NBC Orders Culinary Competition Show With Adam Richman

Electus' ‘Food Fighters' to pit amateur cooks against professional chefs

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/12/2013 3:21:20 PM

NBC has picked up a new culinary game show Food Fighters to be hosted by Travel Channel personality Adam Richman (Man v. Food).

The series pits top amateur cooks against six professional chefs who will each prepare the same dish to be sampled in a blind taste test of culinary judges. The home cooks win increasing cash prizes for every professional chef they beat.

Food Fighters is created by Tim Puntillo in collaboration with Electus. The series is the first of the studio's new partnership with Puntillo's production entity, which it recently acquired.

A premiere date for the series is to be announced.