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See Episode GuideGuy's Trivia Games
Guy Fieri goes wild combining his brand of food trivia with his favorite culinary games. The four competitors are out to prove that they're great chefs who also know a lot about food. First, they're hit with a barrage of international food questions they must answer correctly to earn enough cash to shop for their upscale dinner. Then, Guy allows the chefs to remove not-so-desirable ingredients from their baskets by correctly answering another series of culinary trivia questions. Ultimately, the chef who succeeds in combining their cooking chops and food smarts will get to put up to $20,000 in their cart.
New School vs. Old School
Guy Fieri wants to know which culinary form is best -- tried-and-true classical techniques or molecular gastronomy -- so he has invited two old-school and two new-school chefs to test their skills against each other. First, Guy has each chef make their signature dish featuring a special ingredient. Then the final, winner-take-all round has the remaining chefs make a chicken dinner with an item from the infamous Food Wheel. One chef will show whether old-school or new-school techniques dominate and go on a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
Food Network Star Favorites
Guy Fieri brings in four favorites from Food Network Star to compete in some special games. Every Food Network Star contestant knows the importance of demonstrating a unique culinary point of view, so Guy challenges them to make a point-of-view dinner using only ingredients from five sections of the store designated by stars. Then the chefs must make a guilt-free guilty pleasure that includes items from Guy's one-of-a-kind grocery list. The chef with the top combined score after both rounds gets their turn in the spotlight and a shot at winning up to $20,000!
DDD Budget Battle
Guy Fieri invites four chefs he's visited on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives to prove their budgeting skills. First, the chefs play a game to determine the budget allowed to make their restaurant's best selling dish. Then, the remaining three competitors make their personal seafood favorites while working with a $25 budget and a limited grocery list. The winning DDD chef will shop Flavortown Market with a budget of up to $20,000.
Battle of the Bacon
Guy Fieri's favorite food group is bacon, so he invites four swine-dining chefs to go hog-wild for a shot at $20,000. Over two rounds and a plethora of pork plates, these competitors will have to show up and show snout if they want to win the all-bacon battle.
America's Next Chefs
Guy Fieri puts four up-and-coming chefs to the ultimate Flavortown test to crown America's Next Chef. First, Guy has the chefs flip the ingredients from an old-fashioned Waldorf salad into a modern dish. Then, to help these rising chefs reach the pinnacle of success, the towering Food Pyramid determines the details of their best international dinner. In the end, one young gun will get to shop Flavortown for up to $20,000.
DDD Budget Battle
Guy Fieri invites four chefs he's visited on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives to prove their budgeting skills. First, the chefs play a game to determine the budget allowed to make their restaurant's best selling dish. Then, the remaining three competitors make their personal seafood favorites while working with a $25 budget and a limited grocery list. The winning DDD chef will shop Flavortown Market with a budget of up to $20,000.
Battle of the Bacon
Guy Fieri's favorite food group is bacon, so he invites four swine-dining chefs to go hog-wild for a shot at $20,000. Over two rounds and a plethora of pork plates, these competitors will have to show up and show snout if they want to win the all-bacon battle.
America's Next Chefs
Guy Fieri puts four up-and-coming chefs to the ultimate Flavortown test to crown America's Next Chef. First, Guy has the chefs flip the ingredients from an old-fashioned Waldorf salad into a modern dish. Then, to help these rising chefs reach the pinnacle of success, the towering Food Pyramid determines the details of their best international dinner. In the end, one young gun will get to shop Flavortown for up to $20,000.
Food Network Star Favorites
Guy Fieri brings in four favorites from Food Network Star to compete in some special games. Every Food Network Star contestant knows the importance of demonstrating a unique culinary point of view, so Guy challenges them to make a point-of-view dinner using only ingredients from five sections of the store designated by stars. Then the chefs must make a guilt-free guilty pleasure that includes items from Guy's one-of-a-kind grocery list. The chef with the top combined score after both rounds gets their turn in the spotlight and a shot at winning up to $20,000!
Choose Your Budget
Guy Fieri's doing something he's never done before: letting four chefs choose from three different budgets over three rounds. The culinary combatants quickly realize that budgeting $4 a plate is much harder than it seems! They must decide whether to start off big to impress the judges early in the game or wait until the end to give them a high-budget masterpiece. In the end, one chef will make the right choice and take home up to $20,000.
Grocery Rush
Four chefs are in for a rush when Guy Fieri invites them to compete against the clock ... all night long! First, they're pitted against each other, and their big ideas, when Guy has them shop for their signature seafood dinner ingredients in teeny-tiny baskets. Then, Guy cranks things up with a Flavortown version of musical chairs to land their must-use ingredient for a spicy takeout dish. In the end, one chef will shop the aisles for up to $20,000.
Nothin' but Noodles
Guy Fieri is known for his Italian roots, and that means he's got a lot of noodle-knowledge. He decides to bring in four noodle-savvy chefs from across the US for two rounds of highflying noodle action. One talented chef will use their noodle with their noodles to earn a shot at $20,000, and it's guaranteed that someone is going to get saucy.
