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Betsy Martin, the creator and host of the baking competition show Bake Week, receives a phone call from a senior member of her production crew asking her to go outdoors during a violent thunderstorm to make sure that the tent where filming takes place is secure. The show is filmed on the grounds of Betsy’s family home, Grafton Manor, but the crew stays in a town about 40 minutes away. Although she grumbles at having to do the “grunt work,” Betsy agrees, slipping into her father’s raincoat on her way out the door. As she surveys the inside of the tent, Betsy worries about the future of Bake Week and the apparent lack of chemistry among the contestants. Just before leaving the tent, she discovers a cake with a slice missing and surrounded by a red puddle. Betsy realizes the red puddle is blood dripping from above. She looks up and screams.

A press release announces the imminent filming of the 10th season of Bake Week at Grafton Manor in Vermont. Unlike previous seasons, Betsy Martin, host and judge of the competition, will be joined by Archie Morris, a renowned baker and the former host of his own competition show, Cutting Board.