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February 19 - 25, 2023 WHATS UP! T7 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media I t's Food Network's biggest competition event, and this year it promises to be big- ger than ever. "Tournament of Champions" and host Guy Fieri return Sun- day, Feb. 19, for a fourth edition, and both the cable channel and the production team promise this season will be "truly any- one's game" (so said Betsy Aya- la, senior vice-president of pro- gramming and development at Food Network). If you're not familiar with it, "Tournament of Champions" is like the March Madness of food competitions. This year, chefs from the East and West coasts — including 14 tournament rookies and one defending champion, Tiffani Faison — will take part in Fieri's bracket-style cooking contest. Going into the competition, they won't know who they'll be up against. More importantly, they won't know what challeng- es they'll face, because those are determined by the ominous- sounding randomizer — a game element that already made things hard enough without this year's addition of wild cards, which get harder and harder in each round. "'Tournament of Champions' is the most intense culinary competition ever created. We've got single-elimination, sudden- death, head-to-head blind bat- tles and judging," Fieri said in a statement. "But of course, every year we've gotta up the ante, so we made the competition even more wild and unpredictable with the introduction of wild cards in every round. Get ready for some big-time surprises!" While the action unfolds in front of a live audience, blind judging by a rotating panel of adjudicators — including Scott Conant, Cat Cora, Andrew Zim- mern and many more — will de- termine the winner of each bat- tle. Hunter Fieri will be back- stage to capture the chefs' reac- tions as they watch the judges' critiques, while Simon Majum- dar and Justin Warner provide play-by-play. The competition unfolds over the next eight weeks, and after 31 battles, one chef will be declared the tournament champion and winner of the $100,000 cash prize. But Fieri has reserved an- other big surprise: he's invited one of the most highly regarded chefs to serve as a surprise judge. Their identity will only be revealed in the April 9 finale. Who will emerge the victor of the fourth "Tournament of Champions"? Tune in Sunday, Feb. 19, to catch the season pre- miere, which is available for same-day streaming on discov- ery+. 'Tournament' time Fieri's bracket-style contest returns Guy Fieri (center) hosts "Tournament of Champions IV" Sunday Noon (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations FOOD Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy HIST The Food That Built America 1 p.m. (13.2) CREATE New Orleans Cooking With Kevin Belton FOOD Tournament of Champions HIST The Food That Built America 2 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations HIST The Food That Built America TRUTV Fast Foodies 3 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations TRUTV Fast Foodies 4 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Lucky Chow FOOD Tournament of Champions HIST The Food That Built America 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Sara's Weeknight Meals FOOD Tournament of Champions HIST The Food That Built America 7 p.m. FOOD Tournament of Champions 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE New Orleans Cooking With Kevin Belton HIST The Food That Built America 9 p.m. FOOD Alex vs America 10 p.m. FOOD Alex vs America Monday Noon FOOD The Kitchen 1 p.m. FOOD Kids Baking Championship 2 p.m. FOOD Tournament of Champions 3 p.m. (13.2) CREATE In Julia's Kitchen With Master Chefs 4 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 5 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Simply Ming FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Kids Baking Championship 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations FOOD Chopped 9 p.m. FOOD Chopped 10 p.m. FOOD Chopped Tuesday Noon FOOD Chopped 1 p.m. FOOD Superchef Grudge Match 2 p.m. FOOD Chopped 3 p.m. (13.2) CREATE TasteMAKERS FOOD Chopped 4 p.m. FOOD Chopped 5 p.m. FOOD Chopped 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Sara's Weeknight Meals FOOD Chopped 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television FOOD Chopped 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE New Orleans Cooking With Kevin Belton FOOD Superchef Grudge Match 9 p.m. FOOD Chopped 10 p.m. FOOD Chopped Wednesday Noon FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 1 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 2 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 3 p.m. (13.2) CREATE The Houston Cookbook FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 4 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 5 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Jacques Pépin: Heart & Soul FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Lidia's Kitchen FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations FOOD Guy's Grocery Games 9 p.m. FOOD Tournament of Champions Thursday Noon BRAVO Top Chef FOOD Chopped 1 p.m. BRAVO Top Chef FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 2 p.m. BRAVO Top Chef FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 3 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Ciao Italia FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 4 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 5 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Field Trip With Curtis Stone FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 7 p.m. (13) KAFT Cooking on the Wild Side (13.2) CREATE Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television (24) KFTA Next Level Chef FOOD Restaurant: Impossible 8 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 8:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 9 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 10 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 10:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Friday Noon FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 1 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 1:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 2 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 2:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 3 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 3:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 4 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 4:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 5 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 5:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Lucky Chow FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Joanne Weir's Plates and Places FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 10 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 10:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Saturday Noon FOOD Superchef Grudge Match 1 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 2 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 2:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 3 p.m. (13.2) CREATE America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 3:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Cook's Country FOOD Beat Bobby Flay 4 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 4:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 5 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 5:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Kitchen Queens: New Orleans FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 6:30 p.m. (13.2) CREATE Pati's Mexican Table FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 7:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 10 p.m. (13.2) 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