Mystery Diners is an American reality television series that aired on the Food Network from December 14, 2011, to April 27, 2016. Charles Stiles, the owner of California-based Business Evaluation Services and Mystery Shopper Services, hosts the series.
Premise The show focuses on the Mystery Diners, an organization led by Charles Stiles that goes undercover at restaurants at their owners' request, and sets up stings and hidden surveillance cameras to catch misbehaving employees in the act.
Season 9 saw Charles Stiles begin to use private investigators.
Controversy around authenticity A disclaimer at the end of the credits reads- "The people and events depicted in this program are real. Certain events may have been re-enacted for dramatic purposes."Lenny's Deli On Mystery Diner (20:54 mark), YouTube
Television reviewer Ben Pobjie wrote "Mystery Diners has achieved enormous success on SBS Food Network despite not attempting whatsoever to appear convincing. This show, which purports to 'expose' employees of restaurants ripping off their employers, contains so many implausible scenarios, inept actors and transparently fake denouements that it's really quite refreshing."What reality TV needs right now is a dose of dumbness: hello Mystery Diners, Sydney Morning Herald, December 1, 2016
Episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginal airing Season premiere Season finale18December 14, 2011June 29, 2012213October 19, 2012January 25, 2013313April 19, 2013July 10, 2013413July 17, 2013October 9, 2013513January 6, 2014March 31, 2014613April 7, 2014June 30, 2014713July 30, 2014October 13, 2014813October 13, 2014January 7, 2015915February 4, 2015April 29, 20151014June 3, 2015October 21, 20151115November 4, 2015April 27, 2016
Green text means the target/s was/were innocent.
Blue text means the target/s was/were guilty of a different crime/s or was/were tricked into being part of the main one.
Red text means the target/s was/were guilty of the main crime/s.
Season 1 (2012)
Season 2 (2012–13)
Season 3 (2013)
Season 4 (2013)
Season 5 (2014)
Season 6 (2014)
Season 7 (2014)
Season 8 (2014–15)
Season 9 (2015)
Season 10 (2015)
Season 11 (2015–2016)
Production
Reception
References
External links
Mystery Diners on TV.com Business Evaluation Services