No utensils required! Food Network stars abandon knives and forks and reach for their favorite hand-sized treats. We travel to New Jersey where Michael Psilakis indulges in juicy slide-down-your-throat burgers and then head to Memphis for Guy Fieri's favorite fried chicken. Whether it's covered in sugar or filled with cheese, find out what these and other accomplished chefs love to eat with their hands.
Brothers Michael and Lem dream of bringing their burgers to the food court, and to the stability the business could bring to both their families. Ayanna and Dee are best friends and former military brats who run catering companies in Memphis. They have a love for international cuisine that they want to share with their customers. Both teams fight it out for a spot in a Jonesboro, Ark., food court.
Ree Drummond has portable food in hand with four fantastic on-the-go ideas. There's Breakfast Bagel Burgers that are the perfect start to the day for a teenage cowboy. Taco Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps are a great on-the-go meal and her colleagues will love her Spinach Phyllo Hand Pies. Finally, her Donut Ice Cream Sandwiches are unbeatable handheld treats to have on standby in the freezer.
Ree Drummond is remembering recipes where the indoor grill is the star. First, incredible Burgers with Mango Slaw are a spin on a cookout classic. For a quick dinner, there's 16-minute Butterflied Garlic Parmesan Drumsticks and Caprese Salad, and Grilled French Toast and Strawberries is perfect for a totally over-the-top breakfast. Finally, Honey-Garlic Shrimp Skewers are another 16-minute gem and great for a solo supper.
The Kitchen is plating up a perfect summer meal with dishes like Geoffrey Zakarian's Cheesy Stuffed Lamb Burger and Jeff Mauro's Butter and Chive Salt Potatoes. Chef Kardea Brown stops by to share her recipe for Grilled Watermelon Salad with Sweet and Spicy Vinaigrette, and Geoffrey's Strawberry Pie is the ultimate sweet summer treat. The hosts solve three common coleslaw crimes and then show how to set the perfect summer table.
Hold on to your ham hocks as celebrities and Food Network Stars plead their cases for their favorite decadent dishes! Jaleel White satisfies his craving for Chinese with a pastrami eggroll in New York City, Joey Lawrence fires up dessert with a baked Alaska in Beverly Hills, Fabio Viviani confesses to a poutine burger fix in Austin, and Jeff Mauro goes German with a pork schnitzel sandwich in Chicago.
Sunny Anderson, Jeff Mauro and Marcela Valladolid are showing you everything hot in the food world right now, from loaded potato tots to the latest veggie craze to an over-the-top milkshake. Plus, two New York City food trends are highlighted as Lazarus Lynch visits chef Joe Isidori at Black Tap Craft Burgers and Beer to sample their insane milkshakes and Troy Neal from the Doughnut Project stops by.
Tom Pizzica visits B and B Grocery in Des Moines for their "killossal sandwich" that includes a pile of deli meat, a huge pork tenderloin, and a quad burger stack; Taste of A Gyro in Sonoma, CA, where traditional gyros are served up not with tzatziki, but with mind-blowing homemade hot sauce; and The Sticky Pig in southern California for all kinds of candy made with bacon.
Guy Fieri and his son Hunter enlist some of their favorite chefs to grill up backyard burgers and steak dinners with surprise ingredients that Guy and Hunter send to them. In addition to the mystery ingredients in the box, Guy and Hunter play some favorite Flavortown games to add to the chefs' culinary difficulties. The winning chef gets to spin the Money Wheel for a chance to win $20,000.
Sandwich King Jeff Mauro shares The Kitchen's all-time favorite sandwich recipes! He revisits Geoffrey Zakarian's signature Upstate-Style Roast Beef Sandwich, Katie Lee Biegel's Open-Faced Tuna Melt, Alex Guarnaschelli's amped-up Eggplant Parmigiana Sandwich, Sunny Anderson's Smokehouse Burger and his own super-sized Indiana Breaded Pork Tenderloin Sandwich. Plus, Jeff reveals his expert sandwich tips and tricks as he builds tasty tea sandwiches and an epic Italian Club.