REHOBOTH BEACH — Delaware pastry chef Dru Tevis will duke it out with his peers on Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship,” premiering Monday at 8 p.m.

Mr. Tevis oversees the dessert program for SoDel Concepts, and Thompson Island Brewing Company, one of two brewpubs in the company’s portfolio, will host a live watch party on Monday. Guests can taste the very dessert that he creates for the competition.

“It was the most challenging yet thrilling experience in my life, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” said Mr. Tevis, a graduate of the French Culinary Institute of New York, now the International Culinary Center.

“I competed with some of the most talented bakers and pastry chefs in the county, and we developed genuine friendships — we learned from each other.”

Not everyone would pit themselves against the best on national TV. But Mr. Tevis wanted to see how well he could perform under pressure when the stakes were high. “This was about facing my fears,” he explained.

]On the show, he also faces celebrity judges with impressive pedigrees.

The panel includes Duff Goldman, who owns Charm City Cakes in Baltimore and Los Angeles; Nancy Fuller; owner of Ginsberg’s Foods, a multimillion-dollar business; and Carla Hall, a “Top Chef” alum. Jesse Palmer is the host.

Each episode has two cooking rounds, and the topics cover the feast-centric holidays in November and December.

“I was so proud to represent SoDel Concepts and the state of Delaware,” Mr. Tevis said.

Just don’t ask him who won. You’ll have to tune in to find out.

Based in Rehoboth Beach, SoDel Concepts is a multifaceted, award-winning hospitality group with 18 business operations: 17 coastal restaurants, three sports concessions and a wedding-and-events venue. Restaurants include Fish On, Surf Bagel and Matt’s Fish Camp in Lewes; The Clubhouse at Baywood in Millsboro; Crust & Craft, Bluecoast Seafood Grill + Raw Bar, Thompson Island Brewing Company, Surf Bagel Midway and Lupo Italian Kitchen in Rehoboth; Matt’s Fish Camp and Bluecoast Seafood Grill + Raw Bar in Bethany Beach; NorthEast Seafood Kitchen and Ocean View Brewing Company in Ocean View; and Catch 54, Papa Grande’s Coastal Taqueria, and Matt’s Fish Camp in Fenwick Island.

For information on SoDel Concepts, visit here.