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See Episode GuideAll-Star Game Day Relay
It's Fieri vs. Fieri as Guy and Hunter divide up six of their favorite all-star chefs to see whose team makes the best game day platter. In this tag-team challenge, the team members will enter the market one at a time to perform a single step, be it shopping, cooking or presenting the dishes, and only the chefs who do the initial shopping are told exactly what game day dishes they're making. The team that creates the best and most accurate game day platter will score $15,000 and bragging rights for either Guy or Hunter.
Spiciest!
The heat is on in Flavortown with Guy Fieri's spiciest games yet. First, Guy hands out a list with some must-have ingredients for their spicy chicken dish. Then, in the hottest game in GGG history, Guy spins the brutal Wheel O' Pain to determine which super-spicy pepper they can use in their hometown heat dish. Finally, the last two chefs must cook a dish with some high-end heat with only $20! In the end, only one chef will stand the heat and earn a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
Global Grocery Games
Four chefs representing cuisines from around the world take on Guy Fieri's global-themed games. First, the chefs make their childhood favorite featuring a handpicked ingredient from Guy. Then, they have to make their best rice dish while shopping with a tiny bag. Finally, the remaining two chefs must fuse their native cuisine with their opponent's for a shot at a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
World Fusion
Guy Fieri brings in chefs representing cuisines from all around the world to team up and fuse their cultures' flavors together in delicious, cohesive and win-worthy dishes. He surprises them by revealing their partners, and then the teams create their best spicy dish and a classic duo, pitting their cuisines against the others to find out which combination of cultures is the tastiest. In the end, one fusion team will out-combo the others and go on to shop Flavortown for up to $20,000.
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.
Meatless Marvels
Guy Fieri highlights four chefs who make great meatless meals in a challenging two-dish round. The competitors are given one hour to make a meat-free steakhouse dinner and appetizer using only the ingredients that will fit into the world's smallest produce case. Then, things get tougher than a cheap steak when Hunter Fieri makes a mid-cook delivery of mushroom jerky. The chef who makes the most marvelous meatless meal could win up to $20,000!
All-Star Teaching Teams
Three of GGG's favorite all-star chefs team up with a teacher who has made a difference in their lives in order to thank them for all they've done. First, Guy Fieri has these teacher/chef duos make an elevated kid's dinner using only the ingredients they can fit inside a lunchbox, including the classic lunch snacks already packed! Then, the teams must make a teacher appreciation dinner on a $15 budget, plus whatever extra money they can win answering pop quiz questions. The top of the class will earn their teacher the ultimate thank-you gift -- up to $20,000 in cash!
Supermoms
Guy Fieri welcomes four supermoms to Flavortown Market to prove their culinary chops and serve up real deal home-cooked flavors. First, moms must prove they know their ABCs of great cooking by shopping for an alphabet list of ingredients to make weeknight family favorites. Then, they get to cook Mom's Choice, but first, they have to earn their shopping money by answering kids' homework questions! The top mom will get to shop Flavortown Market for up to $20,000!
DDD Chefs and Their Moms
Guy Fieri loves any excuse to bring chefs from Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives to Flavortown, so he welcomes a few chefs and their moms for a Mother's Day competition. The DDD chefs are forced to watch as their mothers shop from the chefs' lists, and then the store closes as the chefs are in the middle of their shopping. In the end, one mother-chef duo wins up to $20,000 in a Flavortown shopping spree.
Mother of All Winners
Guy Fieri brings back four GGG winners who are also proud mothers to prove mom cooks it best. First, they make a weeknight favorite using nothing but canned, packaged and processed pantry items. Then, Guy makes the perfect grocery list for an apple pie bake-off, but his mom thinks these talented chefs should make something more "innovative." Ultimately, the mom that turns apple pie ingredients into the best innovative family dinner will win up to $20,000.
Mother of All Winners
Guy Fieri brings back four GGG winners who are also proud mothers to prove mom cooks it best. First, they make a weeknight favorite using nothing but canned, packaged and processed pantry items. Then, Guy makes the perfect grocery list for an apple pie bake-off, but his mom thinks these talented chefs should make something more "innovative." Ultimately, the mom that turns apple pie ingredients into the best innovative family dinner will win up to $20,000.
Grandma Grocery Games
Flavortown honors the family members who taught many people how to cook: grandmas! First, Guy Fieri has the grandmas cook their most requested family dish while sticking to the restrictions that a typical family member might complain about most. Then, the grandmas cook their celebratory dinners using two of the samples Guy has featured around the market. When all is said and done, one grandma will outdo the others to earn an automatic $15,000.
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.
