CBS is serving up a brand new meals competitors sequence.
The community has cooked up a greenlight for America’s Culinary Cup, hosted by former High Chef star Padma Lakshmi.
This comes six months after Deadline revealed that the mission was within the kitchen on the community.
The sequence, which is able to air as a part of CBS’ 2025/26 slate, was created by Lakshmi, who will exec produce alongside by former NBCUniversal content material chief Susan Rovner. It’s produced by Lakshmi’s Scrumptious Leisure and Rovner’s nascent Aha Studios.
America’s Culinary Cup will characteristic a forged of the nation’s most adorned cooks as they compete within the kitchen.
“We’re inviting elite cooks from throughout the nation to signify their distinctive culinary fashion and battle it out,” mentioned Lakshmi. “This competitors echoes the joys of sports activities and the American spirit as we cheer on our favourite cooks. I’m very excited to work with CBS and accomplice with Susan on America’s Culinary Cup.”
It marks the primary new cooking sequence for the community for a while. CBS Leisure chief Amy Reisenbach has made it clear that she was available in the market for a meals present, telling Deadline final 12 months that she was a “huge fan” of cooking exhibits.
Lakshmi and Rovner labored collectively when the previous was the host and exec producer of Bravo’s High Chef and Rovner was Chairman of Leisure Content material throughout NBCUniversal’s Tv and Streaming division.
Lakshmi created Hulu sequence Style The Nation, which ran for 2 seasons on the streamer, however is finest referred to as host and exec producer of High Chef, which she labored on for 19 seasons and left final 12 months. Lakshmi drew 5 Emmy nominations for Excellent Host for A Actuality-Competitors Program for her position on High Chef, which was nominated for 47 Emmys throughout her tenure. She can also be the writer of cook dinner books Straightforward Unique and Tangy, Tart, Sizzling & Candy in addition to youngsters books Tomatoes for Neela and memoir Love, Loss and What We Ate.
Final 12 months, Rovner launched Aha Studios, the place she is CEO, a manufacturing firm that works throughout scripted, unscripted and documentary content material. She was Chairman, Leisure Content material, NBCUniversal Tv and Streaming from 2020 to 2023, working throughout NBC, cable networks together with Bravo, USA Community and E! and Peacock, the place she was chargeable for greenlighting sequence corresponding to Evening Court docket, Ted, Traitors and Poker Face. Earlier than that, she was President of Warner Bros. Tv.
Lakshmi is repped by CAA, Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman and The Initiative Group. Rovner is repped by CAA and Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, McGinnis, Ryan LLP.
