Michelle Obama Headlines Food Network Premieres and Specials
The Food Network is coming out of the gate hard in 2010 with a line up that features a star-studded segment of, Super Chef Battle: An Iron Chef America Event. This episode will feature First Lady Michelle Obama as she challenges Emril Lagasse, Iron Chef Mario Batali, Iron Chef Bobby Flay and White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford who are charge with using The White House Kitchen Garden's produce as their secret ingredients. The judges include: chef and best-selling cookbook author Nigella Lawson; Olympic gold medalist Natalie Coughlin; and actress, author and designer Jane Seymour. This two-hour special is slated for Sunday, January 3rd at 8 p.m.
Other premieres include:
Worst Cooks in America
Premieres: Sunday, January 3rd at 10pm
Twelve of the worst cooks in the country attempt to transform from kitchen zeros into kitchen heroes in the new Food Network series Worst Cooks in America. Under the tutelage of premiere chefs, Anne Burrell and Beau MacMillan, the "recruits" split into two teams and face a series of high-pressure challenges that test their newly-formed culinary skills. Each week the two teams get narrowed down until the final two recruits face off in the ultimate challenge: prepare a three-course, restaurant-quality meal for a panel of food critics that thinks the dishes have been prepared by chefs Anne and Beau. On the line are the chefs’ professional reputations and $25,000 for the newly-crowned kitchen hero!
Mexican Made Easy
Premieres: Saturday, January 23rd at 9:30am
Professional chef and cookbook author Marcela Valladolid prepares a fresh take on Mexican food and shares simple and authentic recipes in her series, Mexican Made Easy. Marcela, inspired by her dual Mexican and Southern California upbringing, transforms stereotypes of the cuisine into healthy and easy-to-prepare Mexican meals. Whether serving home-cooked meals for her son or entertaining friends and family, Marcela brings to the table fresh flavor that fits all tastes.
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