Food Network Renews ‘Wildcard Kitchen’ for Season 3, Strikes Multiyear Deal With Host Eric Adjepong | Exclusive

Season 2 saw a 33% increase in viewership among viewers 25 to 35 compared to Season 1

Eric Adjepong
Host Eric Adjepong dealing cards, as seen on the Food Network's Wildcard Kitchen (Photo Credit: Food Network)

“Wildcard Kitchen,” the Food Network’s high-stakes culinary poker game, is coming back for Season 3, TheWrap has exclusively learned. Additionally, the network has signed a multiyear exclusivity deal with series host Eric Adjepong.

Each episode of the show follows three all-star chefs who compete in Adjepong’s underground poker game, where they must cook, bet, bluff and backstab for cash and bragging rights. Season 3 of “Wildcard Kitchen” is currently in pre-production, with shooting expected to happen this spring.

The second season of the series premiered in January. That installment reached nearly 6 million viewers aged 2 years or older, according to the Food Network.

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