What Happened to The Bang Candy Company After Food Paradise?
Current status
As of September 2026, The Bang Candy Company has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: A Google Places listing shows the business, recorded as Bang Candy, with a business_status of permanently closed, and the brand's remaining web presence is a product collection on a different company's site.
- Season / episode Season 11, Episode 1
- Address 1300 Clinton St #127, Nashville, TN 37203
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What happened after Food Paradise?
Food Paradise featured The Bang Candy Company in Nashville, Tennessee, in the season 11 premiere episode "Lay It on Thick," spotlighting the company's handmade confections. The business operated as a candy and syrup maker inside a shared building on Clinton Street. Google Places lists the business, recorded there as Bang Candy, at 1300 Clinton St #127 as permanently closed; this review checked the status 2026-09-08. The website listed for the business, hesterandcook.com, checked the same day, no longer shows a Nashville storefront; instead it displays a Bang Candy product collection sold through Hester & Cook, a separate company whose site carries a 2026 copyright notice and shipping information. No independent news report describing the Nashville shop's closure was found during this review, so the closing date is undetermined beyond what the Places listing shows.
Featured on Food Paradise
- Show
- Food Paradise
- Original air date
- Not confirmed
- Episode title
- Lay It on Thick
- What was featured
- The Bang Candy Company's handmade confections
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- The Bang Candy Company
Frequently asked questions
Is The Bang Candy Company still open in 2026?
As of September 2026, The Bang Candy Company has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.
What happened to The Bang Candy Company after Food Paradise?
Food Paradise featured The Bang Candy Company in Nashville, Tennessee, in the season 11 premiere episode "Lay It on Thick," spotlighting the company's handmade confections. As of September 2026, The Bang Candy Company has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026.
Is The Bang Candy Company permanently closed?
As of September 2026, The Bang Candy Company has closed — confirmed via Google, September 8, 2026. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.
Where is The Bang Candy Company located?
1300 Clinton St #127, Nashville, TN 37203. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.
What season and episode of Food Paradise featured The Bang Candy Company?
Season 11, Episode 1 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Lay It on Thick”.
What do reviews say since Food Paradise?
Google Places lists the business, recorded there as Bang Candy, at 1300 Clinton St #127 as permanently closed; this review checked the status 2026-09-08. We summarise what dated sources report; we do not publish our own rating.
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Visit info
- Address
- 1300 Clinton St #127, Nashville, TN 37203
- Venue type
- other
- Official website
- hesterandcook.com
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Tennessee
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Sources
- Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=36.1644824,-86.796248
- hesterandcook.com — https://hesterandcook.com/collections/bang-candy
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