Each week on Food Network Obsessed, host Jaymee Sire sits down with your favorite chefs, food influencers and Food Network personalities to dish on all things delicious in the food world. From exclusive behind-the-scenes stories, first (and worst) jobs in food, to cooking fails and culinary triumphs, no topic is off the menu. Whether you’re a super-fan of Food Network or a super foodie you’re going to want to hear this! Want even more Food Network? Head to discovery+ to stream some of your favorite Food Network shows. Go to discoveryplus.com/foodobsessed to start your 7-day free tria...
Latest episodes
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37 min
Maxine Sharf on Going From Tech to the Kitchen and Finding Her Next Chapter
Maxine Sharf joins the pod to talk about turning an unexpected layoff into a full-time career in food and the family recipes that inspired Maxi's Kitchen. She shares how cooking co…
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46 min
Danielle Sepsy on Best Bake Ever and Becoming the Scone Queen
Danielle Sepsy joins the pod to talk about turning a childhood love of baking into The Hungry Gnome and bringing her most trusted recipes to Best Bake Ever. She shares how her gran…
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42 min
Aarti Sequeira on Halloween Baking Championship and Finding Her Voice
Aarti Sequeira returns to the pod to talk about joining Halloween Baking Championship and finding the courage to take up space at the judges’ table. She shares why handwritten fami…
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47 min
Andrew Fuller on Judging Halloween Wars and Fooling Everyone on Sweet Deceit
Andrew Fuller joins the pod to talk about becoming a judge on Halloween Wars and bringing hyperrealistic cakes into everyday settings on Sweet Deceit. He shares how Beetlejuice hel…
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55 min
Claudette Zepeda on the Real-Life Intensity of Bobby Flay’s The Line
Chef Claudette Zepeda returns to the show to talk about where she is in her journey to earn a “PhD in Humanity” and what’s changed since the last time she was on. Claudette talks a…
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1 h 10
Introducing the Real Organic Podcast: NFL Wellness Coach Ladd Harris on Feeding Athletes Real Organic Food
This week we’re sharing a special episode from our friends at the Real Organic Podcast, the Anthem-award-winning “Best Sustainability, Environment & Climate Podcast” produced by th…
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1 h 11
Andrew Zimmern on Why Pitmasters Is Unlike Any Barbecue Competition
Andrew Zimmern returns to the pod to talk about Pitmasters, Food Network's bold new barbecue competition series. Andrew shares why he waited years before saying yes to a competitio…
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38 min
Terry Crews on Hosting Food Network's Biggest Cooking Competition Ever
Terry Crews joins the pod to talk about his latest role as host of 100 Cooks, Food Network's biggest cooking competition ever. Terry shares what it was like stepping into a kitchen…
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45 min
Allison Chen on Viral Baking Videos and Bringing Tangyuan to Food Network
Pastry chef and content creator Allison Chen joins the pod to share her unconventional journey from studying neuroscience … to attending pastry school in France. Allison reflects o…
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37 min
Brian & Mika Kleinschmidt Reveal the Wildest Features in HGTV Smart Home 2026
Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt join the pod to talk about their latest project, the all-new HGTV Smart Home 2026. The winningest duo on HGTV shares what it was like designing the $1.3…
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51 min
Maneet Chauhan on Chopped Castaways, BBQ Brawl, and Giving Life 500 Percent
Maneet Chauhan joins the pod to talk about one of Food Network’s most ambitious competitions yet: Chopped Castaways. Maneet shares what it was like judging a group of chefs dropped…
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58 min
Gabe Bertaccini on Chopped Castaways and What Makes Great Food TV
Chef Gabe Bertaccini joins the pod to talk about his latest Food Network adventure, Chopped Castaways, a wild new spin on Chopped that drops elite chefs onto a remote island where…
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29 min
Cassie Yeung on Joining the Food Network Hot List with “No Measurements, Just Vibes”
Cassie Yeung joins the pod to share her excitement on being named to the 2026 Food Network Hot List. She talks about the viral “hangover ramen” video that changed her life, growing…
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42 min
Jet Tila on Ready Jet Cook and Teaching the “Why” Behind Cooking
Chef, restaurateur, and Food Network fan-favorite Jet Tila returns to the pod for a catch-up on everything from family life to building a career that spans restaurants, television,…
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37 min
Rashad Jones on Joining the Judges Table for BBQ Brawl
Pitmaster and restaurateur Rashad Jones joins the pod to talk about his journey from backyard barbecue obsession to building Big Lee's Barbecue into a barbecue destination. Rashad…
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37 min
Esther Choi on 24 in 24, Cooking with Choi, and Her Debut Cookbook
Chef, restaurateur, and Food Network favorite Esther Choi returns to the pod to catch up on a massive new chapter of life: Motherhood. Esther opens up about her debut cookbook, and…
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50 min
Kenny Gilbert on Tournament of Champions and Trusting Your Instincts
Chef Kenny Gilbert joins the pod to talk about his impressive run on this season of Tournament of Champions, from the pressure of the randomizer to cooking in one of the most inten…
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33 min
Zoha Malik on Going from Home Baker to Food Network’s Hot List
Zoha Malik, the creator behind Bake With Zoha, joins the pod to talk about being named to Food Network’s Hot List and how a weekend baking hobby turned into one of the most popular…
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44 min
Bryan Ford on Judging Ultimate Baking Championship and Why Bread Is Life
Bryan Ford joins the pod to talk about judging Food Network’s new competition series Ultimate Baking Championship and what it was like watching some of the most skilled pastry chef…
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34 min
Kaleena Bliss on Returning to TOC and How to Handle Randomizer Stress
Chef Kaleena Bliss joins the pod ahead of her return to Tournament of Champions, and she breaks down what it’s really like to step back into one of the most intense kitchens on tel…