It looks like Bobby Flay and Food Network won’t be parting company any time soon.
Sources say a planned syndicated talk show hosted by Flay and Food Network colleague Giada De Laurentiis, called “Giada and Bobby,” is not going forward.
Reports surfaced last year that the telegenic Food Network stars — among the network’s biggest names — were in the early stages of developing a daily daytime schmoozefest along the lines of “Live with Kelly and Michael.”
Sources say CBS Television Distribution was involved, but that the project was eventually shelved.
A presentation reel for the show was shot, but a full pilot was never filmed, sources say.
Insiders say Flay, 48, hoped the talk show was a way to “go mainstream” and to help break out of his TV chef role and into a more traditional talk-show format.
Flay currently hosts five Food Network shows including “Boy Meets Grill” and “Bobby’s Dinner Battle.” He also owns several restaurants, including 10 Bobby’s Burger Palace eateries.
The Italian-born De Laurentiis, 42 — the granddaughter of famed film producer Dino De Laurentiis — hosts Food Network’s “Giada at Home” and appears regularly on NBC’s “Today” show. She and Flay appeared as judges together on the seventh season of Food Network’s “Food Network Star.”
Flay and De Laurentiis also share an agent, who did not respond to an e-mail seeking comment yesterday.