Chef Grudge Match - Season 1

Chef Grudge Match - Season 1

Season 1

Across the eight-episode season, battles will be fought over business and recipe rivalries, between students and teachers, and even husband vs. wife, with each match an all-out brawl to settle these grudges once and for all.

Network
Episodes8
DatesAug 12, 2025 - Sep 30, 2025

Episodes

Crosstown Double Cross
Season 1Episode 160 min

Crosstown Double Cross

In the premiere episode, host Laila Ali welcomes Gabe Bertaccini, a Food Network favorite who has been holding a grudge for 15 years against his prodigy, Tyler Romine, who quit Gabe's catering business with only three days' notice.  And in the second match, Vail Colorado's Taylor Frankel has a grievance with her former sous chef, Maria Busato, after she opened a rival catering company in the same small town.  

Aug 12, 2025
Friendly Fire
Season 1Episode 260 min

Friendly Fire

Host Laila Ali invites four friends to the Grudge Match arena to settle their grievances once and for all. In the first match, seasoned competition chef Jr Sasto is calling out his friend. Chef Richie Farina, for continually one-upping him in the romance department. In the second match. Chef Damaris Phillia goes head-to-head against her business partner. Chef Coby Ming, in a fried chicken battle to finally prove that her modern recipe belongs on their menu Judges Jet Tila and Adrienne Cheatham decide who will walk away with 510.000. the losing chef, knife and etemal bragging rights, 

Aug 19, 2025
So Sous Me
Season 1Episode 360 min

So Sous Me

Laila Ali hosts as two sous chefs look to settle grudges that have been festering for years. Round one sees one of the most physical battles in Grudge Match history as Chef Brian Goodman claims that Chef Jonathon Sawyer's James Beard Award actually belongs to him. Then, in round two, Chef De'Unaka Haley is out to show Chef Niema DiGrazia that she needs to trust her and modernize or lose her customers. When the final bell rings, judges Jet Tila and Eric Adjepong decide who walks out of the arena with $10,000 in cash, their opponents most cherished knife, and the last word in the age-old battle of student versus master.

Aug 26, 2025
Battle of the Bros
Season 1Episode 460 min

Battle of the Bros

Laila Ali welcomes four culinary bros to duke it out in the kitchen. In the first match, reality star Johnny Bananas won't shut up about lasting longer than fellow TV competitor Mark Long on Worst Cooks in America, and with the help of legendary chefs Maneet Chauhan and Stephanie Izard, the two go head-to-head making a fine dining dish. In the second match, classically trained chef Michael Hung calls out self-taught chef and restaurateur Chris Oh for bad-mouthing him around LA. Judges Jet Tila and Tiffani Faison make the call on which bro is the better chef.

Sep 2, 2025
Tame the Troublemaker
Season 1Episode 560 min

Tame the Troublemaker

Laila Ali invites four chefs to resolve fiery recipe rivalries in explosive back-to-back battles. First, longtime Cuban chef Mika Leon squares off against competing Miami influencer chef Brad Delgado, accusing him of stealing her recipes and copying her content to surpass her online superiority. Then, witness an epic showdown between baller burger chefs Tommy Jobst and area newcomer Chris Lombardi to decide, once and for all, who builds the absolute best burgers in the college town of Davis, California. With $10,000 on the line and customer counts at stake, judges Jet Tila and Claudette Zepeda decide which chefs will walk away victorious.

Sep 9, 2025
Clash of Culinary Couples
Season 1Episode 660 min

Clash of Culinary Couples

Laila Ali invites married couples to her arena, where some are battling together, and others are battling it out. In the first match, Los Angeles restaurant owners Michael and Kwini Reed challenge their friends and rivals, Lucy and Bret Thompson, after they showed them up at a prestigious event. Then, Executive Chef Tia Raiford challenges her husband, cookbook author and "CheFarmer" Matthew Raiford, to see who gets top billing in their home kitchen. In the end, judges Jet Tila and Stephanie Izard decide who walks out with a $10,000 cash prize, a special knife from the losing chef's knife roll, and bragging rights for life!

Sep 16, 2025
Honest Mistake or Foul Play?
Season 1Episode 760 min

Honest Mistake or Foul Play?

Laila Ali welcomes four feuding chefs who had their well laid plans ruined by their careless partners. In the first round, accomplished New York restaurateur Adam Sobel seeks to publicly humiliate Boston-based chef Matt Jennings for "accidentally" ruining Adam's dish at a contentious football tailgate event. In the second round, Chef Marjorie Meek-Bradley calls out elite competitor Chef Mei Lin for allowing Mei's pet pooch to befoul her chef coat before an event and sets out to prove that Mei Lin isn't above the law in a coastal seafood battle. Judges Jet Tila and Maneet Chauhan decide which chef achieves redemption, not to mention $10,000 and their opponent's favorite chef knife.

Sep 23, 2025
Bad Blood
Season 1Episode 860 min

Bad Blood

Laila Ali challenges four furious chefs to step into the arena to settle their culinary beefs. First up, trailblazing Chef Aarthi Sampath seeks revenge on her former friend and steakhouse maestro Chef Carlos Anthony, because his deliberate distractions caused her embarrassing elimination from the epic 24 in 24: Last Chef Standing competition. Then, Chopped alum Tajahi Cooke confronts his former protégé, rising star Daniel Westfall, for copying his cherished recipes without acknowledgment, without respect, and worst of all, without skill. When the smoke clears, renowned judges Jet Tila and Eddie Jackson will decide who leaves the ring with $10,000, their opponent's treasured chef's knife, and most importantly, lifelong bragging rights.

Sep 30, 2025

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