Series synopsis
Family Restaurant Rivals is an American reality television series that premiered on Food Network on August 19, 2019. It ended on September 23, 2019. It stars Valerie Bertinelli.
Valerie Bertinelli hosts as restaurant-owning families compete in challenges requiring them to overcome real-life restaurant curve balls. The team that impresses the food world's most intimidating judges wins $10,000.
Premise
Valerie Bertinelli hosts as restaurant-owning families compete in challenges requiring them to overcome real-life restaurant curve balls. The team that impresses the food world's most intimidating judges wins $10,000.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Valerie Bertinelli as Self - Host
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 6 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | August 19, 2019 | September 23, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Family That Cooks Together Chinese-American, Jewish and Italian-American families face off to see whose family restaurant fare is the best. In round one, host Valerie Bertinelli asks the teams to adapt their restaurants' best lunch combos for picky eaters. The two families that remain in round two have to make an impressive noodle dish with a twist that wows the judges, and the winning family takes home the $10,000 prize. |
August 19, 2019 |
| 2 |
With Family, Nothing Is Impossible It's a battle of Cuban, West African and Italian cuisines when three restaurant-owning families compete for a shot at winning $10,000. First, they have to make their family's version of a burger and side in just 15 minutes. In the second round, the remaining two families both hope their elevated childhood favorite dish will impress judges Clinton Kelly, Robert Irvine and Antonia Lofaso and take them across the finish line. |
August 26, 2019 |
| 3 |
Family Freezer Burn Hawaiian, Italian and Texas State Fair families compete to win a life-changing $10,000 for their restaurant. In the first round, Valerie Bertinelli challenges the teams to make a deep-fried family favorite using proteins that are frozen solid. Then the remaining two families have to use bacon in three totally different applications and blow away judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Antonia Lofaso and Simon Majumdar. |
September 7, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Food Network |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 19, 2019 |
| Last aired | September 23, 2019 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |