Created by Darren Star and David Hemingson, Kitchen Confidential is distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. Get Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+, all with ads, for $14.99/mo. Get Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+, all with ads, for $14.99/mo.

Kitchen Confidential was a bomb. It averaged an anemic 1.8 rating and fewer than 4 million viewers, tying for 121st place alongside long-forgotten series like Reunion and Inconceivable. Despite having 13 episodes in the can, Fox executives quietly canceled it after just three airings. Only four aired in total.

Was born out of an attempt to adapt the original book into a movie called "Seared" starring Brad Pitt and directed by David Fincher. Loosely based on the book "Kitchen Confidential" by chef Anthony Bourdain.

In 2005, the book was adapted into a television show of the same name, starring Bradley Cooper as a fictionalized Bourdain. The series was cancelled partway into its first season, and only 13 episodes were produced.