Food Network revamps SuperChef Grudge Match with new host Laila Ali...

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...replacing Darnell Ferguson following his domestic violence plea deal

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/lai...it-1236441657/

The Food Network reality competition will return for Season 3 in August as Chef Grudge Match. Ferguson, who was arrested in January and who pleaded guilty to assaulting his estranged wife in May, is out and Ali is in. Here's the description for Chef Grudge Match: "Boxing champion Laila Ali is stepping into the ring once again, this time to host Food Network’s Chef Grudge Match, a single round, winner-take-all culinary battle where elite chefs come to settle long standing disputes and bitter rivalries. From employees who have been wronged by their boss to restaurateurs defending their livelihoods from copycats, competing culinary pros put their favorite knives, and egos, on the line in a bid to put old scores to bed. Each episode features two head-to-head battles where resident judge Jet Tila welcomes a guest judge to help determine who walks out with $10,000 cash, the losing chef’s most coveted knife and bragging rights for life.”