Fat Chef | |
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Genre | Reality show |
Starring | Christine Avanti Robert Brace Brett Hoebel |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 mins. (including commercials) |
Release | |
Original network | Food Network |
Original release | January 26 – March 1, 2012 |
Fat Chef is a reality show on the Food Network, which premiered on January 26, 2012. [1]
No. | Title | Original air date | Production code |
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1 | "Michael/Melba" | January 26, 2012 | XF0101H |
2 | "Rocco/Kimberly" | February 2, 2012 | XF0102H |
3 | "Ally/Mike" | February 9, 2012 | XF0103H |
4 | "Dimitri/Chelsie" | February 16, 2012 | XF0104H |
5 | "Jeff/Maggie" | February 23, 2012 | XF0105H |
6 | "John/Jen" | March 1, 2012 | XF0106H |
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