The competition is fiercer than ever this fall on Food Network Canada with a no holds barred lineup of ruthless rivalries, age-defying challenges and risky business. Twenty new series and seasons of downright lip-smacking entertainment join theFood Network Canada schedule beginning August 18th.
NOTE: Check out Food Network’s Fall Schedule Grid at FallTVPreview.com
Coming this fall are two brand new series that give new meaning to the word ‘competition’. In the most conniving series yet, Alton Brown (Food Network Star) serves as the devious host inCutthroat Kitchen where four chefs must choose between spending $25,000 to help themselves get ahead in the competition or to sabotage their competitors instead. Then there’s no ‘kidding’ around in Rachael vs. Guy Kids Cookoff as hosts Guy Fieri (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives) and Rachael Ray (Rachael vs Guy Celebrity Cook-Off) serve as mentors to pint-sized cooks who are put through a series of culinary challenges to prove that you can be a fierce competitor at any age.
Food Network Canada gets down to business this fall with three brand new series. InRestaurant Express, host Robert Irvine (Restaurant: Impossible) gathers eight aspiring restaurateurs for a bus road trip of a lifetime, testing their skills and ultimately dropping just one remaining competitor off at his or her very own restaurant. In Food Court Wars, hosted byTyler Florence (The Great Food Truck Race), two teams of aspiring food entrepreneurs battle against one another in hopes of winning their own food court restaurant rent-free for an entire year. Then established food retailers try to keep their businesses alive as Thieves, Inc. fearlessly follows security experts hired to show store owners where they are at risk of losing millions of dollars in goods.
Food Network Canada’s fall schedule also includes a jam-packed lineup of new seasons of returning favourites including Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics, Chopped, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Giada At Home, Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking, The Great Food Truck Race, Halloween Wars, Rachael Ray’s Week in a Day, Restaurant: Impossible,Restaurant Stakeout, Restaurant Takeover and Sandwich King.
Brand New Series:
Food Court Wars (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Tuesdays at 11pm ET/8pm PT beginning August 27
Food Court Wars pits two teams of aspiring food entrepreneurs against one another as they battle to win their own food court restaurant rent-free for a year. Hosted by Tyler Florence, each episode features a mall in a different city that is looking to open a new ‘local’ eatery in its food court. Stakes are high as teams must test their concept, market their brand and run their outlet for a full day of feeding hungry shoppers. The team whose restaurant makes the most profit wins their eatery space – a prize worth $100,000.
The Shed (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Fridays at 10:30pm ET/PT beginning August 30
Meet the Orrisons, a family known throughout Mississippi for their passion for barbecue. Their wildly popular barbecue joints earned them fame, fortune and devoted fans. But no matter how big their business grows, the boisterous, fun-loving clan insists on running the business as a family. Add in all the spirited employees and loyal regulars and it’s obvious that this down-home joint is a real-life sitcom.
Trisha’s Southern Kitchen (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Sundays at 11:30am ET/8:30am PT beginning September 1
Music superstar and best-selling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood brings her family-inspired recipes and food traditions to Food Network Canada with Trisha’s Southern Kitchen. Each themed show invites viewers into Trisha’s kitchen for her favourite meals, nostalgic stories and visits from family and friends, giving viewers a one-of-a-kind look into Trisha’s life, along with unique how-to tips and techniques for creating down-home dishes.
Cutthroat Kitchen (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Sundays at 10pm ET/PT beginning September 1
Just how far is a chef willing to go to win a cooking competition? Cutthroat Kitchen hands four chefs $25 thousand and the opportunity to spend that money to either help themselves or sabotage their competitors. Ingredients will be thieved, utensils destroyed and valuable time lost when these chefs compete to cook delicious dishes while plotting against the competition. With Alton Brown as the devilish provocateur, nothing is out of bounds when money changes hands and we see just how far one chef will go to ensure they have the winning dish.
Rachael vs. Guy Kids Cookoff (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Sundays at 8pm ET/5pm PT beginning September 8
Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri team up again, and this time they are challenging the most impressive, determined and downright adorable competitors ever – kids! In each episode they mentor and guide the young chefs, who prove to themselves and viewers that you don’t need a driver’s licence to be an amazing cook.
Thieves, Inc. (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Thursdays at 10:30pm ET/PT beginning September 12
Every day, more than $25 million worth of goods are stolen from retailers – and food businesses top the list. In order to prevent this, stores hire security experts like Scott McDonald and Connie Ribble. Funny and fearless, cunning and comedic, Scott and Connie can rob a store blind – all in the service of showing the owner where the security flaws are. Ultimately, they are making food businesses stronger, one heist at a time.
Restaurant Express (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Fall 2013
Robert Irvine has gathered eight aspiring restaurateurs for a bus road trip of a lifetime. Through a rigorous set of challenges, Robert will be looking at every aspect of their business acumen and testing all the skills needed to run their own restaurant. In the end, only one person will remain on the bus, ultimately dropped-off at their final stop: their very own restaurant.
New Seasons of Returning Favourites:
The Great Food Truck Race (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Sundays at 9pm ET/PT beginning August 18
Restaurant: Impossible (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Mondays at 10pm ET/PT beginning August 26
Chopped (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Back-to-back episodes Tuesdays at 9pm ET/10pm PT & 10pm ET/11pm PT beginning August 27
Restaurant Takeover (World Broadcast Premiere)
Wednesdays at 9pm ET/6pm PT beginning August 28
Giada At Home (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Thursdays at 12pm ET/9am PT beginning August 29
Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Thursdays at 12:30pm ET/9:30am PT beginning August 29
Mystery Diners (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Back-to-back episodes Thursdays at 10pm ET/PT beginning August 29
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Fridays at 10pm ET/PT beginning August 30
Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Home Cooking (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Back-to-back episodes Saturdays at 11am ET/8am PT beginning August 31
The Pioneer Woman (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Sundays at 11am ET/8am PT beginning September 1
Restaurant Stakeout (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Thursdays at 9pm ET/6pm PT beginning September 12
Halloween Wars (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Sundays at 9pm ET/PT beginning October 6
Rachael Ray’s Week in a Day (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Saturdays at 10am ET/7am PT beginning Fall 2013
Sandwich King (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
Fridays at 12pm ET/9am PT beginning Fall 2013
