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Wildcard Kitchen is our exclusive, late-night culinary card game where all-star chefs bet, bluff and backstab for cold hard cash and bragging rights. In each episode, host Eric Adjepong welcomes three chefs who know each other well to the test kitchen after-hours for three hands of his underground poker game.

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Eric Adjepong

Food Network Host

Chef Eric Adjepong hosts Wildcard Kitchen and Alex vs. America on Food Network. A first-generation Ghanaian American, he was born and raised in New York City and became known for introducing West African cuisine to mainstream culinary conversation

Watch the Season 1 Episode One Recap

Host Eric Adjepong invites Chopped judges Maneet Chauhan, Brian Malarkey and Marc Murphy to the kitchen. They must make pasta, eggs Benedict and wings with a unique twist. Who will win?

Season 12, Episode 7

Italian Night Out

Eric Adjepong welcomes Antonia Lofaso, Rocco DiSpirito and Gabriele Bertaccini to his underground culinary card game in the Food Network kitchen. These Italian chefs put $5,000 of their money on the line for a night of all-in betting and intense competition. All three chefs will have to hold on to enough cash to play the final hand for a chance to walk away with their friends' cash.

Monday
Aug 11
1pm | 12c
Season 12, Episode 5

Rising Stars of Latin Flavor

Eric Adjepong gathers three rising stars of the food world, Carlos Anthony, Maria Mazon and Mika Leon, for another round of his uncompromising culinary card game. Looking to make their mark, these chefs sacrifice $5,000 of their own cash and take on dishes that force them to think outside the box. Egos are on the line, and the night can only end with one winner walking away with the others' hard-earned money in an intense surf-and-turf battle.

Monday
Aug 11
2pm | 1c
Season 2, Episode 2

Titans of 24

Get ready for betting, bluffing, and backstabbing in Eric Adjepong's late-night culinary poker face-off as "24 in 24" hosts Michael Symon and Esther Choi face season one champion Marcel Vigneron for glory and green. With $15,000 of their own money on the line, who will fall prey to Eric's deliciously deceptive wildcards, and whose extraordinary plate will sweep the pot?

Monday
Aug 11
3pm | 2c
Season 2, Episode 5

Competition Sharks

Eric Adjepong's late-night culinary poker game heats up when chefs Mei Lin, Tiffany Derry and Brian Malarkey put $15,000 of their own money on the line. Get ready for big flavors and even bigger bets, because these competition sharks never back down from a challenge -- with one chef going all in!

Wednesday
Sep 10
11am | 10c
Season 2, Episode 9

Frenemies

Eric Adjepong welcomes chefs Kelsey Barnard Clark, Carlos Anthony and Crista Luedtke, who set their friendships aside for a cutthroat culinary competition with an impressive $15,000 pot of their cold, hard cash on the line. Throughout each battle, underdog Carlos tries to prove he belongs in the kitchen with two of the fiercest chefs in the Food Network universe, until one of these frenemy chefs emerges to take home the win.

Wednesday
Sep 10
12pm | 11c
Season 2, Episode 8

Comfort Food Connoisseurs

Eric Adjepong invites comfort food connoisseurs Eddie Jackson, Molly Yeh and Damaris Phillips to risk $5,000 of their own money in an intense game of skill and chance. It all comes down to a late-night snack cook-off to see who goes home the big winner -- and whose bank account takes a big hit.

Wednesday
Sep 10
1pm | 12c
Season 2, Episode 9

Frenemies

Eric Adjepong welcomes chefs Kelsey Barnard Clark, Carlos Anthony and Crista Luedtke, who set their friendships aside for a cutthroat culinary competition with an impressive $15,000 pot of their cold, hard cash on the line. Throughout each battle, underdog Carlos tries to prove he belongs in the kitchen with two of the fiercest chefs in the Food Network universe, until one of these frenemy chefs emerges to take home the win.

Tuesday
Sep 30
8am | 7c
Season 2, Episode 6

Chopped Battle

Eric Adjepong welcomes three icons from Food Network's Chopped to battle it out for ultimate bragging rights. With $15,000 on the line, Amanda Freitag, Tiffani Faison and the OG himself, Geoffrey Zakarian, lay down their own stacks of cash in this Chopped judge showdown. When the judges become the judged, who will prevail?

Tuesday
Sep 30
9am | 8c
Season 2, Episode 10

Clash of the Restaurant Queens

Chef Antonia Lofaso returns for another wild night at Eric Adjepong's high-stakes culinary poker showdown! This time, she's betting against her best buddies and acclaimed restaurateurs Ayesha Nurdjaja and Claudette Zepeda. As loyalties are tested and tensions boil over, culinary chaos is just a shuffle away.

Tuesday
Sep 30
10am | 9c
Season 2, Episode 7

Winning High Rollers

Eric Adjepong brings back three former champions who are hungry for a repeat victory. With $30,000 of their own hard-earned cash on the line, chefs Maneet Chauhan and Tiffani Faison will need their boldest dishes and savviest strategies to stop Chris Oh's hot streak. These three chefs are ready to go all in to win this clash of the champion card sharks!

Tuesday
Sep 30
11am | 10c
Season 12, Episode 7

Italian Night Out

Eric Adjepong welcomes Antonia Lofaso, Rocco DiSpirito and Gabriele Bertaccini to his underground culinary card game in the Food Network kitchen. These Italian chefs put $5,000 of their money on the line for a night of all-in betting and intense competition. All three chefs will have to hold on to enough cash to play the final hand for a chance to walk away with their friends' cash.

Tuesday
Oct 21
8am | 7c
Season 12, Episode 6

Three of a Kind

It's ladies' night at the Food Network kitchens, and Eric Adjepong invites Guy's Grocery Games judges Aarti Sequeira, Catherine McCord and Damaris Phillips to spend their night out at his after-hours card game. Their revels get kicked up a notch when they each put up $5,000 of their own money on a no-holds-barred culinary showdown with the final round hinging on the best French toast. These close friends must keep their poker faces on and take the gloves off to walk away with their friends' cash.

Tuesday
Oct 21
9am | 8c
Season 2, Episode 8

Comfort Food Connoisseurs

Eric Adjepong invites comfort food connoisseurs Eddie Jackson, Molly Yeh and Damaris Phillips to risk $5,000 of their own money in an intense game of skill and chance. It all comes down to a late-night snack cook-off to see who goes home the big winner -- and whose bank account takes a big hit.

Tuesday
Oct 21
10am | 9c
Season 2, Episode 1

Battle of the Legends

Eric Adjepong welcomes three legendary chefs to his late-night culinary poker game. The stakes are doubled to $10,000 as Alex Guarnaschelli, Rocco DiSpirito and Andrew Zimmern lay their own cash on the line for a chance to walk away with big money and bragging rights. It all comes down to an "anything goes" global mash-up challenge to see who walks out of the Food Network kitchen on top of the world.

Tuesday
Oct 21
11am | 10c

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