“Supermarket Stakeout” Returns with Brand-New Season Including Four-Episode Judges’ Tournament

New Episodes Kick-Off Wednesday, May 1st @ 9PM ET/PT on Food Network

Supermarket Stakeout, Food Network’s hit series where the action starts as customers exit the aisles, is back with a brand-new season this spring that includes an all-star four-part Judges’ Tournament. In each episode hosted by Alex Guarnaschelli, chefs square off in three themed cooking rounds outside a real-life supermarket in a parking lot pop-up kitchen that has everything but a pantry. To secure ingredients, competitors must be strategic and persuasive with a $500 budget to negotiate items out of exiting customers’ carts. Each week a rotating panel of judges determine which chef made the most successful dishes and is awarded enough cash for a year’s worth of groceries. Supermarket Stakeout returns with a fourteen-episode season on Wednesday, May 1st @ 9PM (all times ET/PT), including a four-episode Judges’ Tournament beginning Wednesday, May 29th @ 9PM ET/PT.

“Supermarket Stakeout is a fan-favorite and the new season delivers all the cooking action, bargaining and excitement our audience loves,” said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. “The first-ever Judges’ Tournament takes the competition to the next level and the fun is non-stop.”

As part of the new season, Supermarket Stakeout judges become competitors in a four-episode tournament for a chance to win $25,000 cash and $25,000 to be donated to No Kid Hungry. All-star chefs battling it out in the parking lot are Antonia Lofaso, Eric Greenspan, Aarti Sequeira, Joe Sasto, Gabriele Bertaccini, Damaris Phillips, Viet Pham, Karen Akunowicz and Zac Young. Kicking off Wednesday, May 29th @ 9PM, the tournament winner will be named on Wednesday, June 19th @ 9PM.

Viewers can head to Food Network’s social pages to get Alex’s best tips for saving money at the supermarket and learn her favorite ingredients to stock in her pantry. Fans can join the conversation online by following #SupermarketStakeout and visiting FoodNetwork.com/SupermarketStakeout.

Supermarket Stakeout is produced by Triage Entertainment.