Valerie Bertinelli's brother-in-law is bringing his family for a visit this summer, but his sons are sad about missing the Virginia State Fair back home. Aunt Valerie comes to the rescue, bringing all the great and unique tastes of the state fair home to surprise two of her favorite nephews. The fair selections include Classic Double Cheeseburgers, Mini Corn Dogs, Spicy Pickle Fries with Ranch Dressing, Five Spice Churros and refreshing Frozen Blueberry Lemonade.
The final two recruits face off in the ultimate challenge -- cooking a 3-course, restaurant quality meal for a panel of culinary experts. Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence coach their recruits from the sidelines, but it all comes down to the skills that the recruits have learned over the past 10 weeks. Judges Paulette Goto, Jordan Andino and Michael Chernow taste the recruits' dishes in a blind taste test and determine the winner of the $25,000 prize.
Sandra's got fabulous kid-friendly recipes that are also easy on your budget. Kids of all ages will love Sandy's Pepperoni and Cheese Casserole and your whole family will flip over her delicious White Bean Caesar Salad served with crusty Herb Garlic Bread. For dessert, a fabulous end to a fantastic meal, an ooey-gooey S'more Tart and when the kids are finally asleep...try Aunt Sandy's fast an easy Round Two Recipe for Garlic Bread Pizza!
Host Jesse Palmer asks the remaining eight bakers to make desserts representing snow-day activities like cutting out snowflakes, sledding, or snowshoeing. Plus, since the holidays are all about giving, Jesse offers the most recent winning team a difficult choice between two nice or naughty gifts -- a 15-minute head start or stealing a baker from the other team! Judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown decide which baker from the losing team is eliminated.
Guy Fieri's son Hunter has run out of time to restock the store, so he puts six returned items in each chef's cart. The chefs must use all six items over the course of both rounds, starting with a hometown favorite dish. In round two, the competitors make a grilled feast using their remaining mandatory items and ingredients from only the odd or even aisles. Finally, the winner gets to shop the entire store for up to $20,000.
Three acclaimed chefs who suffered a tough loss in Flavortown Market are back in pursuit of ultimate redemption. Since all three were defeated in a pork challenge, Guy Fieri tasks them with making a redemption pork dish using only the ingredients they can carry in their bare hands. Then, the final two chefs must shop for one ingredient per aisle to make a winning upscale dinner. The winner gets to redeem their victory for up to $20,000.
Guy Fieri welcomes four pastry chefs for a holiday dessert version of his games. He gets things started by having the chefs turn a savory classic, ravioli, into a holiday favorite. Then he keeps things "sample" by challenging the remaining chefs to make a decadent chocolate dessert using two sample ingredients stationed around the market. When all is said and done, one dessert chef will out-sweet the others and shop Flavortown Market for up to $20,000.
Dads are ready to duke it out in the GGG kitchen, but they aren't all smiley faces when they have to decipher a grocery list made up of emoji symbols to make their guilty pleasure. Next, fathers have to make a family favorite using only foods whose price begins with a two. Finally, the dads face off in a game of Grocery Golf to create a Sunday supper that could net one of them up to $20,000!
The chefs will either sink or swim trying to create chocolate desserts with a breakfast treat and a fall snack. The candy test won't be all fun and games for the chefs when they have to work with a dehydrated space food and a tropical melon. A circus performer takes center stage for the cake test, as the last two chefs try to make something amazing with a spicy drink mix and a strange-looking citrus fruit.
It's nearly Christmas, one of the hardest days of the year for Santa and his helpers. To keep their spirits up, Santa is throwing his first annual North Pole talent show, where the final two teams will showcase the secret talents of the town's brave residents. Jeff Mauro, Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira must make their toughest decision yet as they crown the Holiday Wars champion and award them an all-expenses paid trip to Iceland.