Former ‘Cupcake Wars’ Winners Compete in Premiere May 13th at 8pm ET/PT   PLUS Food Network Introduces Food Network Cupcakes! App for iPad® at the end of April   NEW YORK – April 9, 2012 – The crème de la crème of the cupcake world take their skills to the next level when they return to Food Network for the sweetest competition yet in five-part special series Cupcake Champions premiering Sunday, May 13th at 8pm [...]

COOKING CHANNEL HITS THE ROAD WITH THREE PRIMETIME SPECIALS AND A NEW SEASON OF UNIQUE EATS Plus: Launch of Food Network’s ‘Crave’   NEW YORK – March 15, 2012 – Cooking Channel is on the move in April with three primetime specials and an exciting fifth season of extreme food discoveries on Unique Eats. Sunday nights in April, primetime specials take viewers on culinary journeys beginning with Reinventing the Meal on Sunday, April 1st at [...]

SEASON FINALE OF WORST COOKS IN AMERICA AND RETURN OF CHOPPED ALL-STARS Plus: Series premieres of ‘Meat Men’ and ‘Trisha’s Southern Kitchen’   NEW YORK – March 13, 2012 – Food Network springs into April serving up two new series, four season premieres, and a must-watch season finale of Worst Cooks in America. Bobby Flay and Anne Burrell coach the two remaining contestants as they go head-to-head for a chance to walk away with $25,000 [...]

Series Premieres Monday, April 9th at 11pm ET/PT   NEW YORK, NY – March 7, 2012 – Famous New York butcher and meat purveyor Pat LaFrieda brings Food Network viewers inside the fascinating and compelling world of Meat Men, premiering Monday, April 9th at 11pm ET/PT.  Running Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors, a third-generation wholesale meat purveyor business, Pat, along with his cousin Mark Pastore, and his dad Pat Sr., supply over 500 customers, including some [...]

GRAMMY-WINNING® MUSIC SUPERSTAR AND BEST-SELLING COOKBOOK AUTHOR TRISHA YEARWOOD SHARES FAMILY FAVORITE MEALS AND DOWN-HOME RECIPES IN TRISHA’S SOUTHERN KITCHEN   Six-Episode Daytime Series Premieres Saturday, April 14th at 10:30am ET/PT   NEW YORK – March 7, 2012 – Music superstar and best-selling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood brings her family-inspired recipes and food traditions to Food Network this spring, with the premiere of the new daytime series Trisha’s Southern Kitchen on Saturday, April 14th at [...]

SIXTEEN KITCHEN MASTERS COMPETE FOR CREATIVE CULINARY VICTORY AND $50K FOR THEIR CHARITY  Five Themed Episodes Kick Off with Iron Chefs Battling in Chopped Kitchen on Sunday, April 8th at 9pm ET/PT  Upcoming Match-Ups Include Food Network and Cooking Channel Show Hosts, Food Network Star Finalists and Chopped Judges Food Network’s top-rated hit Chopped All-Stars returns for a second season filled with fan-favorite chefs, unexpected ingredients, and fierce competition for a $50,000 prize for charity [...]

UNCOVERING THE DEVASTATING HIDDEN CRISIS OF CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN AMERICA   Premieres April 14th 8pm|7c on Food Network NEW YORK –– February 22, 2012 – In the wealthiest nation in the world, one in five children live in the shadow of hunger.  In a new Food Network produced documentary, HUNGER HITS HOME, audiences will get a first-hand look at the crisis of childhood hunger in America through the eyes of the people on the frontlines [...]

PRIMETIME PROGRAMMING PACKS A PUNCH WITH NEW SERIES ‘RESTAURANT STAKEOUT’ AND NEW SEASON OF ‘SWEET GENIUS’ Plus: New Episodes of Worst Cooks in America, Cupcake Wars, Chopped   NEW YORK – February 16, 2012 – Food Network kicks off March with a new primetime series Restaurant Stakeout featuring restaurateur Willie Degel, a new season of Sweet Genius with Rob Ben-Israel and continuing episodes of Worst Cooks in America with Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay. In [...]

Season Premiere Thursday, March 15th at 10pm ET/PT       NEW YORK –– February 14, 2012 – Master Pastry Chef Ron Ben-Israel returns to Food Network for the second season of the sugar-packed competition series Sweet Genius, premiering Thursday, March 15th at 10pm ET/PT. Back with more whimsy and wonder, each episode has four of America’s premier pastry chefs competing against one another through three rounds of challenges judged by Ben-Israel, along the way [...]

FOOD NETWORK FINDS THE WORST COOKS IN AMERICA AND COMES TO THE RESCUE ON RESTAURANT: IMPOSSIBLE Plus: Chocolate Theme Weekend, Alton Brown Special and ‘Sandra’s Chocolate Celebration’   NEW YORK – January 11, 2012 – Food Network takes February by storm with a healthy dose of new programming including new seasons of Worst Cooks in America with Anne Burrell and new competitor Bobby Flay and primetime favorite Restaurant: Impossible with Robert Irvine. Superstar Chef Bobby [...]

Fat Chef Premieres Thursday, January 26th at 10:00pm ET/PT Heat Seekers Premieres Monday, January 16th at 8:00pm ET/PT NEW YORK, NY – January 4, 2012 – Food Network primetime heats up 2012 with eight new episodes of Heat Seekers beginning Monday, January 16th at 8pm ET/PT. Aarón Sanchez and Roger Mooking are back to spice things up and see who can handle the heat in this tongue-torching odyssey to discover the most deliciously spicy food [...]

WORST COOKS IN AMERICA Season Three (2012) – Episode Descriptions Episode photos from the season premiere episode with Anne Burrell and Bobby Flay Premiering Sunday, February 12th at 9pm ET/PT – SEASON PREMIERE “Best of the Worst” In the season premiere, the sixteen “recruits,” each nominated by family and friends for their atrocious cooking skills, arrive at Base Camp and attempt to impress Anne and Bobby with their own “signature” dish. The chefs then make [...]

Team Flay Battles Undefeated Series Champion Team Burrell in Returning Hit, Season Premiere Sunday, February 12th at 9pm ET/PT NEW YORK – January 3, 2012 – Worst Cooks in America, the hit primetime competition series that turns hopeless cooks into confident kitchen mavens, returns for a third season with two-time undefeated series champion Anne Burrell challenged by superstar chef Bobby Flay on Sunday, February 12th at 9pm ET/PT.  The show pits Anne against Bobby, each [...]

Plus: New Series ‘Fat Chef’, Six Season Premieres and a Star-Studded Special    NEW YORK – December 13, 2011 – Food Network rings in the New Year with a belly full of brand-new programming, including two new series and six season premieres. On New Year’s Day, two of America’s favorite Food Network stars, Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri go head-to-head in Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off premiering Sunday, January 1st at 9pm. During the six-episode [...]

Six-Episode Series Premieres Sunday, January 1 at 9pm ET/PT   Alyssa Campanella, Aaron Carter, Coolio, Taylor Dayne, Joey Fatone, Cheech Marin, Lou Diamond Phillips and Summer Sanders Compete For Charity **FOR ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE RELEASE PLUS PHOTOS, BIOS AND MORE, CLICK LINK BELOW** http://www.multivu.com/players/English/53282-food-network-rachael-vs-guy-celebrity-cookoff/   NEW YORK, NY – November 14, 2011 – Two of Food Network’s biggest icons, Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri, will square off against each other for culinary bragging rights [...]