, there was a packet of edible flowers, but there was a couple of lines of flowers missing. And then halfway through the bake, we came along and showed them a photograph of the full packet. But in many cases, they then had to try and remember what the colors were in the package to see which one had been used. We do like that thing of adding extra clues during the course of the bake itself. But it’s kind of tricky to do it in such a way that it allows people to pivot without completely throwing them. You don’t want to do it so late that there’s nothing they can do anyway. The timing of these things is key in how we proceed.”

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5 hours ago, tv echo said:

Joel McHale and ‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ Team Promise Season 3 Contestants Aren’t Less Skilled — the Game Has Just Gotten Much Harder
By Jennifer Maas   Oct 3, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/crime-scene-kitchen-season-3-twists-clues-joel-mchale-1236167186/ 

I hope that they don't get so convoluted with the clues that it's confusing/hard for me, as a viewer, to follow.  So what if multiple bakers get the right bake?  Then it would be down to taste and other factors.  I want the 'crime' to be solvible, not so hard to shift through the evidence that it becomes a cold case.

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Every Scrumptious Thing I Learned From the Set of ‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ Season 3
Tania Hussain   Sep 26, 2024
https://collider.com/crime-scene-kitchen-season-3-set-visit/ 

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While speaking to line producer David Harari (Real Country, Battlebots), we learned that there are more than 20 cameras in the studio. But that breakdown extends to some very intricate filming that finds these cameras offering multidimensional coverage to ensure every aspect of the set and the contestants’ action is captured from both artistic and practical angles to engage viewers. With 12 operated cameras, including a TechnoJib and a Fixed-Arm, Crime Scene Kitchen also utilizes seven remote-operated “robo” cameras alongside another seven mounted cameras and a bunch of GoPros hidden throughout the crime scene and the contestants’ kitchens. Making sure no critical action is missed, the control room ahead of the stage looks and feels a lot like you’re in the CIA — not even kidding. As a dark room with multiple TV screens with four-panel outputs spread across a plethora of workstations, it’s like Big Brother watching over everything and we mean everything! Capturing the most candid reactions, the longest of yawns and numerous bloopers, the Crime Scene Kitchen producers are watching every single detail unfold in real time and editing as they go.

While we are in attendance, one thing Collider doesn’t get a chance to see is the “crime scene kitchen” in all its “crime” glory with flour trails and crumbs — a feat that Harari reveals takes 30 minutes to meticulously construct. Instead, the kitchen we are presented with is a very tidy one that has not a speck of culinary offense attached. But there’s a good reason for that. As Harari tells us, it takes two days to finish one whole episode (“one bake per day, two days per episode”). It makes sense, since the bakes take so long and having to do everything in one day would be nearly impossible. But through the magic of television, we can’t tell because it is really that seamless. When it comes to the “hero cakes” that come out of the beloved Confectionator 3000, it’s exciting to hear those are baked on-site by members of the Crime Scene Kitchen culinary team in a “privately located kitchen on the same floor” of the studio.
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Stone interjects, saying even with the contestants getting two minutes to inspect the crime scene, it’s not the same experience viewers have. “When you’re watching it at home, we give you a close-up of all the clues that we laid out. But when you’ve only got those two minutes, and you’ve got to find the clues? You’re walking into a kitchen, and you’re opening drawers and looking in dishwashers, and you forget how hard that panic thing is,” he says. “You get that real adrenaline-pumping panic mode happening, and you’ve got to try and stay calm. That’s quite different when you’re here.”

When it comes to the clues, Gampp adds it’s “crucial” to pay attention because missing one thing can harm what they decide to bake. “That could be the end of you if it’s a really important specific clue,” she says, adding how contestants should always look to the nonedible clues. “I don’t know if you agree [Curtis], but sometimes there’s a receipt or a note — something of that nature usually contains important information.”
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As McHale’s lighthearted hosting adds a fun and zesty energy to the series, he wants everyone to know the one thing he’s been contributing all season is his appetite. “I want [everyone] to know how much f—ing food I eat,” he says. “Everyone goes, ‘You don’t eat any of it!’ I eat all of it! I eat everything! I was like, ‘If I’m on camera and there’s food in front of me, it’s weapons-free, I am eating.’ But everyone's like, ‘You don't eat any!’ so I wish they had a sidetrack of how much I eat.”

