Four wildly carnivorous cooks are thrilled to get a bacon theme for their competition, but can they do justice to one of their favorite foods? In the appetizer round, a bold breakfast sandwich joins Berkshire bacon in the basket. Whoever said "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" was not thinking of the bacon-forward apple creation in the entrée basket. Then, as the final round flies by, the chefs are not particularly concerned about how to include bacon in their desserts. The cruel clock, on the other hand, gives them plenty to worry about.
Chef Alex Guarnaschelli and three skilled chefs from across the country meet host Eric Adjepong to take on one of America's favorite ingredients: bacon! Joining the fight from California, Massachusetts and Colorado, these bacon experts take their shot at knocking Alex out of the top spot. They'll have to prove their abilities and bacon know-how in front of judges Chris Cosentino and Cara Nicoletti to best Chef Alex with the country's most-loved protein.
It's no secret that Valerie Bertinelli loves lemon, but Duff Goldman's favorite ingredient is revealed in this season's kick-off challenge -- bacon cupcakes! Each of the 12 young bakers must make a cupcake featuring bacon and an assigned ingredient like maple, chocolate or cherry.
Tom Pizzica checks out San Felipe's Cantina in Tempe, AZ, home of the seven pound burrito. He stops in to Bernie-O's Pizza in North Muskegon, MI to try a two foot pie topped with ghost chiles; And Paddy Long's in Chicago for the bacon bomb - five pounds of sausage, pork, and beef, wrapped in a woven shell of bacon.
This trip, Guy Fieri's bringing on the bacon, and it's not just for breakfast anymore! From New York to California and Texas to Toronto, it's stacked in sandwiches, crumbled in ice cream, paired with pasta, loaded in mac and cheese, and when it comes to waffles, one joint's putting the bacon right in the batter. Get ready to pig out as we pile it on!