Scratch Chef Showdown
In a world of convenience food, four scratch chefs show Guy Fieri what happens when convenience goes out the window. They have to make each component in their dishes entirely from scratch, like bread for their soup-and-sandwich combo. They're at their best when they go all out with their signature dish in the second round. When all is said and done, one scratch chef will win over the judges' hearts and go on to shop Flavortown for up to $20,000.
Big League Teams
America's favorite pastime comes to Flavortown when Guy Fieri invites three former Major League Baseball players to team up with GGG all-star judges in hopes of hitting a culinary home run. First, the teams try not to make an error while shopping blindfolded for their favorite carb-load dish. In the final inning, Guy has the two remaining teams step up for a little batting practice to pick out key ingredients for their gourmet ballpark food. Ultimately, one team will knock it out of Flavortown Park and earn a whopping $20,000 for charity.
DDD Budget Battle
Guy Fieri invites four chefs he's visited on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives to prove their budgeting skills. First, the chefs play a game to determine the budget allowed to make their restaurant's best selling dish. Then, the remaining three competitors make their personal seafood favorites while working with a $25 budget and a limited grocery list. The winning DDD chef will shop Flavortown Market with a budget of up to $20,000.
Host with the Most
Three food-loving GGG winners who have already proven they can cook like pros are back for the title of Host with the Most. First, Guy Fieri makes them tackle a budget battle to show they can make championship game day bites without taking a bite out of their wallet. Then, Guy and Hunter invite them to create a party plate for a special occasion, and the cooks pull out all the stops. Ultimately, Guy rewards the event's hottest culinary host in an ending you have to see to believe!
GGG Winners' Face-Off
Four returning winners vie for the title of Ultimate Guy's Grocery Games Champ, but it won't be easy! The chefs compete in a pair of one-on-one sudden-death matches featuring the game Wild Cards. The winners of these dual battles face off in a culinary showdown where two chefs determine their final dish by placing food magnets on a fridge. The highest scoring dish determines who will win a guaranteed $15,000 and the title of Ultimate GGG Champ.
All-Star Frozen Freak-Out
Guy Fieri invites all-star chefs to throw down in one of the coldest competitions ever. The celebrated chefs are given just one hour to make a hot appetizer and dinner party plate using only ingredients from the frozen section. Their dishes must be well "thawed" out because they have to include a different flavor of ice cream in each one. There's no time to chillax when up to $20,000 in cold hard cash is up for grabs!
Big Game Day
Four sports-loving chefs gear up for some tailgating, Flavortown-style. The first game has them shopping for appetizer ingredients in roller coolers, and then Guy Fieri holds a draft for the main ingredients in the chefs' burgers. Finally, they play a game day classic to determine which key ingredient they must feature in their fried feast. Only one chef will come up clutch, beat the others and win a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
Ultimate Asian Food Showdown
Asian cuisine takes over Flavortown as four chefs face Guy Fieri's challenges. He gives them a list of ingredients for their noodle dishes and makes them use tiny shopping carts to shop for their rice dishes. The final challenge involves a featured special ingredient for a beef dinner, and ultimately only one Asian cuisine ace beats out the others and wins a shot at a $20,000 shopping spree.
Restaurant Teams
Guy Fieri knows that there's nothing like the teamwork in a busy restaurant's kitchen, so he invites three teams of phenomenal chefs to represent their restaurants in Flavortown. In two action-packed rounds of games involving prix fixe menus and best-sellers, the chefs wow the judges with their teamwork and precision. In the end, only one restaurant team earns a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
Bacon Masters
The bacon masters are back at it again when Guy Fieri welcomes four of the best bacon chefs to Flavortown Market for a real test of hog love. First, Guy has them make their best bacon sandwich after shopping in little, piggy-themed carts. Then the chefs have to stay under an ingredient weight limit when making their second bacon dish. Finally, the remaining bacon chefs are surprised with a misleading pig chart that gives them insane ingredients to incorporate in their spicy bacon dish. In the end, only one bacon chef will put the others out to pasture and bring home up to $20,000.
All-Stars' Full Meal
When celebrity chefs come to Flavortown, Guy Fieri gets to try out his most twisted games, and this time he's really putting them to the test with full, three-course meals. First, the all-star chefs must incorporate a special ingredient of Guy's choosing into their international meal. Then, a game of chance determines the parameters that the all-stars must adhere to when creating their three-course chef's dinner. The competition is stiff, and only one all-star comes out on top with an automatic $15,000.
Wilderness Chefs
Guy Fieri invites three of the best wilderness chefs he's met on his outdoor adventures to hunt the aisles of Flavortown Market and prepare dishes featuring wild game, all while playing GGG's wild games! First, the chefs must make a fireside favorite using the wild game and wild whammy ingredient they picked up as a two-for-one special at the butcher counter. Then, they’ll have to make an elevated backcountry dinner using the number of ingredients they score in a real deal game of archery. Ultimately, the winning wilderness chef will get a shot at scoring up to $20,000!
Hunter's Whammy Cart
Guy Fieri's son Hunter has run out of time to restock the store, so he puts six returned items in each chef's cart. The chefs must use all six items over the course of both rounds, starting with a hometown favorite dish. In round two, the competitors make a grilled feast using their remaining mandatory items and ingredients from only the odd or even aisles. Finally, the winner gets to shop the entire store for up to $20,000.
