Tom Papa heads home to sunny Los Angeles to celebrate the city's baked gems. He stops by Vito's Pizza, where the crust is so special there's a bodyguard to protect the dough starter. At the legendary Canter's Deli, Tom makes a Monte Cristo sandwich stacked with ham, turkey and cheese griddled on fresh-baked challah French toast. At Creme Caramel LA, he samples the glitter-covered meringue known as unicorn poop and learns the secret behind their signature dessert, a psychedelic purple custard crowned in caramel. At East L.A.'s El Gallo Bakery, Tom helps bake Mexican sweet breads with chocolaty sugar crust, and he meets up with two of his baking heroes at Lodge Bread Company to make hearty, rustic bread and L.A.'s trendy treat, avocado toast.
Today Bobby throws it all in the pot to make his favorite, super-flavorful soups. It all starts with the perfect rich chicken stock that he'll show you how to make step-by-step. Then Bobby turns that stock into two great soups: Wild Mushroom Soup with Arugula and Crispy Serrano Ham, and a spicy Chicken Soup with Hominy, plus fried tortillas for dipping. No question, you'll be asking for seconds.
Michael Symon makes a quick, flavor-packed and hearty meal that's perfect after a day on the boat, by the water or just hanging out in the backyard. He prepares Cast Iron Striped Bass with Brown Butter and Lime Cilantro Sauce and chars the husks of his Baltimore Buttermilk Corn. Michael's wife, Lizzie, steps in to make a lively No-Bake Blueberry Lemon Pie that Michael can't get enough of.
Michael Symon explores the delicious world of sweet and salty flavors. He perfects this taste combo with his Pretzel Fried Pork Sandwich with Hot Honey and Pickles, Dates Stuffed with Goat Cheese in Bacon Brown Butter Balsamic Sauce and some Toffee and Peanut Popcorn for some sweet snacking. To cool down in the summer heat, Liz shares a Frozen Strawberry Salty Dog with vodka, pink grapefruit juice and a salted rim.
On a road trip to a special campground, host Jesse Palmer needs to make a pit stop for the perfect road snack -- a chocolate bar -- which inspires the bakers to craft road trip portable desserts. As Jesse settles into his over-the-top "glampsite," he challenges bakers to create glam summer cobbler desserts before glamorous judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Damaris Phillips decide who takes a hike.
Michael Symon grills up a feast of summertime staples, starting with juicy Barbecue Chicken slathered in a Kansas City-style sauce. Then, he gives fresh coleslaw a twist by adding pickles, mint leaves and poppy seed. Plus, Liz puts a spin on a summery cocktail by replacing the vodka from a Moscow Mule with sweet bourbon to make a refreshing Kentucky Mule -- perfect for washing down a delicious meal outdoors.
Few fruits are as sweet, succulent or downright sexy as a peach. So why is it so hard to find a good peach at the grocery store? Alton Brown trades commercial convenience for farm-stand flavor and discovers what he’s been missing. Perfect for pies, pastries or peel and eat, orchard fresh peaches are nothing short of a miracle and, come summertime, closer than you might think.
Host Maneet Chauhan welcomes three teams to the first qualifying round, where they learn that this year, Santa's reindeer are taking the holidays off and he's holding open auditions to replace them! Each team of cake and sugar artists must showcase an unlikely understudy who dreams of winning a spot to pull the sleigh. Judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira decide which two teams move on and which team heads home.
A great food show host has to be able to interview a featured chef while highlighting their food. To put the remaining prospects' interview skills to the test, Guy Fieri, Alex Guarnaschelli and Mark Dissin bring them to Las Vegas, the city where Guy got his start. He puts them through a hilarious but educational exercise that involves interviewing different types of chefs, and one prospect is sent home.