Food Network has cancelled The Kitchen

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I'm really surprised by this move. It was created 11 years ago as a once a week mimic of of the incredibly popular daily show "The Chew" with Mario Batali, Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, Daphne Oz, and Michael Symon. It is a group show with Geoffrey Zakarian, Jeff Mauro, Sunny Anderson, Katie Lee Biegel and now Alex Guarnaschelli. Each week there is a theme and they demo recipes, show crafty ideas, make cocktails, etc. I was not a fan at first but it has grown on me over the years. I cannot imagine what they will do to fill the 11am Saturday morning time slot. The network has steadily been reducing the actual cooking instruction content and obnoxiously increasing the competitions. Are we going to have Kids Baking Championships on Sat mornings? I won't be watching. The last episode will air on December 13.