Alyx Abreu's first foray into competitive TV baking has landed her in the middle of a sugary, showy red and green wonderland.

After two weeks of eliminations, Abreu and now nine other "Holiday Baking Championship" contestants from around the country still have hopes of reaching the finale and pocketing the $25,000 grand prize.

Food Network transformed its competition kitchen into the aforementioned wonderland, a winter village, for the series' 10th season. Abreu and the other bakers saw their workspaces and soaked in their merry surroundings in the show's premiere on Nov. 3.

"You go into that space knowing that there's gonna be a kitchen there, and it's gonna be sort of holiday-themed, but genuinely, walking into it and seeing a winter village was so astounding," Abreu, a New Jersey nat

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