Burnaby bakery owner wins Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship
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Halloween is a big deal at Punk Rock Pastries in Burnaby.
Halloween is a big deal at Punk Rock Pastries in Burnaby.
Owner Hollie Fraser loves all things horror and gore. “We make brain cupcakes, we make anatomical hearts, severed fingers, we have limbs everywhere. And a lot of blood, it’s super fun!”
This Halloween, the team at Punk Rock can finally celebrate something that Fraser has had to keep quiet for six months.
“I have been holding the biggest secret, and it’s been so hard not to say that I have been crowned the winner of the Halloween Baking Championship on the Food Network,” said Fraser, adding, “It’s mind-blowing and amazing.”
Fraser, who lives in Port Moody, was the sole Canadian on the ninth season of the Food Network show, where 13 competitors battle it out to make the tastiest —and goriest — Halloween treats.
“I do Halloween all day, every day. It’s what I do,” said Fraser. “For me to already have that edge and go into the competition, I kind of had a leg up on everyone else. And I went into the first episode and showed them what I could do, and kind of just wowed the judges.”
Fraser set the series record for most competition wins, and was crowned the winner in the finale that was recorded in Los Angeles back in April. Once that episode aired on October 30, the news was out.
