To highlight Friendsgiving, host Jesse Palmer asks the remaining 10 bakers to create flavor friends desserts designed to make a seasonal flavor pairing shine. Then, the bakers are divided into two teams for the ultimate fall flavor showdown as they take on apple vs. pumpkin desserts in an all-out effort to settle the debate for judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller.
Three Rewrappers must stuff all their culinary know-how when they attempt to replicate Chef Boyardee's Beef Ravioli and things go awry when one chef's pasta dough falls apart. In the Innovate Round, both chefs decide to make desserts from their Beef Ravioli. Find out which sweet can compete on Rewrapped!
Giada makes Thanksgiving dinner for the family. This time, forget the turkey ... Giada's making amazing Pork Roast, a Butternut Squash Soup that is definitely a taste of fall and dessert with the flavors of Chestnut, Chocolate and Orange. While Giada's busy in the kitchen, the family continues their annual Thanksgiving bocce ball rivalry.
It's a culture clash for these chefs as Italian soda, Thai noodles and Indian spice garam masala collide in round one. Frozen French fries and tuna steaks force the chefs to sharpen their knives in the entree round. It's time to harvest the prize in the dessert round as apples get the royal treatment in this fall flavored basket.
The Kitchen hosts create a cozy menu full of fall's finest recipes! They showcase the season's best produce with Katie Lee Biegel's Beet Crostata with Agrodolce, Sunny Anderson's Easy Acorn Squash Soup and Jeff Mauro's Sheet Pan Pork Tenderloin with Caramelized Fennel and Apple. Then Geoffrey Zakarian serves dessert Iron Chef style with his Spiced Pavlova with Roasted Pears and an Amaretto Sour.
The competition kicks off as host Jesse Palmer asks the twelve bakers to embrace the seasonal transition by making fall and winter doughnuts. For the main heat, the competitors combine holiday cheese board staples in creative apple and cheese desserts. A double elimination looms and judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman and Carla Hall must send two bakers home for the holidays.