NBC’s New Culinary Competition Show: “Food Fighters” with Adam Richman

NBC has has picked up Food Fighters, a reality competition show from content creator Electus. The new reality program, hosted by Travel Channel personality Adam Richman, pits amateur cooks against professional chefs.

“Food Fighters combines compelling competition and game show fun with a delicious twist — giving everyday home cooks a once-in-a-lifetime chance to compete with world-class chefs,” said NBC alternative and late-night programming president Paul Telegdy.

“Every true home cook has at least one ‘signature dish,’ — the peach cobbler, the lasagna, that appetizer that friends beg you to bring to parties. This is a show that puts those recipes to the ultimate test and rewards the passion Americans bring to their home kitchens every day.”

Hollywood Reporter’s Michael O’Connell explains that amateurs and pros will face off individually, each offering their take on the home cook’s signature dish.

Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva adds: In a scenario similar to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, the amateur contestants will rely on their own recipes and three culinary “lifelines”as they square off against expert chefs who will have to cook the same dish.

The completed dishes will be sampled in a blind taste test by a panel of culinary judges known as “The Dinner Party”

“If the home cook wins, they earn a cash prize and get to face off again against another culinary expert, climbing a money ladder with increasing cash prizes for every professional chef they knock out. If the professional chef wins, their kitchen battle is over.”

To date, Fox with its Gordon Ramsay empire (Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, Hotel Hell), has successfully monopolized broadcast network food programming.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter last summer, Telegdy acknowledged how “great” Ramsay was, noting: “It’s very hard to go after the competitive cooking space because you’ve got someone who’s arguably a complete category killer in the space.”

O’Connell notes that NBC’s most recent culinary effort was in 2011 with America’s Next Great Restaurant, which aired for one season. “ABC recently made a play with Anthony Bourdain and Nigella Lawson on The Taste, though the series’ ratings have waned in recent weeks.”

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