New episodes of Rachael Ray’s series 30 Minute Meals are coming to Food Network, thanks to a new pact between the food personality and the network. Food Network and Rachael Ray have agreed to a deal that also includes a new companion series on digital platforms. The new version of 30 Minute Meals starts…

Discovery has announced the promotions of Loren Ruch, Betsy Ayala and Lynn Sadofsky at HGTV and Food Network. Ruch has been upped to Group SVP of Production & Development for HGTV, based in New York, while Ayala is promoted to SVP of Production & Development for HGTV based in Knoxville. Both report to network…

The man who eats strange foods for a living now has to eat some humble pie. Bizarre Foods host and celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern has caused a firestorm in the Asian-American and foodie communities over his comments that Chinese food in the Midwest is served in "horseshit restaurants." Zimmern made the comments to…

As Discovery continues to finalize its org chart in the wake of this year’s close of its Scripps Networks Interactive deal, the company has promoted Courtney White to president of the Food Network. Formerly based in Scripps’ home base of Knoxville, Tenn., as executive VP and GM of HGTV and Food Network, White will…

The star of the Food Network show Ginormous Food, which seeks out the biggest and tastiest foods in America, may have bitten off more than he can chew. The caustic standup comedian stirred up a hornets nest of comments on Twitter with some insulting remarks that took aim at Muslims, blacks, Jews, and others in a…

Food Network's Chopped has added a familiar face from the intersection of cuisine and television. Martha Stewart has signed as a recurring guest judge on the venerable series, whose 38th cycle launches next month. She first will appear in the June 5 episode of Chopped, joining host Ted Allen and series regulars Maneet…

Cakes, cakes and more cakes. Food Network is expanding its Monday night baking-themed lineup, ordering 10 episodes of Dallas Cakes, a spinoff of recently renewed Vegas Cakes, and renewing Ridiculous Cakes for a 13-episode second season. Dallas Cakes, slated for premiere this spring, follows talented, Dallas-based…

A new iteration of the popular, long-running series Iron Chef America is in the works at Food Network. The network is planning Iron Chef Gauntlet, a reimagined reboot of Iron Chef America, the cooking show based on the Japanese cult classic known for its fierce competition, secret ingredients and the ultimate culinary…

Tribune Media’s cash raising efforts won’t include a sale of its 31% stake in Food Network — thought to be worth about $1 billion — to the cable channel’s parent, Scripps Networks Interactive. The companies say this morning that they’ve agreed to a “multi-year extension” of their Food partnership agreement. They…

Brooke Johnson, the president of Scripps Networks Interactive's food lifestyle brands that include Food Network and Cooking Channel, is retiring after 12 years with the company. Johnson is best known for adding spice to Food Network by ramping up the competition programs that include overseeing the creation of Chopped…

The main suspect in an infamous North Carolina missing persons case has been arrested and charged in the deaths of former Food Network Star contestant Cristy Schoen Codd and her husband Joseph "J.T." Codd, a veteran movie grip. Robert Jason Owens, a handyman with a long criminal record and a neighbor of the Codd's, is…

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the Mipcom TV market which kicks off in Cannes next weekend, Dean Devlin's Electric Entertainment has closed a key deal for its 10-episode drama The Librarians. France Télévisions has acquired the free TV, VOD, DTO and home video rights in France. The series starts airing in the U.S. on TNT on…