Selena Gomez is bringing her love for cooking from her home kitchen to professional restaurants.
Food Network announced “Selena + Restaurant” on Friday, a spin-off of her Max series “Selena + Chef.” In six episodes, Gomez and her best friend Raquelle Stevens will visit popular restaurants in L.A. with chefs Shirley Chung, Keith Corbin, Stephanie Izard, Wolfgang Puck, Marcel Vigneron and Andrew and Michelle Muñoz.
“After cooking mostly virtually from my kitchen with some of the best chefs for the last four years, I was thrilled to step into their world,” Gomez said in a statement. “You’ll have to see if being in person helped my skills at all.”
Every episode “will challenge Selena to see how quickly she can learn the ropes with the ultimate goal of creating a dish good enough to make each restaurant’s menu. Each chef will also highlight a charity that is meaningful to them during each episode, with all of the featured non-profits receiving a donation to further their cause,” according to the show’s official logline.
“Selena’s culinary journey has captivated viewers from the beginning as she has improved her kitchen skills on her Emmy-nominated series, ‘Selena + Chef,’” Betsy Ayala, head of content for food at Warner Bros. Discovery, added. “Now, out of the comfort of her home kitchen, but with her best friend for support, Selena’s transition to the big leagues offers a natural progression of her culinary education as this superstar demonstrates what she can do in a restaurant environment.”
Following its debut in 2020, “Selena + Chef” has shown 40 episodes over four seasons, as well as four Home for the Holidays specials. Its nomination for an Emmy for Outstanding Culinary Series came in 2023.
Gomez is producing “Selena + Restaurant” for July Moon Productions, along with executive producers Melissa Stokes, Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman for Sony Pictures Television’s the Intellectual Property Corporation, and showrunner Shauna Minoprio,
The first two episodes of “Selena + Restaurant” will air on May 2 on Food Network before being available on Max.
