Sugar (Canadian TV series)

This article is about the Canadian cooking show. For the US web series, see Sugar (2018 TV series). For other uses, see Sugar (disambiguation).

Sugar is a TV cooking show shown on Food Network Canada hosted by Canadian pastry chef Anna Olson. The official show description reads "Anna Olson satisfies sweet cravings with great dessert recipes and guides viewers from making to plating with presentation ideas to dress up any dessert."^[1]

Sugar
Logo of TV Show Sugar, as seen on the book cover of the same name. (The book contains recipes from the show.)
Genre	Cooking show
Directed by	Michael Hooey
Presented by	Anna Olson
Theme music composer	Jack Lenz
Opening theme	Sugar theme
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	151
Production
Producer	Carol Wilkinson
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	24 minutes
Original release
Network	Food Network Canada
Release	October 1, 2002 (2002-10-01) – 2007 (2007)
Related
Fresh with Anna Olson Bake with Anna Olson

Premiered in October 2002, Sugar is a half-hour show which specializes in desserts. Each episode has a theme ingredient. Host Anna Olson makes one simple dessert with the theme ingredient in the first part of the show. During the second and third part, she creates a more elaborate or decadent dessert with the same ingredient. During the last few minutes of the program called the "Switch-Up", Anna re-invents the first dessert with a few tricks and turns it into something more special.

Sugar aired for five seasons on Food Network Canada and its 151 episodes has been syndicated in 40 countries.^[2]

Episode list

The following is a complete list of episodes from Sugar.

Season 1

Almonds Apricots Bananas Blueberries Brown Sugar Buttermilk Caramel Cherries Cinnamon Classic Chocolate Coffee Country Apple Cream Cheese Dark Chocolate Dried Fruits Ginger Herbs Honey Lemon Lemon II

Maple Syrup Mascarpone Milk Chocolate Orange Peaches Pears Pecans Pistachios Pumpkin Raspberries Spices Spirits Strawberries Tea Urban Apple Vanilla Walnuts White Chocolate Wine

Season 2

Bananas Blackberries Blood Oranges Brandy Butterscotch Cardamom Cashews Cheddar Cheese Chocolate Cocoa Coconut Cranberries Currants Dates Espresso Grapefruit Green Apples Green Tea Hazelnuts Lime

Macadamia Nuts Mango Marzipan Mint Nectarines Nutmeg Oats Peanut Butter Pineapple Plums Port Raisins Rhubarb Ricotta Sesame Seeds Sour Cream Vanilla Bean Whipped Cream Yogurt

Season 3

Applesauce Bumbleberry Butter Chocolate Chips Citrus Cloves Coconut Milk Condensed Milk Cornmeal Creme Fraiche Extracts Figs Icing Sugar

Irish Cream Jam Marshmallow Meringue Mocha Molasses Nut Butters Poppyseeds Praline Soft Cheeses Summer Fruits Toffee Tropical Fruit

Season 4

Candied Fruit Candy Cappuccino Caramelized Sugar Cereals Champagne Chocolate Mint Chocolate Nut Citrus Zest Classic Apple Cookies Country Spices Double Chocolate

Essences Exotic Spices Fresh Berries Golden Raisins Graham Juices Liquid Sugar Mincemeat Orange Liqueur Pine Nuts Preserves Tangerine Tart Lemon

Season 5

Chocolate and Berries Classic Almonds Classic Cinnamon Classic Strawberry Classic Walnuts Clover Honey Cocoa Powder Creamy Peanut Butter Decadent Dark Chocolate Dried Berries Exotic Fruits Field Berries Fresh Ginger

Fresh Peaches Fruit Liqueur Ground Nuts Ice Cream Luscious Lemon Mostly Maple Orchard Fruits Peppermint Perfect Pears Rich White Chocolate Rustic Rhubarb Silky Milk Chocolate Toasted Coconut

Media releases

DVDs

Echo Bridge Entertainment, who acquired Alliance Atlantis International Distribution has started to release Sugar on DVD.

Season	Release Date	Number of Episodes	Number of Discs	Running time	Format	Reference
Season 1, Volume 1	September 24, 2009	20	2	460 minutes	NTSC Region 1	[3]

Books

Two books have been derived based on recipes from the shows, published by Whitecap Books.

• Sugar (Whitecap Books, April 2004, ISBN 1-55285-509-0)^[4]
• Another Cup of Sugar (Whitecap Books, October 2006, ISBN 1-55285-809-X)^[5]