A resident of San Diego County, mom of four and winner of Food Network Star Season 5, Melissa d'Arabian is a familiar face as host of Ten Dollar Dinners and The Picky Eaters Project. Melissa has also judged Guy’s Grocery Games and appeared on Chopped, Cutthroat Kitchen and The Best Thing I Ever Ate.

British expat Simon Majumdar is quite at home eating fresh California cuisine in Los Angeles. No stranger to Food Network, Simon is a regular judge on Cutthroat Kitchen, Iron Chef America and The Next Iron Chef, although he didn't start out in the entertainment industry. When he was 40 years old, he quit his job as a book publisher and began a new mission: "Go Everywhere, Eat Everything." 

Don’t let his Massachusetts accent fool you: Beau MacMillan is a proud Phoenix resident. Executive chef of the city’s Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain and its signature restaurant, Elements, Beau specializes in natural, seasonal Arizona ingredients. Beau is a recurring judge on Guy’s Grocery Games, a former contestant on The Next Iron Chef, a guest host on Worst Cooks in America and a former competitor on Iron Chef America, where his cuisine reigned supreme against Iron Chef Bobby Flay in “Battle American Kobe Beef.”

A longtime San Francisco superstar chef, Elizabeth Falkner is one of the most-recognizable chefs in the culinary world. She competed twice on The Next Iron Chef, appeared as a gladiator on Kitchen Inferno and regularly judges Donut Showdown.