Nobody is more obsessed with grilling than chef Bobby Flay, and Damaris Phillips loves a good backyard barbecue! Damaris mixes cool Mango Bellinis as they share their secrets for great backyard entertaining, then they head to Bobby's outdoor kitchen where he fires up the coals to make Mediterranean Grilled Chicken with Green Olive Salsa Verde and Grilled New Potatoes with Smoked Paprika Vinaigrette. Finally, Damaris puts a sweet spin on grilling with her Grilled Citrus Icebox Pie.
It's a week of big machine cakes at Freed's Bakery as Sonny Robinson digs into a huge yellow excavator perched atop rippled layers of delicious earth. Aubrie Virgin makes a miniature barbecue feast to accompany a big RV cake. Then, the team has to finish a 5-foot-long cake of the world's biggest observation wheel, the High Roller, and Max Fried scrambles to make the wheel spin and light up in time for the big reveal.
Chef Robert Irvine tackles his first-ever theme restaurant, when he comes to the aid of Buzz, the owner of Cave Inn BBQ, a new caveman/dinosaur themed restaurant. Robert and his team will need to completely overhaul the "decor," which currently consists of a few inflatable dinosaurs and foam rocks glued to the wall, as well as the kitchen, which is sent into chaos by Buzz's brother Skip, who puts more energy into his Hollywood dreams than this Winter Garden, Fla., eatery.
The Kitchen hosts are taking requests to make dishes for each other! Alex Guarnaschelli cooks up Pommes Sunny, while Jeff Mauro makes his Reverse-Sear Ribeye with Steak Sauce Powder just for Alex. Then, Sunny Anderson digs deep to make her Korean BBQ Short Ribs with Quick Pickled Radishes and Cucumbers for Geoffrey Zakarian, who's making Katie Lee Biegel's culinary dreams come true with Hachis Parmentier. Finally, no-bake queen Katie whips up her No-Bake Biegel Éclair Cake for Jeff.
This trip, Guy Fieri's going from the smokehouse to the fish market and more in between! A former Navy medic and Triple-G alum is bringin' big-time BBQ to Tampa with the-bomb brisket burger and an over-the-top Texas melt. In Rogers, Ark., a family-run Middle Eastern spot is platin' funkalicious shawarma and kebabs. And in Bentonville, Ark., a fishmonger-turned-restaurateur is bringing coastal culinary to the heartland, makin' a gangster grouper sandwich and legit lobster ravioli.
In this episode of Cutthroat Kitchen, we take it back to the classics. As the chefs battle to make the most be"wich"ing sandwich, things get switched up when two chefs are forced to swap their baskets! Then, sharing is anything but caring in the fiery barbecue round when two chefs have to share their cook time. Finally, the competition gets s'more heat when one chef adds s'more fuel to the flame when they force their opponent to build their own campfire.
Bobby Flay makes a surprise guest appearance as Michael Symon visits an over-the-top barbecue joint in New York with a one-of-a-kind brontosaurus beef rib. Next up in Nashville, where the local tradition is hot chicken, Michael pushes his personal limit to find out just how spicy he can handle it. And in his hometown of Cleveland, he tackles the mother of all burgers — the brunch burger, topped with massive onion rings and an over easy egg.
In Memphis, Michael Symon sits down with four generations of barbecue royalty for the scoop on their most delicious family secrets, with a side of smoked turkey and sweet potato fried pie. In Portland, Ore., an insane burger is stacked over a foot tall with three beef patties, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, onion rings, bacon, ham, eggs and more! And finally, in Atlanta, chile-rubbed duck breast gets top billing as some of the best Latin food north of the border.