On this trip, Guy Fieri's diving into joints servin' up spectacular surf and tasty turf. There's bison pastrami and smoked white fish in Duluth, Minn., crab cakes and pork belly in New Jersey, Creole shrimp and prime rib in Mississippi and clam linguine and elk ravioli in Seattle. KISS's Gene Simmons crashes a Hawaiian joint in Los Angeles serving a meat-fish combo, and in Havana, Cuba, they're making regional specialties including lobster cooked with something unexpected.
Noah Cappe starts his midway culinary adventure in Prospect, Pennsylvania, at the Big Butler Fair with the massively monstrous Challenge Burrito and the Crabby Patty Melt, in which a crab cake is stuffed into a grilled cheese. Then, it's off to the State Fair Meadowlands in New Jersey, where Noah samples Jibaritos, a Puerto Rican steak and plantain sandwich, and taste tests the State Fair Funnelwich -- a mashup of funnel cake and French toast. Plus, Noah visits the Macoupin County Fair in Carlinville, Illinois, where the menu includes the Breakfast Shoe -- a morning take on the classic Illinois sandwich -- the BBQ-stuffed Fat Sammy and cereal-coated doughnuts called Cereal Bombs.
Autumn in southern Louisiana has chefs Sam and Cody Carroll reinventing old comfort food classics featuring turkey and pecans. A Pecan Chocolate Cake and Turkey Neck Consomme made with turkey bones and sweet peas should draw crowds to their restaurant, Sac-a-Lait. At their other restaurant, Hot Tails, the locals usually don't eat out on Sunday night, but Sam and Cody hope to lure them in with Turkey Fricassee with Pecan Rice and Crab Boil Buffalo Turkey Wings with Cranberry Pepper Jelly.
Seattle has some of the best seafood, slices, and sorbet around. At Dahlia, the crab cakes are so good it's an obsession. While Seattle may not be known for pizza, we found a seriously good slice at Serious Pie. Le Pichet has some of the richest Raclette we've ever had. And, from the donuts at Lola and the rhubarb sorbet in Kirkland's Café Juanita to Fran's best chocolate bars, Seattle's got the West Coast covered when it comes to sweets.
The celebrity teams hustle during "The Worst Lotus," a head-to-head relay race through a faux-luxury resort to create poolside platters. After sweating it out, the recruits tackle a seafood classic: crab cakes. In the main dish challenge, chefs Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry have their teams dive into the deep end with seafood curry. The recruits who shine move on, while the bottom two face a blind elimination cook-off, preparing seared fish with a tropical sauce.
The Kitchen hosts dish out their best recipes from the land and sea, perfect for any special occasion! Geoffrey Zakarian brings a fresh Crab Salad in Endive, Sunny Anderson gets herbaceous with Green Goddess Grilled Lobster with Easy Green Goddess Rice and Jeff Mauro adds some spice with Chorizo and Shrimp Tacos. Then, Katie Lee Biegel beaches out with her Catch the Wave Cake, and Michael Symon drops in to talk about "Symon's Dinners Cooking Out" and shares his Grilled Ribeye with Tonnato Sauce.
This trip, Guy Fieri's fillin' up on fresh-and-funky flavors. It's a passport to Italy in Chicago, with scratch-made pasta in the front window and serving out-of-bounds burrata tortelli and indulgent duck pappardelle. Then, a Missoula, Mont., husband-and-wife team is getting creative between the bread with the-bomb banh mi smash burger and buttermilk-brined fried chicken with sweet-and-spicy smoke. Plus, a pair of brothers is going farm-to-table in Tallahassee, Fla., platin' up Southern classics like craveable crab cakes, corn fritters, catfish and collards.
The Kitchen gets crafty as they showcase pro tips and plating tricks for impressive, stand-out dishes! Jeff Mauro shares his secret for 15-Hour Potatoes with a Cool Sour Cream and Chive Dipping Sauce, Geoffrey Zakarian goes traditional with his Chicken Saltimbocca and Katie Lee Biegel brings the greens with her Summer Vegetable Pasta. Then, Sunny Anderson has some exciting Festive Summer Spritzer Globes with a Rainbow Cheesecake Topper, and Kardea Brown stops by with the scoop on "Delicious Miss Brown" and her Lowcountry Deviled Crab Cakes with Fried Corn.
The Kitchen hosts turn back time with iconic dishes from different decades. Alex Guarnaschelli and Katie Lee Biegel take it to the '60s as they make appetizers for a fun, tiki-style Pu Pu Platter. Sunny Anderson puts an updated spin on a classic '70s Easy Beef Stroganoff. Geoffrey Zakarian shares some inspiration from his Le Cirque days with an '80s fresh Crab and Avocado Salad. Jeff Mauro makes the "it" dessert of the '90s with his Chocolate Lava Cake. Plus, the hosts share their favorite versions of a truly timeless drink -- the martini.
Boot camp becomes a beachside resort, and chefs Anne Burrell and Cliff Crooks ask the recruits to explore some iconic summer dishes and ingredients. To start, the teams face off in a head-to-head relay race to make a beach picnic basket, and they're tasked with making crab cakes with a sauce and salad. In the main dish challenge, the chefs fire up the grill and have the recruits cook grilled fish dinners. It's smooth sailing for some, but the recruit with the least successful dish must sail off into the sunset.