Food Network orders second season of primetime series Wild Card KitchenBetsy Ayala, head of food content at Warner Bros. Discovery, announced the news today. The weekly high-stakes culinary card game will feature hosts Eric Agyepong He takes over his test kitchen after hours and asks three chefs to bring $5,000 and a special invitation to play three hands of his underground culinary poker game. Participants will get to know each other, create dishes based on the cards they've been dealt, and compete against each other, their instincts and real money, to come down to the wire and lose their personal stakes. Wild Card Kitchen Season 1 premiered on March 12th and has garnered over 12.3 million total viewers to date (across Food Network/Max/discovery+), placing Food Network in the top 5 cable networks in the W25-54 time slot.
“Wild Card Kitchen “The show takes viewers on a late-night party with some of Food Network's favorite chefs,” said Betsy Ayala, head of food content, Warner Bros. Discovery. “The creative gameplay has resonated with audiences and we're excited to build on that momentum in Season 2 with even more fun dishes and games.”
Wild Card Kitchen Produced by RAND Entertainment for the Food Network.
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