{"id":15216,"date":"2025-07-23T10:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/new-series-from-chopped-creators-coming-to-vizio-watchfree\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:17:20","slug":"new-series-from-chopped-creators-coming-to-vizio-watchfree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/new-series-from-chopped-creators-coming-to-vizio-watchfree\/","title":{"rendered":"New Series from Chopped Creators Coming to VIZIO WatchFree+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Countdown to Delicious<\/em>, a new show from Cleve Keller and Dave Noll, the duo behind the hit <em>Chopped<\/em> franchise, is set to bow on VIZIO WatchFree+ on July 25.<\/p>\n<p>The series will see five top celebrity chefs and social media influencers with a combined total of more than 22 million followers work against the clock to make easy, quick meals from main dishes to desserts.<\/p>\n<p>Among the cast are Chef Lovely, host and star of <em>Lovely Bites<\/em> and one of the stars of <em>Hell\u2019s Kitchen<\/em> and <em>Food Network Star<\/em>; Kelsey Nixon, host of <em>Kelsey\u2019s Essentials<\/em> and <em>Kelsey\u2019s Homemade<\/em> and one of the stars of <em>Dinner Takes All<\/em> and <em>Food Network Star<\/em>; Chef Tregaye, winner of <em>Food Network Star<\/em> season 12 and star of <em>Tregaye\u2019s Way<\/em>; Eddie Zamora, international food influencer, host of <em>Kill The Bottle<\/em> and former celebrity judge on <em>Dinner Takes All;<\/em> and Eloise Head, also known as Fitwaffle, a cookbook author and social media personality.<\/p>\n<p><em>Countdown to Delicious<\/em> is executive produced by Keller, Noll; Maria Zadrima, Natalie Zadrima and Jon Heinemann of Immaculata Media; Tara Fogarty-Graziano; Andy Singer; and Jenn Tuma-Young.<\/p>\n<p>The series will be among those sold internationally by Noll at MIPCOM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs with <em>Chopped<\/em> and our countless other culinary series, we set out with <em>Countdown to Delicious<\/em> to deliver to WatchFree+ a show highlighting amazing chefs and influencers with millions of combined followers who can take everyday ingredients and turn them into tantalizing dishes,\u201d Keller and Noll said.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Zadrima added, \u201cViewers want to escape into a world of comfort food now more than ever, and <em>Countdown to Delicious<\/em> delivers with personalities who have the unique ability to tempt viewers with the most decadent eats ever\u2014all wrapped into an addictive, fast-paced format.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Countdown to Delicious, a new show from Cleve Keller and Dave Noll, the duo behind the hit Chopped franchise, is set to bow on VIZIO WatchFree+ on July 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":15217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4402,4403,4404,4405,4406,2812],"class_list":["post-15216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cleve-keller","tag-countdown-to-delicious","tag-dave-noll","tag-immaculata-media","tag-maria-zadrima","tag-vizio-watchfree","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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