If it were up to Guy, California's state symbol would be fish tacos! Tequila and lime marinated tempura-style cod is piled high alongside thinly sliced cabbage, pico de gallo, and tequila lime aioli. It's a Left Coast thang, and Guy is riding that wave all the way into your kitchen.
Chefs Kardea Brown and Amanda Freitag are joined by actor Andrew Rannells to judge a very fishy competition! Some sugary items in the first basket have the competitors wondering how to create balanced fish dishes, and time management issues create big problems for one junior chef and a difficult choice for the judges. Canned pasta and an extremely salty veggie are two of the entree round ingredients, then an injury in the dessert round puts one finalist in jeopardy of ruining their dish.
With his father-in-law by his side, Big Daddy spices up the catch of the day with his crispy Big Daddy's Deep-Fried Catfish with Homemade Tarter Sauce alongside Andouille Sausage Corn Fritters and fiery Packin’-a-Punch Broccoli Slaw. To wash it all down, he mixes up a Flying Eagle Iced Tea in honor of his favorite football team.
A serious seafood challenge plus a healthy frozen dessert are two of the ingredients that the junior chefs encounter out of the gate. In round two, a pork chop plate will get a young cook chopped, then major setbacks in the dessert round keep the finalists working furiously on their rainbow pancake dishes until time is up. The judging panel features TV host Debbie Matenopoulos and chefs Chris Santos and Dale Talde.