Jeff Foxworthy to Host CBS' 'The American Baking Competition'

Reality show to premiere May 29

By Lindsay Rubino -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/5/2013 4:06:37 PM

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy has been tapped as the host of CBS' new summer competition series The American Baking Competition.

The series, based on the format of the U.K.'s The Great British Bake Off, will premiere May 29 at 8 p.m. ET. U.K. baker Paul Hollywood, who is a judge on the British series, and Marcela Valladolid will serve as the judges on the show.

The American Baking Competition is executive produced by Richard McKerrow and Jay Bienstock and produced by Love Productions Ltd.