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The Food Network is about to launch a true “high concept” television series. Chopped 420 is a spin-off of the popular Chopped series, in which four chefs battle it out through appetizer, main course and dessert stages using picnic baskets filled with challenging foods. As the name of the new series suggests, it will…

A former champion on the Food Network reality series Worst Cooks in America told a bail hearing judge Friday that the 3-year-old girl in her custody died after drinking too much water. Ariel Robinson, 29, and her husband, Jerry, 34, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, have been charged with homicide by child abuse in the…

A funeral for the three-year-old child allegedly killed by the champion of Season 20 of the Food Network reality series Worst Cooks in America was held this week. The biological parents of Victoria Rose Smith held what was described as an emotional funeral for the child. Food Network star Ariel Robinson, 29, and…

The Food Network has scrubbed its latest season of reality series Worst Cooks In America after its champion has been arrested for a child’s murder. Ariel Robinson, age 29, was charged Tuesday along with her husband, Jerry Robinson, in the death of a 3-year-old girl in South Carolina. They face counts of homicide by…

Celebrated cake designer and Food Network host and star Kerry Vincent died January 2 from an undisclosed illness. The co-founder of the annual Oklahoma Sugar Art Show was 75. The news of Vincent’s passing was announced on the Oklahoma Sugar Art Show’s official Facebook page. “It is with great sadness that I have to…

Discovery on Wednesday announced the launch of streaming service Discovery+, which brings together offerings from Discovery Channel, TLC, ID, Food Network, HGTV and other networks. Featuring some 55,000 hours of programming, the service will go live in the U.S. on January 4, at a price of $5 a month with ads and $7…

Food Network Good Eats and Iron Chef America host Alton Brown apologized today for a series of joking Twitter references to concentration camps and the Holocaust. The 58-year-old Brown at first defended his remarks, then admitted they were in “poor taste.” In his tweetstorm that sparked an uproar, Brown asked, “So…

EXCLUSIVE: Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals is back with a series of self-shot shows. However, the series, which was rebooted last year after its initial 11 year run, will debut on the Food Network Kitchen app rather than the linear network. The Discovery-owned company is launching 20 episodes this fall on the…

Discovery’s Hispanic division is launching Hogar de HGTV, a network whose Spanish-language programming derives from Food Network, HGTV and Discovery on Cox and Charter cable systems. The network will debut June 30 on Cox Contour and will be available to Charter Spectrum subscribers by August 1. Hogar de HGTV will join…

A chef who appeared on two episodes of the Food Network show Guy's Grocery Games, hosted by Guy Fieri, has been cut-off from further appearances on the network. Chad Barrett appeared on Fieri’s show in 2017 and 2019, and also participated in a Food Network-affiliated festival in New York City. The move comes…

Guy Fieri is cooking up some quarantine specials for his long-running Food Network series Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The celebrity chef is to front Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Takeout, a three-part run of the show filmed remotely. Starting April 24, Fieri will check in with four former Triple D chefs from across…

Discovery, along with its affiliate and distribution partners, is offering free familly-friendly streaming content across its portfolio amid the coronavirus crisis. “The Family Favorites initiative is designed to entertain, inspire and educate families as they are spending more time together at home,” Discovery said…