Everybody knows how to stack bacon, lettuce and tomato, but it will take skill and creativity to make a BLT-inspired three-course meal! The chefs find BLT-themed ingredients in every basket and are encouraged to celebrate the classic flavor combination in their dishes. A cheesy-creamy comfort food adds to the challenge in round one. In the entree round, the chefs scramble to make sure their dishes are "bacon-y" enough, and a lettuce-flavored ingredient in the dessert basket has the final two competitors shaking their heads and crossing their fingers that all ends well.
In this preliminary battle of an elite five-part tournament, Northern chefs, from Detroit to Minnesota, face off to see who will rep their region in the $50,000 finale. In the appetizer round, the chefs must combine a sweet baked good with a strange paste. A certain style of pizza and a signature spud sound right up this group's alley, but the entrée basket is not easy, even for these seasoned pros. Cherries and chips are cheery inclusions in the dessert basket, but the final two contenders are all business rushing to do their best with their final plates.
Get ready to wrap yourself in a warm food blanket of Cozy Comfort! The Neelys are in the kitchen concocting a menu that's sure to satisfy the coldest of fish. First, they're making a main dish that's dressed to impress, Roast Lamb Chops with a Parmesan Panko breading that's to die for. Then it's two sides packed full of flavor, a Cheesy Cauliflower and Parsnip Gratin and scrumptious smokey Braised Mixed Greens. Finally, it's the Southern dessert belles of Tennessee, singing as sweetly as nectar, the hummingbird cupcakes. This is one meal that will fill you up with Cozy Comfort all day long!
Noah Cappe heads to northern Indiana, where the Hoosiers in Valparaiso are doing things right at the Porter County Fair. The Super Ramen Dog combines two delicious foods Noah didn't know belonged together, the Elephant Ear Taco is a new take on a fairground favorite, and the Peanut Pop Shake has Noah all shook up. Then he heads north of the border to Brooklin, Ontario, for the Brooklin Spring Fair. He makes friends with the Secret Club, gets a taste from across the pond with London Calling and eats dessert in a whole new way with the Push Pop Cake.
Guy Fieri prepares a stadium-sized spread for gametime fans. His friend Aarti Sequeira lends an extra hand as Guy makes Stuffed Pupusas, filled with black beans, chorizo and cheese; crunchy Curtido Slaw is a traditional and tangy counterpoint. Round two is all about wings, and Ain't No Thing Butta Chicken Wing does it right with a spice rub and a homemade garlic- jalapeno hot sauce. Finally, a fresh and tangy Orange Sling cuts the heat and quenches your thirst. In It To Win It Stuffed Pupusas; Curtido Slaw; Ain't No Thing Butta Chicken Wing; Orange Sling.
Guy Fieri invites three of the best wilderness chefs he's met on his outdoor adventures to hunt the aisles of Flavortown Market and prepare dishes featuring wild game, all while playing GGG's wild games! First, the chefs must make a fireside favorite using the wild game and wild whammy ingredient they picked up as a two-for-one special at the butcher counter. Then, they’ll have to make an elevated backcountry dinner using the number of ingredients they score in a real deal game of archery. Ultimately, the winning wilderness chef will get a shot at scoring up to $20,000!
Some of the best world cuisine isn't prepared in restaurants -- it's served in homes! Guy Fieri and his son Hunter invite three food-obsessed home cooks to share the international flavors they grew up on, starting with their signature global dish. Of course, they also have to include all-American products from the market's sample tables. Then, in round two, they have to re-create the big bold flavors of their own world comfort food using only ingredients that fit in their tiny shopping bag. The winning cooks earns $10,000 and a return invitation to Flavortown.
Sports and great food are a natural combination, and that's what's on Guy Fieri's mind when he invites three professional athletes to team up with some of Flavortown's finest judges in a two-round, winner-take-all face-off for culinary supremacy. First, the judges must help the blindfolded athletes shop for their ingredients for an elevated stadium classic, and then Guy breaks out a Flavortown favorite that has the teams bowling for ingredients for their dinners. Ultimately, only one pair knocks it out of the park and wins a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
A family is torn apart by their failing restaurant — and their conflicting views about how to save it. Enter Rocco DiSpirito, who will try to save the restaurant by dividing the entire restaurant space in half and putting two concepts to the test. With his guidance, the families will open both restaurants for one night and compete, side-by-side, serving real customers. The concept that does best overall in profitability and customer reviews will be the one that unites the restaurant again, with all family members agreeing to work together on this brand new vision.
Chef Robert Irvine heads to Mason, Ohio to try to save Aponte's Pizzeria. Owner Tony has worked in restaurants since he was 11 years old and is a Jersey boy through and through -- complete with the attitude and edge. Eight years ago, despite already being in debt, and sacrificing precious time with his three daughters, he bought the pizzeria with the hope that this time he'd make it! With only two days and $10,000, can Robert turn the lackluster Aponte's Pizzeria around and save Tony from financial ruin or will all the lost family time be for nothing?