Recipe for Deception: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Bravo Media cooks up a battle of secrets and knives in its newest culinary competition series "Recipe for Deception" premiering Thursday, January 21 at 10pm ET/PT. Judges Chris Oh and Jonathan Waxman join host Max Silvestri in this fast-paced and innovative competition show where a chef's ability to lie is almost as important as their culinary skill. In each episode, Silvestri guides four new chefs through three head-to-head elimination rounds in which they are tasked with creating a stunning dish featuring a main ingredient. The twist is that they have no idea what that ingredient is while they are cooking. Based on the popular parlor game "Two Truths and a Lie," competing chefs ask each other three "yes or no" questions to determine what their mystery component is, and their opponent answers strategically with two truthful answers and one outright lie. Judges Oh and Waxman grade the chefs on their final dishes based on overall quality and how well they incorporate their secret ingredient. In the final round, eliminated chefs have a chance to scheme their way back into the competition by trading potentially valuable information about the undisclosed ingredient for a chance at the $10,000 prize.

Series details

• Title: Recipe for Deception
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2016-01-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-03-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Bravo
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10062
• IMDb ID: tt5464192
• TVDB ID: 305936

Cast and credited roles

• Max Silvestri — Host
• Chris Oh — Judge
• Jonathan Waxman — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-01-21; final listed air date 2016-03-24.

Source and licence

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