Mystery Diners
Mystery Diners is an American reality television series that aired on the Food Network from December 14, 2011, to April 27, 2016. The series is hosted by Charles Stiles, the owner of California-based Business Evaluation Services and Mystery Shopper Services.
Premise
The show focuses on the Mystery Diners, an organization led by Charles Stiles that goes undercover at specific restaurants at their owners' requests, and sets up undercover stings and unseen surveillance cameras to catch misbehaving restaurant employees in the act.Season 9 had Charles Stiles starting to make use of 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."Television reviewer Ben Pobjie wrote "Mystery Diners has achieved enormous success on SBS Food Network despite making no attempt 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." But this is only an opinion which is not substantiated by any facts.
Episodes
Green text means the target/s was/were not guilty of the/all crime/s.Blue text means the target/s was/were guilty of the/a different crimes or was/were tricked into being part of the main crime/s where they were occasionally spared.
Red text means the target/s was/were guilty of the main crime/s and was/were fired or quit.