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Dan Langan[edit]

Dan Langan
Born September 26, 1989

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Education Marymount Manhattan College
Culinary career
Website www.bakedbydan.com


Dan Langan is an American baker and TV personality. He first appeared as a finalist on Season 2 of Food Network's Spring Baking championship.[1] He won Food Networks Cake Wars.[2] Langan has since appeared as a judge on various Food Network shows such as Christmas Cookie Challenge,[3] Winner Cake All, Duff's Halloween Cake Off[4] and Chopped Sweets. In 2019 he became part of the newly launched Food Network Kitchen app, appearing in several on-demand cooking classes.[5] In December 2019 Dan made his first appearance on Good Morning America.[6]

Early Life[edit]

Langan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child he started baking with his mother and grandmother. In middle school he began teaching himself to decorate cakes and then in high school Langan worked as a cake decorator at the now closed La Dolce Bakery in Havertown Pennsylvania.[7] He graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in 2012.

Dan Can Bake It[edit]

In 2018 Langan appeared as the host in the first season of his Food Network digital series, Dan Can Bake It.[8] In the show Food Network gives Langan a bakery box filled with a message and visual clues of the baking challenge that he must undertake that week. Season 2 of Dan Can Bake It premiered in January 2019.[9]

  1. ^ "Havertown baker talks spring treats & sugar art ahead of his Food Network debut". www.phillyvoice.com. Retrieved 2020-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Food Network Cake Wars Star Dan Langan". Food Network. Retrieved 2020-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Food Network to premiere new seasons of Holiday Baking Championship and Christmas Cookie Challenge". www.bakemag.com. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  4. ^ [1]Halloween Cake-Off, retrieved 2020-02-22
  5. ^ thrillist (2019-12-17). "Food Network's New Streaming Service Lets You Take Live Cooking Classes With Its Stars". Thrillist. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  6. ^ America, Good Morning. "This cheesecake stuffed snickerdoodle cookie recipe is perfect for the holidays". Good Morning America. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  7. ^ Steele, Allison. "How baker Dan Langan got to the Food Network from his Havertown home kitchen". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Dan Can Bake It, retrieved 2020-02-22
  9. ^ Dan Bakes a MELTING Crayon Cake 🖍️Challenge #11, retrieved 2020-02-22