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‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ Adds Cronut Creator Dominique Ansel, ‘Animal Control’ Star Ravi Patel as Guest Judges (EXCLUSIVE)
By Jennifer Maas   Oct 11, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/crime-scene-kitchen-guest-judges-dominique-ansel-ravi-patel-1236175618/ 

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Fox’s Joel McHale-hosted baking competition “Crime Scene Kitchen” has revealed James Beard Award-winning pastry chef and Cronut creator Dominique Ansel and “Animal Control” star Ravi Patel are set as guest judges for upcoming episodes of Season 3.
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Patel (“Meet the Patels”) who co-stars alongside McHale on Fox’s sitcom “Animal Control” will appear on Episode 6 of “Crime Scene Kitchen” Season 3, which airs Oct. 24, to taste and evaluate the bakes with McHale and judges chef Curtis Stone and cake artist Yolanda Gampp. Two weeks later, pro Ansel will join for Episode 8 on Nov. 14 to set the Safety Bake and lend his expert opinion on the results.

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How’d SVU’s Carisi Stay Spotless? Who Spied Open Fly on SNL? Was Found Oddly Careless? Fire Country’s Best Padalecki Nod? And More TV Qs!
By Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Ryan Schwartz, Dave Nemetz, Nick Caruso, Charlie Mason, Andy Swift, Kimberly Roots   November 22, 2024 9
https://tvline.com/features/jared-padalecki-fire-country-supernatural-walker-references-1235380515/

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21 | Who else learned something about Latter-day Saints when Crime Scene Kitchen‘s Katelyn and Ronan shared that they “choose not to partake in coffee” — and thus were wholly unfamiliar with it — due to their religion?

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Crime Scene Kitchen Renewed For Season 4 at Fox
Shubhabrata Dutta   November 23, 2024
https://thecinemaholic.com/crime-scene-kitchen-season-4/ 

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Exciting news for bakers across the country! The Cinemaholic has learned that Fox has renewed the reality show ‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ for its fourth season. Joel McHale is expected to return as the host, along with celebrity chefs and judges Curtis Stone and cake artist Yolanda Gampp. Casting is currently underway for the upcoming installment, with the production team looking for talented, dynamic duos to showcase their detective skills and creativity to decode and replicate mystery desserts.

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The LDS (Mormon) church founded the city where I live in Arizona.  We all know they don't drink coffee.  I'm just surprised that they could look at a clean French press and an unopened bag of coffee and think they needed to include coffee in their bake.  

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4 hours ago, tv echo said:

How’d SVU’s Carisi Stay Spotless? Who Spied Open Fly on SNL? Was Found Oddly Careless? Fire Country’s Best Padalecki Nod? And More TV Qs!
By Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Ryan Schwartz, Dave Nemetz, Nick Caruso, Charlie Mason, Andy Swift, Kimberly Roots   November 22, 2024 9
https://tvline.com/features/jared-padalecki-fire-country-supernatural-walker-references-1235380515/

I'm surprised some people don't know that. I thought it was very well known about Mormons.

I don't recall if Katelyn and Ronan said previously that they were LDS

 

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Quilt Fairy

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On 11/23/2024 at 12:02 PM, DanaK said:

I don't recall if Katelyn and Ronan said previously that they were LDS

They definitely didn't.  But 2 white people from Utah, the odds are over-whelming that they are. 

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‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ Season 3 Winners on the Chocolate Mistake That Almost Cost Them the $100,000 Grand Prize
By Jennifer Maas    Dec 5, 2024
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/crime-scene-kitchen-winners-season-3-finale-jessica-lenore-1236235355/

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“Oh, man, we got inside our heads so bad,” Johnson told Variety. “They exclusively told us, not only will you be judged on how close it is, but it will also be on your overall execution. And we’re like, oh, execution has never mattered before. So like, let’s make sure that we’re executing everything perfectly all the time. And Jessica and I made a decision based on our own palettes. We were like, nobody in their right minds would put a white chocolate ganache in a tart. And yeah, they would. We decided to go in another direction and it was the wrong one.”
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“In the second bake, we stuck to our own guns so hard and we only did what we saw, even though it was contrary to what we tasted and what we believe to be true,” Johnson said. “We’re like, it doesn’t matter.”