Mother of All Shows
Guy Fieri enlists the help of his mom, Penny, and his wife, Lori, in his Mother's Day games featuring teams of moms and their children who run family restaurants together. For starters, Guy has the family duos pick from four unique sample ingredients to feature in their top-sellers. Then he makes the kids shop for the ingredients for a prized family recipe only to have Mom take over mid-shop to prove that "mother shops best." In the end, the winning team will go on a Mother's Day shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
All Star Moms
Three all-star judges -- Beau MacMillan, Aarti Sequeira and Justin Warner -- and their moms are ready to shop and cook their way to a $20,000 victory for charity. First, Guy Fieri's mom gives the judge/mom duos a list of mandatory ingredients to feature in a Mother's Day dinner. Next, the chefs throw it back to their childhoods when Guy has them do all the shopping for their childhood favorite using kiddie carts. Mamma mia!
Relay: All-Star Moms vs. Dads
Guy Fieri invites three all-star chef moms and three all-star chef dads to a team showdown. In a relay-style event, the teammates work on their dish one at a time in 10-minute shifts. The first chef does the shopping and prepping, the middle chef does most of the cooking and the final chef plates and presents the team dish. Only the first chef on each team is told they're making an elevated kids' favorite that must include three classic lunchbox treats. The chefs in the later shifts will be working blind, cooking and presenting dishes based on their best guess of what the teammate before them was making. The team that successfully creates the best and most accurate version of the requested dish will go on a relay shopping spree for up to $15,000!
DDD Summer Games, Part 1: Backyard Bash
Guy Fieri kicks off summer with a four-part tournament featuring popular summer rituals, games and grilled foods. Three of Guy's favorite Diners, Drive-ins and Dives chefs join him for a DDD-style backyard bash, turning classic diner dishes into backyard burgers and sides. Then the two highest-scoring chefs go toe-to-toe in a game of horseshoes -- lead by Guy and his son Hunter -- to determine how many whammy ingredients they must include in their grilled chicken dish. The chef with the highest combined score for both rounds wins $10,000 plus a spot in the big Summer Games finale.
DDD Summer Games, Part 2: Extreme Tailgating
Guy Fieri knows that tailgating parties and summer go hand-in-hand, so he starts Part 2 of the DDD Summer Games with three DDD chefs and a "Flavortown 500" race with remote-control cars. The chef that crosses the finish line first gets first pick of proteins to use in two tailgating bites. In round two, the two top-scoring chefs are tasked by Guy and his son Hunter to play a game of Grocery Pong to determine the number of ingredients they can use in a showstopping sandwich. The chef with the highest combined score wins even more bread -- $10,000 -- and a spot in the finale!
DDD Summer Games, Part 3: Camp Cook-Off
Guy Fieri's summer tournament continues with three DDD chefs competing in camping-themed games. First, they must make a fireside pork dinner using only items they can throw in a small backpack while following a narrow trail that bypasses half the aisles and avoiding trail dangers such as a wild bear and falling rocks. Then the two top-scoring chefs must try their luck with Hunter Fieri's slingshot, knocking down the canned items they don't want to feature in their grilled fish feast. The chef who hooks the highest combined score gets the catch of the day -- $10,000 -- plus a spot in the tournament finale!
DDD Summer Games Finale
It's the end of Guy Fieri's Summer Games, so he has the three DDD finalists take a virtual summer road trip! The chefs cruise the store and stop at "roadside" stands to pick up state-inspired food items that they must feature in an upscale diner dish. Then the two top-scorers salute that iconic road trip destination, Las Vegas, by playing a budget version of blackjack -- with special guest dealer Hunter Fieri -- to determine how much they can spend on ingredients for their steak dinner. The chef with the highest score at the end of both rounds wins the $25,000 tournament jackpot!
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-licious Burgers
Guy Fieri invites his favorite burger chefs from Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives to compete in Flavortown and grill, baby, grill. First, Guy has the chefs shop for ingredients in their signature burger and loaded fries combo using only tongs and a grill lid. Then, he makes it a party with a Flavortown version of musical chairs that determines the featured ingredients in their out-of-the-box burger and over-the-top sides. The DDD burger pro who gets top grill marks will go on to shop Flavortown for up to $20,000.
Dessert Games
Everyone knows Guy Fieri's all about savory dishes, but Buddy Valastro -- the Cake Boss himself -- has convinced Guy to declare it Dessert Day in Flavortown Market. Four dessert chefs show up to sculpt works of art and bake their buns off for a shot at the dough while playing Guy's dessert-enhanced games. The dessert dynamo who concocts the best confections will cake-walk their way through the aisles for a $20,000 shopping spree.
Ultimate Spicy Games
Guy Fieri welcomes back the winners of previous GGG spicy competitions and pits them against each other. In the first two rounds, the three chefs make their spiciest and hometown heat dishes until only one is left standing. The remaining chef wins $10,000 and gets a chance at another $10,000 if they can beat Flavortown's resident Spicy Queen, Chef Antonia Lofaso.
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.
Wild and Crazy Budget Games
Things get wild in Flavortown when Guy Fieri challenges four talented chefs with budget games that might be too crazy for their own good. The chefs pick a card to determine how much they can spend when shopping for their comfort food dishes, and speed is a factor as they make spicy noodle bowls. Then Guy gives the chefs a choice of proteins for their steakhouse dinners, but each protein comes with a budget for the rest of the ingredients. The last chef standing gets to go on a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
