America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation
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{{Infobox television
| image = Americas_Test_Kitchen_Next_Generation_poster.jpg
| genre = Cooking competition
| presenter = Jeannie Mai Jenkins
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_episodes = 10
| executive_producer = {{plain list |
- Jack Bishop
- Madeline Langlieb
- Mark Phinney Levine
- Jenn Van Persaud
- Teri Weideman
}}
| editor = {{plain list |
- Jordan Ackerman
- John Gehrke
}}
| network = Amazon Freevee
| first_aired = {{Start date|2022|12|9}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2023|02|10}}
| network2 = Amazon Prime
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2025|04|01}}
| last_aired2 = present
}}
America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation is an American cooking competition television series hosted by Jeannie Mai Jenkins. The first season premiered on Amazon Freevee on December 9, 2022. The second season premiered on April 1, 2025 and is currently streaming on Prime Video.{{cite press release|title="America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation" Is Back! Prime Video Announces Season Two with Host, Jeannie Mai|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2025/03/20/americas-test-kitchen-the-next-generation-is-back-prime-video-announces-season-two-with-host-jeannie-mai-837414/20250320amazon01/|publisher=Amazon|via=The Futon Critic|date=March 20, 2025|access-date=March 20, 2025}}
Summary
The series follows 11 home chefs who present their dishes through a series of challenges testing their culinary abilities and personalities. Each episode, the contestants stand before the judges' panel of America's Test Kitchen alums Dan Souza, Elle Simone, Jack Bishop, and Julia Collin Davison, as well as guest judges including Claudette Zepeda, Gesine Bullock-Prado, Jamie Bissonnette, Karen Akunowicz, Kwame Onwuachi, and Nick DiGiovanni.{{cite news |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title=Jeannie Mai Jenkins Tapped To Host 'America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation' On Amazon Freevee |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/jeannie-mai-jenkins-host-americas-test-kitchen-the-next-generation-amazon-freevee-premiere-date-1235147536/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=Deadline |date=18 October 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Struble |first1=Cristine |title=America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation: Exclusive trailer revealed |url=https://foodsided.com/2022/11/10/americas-test-kitchen-next-generation-exclusive-video-clip-preview-revealed/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=FoodSided |date=10 November 2022}} The last cook standing earns a starring role as a new host of America's Test Kitchen, as well as a $100,000 prize to fund their own culinary business, and the opportunity to write their own cookbook.{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Julia |title=Jeannie Mai Jenkins Reflects on 'America's Test Kitchen' Hosting Gig: 'Food Is a Great Connector' |url=https://people.com/food/jeannie-mai-jenkins-reflects-on-hosting-americas-test-kitchen-food-is-a-great-connector/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=People |date=6 December 2022}}
Contestants
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- Antoinette Johnson
- Basil Maqbool
- Brooke Baevsky
- Christina Phan
- Corrina Sepulveda
- Garrett Schlichte
- Jessica Lawson
- Marc Sievers
- Peter Cardoz
- Rachmi Primlani
- Robbie Guevarra
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Production
On May 2, 2022, it was reported that America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation would be a new unscripted competition series for Amazon Freevee, a spinoff of the PBS cooking show America's Test Kitchen.{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Peter |title=Amazon Freevee: 'Bosch: Legacy' Renewed For Season 2, Unscripted Orders, Disney Film Deal & Remake Of British Series 'Inside No. 9' In The Works |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/amazon-freevee-bosch-legacy-renewed-season-2-inside-no-9-1235014394/ |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=Deadline |date=2 May 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=John |title=America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation Review: Tinkering With the Ingredients |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-test-kitchen-the-next-generation-review-freevee-dan-souza-11670364946 |access-date=20 December 2022 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=6 December 2022}} On October 18, 2022, it was announced that Jeannie Mai Jenkins, former co-host of talk show The Real, would host the series. Teri Weideman is the series' showrunner.
Co-executive producers for the debut show were Jack Bishop, David Lonner, and David Nussbaum.
Release
The trailer for the series was released on November 10, 2022. The 10-episode first season of the premiered on Amazon Freevee on December 9, 2022, with a new episode every week through February 10, 2023. The second season also has 10 episodes and premiered April 1, 2025 on Prime Video.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|22768836|America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation}}
{{Amazon Freevee original programming}}
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:2022 American television series debuts