We welcome the immensely talented Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe to the Cafe. While many know her from her iconic role as Rita Haywith-Dorman in the much beloved, Signed, Sealed, Delivered series and movies, she recently made her mark as a director for Hallmark. With Katherine Barrell and Tyler Hynes in the lead roles, Shifting Gears was an impressive debut for Yan-Kay and an immediate hit with viewers. Join us at the table as we talk acting and directing with her and get a tease of her next movie where she has directed Hallmark favorite Alison Sweeney.

Join us in the cafe and find out why our main course, The Magic of Lemon Drops, has instantly become one of our favorite Hallmark movies ever. And stick around for dessert for our take on the new Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith mystery movie, Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement. There's room at the table for your entire party, no waiting!

Apples and honey are on the menu today as we dish up 2022's "The Secrets of Bella Vista" with Rachelle Lefevre and Niall Matter followed by the delicious new "For Love and Honey" starring Andrew Walker and Margaret Clunie. As a side dish, we toss in some history about the origins of apples and bees in North America. It's all courtesy of The Hallmark Cafe, join us at the table!

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We are so excited about the new Tipline Mysteries movie starring Holland Roden and Chris McNally (which we watched on Hallmark Movies Now, streaming) that we gave it its own show. (don't worry, we tossed in a great tip for dessert) Join us at the (no spoilers as usual!) table for this exceptional movie!

Today in the Cafe we discuss Hallmark's latest mystery starring Amanda Schull and Brendan Penny. It's a doctor and detective meetup. And a first for us, we discuss two recent episodes of the long running Hallmark hit, When Calls the Heart. Join us at the table!

In this episode, we join the guests at a medieval castle who've come for dinner but wind up suspects in a bizarre murder. But Goldy and Tom are on the case so the twists and turns in this installment of Curious Caterer are filled with surprises. For dessert, we make our own short movie with Dianne in the director's chair making her dramatic directorial debut with her original script, Morning Shadows. Your table is ready!

Our main course finds Viv Leacock and Natasha Burnett joining forces to find the missing half of an antique locket with a colorful past. For dessert, we take a trip to beautiful Niagara Falls where recently jilted Jocelyn Hudon meets handsome tour guide Dan Jeannotte who may or may not be ready to fall so easily in love again. Grab your slicker and join us at the falls on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe.

We catch up on our reading with Blind Date Book Club starring Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley then we peel back the clues in One Bad Apple, the latest Hannah Swensen Mystery with Alison Sweeney and company. Your table is ready!

We wrap up season two of The Way Home with a lively discussion of the exciting and surprising finale. Season three will have a lot of explaining to do! Join us at the table!

On this episode we head to Paris and the world of fashion with Brooke D'Orsay to solve a stylish murder that has the Paris Police baffled in Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch. For dessert, we find out if Tyler Hynes and Katherine Barrell can restore their love and a couple of classic cars at the same time in Shifting Gears. Join us in the Cafe!

The penultimate season two episode of The Way Home is jam packed with events that point toward an exciting season finale. Will Jacob return with Kat to the present? Will Del sell the Landry farm? We talk about it all so join us at the table!

Lose Yourself in our discussion of episode eight of season two as we did deeper into our unfounded theories and observations of the continuing search for The Way Home for all the characters of Port Haven. Your table is ready!

We welcome back Joel S Rice, President of Muse Entertainment, USA and Scott Clayton, Development Production Executive for Muse to give us a behind the scenes look at the making of the new Hallmark Mysteries movie, Nelly Knows Mysteries: A Fatal Engagement. We find out how the project came to Muse, it’s development and how stars Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith were chosen for their roles. 

Join us at the table for another inside look at how your favorite Hallmark movies make it to your screen.

We present, as our main course, a beautiful movie from 2021 that our recent guest Peter Benson directed and for which he won a Leo Award. Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone is a family drama with a timeless message beautifully lensed on Vancouver Island. For dessert, we get caught up with the last entry in the February Jane Austen themed Loveuary event with a new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. The Hallmark Cafe is open and your table is ready!

Michael and Dianne dig deeper into the meaning of this series and find some interesting surprises. What do you think this series is all about? Join us at the table!

Episode six of The Way Home promotes a lively discussion in The Cafe as we try to decipher even more clues from the past. Join us at the table!

Multi-talented actor and director Peter Benson joins us in The Hallmark Cafe to talk about his career as an actor in and director of some of our favorite Hallmark movies. It's a master class and a seven course meal, so join us for an absolutely delightful time at the table! Come on in, your table is ready!

We're back in the Cafe making our way through season two of The Way Home with episode five, "Long Time Gone." It's Founders Day in Port Haven and the past is present as Kat and Alice each venture back in time still looking for answers deep within the pond. Your table is ready!

The Way Home returns to The Cafe for Episode 4 and we stayed up late to spin some theories (and have our usual fun!).

Come on in, your table is ready!

