All-Star Academy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ten talented and successful home cooks from around the country compete in intense culinary challenges as they are mentored by some of Food Network's most popular chefs, while competing for a $50,000 grand prize in All-Star Academy. Hosted by Ted Allen, each competitor, with the guidance of their mentor, must compete over eight episodes in challenges that would propose difficulties for even professional chefs, while elevating their culinary skills to make it to the finish line. With the support of superstar chefs Bobby Flay, Alex Guarnaschelli, Curtis Stone and Michael Symon, each home cook not only has to impress their world-class chef mentor but the special guest judges as well, who help determine who will make the cut in the dreaded elimination round. One-by-one, the challengers are eliminated, leaving one final contender standing with a $50,000 grand prize.

Series details

• Title: All-Star Academy
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2015-03-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-04-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Food Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 1586

Cast and credited roles

• Ted Allen — Host
• Alex Guarnaschelli — Mentor
• Curtis Stone — Mentor
• Andrew Zimmern — Mentor
• Robert Irvine — Mentor
• Bobby Flay — Mentor
• Michael Symon — Mentor

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-03-01; final listed air date 2015-04-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-02-14; final listed air date 2016-04-03; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from All-Star Academy 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.