The Kitchen to end on Food Network with Dec 13 finale

Food Network will air the final episode of its weekend talk show The Kitchen on Saturday, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. Eastern, ending a run that began in January 2014 and produced more than 40 seasons over more than a decade. The network is canceling the series as it evaluates programming priorities for the coming year, a source close to production said.

Warner Bros. Discovery head of food content Betsy Ayala praised the show and its hosts in a statement, saying the program "engaged audiences with their individual and distinct food sensibilities and sense of humor" and that the company wanted to "celebrate this team's hard work during one final holiday season." A production source added the decision was tied in part to the parent company moving forward with plans to separate its linear channels business from its streaming services and studio operations as it refines resources and priorities.

The Kitchen was produced by Garden Slate Productions for Food Network and originally launched with hosts Sunny Anderson, Katie Lee Biegel, Jeff Mauro and Geoffrey Zakarian, along with Marcela Valladolid, who left the show in 2017. In later seasons Alex Guarnaschelli appeared regularly as a guest...