12 Facts About Food Network

Food Network was established on November 23, 1993, 6:00 am as TV Food Network and in 1997, it adopted its current name.

Schonfeld was appointed as managing director of TV Food Network and maintained a spot on its management board along with two Providence Journal employees.

In 1996, Erica Gruen was hired as the president and CEO of TV Food Network, becoming the second woman in history to be the CEO of a U S television network.

Food Network was first launched outside of North America in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2009, and in Asia on July 5, 2010.

In 2002, Food Network made an appeal to the home cook by adding Paula's Home Cooking, hosted by Paula Deen.

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In June 2013, Food Network announced that they were not renewing Deen's contract due to publicity about her racial remarks revealed in a lawsuit brought on by a former worker.

Food Network said the network's ratings in that time period grew by double digits in each of the last four years, growth that could not be sustained.

On January 1, 2010, HGTV and Food Network were removed from cable provider Cablevision, which operates systems serving areas surrounding New York City.

The PC game Cooking Simulator has extended downloadable content branded with Food Network, including a kitchen which resembles a Food Network competitive cooking show's studio, complete with a studio audience section.

On terrestrial service Freeview, initially a four-hour primetime evening bloc was acquired, sharing capacity with channels including Create and Craft; subsequently Food Network relocated to its own full-day service, with the four-hour berth used to bring Travel Channel to DTT.

Food Network was available in the Netherlands and Flanders between 22 April 2010 and 31 January 2019.

Content from former Scripps television channels Travel Channel, Fine Living and Food Network has been integrated into the programming of Discovery, TLC and Investigation Discovery in the Benelux.