Shinmin Li

Acting

Shinmin Li

Born

1985-08-09 (41)

Place of birth

United States

Known for

Acting

Credits

6 titles

Shinmin Li is a cake artist and television judge best known for her long run on Food Network's Halloween Wars. She holds a degree in art and studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Sydney, Australia. In 2005, Li founded I Dream of Cake, a custom cake studio in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood known for its fashion-inspired designs. She treated each commission as a piece of edible art, and the studio's gallery-style space won two American Institute of Architects (AIA) awards. In 2010, she appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef: Just Desserts. The following year she joined Halloween Wars as a judge when the series premiered, and she has remained on its judging panel every season since. She was a…

Known for

Halloween Wars poster
6.5

Cake decorators, sugar artists and pumpkin carving experts battle it out as they create Halloween-themed edible displays. The last team to scare off the competition will take home a $50,000 grand prize.

Halloween Wars

2011

The Best Thing I Ever Ate poster
7.3

The Best Thing I Ever Ate is one of two flagship shows of the Food Network which premiered on June 22, 2009. The program originally aired as a one-time special in late 2008. The program consists of chefs picking out their favorite dishes in specific categories. Opening Introduction:

The Best Thing I Ever Ate

2009

Top Chef: Just Desserts poster
5.2

Top Chef: Just Desserts is an American reality competition show, spun off from Top Chef. It premiered on the cable television network Bravo on September 15, 2010. Top Chef: Just Desserts features pastry chefs competing in a series of culinary challenges, focusing on pastries and desserts. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Top Chef and Project Runway, and distributed by Bravo and Tiger Aspect USA. It is hosted by Gail Simmons, with head judge Johnny Iuzzini, head pastry chef at Jean-Georges. Other judges include Hubert Keller, owner of restaurant Fleur de Lys and a Top Chef Masters finalist, and Dannielle Kyrillos, "an entertaining expert and Editor-at-Large of DailyCandy".

Top Chef: Just Desserts

2010

Holiday Wars poster
7.0

Teams compete to create holiday themed displays out of cake and sugar.

Holiday Wars

2019

The Ultimate Baking Championship poster
8.5

Follows 16 pastry chefs tested on their core techniques, from laminated dough and pâte à choux to chocolate work and sugar artistry. Only one pastry chef will be named the Ultimate Baking Champion and win the $50,000 grand prize.

The Ultimate Baking Championship

2026

Best Baker in America poster
7.0

Eight of America's most-talented bakers will go head-to-head at the oven for the chance to claim $25,000 and the title of Best Baker in America after weeks of demanding challenges.

Best Baker in America

2017

Series credits

Halloween Wars poster
6.5

Cake decorators, sugar artists and pumpkin carving experts battle it out as they create Halloween-themed edible displays. The last team to scare off the competition will take home a $50,000 grand prize.

Halloween Wars

2011

The Best Thing I Ever Ate poster
7.3

The Best Thing I Ever Ate is one of two flagship shows of the Food Network which premiered on June 22, 2009. The program originally aired as a one-time special in late 2008. The program consists of chefs picking out their favorite dishes in specific categories. Opening Introduction:

The Best Thing I Ever Ate

2009

Top Chef: Just Desserts poster
5.2

Top Chef: Just Desserts is an American reality competition show, spun off from Top Chef. It premiered on the cable television network Bravo on September 15, 2010. Top Chef: Just Desserts features pastry chefs competing in a series of culinary challenges, focusing on pastries and desserts. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Top Chef and Project Runway, and distributed by Bravo and Tiger Aspect USA. It is hosted by Gail Simmons, with head judge Johnny Iuzzini, head pastry chef at Jean-Georges. Other judges include Hubert Keller, owner of restaurant Fleur de Lys and a Top Chef Masters finalist, and Dannielle Kyrillos, "an entertaining expert and Editor-at-Large of DailyCandy".

Top Chef: Just Desserts

2010

Holiday Wars poster
7.0

Teams compete to create holiday themed displays out of cake and sugar.

Holiday Wars

2019

The Ultimate Baking Championship poster
8.5

Follows 16 pastry chefs tested on their core techniques, from laminated dough and pâte à choux to chocolate work and sugar artistry. Only one pastry chef will be named the Ultimate Baking Champion and win the $50,000 grand prize.

The Ultimate Baking Championship

2026

Best Baker in America poster
7.0

Eight of America's most-talented bakers will go head-to-head at the oven for the chance to claim $25,000 and the title of Best Baker in America after weeks of demanding challenges.

Best Baker in America

2017