We welcome Executive Producer Veronica Brown and Director Clare Niederpruem to the Cafe to talk about the making of their newest Hallmark movie, "An American in Austen". Grab a coffee, pull up a chair and learn how in the world they made such an incredible movie in just 15 days! Come on in, your table is ready!

Writer Reina Hardy shares her journey creating the original story and script for the Love-u-ary entry, "Paging Mr. Darcy." Reina is an accomplished playwright, teacher and author whose research into Jane Austen turned into a charming story starring Mallory Jansen and Will Kemp. Join us at the table to meet this fascinating woman!

For tonight's feast, we spend some time on the Hallmark Movies Now App immersing ourselves deeper into the world of Jane Austen with the very clever Hallmark original movie, "An American in Austen." For dessert, we recommend the BBC mini-series of "Pride and Prejudice" from 1995. Hallmark is making the six part series available as part of its Loveuary celebration of the beloved author. Your table is ready!

For our main course, we serve up the first 2024 Hallmark Loveuary movie, "Paging Mr. Darcy." Mallory Jansen and Will Kemp light up the screen while trying to make sense of Jane Austen in the 21st Century. For dessert, Jocelyn Hudon and Olivier Renaud take to the silks where they rise above their fears to find love and a new purpose in, "Romance With a Twist." Your table is ready!

In the Cafe this week we visit the mind-bending My Dreams of You and find out where dreams really come from, and we journey off to Costa Rica, where Christopher Russell and Rhiannon Fish Romance the beautiful country of Costa Rica. Outside seating still available!

We're back in The Cafe to talk about episode three of The Way Home which digs deeper into the mystery of what happened to Jacob. Alice stays in the present and gets a job while Kat takes the pond back to 1814 where she comes closer to meeting Jacob face to face. Meanwhile, Del takes a ride on the mysterious black horse and encounters her new handsome neighbor. You're table is set in this edition of The Hallmark Cafe!

Joel S. Rice and Michael Barbuto from Muse Entertainment join us in the cafe for more conversation about the movies they create for Hallmark. We go behind the scenes on Catch Me if You Claus and True Justice: Family Ties and learn more about how these movies were brought to life for Hallmark. We also go back to the beginning to hear the story of how Signed, Sealed and Delivered came to be. Pull up a chair and join us at the table!

Today in the Hallmark Cafe we welcome Muse Entertainment, USA President and Executive Producer Joel S. Rice along with Muse Producer Michael Barbuto. They serve up helpings of the movies we all love and just what it takes to get the great Hallmark recipes perfect, every time! Your table is ready!

We continue our look at season two of The Way Home with the second episode of the season, Hanging By A Moment. Grab a coffee and find a table, the pond is calling!

We take a break from our usual menu and devote this episode to the first episode of season two of The Way Home. If you are watching this series you are probably just as captivated with the continuing story as we are. Your table is always ready at The Hallmark Cafe!

Actor Mark Brandon has appeared in nearly thirty Hallmark movies and series episodes. But acting was not his first career choice. We invited him to a late lunch here at the Cafe, where we serve up some appropriately spiced firehouse chili and talk about his extensive career. Your table is ready!

We serve up another "Mystery Meet" movie for our main course with, "True Justice: Family Ties," a new ensemble mystery making an impressive debut. For dessert, we travel to Scotland to be part of "A Scottish Love Scheme." This bittersweet movie will leave you wanting to pack a bag and head for the Scottish Highlands this summer! Your table is ready!

Join Michael and Dianne as they each present their top 12 Christmas movie menus in this special Christmas movie wrap up edition of The Hallmark Cafe. Have you made your list yet? As always, your table is ready!

We wrap up the Christmas movie season with two fun movies on the menu. "Rescuing Christmas" finds Rachael Leigh Cook scrooging up Christmas and then trying to fix it with the help of Sam Page in this hilarious main course. For dessert, Katie Findlay and Evan Roderick turn a running list of romance into Christmas magic in "Sealed With a List." Welcome in, your Christmas table is ready!

In the Cafe today we feature two Christmas movies directed by noted Canadian director Anne Wheeler. Our main course features a movie inspired by the country song, Heaven Down Here by Mickey Guyton. The movie tells the story of strangers waiting out a snow storm together in a diner and the miracle that changes their lives. For dessert, Friends & Family Christmas finds two sets of match making parents conspiring to introduce their single daughters to each other in the hope that sparks will fly. Welcome to the Cafe, your table is ready!

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Director Ron Oliver stops by The Cafe to talk about his latest project for the new Hallmark Plus, The Groomsmen trilogy of movies. We also get some behind the scenes stories on some of his most popular Hallmark movies including The Christmas Train, Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade and I Do, I Do, I Do. If you love like we love stories about how Hallmark movies are made, pull up a chair at the table and join us!

Hallmark has created two delectable holiday movies that we serve up in this episode of The Hallmark Cafe. Both feature excellent ensemble casts whose holiday celebrations will have you asking for seconds! We've saved an extra place at the table for you, welcome to the Cafe!

