Common Sense Media Review
By Emily Ashby
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Salty language, team tensions in so-so cooking competition.
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Why Age 12+?
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Family Food Fight
What's the Story?
In FAMILY FOOD FIGHT, eight teams of family members face off in a series of cooking challenges for the chance to win $100,000. Parents and adult kids, favorite cousins, and sibling trios tie on their aprons and put their heads together to create winning meals in challenges presented and judged by the show's professional foodies Ayesha Curry, Graham Elliot, and Cat Cora. As the contest heats up, these relatives have to keep their cool, work together, and draw on their families' traditions in the kitchen in order to best their stiff competition.
Is It Any Good?
This show's focus on cooking as a family event generates some good feels, but on the whole, it's not an especially notable addition to the saturated competition cooking show genre. That said, there is some appeal in getting to know the teams and in hearing how cooking and meal traditions have helped shape their memorable family moments. What's more, Family Food Fight's effort to involve different types of family groups of diverse cultural backgrounds is a welcome characteristic as well.
Of course, working in the kitchen with so many cooks has a downside as well, and there are plenty of tense moments in the close quarters of the kitchens on set. While the nagging and bickering typically is short-lived, it does make the show more appropriate for teens and parents rather than younger kids.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the popularity of food-related competition shows like Family Food Fight. What's the draw to them? Do they teach anything tangible about cooking and food preparation? What, if anything, distinguishes this series from others like it that you've watched?
How do competition shows test the players' ability to cope with adversity and to perform under pressure? In what cases do any of the teams display perseverance? How does the cultural diversity of the participant pool contribute to the show's overall intrigue?
In what ways does your family integrate food and cooking into your traditions? How does this reflect your faith or ethnic heritage? Do you enjoy cooking together? What other activities do you do as a family?
TV Details
- Premiere date : June 20, 2019
- Cast : Ayesha Curry , Graham Elliot , Cat Cora
- Network : ABC
- Genre : Reality TV
- Topics : Cooking
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- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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