The Superstar Chef Challenge is a reality/competition special produced for the Food Network Canada. Filmed at the state of the art Compass Group Canada Culinary Arts Demonstration Theatre and Kitchen Laboratory in Humber College's North Campus, it serves as a pilot for a potential series.
Hosted by Kevin Brauch, the would-be-chefs were selected from a cross-country lot that send in a five-minute tape of themselves cooking their signature dish. The winner for the 1st season was Dana McIntyre and as part of the prize she got a co-starring role in the Food Network Canada show Just One Bite.
The show's supervising producer for the first season was Jenna Keane.
The special was filmed during Humber College's March 2005 Reading Week; it is known that Humber will host the series if it is a success.
The second season is currently being shot in Toronto, Ontario.
Will Work For Food is a Food Network show starring Adam Gertler, one of three finalists of the fourth season of The Next Food Network Star. The show premiered on Monday, January 19, 2009 at 8:30 PM EDT. According to Food Network, the series "exposes Adam to the world of little-known food jobs as he fearlessly puts his life – and mouth – on the line to try them all! Whether taking honey from three million bees, sculpting ice with a chain saw, foraging for truffles, or digging a wine cave, Adam will do anything in the name of food." The concept is somewhat similar to the Food Network program Glutton for Punishment.
Kitchen Equipped is a show which can be seen on Food Network Canada and HGTV.
The show, which shot 3 seasons was co-hosted by Canadian pastry and celeb chef Anna Olson, carpenter Jay Purvis, and interior designer Stacy McLennan. Both Olson and Purvis explore building and renovating a kitchen. Plus they explore gadgets, kitchen accessories, products, appliances, and a lot more. Stacey McLennan was the first winner of Designer Superstar Challenge.
Stacy McLennan was replaced after the 1st season with Chef Anna Olson.
Over the course of the first season, Purvis and McLennan showed the viewers how to design a kitchen. Each episode would show a little more of the kitchen being done. The 2nd and 3rd seasons spent less time on the process and more on the finishes of the kitchen without showing the actual construction, just the various steps.