It's Halloween, Chopped style! The mystery baskets are filled with treats, and the trick is on the four brave competitors. In the appetizer round, the chefs labor to unite a disturbing combination of ingredients, including a very daunting piece of meat. Then, when the remaining chefs dare to go on to the entree round, they find themselves up against more super scary ingredients, but it is fear of the clock that causes the most serious problems. And just when they thought it was safe to go back in the kitchen ... jeepers creepers! The finalists are in for a stunner.
Guy Fieri and his friends are going sweet and savory for Halloween. Hunter Fieri knocks first with Roasted Kabocha Hummus with Spicy Pepitas, before serving up some Pork and Prosciutto with Marsala Brown Butter. Antonia Lofaso spikes her Blood Orange Punch with Spiced Rum, fries Black Squid Ink Tempura Fish and Chips, and makes some terrifyingly delicious Spooky Pizzas. Marc Murphy satisfies the crowd with Sausage and Cheese Stuffed Kabocha and sweetens the deal with Butternut Squash Kabak Tatlisi. Michael Voltaggio digs up a Roasted Vegetable "Dirt" Bowl and stuffs a Squash O'Lantern with some Dungeness Crab.
For the first time ever, the reigning champions of Halloween Wars and Holiday Wars face off against each other! Just in time to ring in the New Year, host Maneet Chauhan challenges these two teams of champion cake and sugar artists to create their own team mascot and show how they'll ring in the New Year with a champagne-inspired cake flavor. At the end of the challenge, only one team of champs will come out on top, and judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira will award an all-expenses-paid trip for two to New York City for the biggest New Year's party in the world.
In this spooktastic Halloween episode, four chefs must create dishes that don't scare the judges! Starting off with a hearty lunch is not an easy feat when Guy shocks them with a daunting Red Light Special. In the next game, Guy tricks the chefs into making a savory treat with sweets in Single Aisle Showdown. In the final game, Guy hands the chefs his Grocery List filled with spooky items like bone marrow, blood orange and black garlic and tells them to make their best dish. Which chef will get to go on the Shopping Spree and which will be scared straight out of the grocery store?
Proving that even the professionals use shortcuts, The Kitchen hosts each pick one supermarket staple to use in an easy and delicious weeknight dish. Sunny Anderson uses frozen garlic and ginger cubes to make her Easy Butter Chicken, and Jeff Mauro flash-cooks thinly shaved beef for his Quick and Easy Beef and Rice Noodle Soup. Katie Lee Biegel uses French onion soup mix to revamp a classic in her French Onion Chicken Stroganoff, and Alex Guarnaschelli makes dessert easy with her Fruity Almond Puff Pastry Tart. Eddie Jackson stops by to chat about Halloween Wars, and Geoffrey Zakarian and his co-hosts deliver a social media-ready French Fry Board.
Guy Fieri doesn't love candy, so when his chef friends visit the ranch for Halloween, they know to mix heat with the sweet. Amanda Freitag starts off the meal with a Red Hot-blood orange margarita made with spicy cinnamon syrup, and she smokes deep-fried chicken wings coated in hot sauce and pomegranate molasses. Marc Murphy embraces the colors of the holiday with orange and black caviar-covered deviled eggs as well as cheesy risotto served in an acorn squash. Christian Petroni shows his pizza-making expertise with a Tenderoni Pizza dripping with hot honey, and he serves up fire-roasted broccolini sprinkled with sweet and tart preserved lemon.