Flavortown Food Fight
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 17h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Mayor of Flavortown Guy Fieri will welcome the world to the tastiest place on Earth.
Long referred to but never before seen, the mythical and delicious Flavortown will be the setting for this multi-round, culinary competition.
In each episode, Fieri will welcome three chefs to Flavortown where skills and cooking chops can earn advantages and ultimately a win.
Competitors will choose their own adventure as they compete in authentic food establishments including:
- street food carts,
- neighbourhood spots,
- fast casual eateries.
- and the finest fine dining restaurants in the world.
The chefs must be quick on their feet as their culinary knowledge, technical skills and overall cooking acumen are tested round after round.
With restaurant names inspired by Guy's life, the series will deliver everything fans have ever dreamed Flavortown could be.
The winner of each episode has a chance to score up to $20,000 in prize money and will return to defend their title against two new chefs the following week.
In each episode competitors will first complete the skills challenge, followed by two rounds of cooking challenges to earn their "paycheck".
The catch is that only the final winner will get to take home the cash in this winner-takes-all game.
Winners of the skills challenge will select the first restaurant kitchen where competitors will work to tackle real world menu-based challenges such as "Mexican Street Food" or "Five Star Fine Dining".
Guy, as the Mayor of Flavortown, will declare the theme of each episode and present each challenge with Hunter Fieri - also stopping by Flavortown to present the menu for some of the cooking challenges.
Two guest judges determine who moves on and who goes home.
Episode winners have the chance to win up to $20,000 across the challenges and will return to face two new competitors the following week with no limit to the amount of wins they're able to achieve.
In the series premiere, "Inaugural Food Fight": Guy kicks off the competition with chefs Angelo Sosa, Kayla Pfeiffer and Trimell Hawkins.
The chefs must bring bold flavours to judges Maneet Chauhan and Graham Elliot for a chance to win up to $20,000 and continue their run through Flavortown.
Spider-Noir
Channel: Prime Video
TX Time: 10h00
Genre: Superhero, Adventure
Spider-Noir is a live-action series based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir.
It tells the story of Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage), a seasoned, down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life, following a deeply personal tragedy, as the city's one and only superhero.
When an exceptional case comes his way, Reilly must become the Spider once more.
Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars 2
Channel: S3
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Gordon Ramsay will welcome famed hospitality industry leader and TV personality Lisa Vanderpump to Season 2 of the high-stakes competition series Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars.
Ramsay and Vanderpump - two prominent, influential personalities and tycoons in their respective industries - will face-off as they each select food and beverage industry entrepreneurs to join their teams..
They put them through a gauntlet of real-world challenges designed to showcase their business skills, test their drive and prove they have what it takes to become the next great culinary entrepreneur.
As for Ramsay vs. Vanderpump, the ultimate outcome will be whose mentorship leads to victory for one of their team's Food Stars hopefuls.
Ramsay and Vanderpump each bring their expert knowledge and unique leadership styles to the competition.
In a first-of-its kind twist, the entrepreneurs will pitch themselves and their products, services or business ideas to the moguls, who will then choose contestants to build their respective teams.
The battle commences as teams are put through "Business Bootcamp", designed to test their tenacity, initiative, perseverance and ambition as business leaders.
With a $250,000 prize on the line, these entrepreneurs will be challenged in all aspects of running a food or beverage enterprise.
Tasks include re-marketing a food product, innovating a new product, building brand loyalty, sales pitching and management.
In addition to Ramsay and Vanderpump, the challenges will be evaluated by:
- guest judges,
- curated focus groups and customer feedback,
- profit and loss metrics,
- and market and corporate feedback.
Ludwig
Channel: BBC UKTV (DStv 134)
TX Time: 19h00
Genre: Comedy-Drama
Puzzle setter John "Ludwig" Taylor (David Mitchell) sees his life of solitude turned upside down when his identical twin brother, James, disappears without a trace.
In a quest to track James down and bring him home, Ludwig assumes his brother's identity - but by taking over every aspect of James's life, Ludwig is forced to confront his own issues.
Unlike Ludwig, James is no hermit. Far from it, in fact. He's a family man who also just happens to be DCI of a busy inner-city major crimes team.
For Ludwig, these are big shoes to fill, and playing dad to a ready-made family proves every bit as challenging as tackling the grisliest of crime scenes.
But Ludwig has one big advantage: his ability to see the world in puzzle form.
Can this master of all things cryptic crack his biggest puzzle yet?
In the series premiere: Puzzle setter John 'Ludwig' Taylor's life of solitude is upended when his identical twin, DCI James Taylor, disappears.
Drafted in by his sister-in-law Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), John reluctantly assumes his brother's identity as a detective in the Cambridge Police Authority in order to find clues to his brother's whereabouts.
John is tasked with infiltrating the major investigations team, gathering information and solving a completely unconnected murder, all whilst remaining in character as his brother.
A difficult ask for anyone, let alone a reclusive puzzle-setting genius who rarely leaves the house.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 2
Channel: Netflix South Africa
TX Time: 10h00 (all episodes)
Genre: Drama
After she solved the Andie Bell case in Season 1, Pip's world has been transformed by her actions, and not always for the better.
Pip is determined to fix the fallout - and stay away from any more investigations.
But as Max Hastings' trial approaches, key witness Jamie Reynolds suddenly disappears and Pip finds herself in a race against time to find him.
This new mystery will take Pip to unexpected places as she struggles with the idea of justice, straying even further from the "good girl" she once was.