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The Pioneer Woman

Take one sassy former city girl, her hunky rancher husband and a band of adorable kids, an extended family, cowboys, 3,000 wild mustangs, herds of cattle and one placid basset hound and you have The Pioneer Woman. The Pioneer Woman is an open invitation into Ree Drummond's life -- the award winning blogger and bestselling cookbook author shares her special brand of home cooking, from throw-together suppers to elegant celebrations. The series, set against the incredible story of life at home on the range, is the next best thing to actually sitting on a stool in Ree's kitchen.

TVPG • Reality, Lifestyle & Culture • TV Series (2011)

Holiday Baking Championship

Eight bakers enter the kitchen to show off their traditions and baking skills.

TVG • Family, Reality • TV Series (2014)

Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas

Guy Fieri is combining everyone's favorite culinary competition with the most wonderful time of the year by delivering the ultimate holiday present -- Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas! For the first time ever, 32 jingle-bell-rock-star chefs are teaming up as duos to make both sweet and savory dishes in a one-of-a-kind holly jolly tournament. These chefs will try to "sleigh" the competition for a shot at the $100,000 prize and some seriously sweet cash for charity. With festive flavors, fierce battles, and enough Christmas spirit to stuff a stocking, the holidays have never been this delicious!

TVPG • Holiday, Reality • TV Series (2025)

Chopped

Passion and expertise rule the kitchen on the fast-paced new series, Chopped. Hosted by Ted Allen (Food Detectives), the series challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets "chopped" until the last man or woman left standing claims victory.

TVG • Family, Reality • TV Series (2009)

Guy's Grocery Games

Guy Fieri pits four talented chefs against one another in a grocery store cooking competition.

TVG • Family, Reality • TV Series (2013)

Hell's Kitchen

An unscripted culinary boot camp that features the drama of aspiring restaurateurs competing for world-renowned Chef Gordon Ramsay’s approval and the chance to become America’s next culinary star.

TV14 • Cooking & Food, Reality • TV Series (2005)

Next Level Baker

Bakers are challenged to create eye-popping, festive holiday delights.

TVPG • Reality, Lifestyle & Culture • TV Series (2025)

Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdown

Jesse Palmer hosts a gingerbread-themed Holiday Baking Championship where three teams of gingerbreaders and baking assistants take on all-encompassing gingerbread builds based on a theme. The gingerbread-obsessed artists also face baking twists that can make or break their creations. Joyful judges Nacho Aguirre, Kardea Brown and Breegan Jane bring their expertise and holiday cheer to decide which team wins $10,000 worth of festive prizes.

TVG • Competition, Lifestyle & Culture • TV Series (2021)

The Best Thing I Ever Ate

Food Network stars each describe a different food they consider to be one of the best things they've ever eaten. We visit the locations where these must-try meals are made and hear from the chefs and cooks who make the foods. Dishes range from the most perfect eggs Benedict for brunch to a uniquely delightful interpretation of banana cream pie for dessert.

TVPG • Lifestyle & Culture, Cooking & Food • TV Series (2009)

The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition

Showcasing bakers from around the country each week, The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition puts their best recipes forward as they compete in holiday-themed challenges, all hoping to be named America's Best Amateur Baker. Joining as host this season, Spice Girl and television personality Emma Bunton, alongside returning host Anthony "Spice" Adams, will present bakers with weekly challenges. Each week, James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Sherry Yard and baker and best-selling cookbook author Paul Hollywood will taste decadent and delicious treats while sharing advice and commentary.

TVPG • Family, Reality • TV Series (2016)

Christmas Cookie Challenge

Santa's workshop isn't just for toys anymore! Five of the country's best cookie makers put their decorating and display skills to the test as they tackle two tough challenges. After the luster dust clears, three tough judges will gift one lucky cookie maker with a $10,000 grand prize.

TVPG • Lifestyle, Reality • TV Series (2015)

Super Mega Cakes

Master cake artist Duff Goldman has taken on countless opponents in his competition career, but never all at once. For the first time ever, like a chess master, Duff is taking on six teams of the world's best cake makers -- at the same time! It's the biggest, boldest and most extreme cake competition ever devised, and it all takes place over four action-packed days. Each battle features cakes inspired by one of the following themes: Superman, Best Meal Ever, Architectural Wonders, Ocean Predators, Classic Cartoons, and Alien Invasion. The winning team from each battle earns $10,000 and a chance at the grand prize -- an additional $40,000 to be awarded by 50 cake-obsessed fans. Six themes, 12 cakes ... one Duff!

TVPG • Reality, Lifestyle & Culture • TV Series (2025)

MasterChef

A culinary competition series that searches for the best home cooks in America, and through a series of exciting elimination rounds, will turn one of them into a culinary master.

TVPG • Family, Reality • TV Series (2010)

Kitchen Nightmares

Chef Gordon Ramsay tries to turn around restaurants in crisis.

TV14 • Reality, Cooking & Food • TV Series (2023)

Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition

This holiday season, top bakers face off in the biggest little gingerbread competition ever imagined. Over a series of four challenges, teams build incredible, edible worlds from scratch with lights, motion, and storybook-level detail in every miniature.

TVG • Lifestyle & Culture, Cooking & Food • TV Series (2025)

Next Level Chef

Chef Gordon Ramsay scours the country for the very best line cooks, home chefs, social media stars, food truck owners and everything in between, all competing against one another with the goal of finding the food world's newest superstar. Joined by two elite names in the food world, chefs Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais, Ramsay and his co-mentors leave no stone unturned, as they each recruit a group of talented chefs and take them under their wings. Ramsay and his friends attempt to bring out the very best in their cooks, as they all try to find "the one." Ramsay firmly believes that as long as a chef has the drive, talent and perseverance, he or she can make that climb to the top. Creativity, consistency and cunning are the recipe for success to make it to the next level, as the competitors adapt to the challenges waiting for them. Chefs compete for a life-changing $250,000 grand prize and the title of "Next Level Chef."

TV14 • Reality, Lifestyle & Culture • TV Series (2022)

MasterChef Junior

Kids between the ages of 8 and 13 compete in a series of challenges and cook-offs.

TVPG • Family, Teen • TV Series (2013)

The Elf on the Shelf: Sweet Showdown

This holiday season, host Duff Goldman is blending a favorite tradition with scrumptious, beautiful baked goods! Over five magical episodes, six teams of dessert wizards participate in the first-ever competition put on by Santa Claus himself and his faithful Scout Elves from the wildly popular "The Elf on the Shelf." In this "elf-stravaganza," the sweetmakers must create jaw-dropping edible showpieces that bring life the wonderment of Christmas magic for judges Kardea Brown and Ashley Holt. The winning team will be crowned the Ambassadors of Confectionery Concoctions for the North Pole and walk away with a grand prize of $25,000!

TVG • Lifestyle & Culture, Cooking & Food • TV Series (2023)

Holiday Wars

It's time for a brand-new holiday season competition packed with tons of cheer! Teams of talented cake, sugar and cookie artists face off in jolly battles, creating mind-blowing, fantastical holiday displays that are as festive as they are delicious. One team is eliminated after each battle, and in the end, only one team will jingle all the way home with a $25,000 grand prize.

TVPG • Holiday, Lifestyle & Culture • TV Series (2019)