It’s time for one last getaway before Christmas with, “My Norwegian Holiday.” Rhiannon Fish finds more than she signed up for as she takes an unexpected trip to Bergen, Norway for Christmas. Then we join Kimberley Sustad as she meets a new man in a way she'll never forget in "To All a Good Night". Christmas is almost here and your favorite holiday table awaits. Welcome to the Cafe!

A.K. Benninghofen, who plays super fan Margaret in the recent ratings giant "A Biltmore Christmas", stops by to talk about the character and about returning to acting from a near twenty year break. We'll find out what it was like to make a movie at the iconic Biltmore and working with the her amazing co-stars. Be prepared to be inspired in the Hallmark cafe today, your table is ready!

Award-winning composer Jerome Leroy joins us in the cafe to talk about his music scores for three recent Hallmark movies, "A Paris Proposal," "A Very Venice Romance" and "Joyeux Noel." He shares how he created these romantic and musically authentic scores by playing selections from each movie. To top it off, Jerome recounts how he got the job of conducting the studio orchestra on the new Beatles single, "Now and Then." It's all about movies and music in the cafe today and your table is ready!

On this episode, a van full of strangers find themselves on a Holiday Road in search of the true meaning of family, friendship and Christmas. The road has plenty of laughs and tears along the way but there's still room for you in the van.

For dessert, we travel to London where love blooms for two strangers who find themselves caught up in a shared family event that takes them by surprise in, Christmas in Notting Hill.

And we find a place at the table for one more movie that we still had room for. It's a holiday feast on The Hallmark Cafe and your table is ready!

Today in the Cafe we serve up two recent Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Christmas delights that truly capture the spirit of the holidays. A World Record Christmas will have you cheering on the young hero of this movie as he takes on a Guinness World Record and My Christmas Guide will remind us how love can overcome our toughest challenges. Welcome, your table ready!

In this episode, we escape to the Hollywood of old in a classic time travel romance with Kristoffer Polaha and Bethany Joy Lenz. A Biltmore Christmas unfolds at the beautiful Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. For dessert, we meet Santa's son as he bungles his first night on the job in Catch Me if You Claus. Luke Macfarlane and Italia Ricci deliver the laughs in this new Christmas holiday classic. Your table is ready!

Merry Thanksgiving from The Hallmark Cafe! In this episode, we travel to Scotland, where Michael visits his roots, for A Merry Scottish Christmas. Lacey Chabert is paired with one time co-star Scott Wolf in a story of royalty and romance in Scotland. The story takes pace in a Scottish castle where the pipes are gently calling (and we're not talking about the hundreds of years old plumbing) Throw in a scene stealing cameo from a fellow Hallmark star and it’s whimsy galore in the highlands.

For dessert, we talk movies and turkey with our own call-in to the very funny, Holiday Hotline. Emily Tennant and Niall Matter cook up some steam in this homage to the classic films, The Shop Around The Corner and You've Got Mail by putting a modern spin on a timeless plot. Your place at the table is ready!

Director Jeff Beesley is one of our favorite Hallmark directors. On this edition of the Hallmark Cafe, we talk about his early inspiration to be a film director and how his work in Canadian television led to his teaming up with Hallmark. We explore audience favorites such as, Love Strikes Twice, A Kiss Before Christmas, Holiday Date, Made For Each Other, The Santa Summit and more. Along the way we also talk Matty Finochio, Reba and that pine tree costume in the Santa Summit. Jeff also shares much about how he gets the job done making the Hallmark movies we love. Your table is ready!

On this episode we travel to Germany for a A Heidelberg Holiday then make a stop on the way home in Nova Scotia for visit to Christmas Island. We are wracking up the frequent flyer miles on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe and we've got a seat at the table just for you.

We're back in The Cafe where our main course is the clever new Autumn Reeser movie, Junebug. For dessert, we serve up Autumn's hilarious first Hallmark movie, Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Join us, your table is ready!

On the menu this week we find out what the titles of both of these unique Hallmark movies mean. Tyler Hynes plays a pescatarian with a choice to make in, "Never Been Chris'd" and Hunter King finds out how many Santa suits it takes to find her soul mate in, "The Santa Summit." It's all in the cafe this week. Welcome, your table is ready!

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We continue serving up our thoughts on this years offering of Christmas movies from Hallmark. Our main course today features a visit to Connecticut to discover what a Mystic Christmas is all about. For dessert, we travel to France to unravel a Christmas mystery with all the trimmings in Joyeux Noel. Welcome in, your Christmas table is ready!

In the Cafe this time we have a delectable conversation with the writer of "Checkin' it Twice", Steve Beauregard. We uncover the secret recipe by a first time Hallmark writer and discover how he was able to turn his first submission into a success! We also have a lot of laughs along the way! Join us!

We welcome you back to the Hallmark Cafe for season two with two movies from the first weekend of the 2023 'Countdown to Christmas' on Hallmark. Will Kevin McGarry and Kim Matula get their debit cards back in Checkin' it Twice? And will the stars align for Jessica Parker Kennedy and Ryan Paevey in Under The Christmas Sky? As always, your table is ready!