This holiday season will be full of surprises as the beloved popstar and The Only Murders In The Building star, Selena Gomez will be back for another round of her popular cooking show ‘Selena + Chef’ which will return to the cable network with four-holiday specials which will include some amazing recipes!
This time around the series will feature Selena Gomez, showcasing her culinary skills and learning new recipes from renowned chefs from around the world. Viewers can expect festive dishes, heartwarming moments, and a delightful mix of holiday flavors that will surely inspire them in the kitchen during the holiday season.
The viewers who are big fans of the Rare Beauty mogul’s cooking show should mark their calendars!
The time has come when Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays will be premiering on the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network next month on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. In addition to this, all the brand-new episodes will also be available on Max (previously known as HBO Max). For the specials, Gomez has invited all-star chefs Eric Adjepong, Alex Guarnaschelli, Michael Symon, and Claudette Zepeda to teach her how to amp up her cooking skills in time for the holidays, as they will bring their favorite dishes and culinary wisdom to her home kitchen to cook up perfect holiday meals to share with friends and family.
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“The holidays have always meant so much to me,” Gomez said in a statement about the new addition to the cooking series. Further adding, “It was an honor to have these amazing chefs in my kitchen to introduce some of their favorite foods and what makes the holidays special for them,” said Gomez, 31, the host of the series.
According to the press release, the celebrity chefs will show Gomez and her best friend, Raquelle Stevens, how they use food to make the holiday season memorable in the four episodes. Moreover, Gomez’s Papa, Nana, and her sister Grace will also appear to make the special a full family occasion. In the episode with Guarnaschelli, “Selena + Alex,” the duo will cook roast beef and mashed potatoes in preparation for a tree-trimming party. In “Selena + Michael,” Gomez and Symon will prepare a surf-and-turf Christmas meal with steak and lobster. In “Selena + Claudette,” Zepeda prepares a Mexican feast featuring tamales. And in “Selena + Eric,” the two celebrate the New Year with a brunch that includes shrimp with banana grits and malva pudding.
If you recall, the show initially started life as an HBO Max original during the pandemic, and ran for four seasons as a Max original, with the fourth season airing last year.
Since then, there has been much chatter all over the web around the major rumors circulating that the series might have been canceled after it didn’t receive early renewal for a fifth season, alongside the slew of other reality shows that were axed after Max moved out of its own unscripted reality originals and canceled a bunch of series due to cost cutting, among other reasons. Much to the fans’ big relief, the series has been saved, as we know by now that this series has moved to the cable network on the Food Network.
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It is produced by Sony Pictures Television’s The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) with Gomez’s July Moon Productions. Gomez, Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, and Melissa Stokes executive produce alongside showrunner Shauna Minoprio.
“With an incredible festive programming slate all season long, Food Network is the holiday destination for viewers and their families,” added Betsy Ayala, head of content, food, Warner Bros. Discovery. “Offering special culinary moments is the way Food Network celebrates the holidays, so to have superstar Selena Gomez, who has more than 650 million fans on social media, open the door to her own home kitchen is a holiday dream come true for fans.”
“Home for the Holidays” is one of the two new series starring Gomez at Food Network. Gomez’s upcoming series, which is scheduled to premiere in 2024, will show her touring the kitchens of other chefs in an effort to recreate their most well-liked recipes. A culinary collection at Always Pan was inspired by Gomez’s prior cooking series because of its immense popularity. Finally, the fans may get exclusive Selena interviews and episode sneak peeks on Food Network’s social media channels. Additionally, the fans of the show may participate and follow along by using the hashtag #SelenaAndChef.
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