Scott Conant and Geoffrey Zakarian serve as guest professors for snack time, and they mix things up by having the mentors cook a gourmet dish featuring a popular snack food. The winning mentor gets a big prize: to bring back any cook that has been eliminated and add them to their team. After the eliminated cook returns, all five cooks try to avoid elimination as they create a gourmet dish using pretzels.
The remaining five chefs have to cook three dishes from their own menu as chosen by potential investor Geoffrey Zakarian. He's looking for a menu that's cohesive, representative of the chef's style and tastes like a winner. Using all the leftovers, the chefs then must make a special dish that would be served in their dream restaurant. Creativity is key to owning a restaurant, and the least creative aspiring restaurateur is sent home.
We're paying it forward for our crew with some delicious fire roasted chicken. Katie remakes hotdogs with her Leftover L'Oven. Our hosts are testing out the latest kitchen gadgets to see if they're a Tech-Yes or Tech-No. Talk show queen, Wendy Williams visits The Kitchen to dish about celebrity "Shelfies" while Jeff Mauro makes her a Forbidden Bite. It's 5:00 Somewhere and Geoffrey Zakarian creates a refreshing beer cocktail.
The Kitchen's favorite recipes get a makeover for spring, starting with Marcela Valladolid's Kale and Potato Enchiladas. Then, tricks to make your food look as good as it tastes and simple tips to organize your kitchen. Learn two five-ingredient dinner ideas with Sunny Anderson's Easy Chicken Parmesan and Jeff Mauro's Easy Spinach Quiche. Plus, fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi helps Katie Lee make her Cauliflower Alfredo and Geoffrey Zakarian makes a Rum and Smoke.
The Kitchen is making a big game day buffet that's sure to be a touchdown at any party. Geoffrey Zakarian and Sunny Anderson work together to build an 8-foot French bread pizza with two sections: Geoffrey's Italian Meat and Cheese French Bread Pizza and Sunny's Easy Chili Cheese French Bread Pizza. Then, Jeff Mauro makes the perfect handheld party appetizer with his Football Spinach Artichoke Empanadas. Sunny adds Cubano Nachos to the buffet, and Food Network's Eddie Jackson stops by to make his Caribbean Jerk Sliders and Mango Wheatsicles. Katie Lee has dessert covered with her Key Lime Pie Whoopie Pie, and Jeff Mauro completes the buffet spread with his Spicy Agrodolce Wing Sauce.
The Kitchen hosts cook decadent, delicious dishes inspired by Las Vegas! Jeff Mauro and Katie Lee start by making an over-the-top surf 'n' turf with Jeff's Black Powder Cowboy Rib Eyes with Blue Cheese Butter and Rosemary Smoke and Katie's "All In" Crab and Caviar Twice Baked Potatoes. Geoffrey Zakarian shows how to make an impressive Tableside Caesar Salad, and Alex Guarnaschelli makes a fiery dessert, Lemony Baked Alaska with Strawberries. Chef Anne Burrell, host of Vegas Chef Prizefight, stops by to make her Shrimp with Garlic and Olive Oil then play a game of Cocktail Roulette with the hosts. Geoffrey makes a classic Las Vegas cocktail for the winner.
Katie Lee's ready to crank it up a notch and that means it's time to bring the heat! Katie scours the beach searching for the spiciest dishes and isn't disappointed in San Diego where her heat index is tested after trying thirty-seven different levels of hot wings and a Spicy Grilled Rib Eye. Next, Katie has Chef Kardea Brown take her to a Cajun hot spot in Charleston to learn about the Gullah-inspired blackened trout called The Islander. Katie digs into a staple of Hawaii, the Spicy Poke Bowl. In Gulf Shores, Ala. Katie quenches her thirst with a Loaded Bloody Mary. And what's breakfast without a kick to it? In Arizona, Katie savors a bit of the Southwest with Sweet Daddy Hotcakes. Because there's nothing hotter than a spicy beach bite!