See skylines as you've never seen them before. Three pastry artists and one ice carver take on breakfast cereal and get architectural. Each chef must bring to life a city skyline, and it needs to be made out of stuff usually found in a bowl. New York, Las Vegas, SoHo and Baltimore get the cereal treatment, and one chef goes home $10,000 richer.
COMPETITORS: Duff Goldman, Charm City Cakes (chef/owner), Baltimore, Md.
Yvan Lemoine, iFood Studios (chef/owner), Astoria, N.Y.
Siripong ("Momo") Voravuta, Harrah's Entertainment (ice carver), Las Vegas, Nev.
Elizabeth Falkner, Citizen Cake (owner), San Francisco, Calif.
Judges: Nicholas Lodge Colette Peters Donald Wressell
Chef Ben Ford, owner of Ford's Filling Station, comes to Kitchen Stadium to challenge Iron Chef Flay. Will Ford's finesse win over the judges, or will Iron Chef Flay's flare burn the competition?
Judges
Cady Huffman
Andrew Knowlton
Jeffrey Steingarten
Challenger stats: Chef Ford
From: Los Angeles
Restaurants: Ford's Filling Station
Cuisine: Traditionally, it has been Iberian mixed with the influences of my home state of Calif. Ford's Filling Station is American Regional with some French feathered in.
Interests: Forging for almost anything is always good. But I love a fresh idea, architecture, design, golf, fine art and wine and good love.
Ideal secret ingredient: Bacon
Culinary inspirations: Paul Bertolli, Bradley Ogden, Paula Wolfert and the many people I have had the pleasure of working with.
Ideal judge: Jim Harrison, Meatloaf
Culinary secret weapon: My many types of vinegar.
Favorite restaurant: Azak in San Sebastian Spain, Babbo in N.Y. and The Joe Dirfuss Store in a swamp somewhere between Shreveport and New Orleans.
Favorite food: A great steak cooked over a good wood fire.
Food you won't go near: Raspberry vinegar
Weirdest thing you've ever eaten: A tie between a hot sauce made with termites produced by the Pimones Indians in Venezuela. Also, smoked scorpion.
Favorite food destination: San Sebastian, Spain and Japan
Alternative dream job: Architect
Alton sails on to discover "perfect" foods and home made wines made from unexpected ingredients. Sea life becomes the focus as the exploration moves below the surface.
CIA boot camp for aspiring home cooks; Rick Moonen's Pan-Seared and Oven-Roasted Salmon with Cucumber Salad and Horseradish Dressing; Edible Internet's Best Chef Gadgets; and Johnson and Wales' Teen Chef Competition.
Emeril is making some of his mom's favorite dishes. Tonight its home cookin' from Fall River. Recipes include: Hilda's Favas, Bacalhau A Gomes De Sa, Roasted Pork with Cilantro-Mint Rub, Miss Hilda's Portuguese Dressing and Malassadas.
Join David Page and Barbara Shinn on their trip home to WI for the 4th of July. They visit the farmers market and recreate a campfire cook out. They explore cheese being made, and then head home to Berlin, WI for the 4th, and a traditional fish fry.