NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Food Network icon
and best-selling cookbook author Rachael
Ray hosts this six-episode series where the challenges
are big and the competitors are – kids! Beginning on Monday, August 24th at 8pm
ET/PT eight multi-talented junior chefs will be put to the
test through a series of tough cooking challenges and high-pressure
obstacles, as they compete for a $20,000 culinary scholarship and their very own
web series on FoodNetwork.com. Each week, Rachael and an all-star
guest judge, including Sunny
Anderson, Scott
Conant, Amanda
Freitag, Alex
Guarnaschelli, Robert
Irvine, Jeff
Mauro, Daymon
Patterson, Marcus
Samuelsson and Fabio
Viviani will mentor and guide the kidtestants through
culinary challenges, from preparing the perfect well-balanced bite,
to creating "desserts in disguise" inspired by the new movie
Hotel Transylvania 2. In addition, the young competitors
must shine in on-camera challenges as they articulate their
culinary point of view and bring their food to life. Only one will
take home the grand prize and be crowned winner of this
cook-off!
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"The kidtestants have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to not
only compete for their own web series and a culinary scholarship,
but to also learn from one of America's favorite television hosts,
Rachael Ray," said Bob Tuschman, General Manager and Senior Vice
President, Food Network. "I am not sure whose job is more difficult
- the kids, who must survive tough challenges, or Rachael, who must
choose between all of these talented young chefs."
Rachael Ray's Kids
Cook-Off competitors include: Chandler (Carnesville, Georgia; age 12), Chris
(Ann Arbor, Michigan; age 13),
Juliana (Marietta, Georgia;
age 11), Nicholas (Edward, Colorado; age 10), Olivia (Yonkers, New York; age 11), Sabrina
(Indianapolis, Indiana; age 11),
Scarlett (Hollywood,
California; age 11), and Zach (Olathe, Kansas; age 12).
Fans can head to FoodNetwork.com/KidsCookOff to access photo and
video highlights, interviews with the winners and much more—all
culminating in an exclusive winner's web series! Join the
conversation on Twitter using #KidsCookOff.
Episodes include:
Premiering Monday, August
24th at 8pm ET/PT –
SEASON PREMIERE!
"Fusion Impossible"
Eight of the country's most talented kid chefs come together to
battle it out in Rachael Ray's
Kids Cook-Off. Rachael and guest judge Robert Irvine (Restaurant:
Impossible) present the chefs with their first challenge to
find out what makes each kid unique to decide who will make it to
the next round.
Premiering Monday, August
31st at 8pm
ET/PT
"Fast Food Feud"
After making it past the first elimination, seven kidtestants will
put their own spin on a fast-food classic. The competition to win
their own web series heats up as food critic and internet video
star Daymon Patterson
(Daym Drops) joins Rachael to judge this cook-off.
Premiering Monday, September
7th at 8pm
ET/PT
"Hasta La Pasta"
The six remaining kid chefs are put to the test as they show off
their signature flavors in a pasta dish, and create their own food
product. The competition is fierce, as they must impress Rachael
and Fabio Viviani
(Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage) to stay in the
running.
Premiering Monday, September
14th at 8pm
ET/PT
"Family-Style Showdown"
The five remaining kid chefs cook and present the dish that changed
their lives. Sunny Anderson
(The Kitchen) joins Rachael to help decide which kids will
continue on in the competition.
Premiering Monday, September
21st at 8pm
ET/PT
"Monster Meals"
The kidtestants cook up monstrous meals inspired by the release of
Hotel Transylvania 2. The competition is heating up, and
guest judge Jeff Mauro
(The Kitchen) must choose the three kids who will continue
on to the finale for the chance to win the cook-off
competition.
Premiering Monday, September
28th at 8pm
ET/PT
"Grand Finale Cook-Off"
In the finale, three kid chefs battle it out one last time to win a
$20,000 culinary scholarship and
their own Foodnetwork.com web series. The stakes are high as they
cook to impress Chopped judges Scott Conant, Alex Guarnaschelli, Amanda Freitag and Marcus Samuelsson. Only one kidtestant will
take home the grand prize!
Rachael Ray, syndicated
television star, iconic Food Network personality, best-selling
cookbook author, founder and Editorial Director of her own
lifestyle magazine Every Day With Rachael Ray, and Founder
of the Yum-o! Organization, launched her hugely successful
syndicated daytime program, Rachael
Ray, in the fall of 2006, winning an "Outstanding Talk
Show-Entertainment" Emmy® in 2008 and 2009, and scored three
Daytime Emmy® nominations in 2010 and 2011. In 2009, Rachael was
honored with the American Woman in Radio & Television Tribute
Award.
Rachael's television work includes a series of lifestyle and
travel segments, as well as a long-term relationship with Food
Network, hosting shows such as Rachael's Vacations, Tasty
Travels, $40 A Day,
Inside Dish, Week In A Day and 30-Minute
Meals, the latter of which earned Rachael a 2006 Daytime Emmy®
Award for "Outstanding Service Show" and a nomination for
"Outstanding Service Show Host." In 2012, Rachael launched a new
competition show with fellow Food Network colleague Guy Fieri called Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity
Cook-Off. In addition to her television endeavors, Rachael has
turned her 30-Minute Meals concept into a best-selling
series of cookbooks, including 30-Minute Meals, My Year
in Meals by Rachael Ray, and
most recently Week in a Day, among many others.
Rachael Ray's Kids
Cook-Off is produced by Jane Street Entertainment.
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