Discovery, Inc. announced the launch of Food Network Kitchen, a first-of-its-kind direct-to-consumer product with proprietary streaming technology offering consumers LIVE, interactive cooking instruction every week with the top culinary experts in the world, grocery and equipment delivery, over 800 on-demand classes and so much more to make the consumer's cooking, shopping and food experience more convenient, joyful and delicious. The announcement includes a landmark collaboration between Discovery and Amazon to offer Food Network Kitchen through Amazon Alexa and Echo Show, Fire Tablets, Fire TV streaming media devices and Fire TV Edition smart TVs. Food Network Kitchen will launch in late October 2019 in the U.S. and will also be available across iOS (iPhone and iPad), and Android mobile devices. Food Network Kitchen will roll out across additional platforms and devices in 2020. Food Network Kitchen will offer 25 weekly LIVE classes with five daily LIVE classes on weekends, allowing consumers an intimate and interactive connection with their favorite chefs. In addition to LIVE cooking classes, Food Network Kitchen will also offer over 800 on-demand cooking classes with the world's greatest chefs providing a deep experience for consumers. On-demand lessons will be updated daily. Additionally, Food Network Kitchen will offer an unmatched selection of 3,000 instructional videos, including hundreds of step-by-step videos by Michelin-star chefs, James Beard award-winners, bestselling cookbook authors, and restaurateurs from Panna, the digital cooking app, which was recently acquired by Discovery. Food Network Kitchen will be the most complete food and cooking digital experience, offering consumers more capabilities, content and interactive features from the most complete roster of iconic cooking talent anywhere in the world. Highlights include: LIVE Interactive Classes: For the first time, customers will be able to stream LIVE cooking classes with two-way interaction allowing users and chefs to communicate in real-time. Unlike any other class experience in the world, customers will learn from the world's best cooking instructors, including Food Network chefs and world-renowned culinary experts, including Bobby Flay, Rachael Ray, Martha Stewart, Ted Allen, Sunny Anderson, Alton Brown, Kardea Brown, Valerie Bertinelli, Anne Burrell, Daniel Boulud, Maneet Chauhan, Scott Conant, Giada De Laurentiis, Ree Drummond, Guy Fieri, Amanda Freitag, Ina Garten, Alex Guarnaschelli, Carla Hall, Eddie Jackson, JJ Johnson, Katie Lee, Jeff Mauro, Marc Murphy, Chris Santos, Nancy Silverton, Michael Symon, Jet Tila, Buddy Valastro, Jonathan Waxman, Molly Yeh, Zac Young, Geoffrey Zakarian and Andrew Zimmern. 800 On-Demand Cooking Classes: World's largest ecosystem of culinary experts and the greatest chefs in the world providing a deep experience for customers. Classes range from basic skills for making kitchen staples to advanced techniques for the most passionate foodies. Advanced Search Functionality: Food Network Kitchen's state-of-the-art filtering technology will allow users to find perfectly curated classes and video recipes created by Food Network chefs. LIVE and on-demand classes, as well as video recipes, can be filtered by chef, level of difficulty, preparation time, cuisine, diet, allergies, popular food trends and more. Ingredient Home Delivery: Food Network Kitchen will offer consumers home delivery of the ingredients shown in the classes, and from recipes throughout the platform. At launch, customers will be able to order ingredients through the Food Network Kitchen app using Amazon Fresh in select cities. Additional delivery partners will be announced in the coming months. Culinary Equipment Home Delivery: Coming in 2020, Food Network Kitchen will offer a new one-touch transaction feature allowing consumers to purchase the equipment being used by the Food Network Kitchen chefs, from pots and pans, to utensils and appliances. 24/7 LIVE Culinary Support: Coming in 2020, for the first time, LIVE cooking advice and support will be offered 24/7, 365 days a year via the Food Network Kitchen "Kitchen-on-Call" service. Friendly expert cooks will be available to answer questions and provide suggestions and tips. 3,000 Instructional Videos: Consumers will be able to view exclusive content, search for inspiration, and be guided through their own cooking with helpful video instruction across any device. Chefs and trusted experts bring recipes to life and put culinary techniques within reach, taking users through each step of the cooking process. Food Network Kitchen Content: Users will gain access to Restaurant Insights from Food Network chefs and talent, and Personalized Playlists of tailored content available across all devices. A Curated Selection of Food Network's Hit Cooking Shows: Available commercial-free on any device, the library will include 30 Minute Meals, Barefoot Contessa, Brunch @ Bobby's, Girl Meets Farm, Good Eats, Guy's Ranch Kitchen, The Pioneer Woman and more. Episodes can be viewed across all devices, anytime, anywhere. 80,000 Trusted and Chef-Tested Recipes: Food Network Kitchen offers users step-by-step cooking instructions tested and proven in the Food Network's test kitchens by chefs including Giada De Laurentiis, Ina Garten, Anne Burrell and Alex Guarnaschelli, and home cooks like Emmy Valerie Bertinelli, Ree Drummond and Molly Yeh. More than 100 step-by-step video recipes will rotate seasonally. Through Discovery's collaboration with Amazon, Food Network Kitchen exclusively offers an integrated cooking experience with voice innovation. Customers will be able to simply ask Alexa to access Food Network Kitchen's extensive library of LIVE and on-demand classes, shows, recipes, how-to videos and more. Alexa has already been a helpful addition to many kitchens with features like named timers and conversion information. With this new feature, customers will be able to start watching a Food Network show on Fire TV, save recipes from the episode and ask Alexa to open the recipe on their Echo Show in the kitchen when they're ready to make it.