Wildcard Kitchen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

All bets are off as Food Network's test kitchen opens up its doors late night in the new eight-episode series Wildcard Kitchen, where fan-favorite chefs put their money where their mouth is during a high-stakes culinary card game. In each episode, host Eric Adjepong takes over the test kitchen after hours with an exclusive invitation for three chefs to bring $5,000 to play across three hands of his underground culinary poker game.  The competitors, who all know each other well, have scores to settle and personal stakes to lose as they battle to create dishes based on the cards they are dealt and bet using their own instincts and cold hard cash.  The luck of the draw determines the dishes and cooking time, while wildcards deal unpredictable challenges into the mix that test the chefs like never before. From surf-and-turf with peanut butter to live crab with kimchi, anything can happen in Wildcard Kitchen as mystery guest judges use blind taste tests to determine who walks away the high roller with bragging rights and cash from their fellow chefs.

Series details

• Title: Wildcard Kitchen
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2024-03-12
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Food Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 74564
• IMDb ID: tt31215453
• TVDB ID: 446234

Cast and credited roles

• Eric Adjepong — Host
• Eric Adjepong — Chef

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-03-12; final listed air date 2024-04-30; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2025-01-07; final listed air date 2025-03-11; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2026-01-06; final listed air date 2026-03-10; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Wildcard Kitchen on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.