Food Network Is Canceling ‘The Kitchen’ After 40 Seasons

“Shows don’t last this long… and ours did,” wrote co-host Jeff Mau­ro.

Fans of “The Kitchen” will soon have to bid good­bye to the show as Food Net­work has announced its sta­ple week­end series is com­ing to an end after 40 sea­sons.

The cook­ing chan­nel shared the news in a joint Insta­gram post Tues­day, Oct. 20, with co-hosts Sun­ny Ander­son, Katie Lee Biegel, Jeff Mau­ro and Geof­frey Zakar­i­an, as well as fre­quent guest host Alex Guar­naschel­li.

“After 40 unfor­get­table sea­sons with over 500 episodes, #TheK­itchen will offi­cial­ly come to an end on Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 13th,” reads the post. “We’re immense­ly grate­ful to our hosts, crew, guests, and most of all, our loy­al view­ers for 10+ incred­i­ble years. Thank you for tun­ing in, cook­ing along, and being part of our com­mu­ni­ty.”

Mau­ro reflect­ed on the show’s can­cel­la­tion in a lengthy mes­sage on Face­book. 

“I always knew what we had was spe­cial — rare, a uni­corn, an anom­aly. Shows don’t last this long… and ours did. I’ve prayed and giv­en thanks every night for that fact,” he wrote. “I got to spend a dozen years with my best friends — cook­ing, laugh­ing, and eat­ing life-chang­ing bites from some of the world’s great­est chefs and cooks. I got to play Twister with Daniel Rad­cliffe, sing and strum with Trisha Year­wood, and spit bars with Vanil­la Ice and Rev Run.”

He also men­tioned how “The Kitchen” even man­aged to air episodes dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, thanks to the show’s ded­i­cat­ed team. 

Mau­ro then thanked his fel­low co-hosts, fans, net­work and crew mem­bers. “Geof­frey, Sun­ny, Katie, and Alex — I love you all and will cher­ish every moment we cre­at­ed togeth­er,” he wrote. “To our fans — I love you and thank you for the years of watch­ing, sup­port­ing, and grow­ing with us. To the @foodnetwork fam­i­ly, thank you very much for the oppor­tu­ni­ty to live out my dream.”

He said at the end of his state­ment that although he is sad the show is end­ing, he is opti­mistic about future oppor­tu­ni­ties.

“The Kitchen” debuted in 2014 with culi­nary experts Ander­son, Biegel, Mau­ro, Zakar­i­an and chef Marcela Val­ladol­id, who pre­vi­ous­ly appeared as a co-host before exit­ing the show in 2017. Guar­naschel­li lat­er joined the group to break down recipes, share meal tips and chat about the lat­est food trends.

The co-hosts have passed down more than 2,000 recipes through­out the show’s run, accord­ing to a press release. Episodes fea­tured spe­cial appear­ances from many celebri­ties and chefs over the years, like Regi­na King, Willie Geist, Kathie Lee Gif­ford, Martha Stew­art, Emer­il Lagasse, Wolf­gang Puck, Rachael Ray, Bob­by Flay and Car­la Hall.

Flay com­ment­ed on the can­cel­la­tion below the Insta­gram announce­ment.

“Thank you to the Kitchen and its fab­u­lous chefs and hosts for hold­ing it down in day­time on @foodnetwork for the last decade. Well done every­one.. an icon­ic run,” he wrote.

The final episode of “The Kitchen” will air on Sat­ur­day, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. ET/PT.