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Food Network 2025 - 1 season 8 eps PG Returning series

Chef Grudge Match

2025 - 1 season 8 eps PG

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Season 1

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Season 1

42 min

S1 · E1 · Aug 12, 2025

Crosstown Double Cross Episode 1

Laila Ali hosts as four former colleagues battle it out. Gabe Bertaccini settles a 15-year grudge against Tyler Romine, who left his restaurant with only three days' notice. Then, Taylor Frankel battles Maria Busato for opening a rival catering company.

42 min

S1 · E2 · Aug 19, 2025

Friendly Fire Episode 2

Laila Ali invites four friends to settle their grievances; Joe Sasto calls out his friend Richie Farina for continually one-upping him in the romance department; Damaris Phillips battles her business partner Coby Ming over a fried chicken recipe

42 min

S1 · E3 · Aug 26, 2025

So Sous Me Episode 3

Laila Ali hosts as two sous chefs look to settle grudges that have been festering for years. Round one sees one of the most physical battles in Grudge Match history as Chef Brian Goodman claims that Chef Jonathon Sawyer's James Beard Award actually belongs to him. Then, in round two, Chef De’Unaka Haley is out to show Chef Niema DiGrazia that she needs to trust her and modernize or lose her customers. When the final bell rings, judges Jet Tila and Eric Adjepong decide who walks out of the arena with $10,000 in cash, their opponents most cherished knife, and the last word in the age-old battle of student versus master

42 min

S1 · E4 · Sep 2, 2025

Battle of the Bros Episode 4

Laila Ali welcomes four culinary bros to duke it out in the kitchen. In the first match, reality star Johnny Bananas won't shut up about lasting longer than fellow TV competitor Mark Long on Worst Cooks in America, and with the help of legendary chefs Maneet Chauhan and Stephanie Izard, the two go head-to-head making a fine dining dish. In the second match, classically trained chef Michael Hung calls out self-taught chef and restaurateur Chris Oh for bad-mouthing him around LA. Judges Jet Tila and Tiffani Faison make the call on which bro is the better chef

42 min

S1 · E5 · Sep 9, 2025

Tame the Troublemaker Episode 5

Laila Ali invites four chefs to resolve fiery recipe rivalries in explosive back-to-back battles. First, longtime Cuban chef Mika Leon squares off against competing Miami influencer chef Brad Delgado, accusing him of stealing her recipes and copying her content to surpass her online superiority. Then, witness an epic showdown between baller burger chefs Tommy Jobst and area newcomer Chris Lombardi to decide, once and for all, who builds the absolute best burgers in the college town of Davis, California. With $10,000 on the line and customer counts at stake, judges Jet Tila and Claudette Zepeda decide which chefs will walk away victorious

42 min

S1 · E6 · Sep 16, 2025

Clash of Culinary Couples Episode 6

Laila Ali invites married couples to her arena, where some are battling together, and others are battling it out. In the first match, Los Angeles restaurant owners Michael and Kwini Reed challenge their friends and rivals, Lucy and Bret Thompson, after they showed them up at a prestigious event. Then, Executive Chef Tia Raiford challenges her husband, cookbook author and "CheFarmer" Matthew Raiford, to see who gets top billing in their home kitchen. In the end, judges Jet Tila and Stephanie Izard decide who walks out with a $10,000 cash prize, a special knife from the losing chef's knife roll, and bragging rights for life!

42 min

S1 · E7 · Sep 23, 2025

Honest Mistake or Foul Play? Episode 7

Laila Ali welcomes four feuding chefs who had their well laid plans ruined by their careless partners. In the first round, accomplished New York restaurateur Adam Sobel seeks to publicly humiliate Boston-based chef Matt Jennings for "accidentally" ruining Adam's dish at a contentious football tailgate event. In the second round, Chef Marjorie Meek-Bradley calls out elite competitor Chef Mei Lin for allowing Mei's pet pooch to befoul her chef coat before an event and sets out to prove that Mei Lin isn't above the law in a coastal seafood battle. Judges Jet Tila and Maneet Chauhan decide which chef achieves redemption, not to mention $10,000 and their opponent's favorite chef knife

42 min

S1 · E8 · Sep 30, 2025

Bad Blood Episode 8

Laila Ali challenges four furious chefs to step into the arena to settle their culinary beefs. First up, trailblazing Chef Aarthi Sampath seeks revenge on her former friend and steakhouse maestro Chef Carlos Anthony, because his deliberate distractions caused her embarrassing elimination from the epic 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing competition. Then, Chopped alum Tajahi Cooke confronts his former protégé, rising star Daniel Westfall, for copying his cherished recipes without acknowledgment, without respect, and worst of all, without skill. When the smoke clears, renowned judges Jet Tila and Eddie Jackson will decide who leaves the ring with $10,000, their opponent's treasured chef's knife, and most importantly, lifelong bragging rights

8 episodes in Season 1

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Host Laila Ali challenges chefs to settle their disputes in a single round, head-to-head culinary battle. The food world is filled with bold chefs with egos as big as their resumes, employees who have been wronged by their boss, restaurateurs defending their livelihoods from copycats, and owners whose staff walked out during busy dinner shifts. They all come here to call each other out, put their favorite knives on the line, and bury the hatchet. The winners walk out with $10,000 cash, a prized knife from the losing chef's knife roll and bragging rights for life!

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Cast

2 people

Laila Ali

Host

Known for

Falcon Rising

Jet Tila

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24 in 24: Last Chef Standing

Supermarket Stakeout

Total runtime 5h 36m · Episode length 42 min · Type Reality

Show info

Premiered

August 12, 2025

Latest episode

September 30, 2025

Status

Returning series

Network

Food Network

Country

United States

Type

Reality

Episode length

42 min

Total runtime

5h 36m

Original language

English

Production

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Knuckle Sandwich Productions

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Lando Entertainment

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United States

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English

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