{"id":508370,"date":"2026-01-11T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508370\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:14:11","slug":"dallas-twins-shine-on-food-network-competition-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508370\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas twins shine on Food Network competition show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas has two new ambassadors for young baking talent making delicious cakes and pastries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Identical twins and 8th graders Norah and Olivia Tatum are participating in Baking Championship: Next Gen<\/a>, a Food Network television show that premiered on Monday, Jan. 5. <\/p>\n

\u201cBeing on TV is like a dream come true,\u201d Olivia told The Dallas Morning News. \u201cWe always watch baking shows and think it would be fun to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show brings together promising young bakers from across the country to compete, with a healthy dose of pressure. There are 12 teams of young siblings, aged 8 to 14, competing for a $25,000 prize. Judges include Duff Goldman, owner of Charm City Cakes and famous from the show Ace of Cakes, and Kardea Brown, who appeared on the show Delicious Miss Brown.<\/p>\n

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The 13-year-old sisters\u2019 teachers at Dallas\u2019 Sudie L. Williams TAG Academy and their friends are tuning into the program to show their support as Norah and Olivia put D-FW on the youth foodie map.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe never expected something like this to happen to them, to be on TV,\u201d said Darek Tatum, the twins\u2019 father and a web developer. \u201cIt has been very exciting, and I\u2019m very proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Baking<\/p>\n

Baking Championship: Next Gen, brings together 12 teams of young siblings, aged 8 to 14, competing for a $25,000 prize.<\/p>\n

Rob Pryce \/ Courtesy of Food Network<\/p>\n

In the show\u2019s first episode, the Tatum sisters made spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and toasted pecans. Contestants were expected to demonstrate technique, creativity and poise.<\/p>\n

The twins learned to bake from their mother, Stacie Tatum, a photographer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore I had children, one of my big dreams was to bake cookies with them,\u201d Stacie said. \u201cSo we started when they were about 3 years old, maybe younger. We\u2019ve been making cookies and things like that forever, and it just evolved from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norah said her enjoyment of baking serves as a creative outlet that \u201ccalms me down and makes me happy.\u201d <\/p>\n

Both girls, who live in the Lochwood neighborhood of Dallas, love macarons. Their dream is to have a Tudor-style house in the woods with a secret library. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to be from Dallas,\u201d Norah said, \u201cand to represent Dallas on a TV show.\u201d <\/p>\n

Olivia said: \u201cThere\u2019s a little bit of pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Win or lose, the Tatum twins remind us that big dreams, like the best recipes, often start at home.<\/p>\n

You can watch Baking Championship: Next Gen on Food Network every Monday at 7 p.m. Central<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas has two new ambassadors for young baking talent making delicious cakes and pastries. Identical twins and 8th…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":508371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,59778,1596,990,2105,358,173,102941,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-508370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-contests","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-food","12":"tag-food-and-drink","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-tv-personalities","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115876178452138768","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}