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Man v. Food

  • TV Series
  • 2008–
  • TV-G
  • 30m
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7.3/10
7.7K
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Man v. Food (2008)
Cooking & FoodTravelReality TV

Host Adam Richman (and subsequently Casey Webb) travels around the U.S., taking on a variety of local eating challenges involving meal size, spiciness and other daunting factors.Host Adam Richman (and subsequently Casey Webb) travels around the U.S., taking on a variety of local eating challenges involving meal size, spiciness and other daunting factors.Host Adam Richman (and subsequently Casey Webb) travels around the U.S., taking on a variety of local eating challenges involving meal size, spiciness and other daunting factors.

  • Stars
    • Adam Richman
    • Casey Webb
    • Gladys Knight
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    7.3/10
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    • Stars
      • Adam Richman
      • Casey Webb
      • Gladys Knight
    • 39User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Adam Richman
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    • 2008–2012
    Casey Webb
    Casey Webb
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    • 2017–2020
    Gladys Knight
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    • 2008–2009
    Andrew Zimmern
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    • 2008–2009
    Joey Chestnut
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    • 2008–2009
    Kevin Youkilis
    • Self
    • 2008–2009
    Dhani Jones
    Dhani Jones
    • Self
    • 2009–2010
    Barbara Harrell
    • Self - Manager, Old Spanish Sugar Mill…
    • 2018–2020
    Stephen El Hassan
    • Self - Owner: O'Bagel
    • 2019–2020
    Lori Kettelle
    • Self - Co-Owner: PVDonuts
    • 2019–2020
    Andrea Baumgardner
    • Self - Chef-Co-Owner: BernBaum's
    • 2020
    Jerry Sags
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    • Jerry Sags - Challenger
    Bill Purcell
    • Self - Former Nashville Mayor
    • 2011
    Stephen Kennedy
    • Self - Owner, Gilley's
    • 2011
    Duane Croxdale
    • Self - Owner, The Spudder
    • 2011
    Travis Dillon
    • Self - General Manager, Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
    • 2011
    Will Christopher
    • Self - Executive Chef, Kuby's Sausage House
    • 2011
    Laurent Geroli
    • Self - Executive Chef, The Brown Hotel
    • 2011
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    4robin-l-bateman

    Adam all the way

    4 of 10 because that's how many seasons Adam had. They were all FANTASTIC! Adam is so personable, entertaining, funny and likable. Casey... sucks.

    Adam was the heart and soul of the series. It's just an empty shell now.
    7leighton24

    Good show but...

    I still like this show but I miss Adam. Casey is a funny guy but Adam was a better host than Casey. Casey loses too many challenges. Adam won the majority of his challenges.
    8imdb-92083

    Fun, but superseded by the internet.

    Adam Richman was fantastic, Casey a bit rubbish.

    A series of it's time, but now we have the internet and YouTube which has much more extreme food challenges on.

    Half cooking show, half strange competition show. It started the competitive eating awareness and gave birth to watching men eat too much food in a way the killer from Se7en would find agreeable in the first kill - Gluttony.

    Beard vs Food on YouTube is the UK version, wildly popular as he does food in the UK and over the globe.

    It's very entertaining and will make you want to pick up your phone and order Uber Eats/Just-Eat. But with the obesity crisis, do we need this in 2024?
    5acdc_mp3

    This show was a 10 with Adam Richman, but a 2 with the ginger jackass

    Back in the day this show was a fun, amusing and interesting show. Adam Richman seemed to respect the people, establishments, and the food while having a lot of fun doing his job. The scary thing was you could actually see him gaining weight rapidly and you knew he couldn't do it for long. He rode off into the sunset, while getting his weight down, and they replaced him with a dullard that is his polar opposite. While Casey seems to be a genuinely nice guy, he is just too awkward and cringey to take seriously. He stares at the camera creepily and often while making moronic comments that you can see the people around him with "Wtf?" looks on their faces. The show is watchable though because of the food, most of which looks very good. While Adam beat some seriously difficult challenges in during his stint, Casey rarely comes remotely close to beating any. He won't stop talking during the challenge. Eat, you fool! Entertain us, clown!
    5cagey-21-457418

    A bit of food fun

    All those overly dramatic reviews just have to be written by health freaks. My God, get over it, it's a TV show, nobody is ever invited to follow him, or try it at home. people watch it over here in Ireland & the UK too, and we don't have such massive obesity problems. if your kids are so easily influenced by what they see on TV, switch it off!

    I love watching the mounds of crap that these restaurants conjure up. BUT, it is true that he kisses ass a little, I've never once seen him say something was terrible or even just not great. Everything he eats is "Awesome" and it is the over Americanised exaggerating (like every challenge has a crowd of overly eager - possibly actors - behind him) that ruins it in the end.

    Watch it on a full tum and you won't go hitting the fridge ;)

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    • Trivia
      Adam Richman hosted the first four seasons; Casey Webb is the current host.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: Hank Azaria/Adam Richman/Ben Harper and the Relentless Seven (2009)

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    • Release date
      • December 3, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Cooking Channel
      • Food Network
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Man v. Food Nation
    • Production companies
      • Sharp Entertainment
      • Travel Channel
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      • 30m
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