Also known as Mark and Fey, Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey call themselves The Grill Dads. Best friends for more than 20 years, the two worked by day as advertising executives when they started cooking together for dinner parties and casual barbecues. As the hungry crowds grew, Mark and Fey were able to turn their passion for making crave-worthy weekend eats into becoming guest executive chefs appearing throughout the Los Angeles restaurant scene planning sold-out pop-up menus.
Mark and Fey were recently featured on Food Network’s Guys Big Project where contestants brought their own personal culinary styles to a food travelogue format. With their quirky and lovable charm and intrinsic food knowledge, Mark and Fey were named one of two winners to launch their own Food Network series. Leaning into their roles as fathers to young children (Zoe and Arthur), Mark and Fey became known as the Grill Dads. And the Grill Dads Outrageous, Super Awesome, Totally Taste Food Extravaganza Show was born.
Featuring some of the most mouth-watering, outrageous and contemporary food in America, The Grill Dads series offers a comedic take on the restaurant road trip. It’s an irreverent, unexpected and delicious delight, kind of like Mark and Fey.
The inspiration for the first test comes straight from the Thanksgiving banquet, as does one of the mandatory ingredients. In the candy test, the chefs put on their game faces to tackle the next challenge using barbecue sauce and snack mix as mandatory ingredients. And with $10,000 and the title of Sweet Genius on the line, the two remaining chefs confront a fear-inducing inspiration and two unusual cake ingredients.
Michael Symon believes any dish can be mastered on an outdoor grill, and to prove it, he creates a decadent entree with Creamy Chicken and Dumplings. Michael's wife, Liz, joins in to make Drop Biscuits from her mom's recipe to serve as the dumplings while Michael picks fresh herbs from the garden for the filling. Finally, Michael works the grill for his favorite dessert -- Bananas Foster.
In the third heat of Camp Cutthroat 2: Alton's Revenge, two chefs have to make waffle breakfasts with their arms stuck in rocks. Then, one chef has to have Bob the Bear cook their grilled fish dish for them. Finally, one chef has to prep their crumble in quicksand.
Five grandmas enter, but only one will emerge as champion in Clash of the Grandmas! Whatever grandma says or does is culinary law, and in this one-hour competition hosted by Ryan Scott, five grandma super-cooks will prove they have what it takes to put together the most delicious Thanksgiving meal imaginable. Judges Nancy Fuller, Aarti Sequeira and Food Network Star winner Eddie Jackson will determine which granny's comfort food is worth $10,000.
Take a trip to the Emerald Isle with Sunny and her Irish friend Fiona. Apple jelly from scratch does double duty as a glaze and condiment for Sunny's juicy lamb chops. One bite of those, with braised fennel and an Irish cream-spiked dessert, and you'll be smiling, too!
Alex Guarnaschelli does a parking lot time warp as four chefs reminisce on the good old days. They may not be not getting any younger as they cook their childhood favorites for judges Joe Sasto and Tiffani Faison, but the future's looking very bright for one talented chef.