# Try Guys Cooking Competition ‘Without a Recipe’ Returns for Season 9 With ‘Is It Cake?’ Star JonnyCakes (EXCLUSIVE)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/try-guys-cooking-competition-without-a-recipe-returns-for-season-9-with-is-it-cake-star-jonnycakes-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-11-03T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T01:13:09+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/try-guys-without-a-recipe-season-9-jonnycakes-1236938483/
- Topics: Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Food, Geopolitics, Politics, Trending, TV, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- *Without a Recipe* returns for a ninth season.
- JonnyCakes will host the six-episode tournament.
- It premieres on 2nd Try on 7 November, then YouTube on 14 November.

## Summary

The Try Guys’ cooking competition series *Without a Recipe* is returning for a ninth season, continuing the group’s mix of entertainment and deliberately unpredictable cooking challenges. The six-episode season will use an elimination tournament format and premiere on the group’s paid streamer, 2nd Try, before arriving on YouTube a week later.

JonnyCakes, known for hyper-realistic cakes and appearances on *Is It Cake?*, will host after previously judging the series. Try Guys Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld will compete alongside six other contestants, with a judging panel featuring *Top Chef* winner Rhoda Magbitang, chef Elizabeth Falkner and several other culinary and entertainment figures. The season begins on 2nd Try on 7 November and moves to YouTube on 14 November.

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