[1] Hosted by Emma Hunter, the series features professional chefs competing to create restaurant-quality meals using only the contents found in a real Canadian family's refrigerator, which are then judged by the families whose fridges were raided to determine the winner.

Matt Basile: Massimo Capra: Shahir Massoud: Wallace Wong: Nicole Gomes: Dustin Gallagher: The series premiered in the US on August 2, 2020, as part of The CW's Summer 2020 programming lineup.

[4] Joel Keller, writing for Decider, lauded the series, stating that "[I] didn’t think that Fridge Wars was going to be as fun as it was; [I] thought that it would be a standard-grade cooking competition and that’s that.

But executive producers Phil Gurin and Tracie Tighe have hit on a formula that takes the Chopped-style format and brings it down to earth.

"[5] Meanwhile, Rob Owen, writing for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, criticized the series, saying that it felt too long.