Crime Scene Kitchen Season 3 winners, Jessica and Lenore followed these rules, interview
By Cristine Struble  Dec 6, 2024
https://foodsided.com/crime-scene-kitchen-season-3-winners-jessica-and-lenore-interview

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During a conversation prior to the finale airing, the pair mentioned that their success came down to devising a plan, staying friends, and not crying in the kitchen. Although Jessica’s success with her cartoon cake had her breaking the crying rule, the pair worked well together. Blending their strengths was key to their longevity in the competition.

When asked if they thought the friends or families had an advantage, Lenore shared, “I always though that the friend group would have an advantage over the family group. I know what it is life to bake with my mom. It is hectic at the very least. Those little moments of friction can make a difference in the competition.”
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The highlight of their season was clearly the cartoon cake. It was almost a picture perfect duplicate of the signature dessert. When asked about this challenge, Jessica shared, “I wanted to bring something really strong. I idolized Yolanda since day one of my baking journey. I used to watch her on YouTube when she first started doing her videos. I really wanted to impress her. It was just such an amazing boost for my ego, for my energy, and for showing the judges, and the world, that I’m good and I can do it.”

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“It Looked Like a Butt... and It Led Us Straight to the Vertical Swiss Roll”: ‘Crime Scene Kitchen’ Season 3 Winners on Their Iconic Cake
Michael Block   Published 2 days ago
https://collider.com/crime-scene-kitchen-season-3-winners/ 

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I like to describe Crime Scene Kitchen as an escape room with a culinary twist. What was it like engaging in this game and using your mental and kitchen skills all at once?

LENORE: Well, I love solving puzzles so that part of it was so much fun for me, and then getting to solve puzzles with my friend Jess, who also loves solving puzzles, was pretty fab.

JESSICA: I love crime in general. Not committing crime, but listening to crime podcasts, detective shows, and all that kind of thing. So having that component and cake, which are two of my biggest passions, and just slamming them into one, I can't think of a more perfect show for us to be involved in.
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What makes you the perfect pair?

LENORE: Everywhere that I lack, Jess makes up.

JESS: Lenore is so strong with classical desserts and techniques and really the science and math behind every baked item. Anytime math was involved with the recipes, and we had to double it or triple it, or anything, I was like, 'Lenore do this. I cannot math right now.' When it came to really intense decor, that's where my strengths and my education come into play. Having those two types of skills where I just knew that I could trust and knew that Lenore had her end of the deal, so I could just focus on mine. I didn't feel like I had to babysit her or check in on her because I knew I had so much confidence in her strength and ability that I could just do my part and we put it all together.
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Let's talk strategy. What was the strategy going into the crime scenes? Did it get easier as the season went on?

LENORE: No, it did not get easier. I think we got more experience being in the kitchen and maybe thinking in the way that the person who was making something in the crime scene would potentially think. But we watched both prior seasons alone, separately, and then together. The second time we watched it together, we were making notes seriously, and we stole a page out of Steph and Cherry's attack plan, which was to divide the kitchen. So I had the left side of the kitchen: apron, oven, curb, mixer, stovetop, etc. Jess had the right side of the kitchen: bulletin board, answering machine, compost, dishwasher. I think it also had garbage. And then we would meet in the island. If we had any questions about anything, we would put on the island. That's where we were going to end every time. That was our strategy. Other than that, it was to remember everything that you see, shut up about it, [and] write it down as soon as you get access to a pen and paper.
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Can we talk about the butt print? Do we still think it looks like a butt print?

LENORE: Yes! Did you see the close-up? It. Looked. Like. A. Butt.

JESSICA: But the thing is, whether nobody else saw, but we saw but, and it led us to the vertical Swiss roll cake. So for that, it's a butt. People are going off online. "Butt what do you mean?" You didn't see it? We were there! Especially when it had glass dome. You really couldn't get super close to it. And they did that on purpose. So all we could see were these lines, and we both look at it at the same time. We're like, it's a butt.
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Here's the big money question: what are you going to do with the grand prize?

JESSICA: So for me, my husband and I have been living in an older house for a very long time, and we have not had the funds to renovate. We're finally going to make our house a home and use some of that money to renovate. As well, I want to use a lot of money to help my husband with his dreams and aspirations of running his own business, which he's had to put on hold because of my business and my dreams. Which he's really been focusing on me. It's nice to have this money, so we can do that.

LENORE: For me, it is a small step forward in securing some property. Prices are coming down. Probably not enough, but they're coming down. So yeah, property either here in Canada or somewhere else, but that's the goal.

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