America's Culinary Cup
American cooking competition television series
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America's Culinary Cup is an American reality competition cooking show television series that premiered on CBS on March 4, 2026. The series is hosted and judged by Padma Lakshmi.
- Padma Lakshmi
- Michael Cimarusti
- Wylie Dufresne
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| Genre | Reality competition |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | March 4, 2026 – present |
Format
Production
On April 17, 2025, it was announced that CBS had ordered the series with Padma Lakshmi as the host, judge, and executive producer. It is a production of former NBCUniversal chairman Susan Rosner Rovner's AHA Studios, making Rovner's return to network television following her departure from NBC in 2023.[1][2][3] On November 17, 2025, it was announced that the series would premiere on March 4, 2026.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] On January 23, 2026, the judges, Michael Cimarusti and Wylie Dufresne, were announced.[11][12] On January 27, 2026, the chefs were announced.[13][14]
Chefs
Elimination table
| Place | Contestant | Episodes | |||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 1 | Cara | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | |
| 2 | Chris | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | RUNNER-UP | |
| 3 | Matt | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | RUNNER-UP | |
| 4 | Buddha | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||
| 5 | Katie | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||
| 6 | Keith | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||
| 7 | Beverly | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||
| 8 | Diana | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | OUT | ||||||
| 9 | Emily | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
| 10 | Malyna | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
| 11 | Michael | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |||||||||
| 12 | Kim | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||
| 13 | Sol | OUT | |||||||||||
| 14 | Philip | OUT | |||||||||||
| 15 | Russell | OUT | |||||||||||
| 16 | Rochelle | OUT | |||||||||||
- This cook won the competition.
- This cook finished as a runner-up in the finals.
- This cook won the challenge.
- This cook was safe from elimination.
- This cook won the elimination challenge.
- This cook was eliminated.
Episodes
| No. | Title [15][16] | Guest Judge(s) [17] | Original release date [15][16] | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating/share (18-49) |
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| 1 | "Spoiled for Stroganoff" | N/A | March 4, 2026 | N/A | TBA |
| 2 | "Meat the First Commandment" | Pat LaFrieda | March 11, 2026 | N/A | TBA |
| 3 | "Nice Big Squash" | N/A | March 18, 2026 | N/A | TBA |
| 4 | "Lets Get Saucy" | N/A | March 25, 2026 | N/A | TBA |
| 5 | "The Roots of Success" | Suzette Gresham, Stefano Secchi, Tim Flores, Genie Kwon, Priya Krishna, JJ Johnson | April 1, 2026 | N/A | TBA |
| 6 | "Good vs Evil" | Nina Métayer | April 8, 2026 | N/A | TBA |
| 7 | "The Gastronomic Gauntlet" | N/A | April 15, 2026 | N/A | TBA |
| 8 | "Consistency Is Key" | N/A | April 22, 2026 | N/A | TBA |
| 9 | "Passport to Pressure" | Kwame Onwuachi, Roy Choi, Asma Khan | April 29, 2026 | TBD | TBA |
| 10 | "Bittersweet Semifinals" | N/A | May 6, 2026 | TBD | TBA |
| 11 | "Million-Dollar Menu" | Eric Ripert, Suzanne Goin, Daniela Soto-Innes | May 13, 2026 | TBD | TBA |