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Jaden Thompson Barely one week has passed since the first day of fall, but Selena Gomez is already feeling the holiday spirit. The superstar singer, actor, producer and businesswoman has set a new special at Food Network. “Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays” — a twist on Gomez’s popular HBO Max home cooking series, “Selena + Chef” — will debut on November 30 at 8:00 p.m.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Duff Goldman is staying put at his longtime TV home Food Network. The Ace of Cakes has signed a new multiyear, multiproject pact with the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned brand, covering both currently airing series, like Goldman’s beloved “Baking Championship” franchise of seasonal competitions, and upcoming titles, including the upcoming holiday event series “The Elf on the Shelf: Sweet Showdown.” Among Goldman’s other recent Food Network series are “Ace of Taste,” “Cake Masters,” “Dessert Games,” “Buddy vs.

EXCLUSIVE: Julie St. Aubin, who was one of the execs responsible for Max’s Selena + Chef, is moving to the Food Network.

McKinley Franklin editor It’s time to get cooking — again. Bobby Flay is gearing up for the second season of his cooking competition series, “Bobby’s Triple Threat,” with an impressive slate of famed chefs entering the kitchen. Season 2 is set to premiere on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 9 p.m., Variety can reveal. Food Network has announced the culinary titans to compete on the new season: Tiffany Derry, Michael Voltaggio and Brooke Williamson, who will battle it out in head-to-head rounds against guest competitors for a chance to win $25,000. The guest competitors include “Iron Chef” stars Michael Symon and Jose Garces, “Chopped” judge Scott Conant, Kelsey Bernard Clark, Esther Choi, Kelvin Fernandez, Byron Gomez, Rashida Holmes, Mei Lin and Shota Nakajima.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Food Network has renewed its latest “Baking Championship” spinoff, “Summer Baking Championship, for a second season. “Summer Baking Championship” features 10 talented bakers from around the country competing in unique summer-themed baking challenges featuring the flavors, ingredients and celebrations of the season for a chance to earn the title of Summer Baking Champion and win $25,000, per the cable channel’s official description for the competition series. The show is hosted by Jesse Palmer, with Duff Goldman, Carla Hall and Damaris Phillips serving as judges.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Molto bene! Food Network has renewed its new Italian cooking competition “Ciao House,” hosted by Alex Guarnaschelli and Gabriele Bertaccini, for a second season. “Shot on-location in Italy, the series takes ten rising culinary stars on the journey of a lifetime to live in a breathtaking Italian villa and compete against each other as individuals and in teams to prove their mastery of Italian cooking techniques and dishes,” per Food Network’s logline. “Each episode’s culinary challenges are steeped in tradition and the competitors must also navigate alliances and rivalries as they pick their own teams and each week, the losing team must vote off one of their own. In the end, the last chef standing wins a life-changing grand prize: an immersive culinary education across Italy, training with renowned Italian master chefs.”

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent Food Network superstar Guy Fieri will continue to travel and eat across America for another season of his series, “Guy’s All-American Road Trip.” The road trip series has been renewed for a second season by Food Network, Variety has learned exclusively. “Guy’s All-American Road Trip” is a travel and food series that follows Fieri with his family — his wife, Lori, and his sons, Hunter and Ryder — as they pack up their RV for an epic road trip together, along with a caravan of campers full of their family and friends. Season 2 will see the family road trip through Appalachia where cameras will follow them on wild adventures, family competitions and enjoying some of the best food in Tennessee and Kentucky. The second season will be comprised of four hourlong episodes, each of which will highlight new dishes, destinations and attractions.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Food Network is adding a sixth series to its “Baking Championship” franchise with the launch of new seasonal competition “Summer Baking Championship,” Variety has learned. Currently comprised of “Kids Baking Championship,” “Holiday Baking Championship,” “Halloween Baking Championship,” “Spring Baking Championship” and the spinoff “Spring Baking Championship: Easter,” the franchise will grow by one upon the May 15 premiere of “Summer Baking Championship,” hosted by Palmer and with Duff Goldman, Carla Hall and Damaris Phillips set as judges. In two back-to-back episodes airing at 9 p.m. on Food Network and streaming on Discovery+, ten talented bakers from around the country tackle unique summer-themed baking challenges featuring the flavors, ingredients, and celebrations of the season for a chance to take home a $25,000 grand prize.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The Darnell Ferguson-hosted primetime competition “Superchef Grudge Match” has been renewed for Season 2 at Food Network. Production on the eight-episode second season is set to begin later this year, with new episodes scheduled to debut in early 2024. Hosted by “Tournament of Champions” alum Ferguson, “Superchef Grudge Match” seeks to settle two long-standing personal and professional food feuds in one-round, one-dish winner-takes-all heavyweight battles. Per Food Network’s official description: “The food world is filled with rivalries and on ‘Superchef Grudge Match,’ host Darnell Ferguson stages battles between chefs who have beefs with each other to finally bury the hatchet and win $10,000 cash, a prized knife from the losing chef and lifelong bragging rights over their food foe. From food competition rivalries and business partner squabbles to mentor vs. protégé grudges, sparks fly in and out of the kitchen in this one-hour series.”

EXCLUSIVE: Molly Yeh has inked a two-year exclusive deal with Food Network, which will include more episodes of her Midwest-inspired cooking show Girl Meets Farm.

HGTV has ordered a 12-episode third season of its popular series No Demo Reno starring designer Jenn Todryk.

Rock the Block will be back for a fourth season. HGTV has renewed the hit renovation competition series, hosted by Ty Pennington (Battle on the Beach), for a new six-episode season. It’s slated to premiere in March.

Sofia Behzadi HGTV has renewed its series “Ugliest House in America” starring actress and comedian Retta. Season 3 is set to premiere in early 2023.The new series will follow Retta on a tour of five U.S. regions in which she will visit unsightly properties nominated by homeowners who believe their place is one of the worst in the country.

HGTV’s breakout hit Married To Real Estate will return for another season. The channel has ordered 12 new one-hour episodes of the series, which follows real estate broker and designer Egypt Sherrod and her husband, builder Mike Jackson, as they help families buy and renovate their dream homes in Metro Atlanta.

After spending a decade on MTV's iconic reality series Teen Mom 2 stars Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer are moving on with a new show on HGTV.The 30-year-old Houska and 33-year-old DeBoer will star in a new HGTV reality series entitled Farmhouse Fabulous.The show will follow the couple, who married in October 2016 together and share three children together (along with Chelsea's first child, 12-year-old daughter Aubree with her ex Adam Lind), as they start their own renovation and design business. New show:After spending a decade on MTV's iconic reality series Teen Mom 2 stars Chelsea Houska and Cole DeBoer are moving on with a new show on HGTVThe first season will span six one-hour episodes, following the South Dakota couple as they, 'help families renovate their homes.''Chelsea and Cole are spirited young entrepreneurs breaking ground in the home renovation business,' said Betsy Ayala, SVP, Programming & Production, HGTV.

Teen Mom 2‘s Chelsea and Cole DeBoer have embarked on a new adventure with HGTV. The network has given a series greenlight to Farmhouse Fabulous (working title), a new renovation and design show featuring the couple for premiere in spring 2023.