Learn how easy it is to make your favorite restaurant food, including Stuffed Crust Cast Iron Pizza with Smoked Mozzarella and Crispy Fish Tacos. Cooking Channel's Judy Joo stops by to make Pork Belly Cheesesteak, then find out restaurant secrets that will make your food taste better. Plus, the Kitchen Helpline is open to answer viewer questions about take-out favorites, Jeff Mauro learns some bartending tricks from a bartender with flair, and Geoffrey Zakarian shows how to make a beer-garita.
Take everyday recipes to the next level with Katie Lee's Barbecue Potato Chip-Crusted Salmon and Jeff Mauro's Pickle-Brined Pork Chops with Sweet and Spicy Peppers. Restaurant secrets are revealed to help make your food taste better, then it's a showdown between Geoffrey Zakarian's Cherries Jubilee French Toast and Marcela Valladolid's Cafe de la Olla French Toast. Plus, cookbook author Candice Kumai shares some hidden healthy ingredients in desserts while making truffles with dates and Geoffrey makes a Balsamic Boulevardier cocktail.
The Kitchen is serving up some tricks and even better treats for Halloween with Jeff Mauro's Monster Mac and Cheese and Katie Lee's Butternut Squash Soup. Learn fun and easy ways to make Frightening Food Crafts, and then it's time to Pass the Cauldron Cake. The Piece of Cake Halloween party is packed with great ideas for everything from decor to dessert, and Geoffrey Zakarian serves up a Shirley Temple of Doom that's perfect for trick-or-treaters both young and old.
It's the cheesiest show ever and Sunny Anderson kicks it off with her "Dime Piece" 10 Cheese Mac and Cheese. Jeff Mauro's Cheeseboard Grilled Cheese and Katie Lee's Pizza Grilled Cheese take the sandwich to a whole new level, and Food Network's Justin Warner builds a nacho volcano. Then, tips and tricks on using cheese in everyday meals and how to create the perfect cheese platter. To top it all off, there's Geoffrey Zakarian's Mouse Trap cocktail and a cheese pull challenge!
The celebrity teams hustle during "The Worst Lotus," a head-to-head relay race through a faux-luxury resort to create poolside platters. After sweating it out, the recruits tackle a seafood classic: crab cakes. In the main dish challenge, chefs Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry have their teams dive into the deep end with seafood curry. The recruits who shine move on, while the bottom two face a blind elimination cook-off, preparing seared fish with a tropical sauce.
Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, bellies are full and love is in the air as we celebrate the best meals for any romantic occasion. Alex Guarnaschelli wines and dines with the most amazing gnocchi ever made in New York City. Jeff Mauro is dressed to impress and ready to swoon over a mouthwatering, 14-karat gold cake in Chicago, and get ready for a date with Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski as they light the night on fire with simply perfect pasta.
Anne Burrell and Jeff Mauro test the recruits' taste buds with an outrageous game, The Bagelorette. Blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs, the singles must taste flavored bagels with cream cheese dangling in front of them. Then, the chefs challenge their teams to create their own decadent breakfast sandwiches. In the Main Dish challenge, the recruits make fried chicken and slaw, and while some recruits start to find their groove in the kitchen, the least successful is eliminated.
The teams face off in a "Reality Roast" game of culinary challenges inspired by iconic reality TV shows, testing their taste buds, technique and kitchen skills. Then, for the skill drill challenge, chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso teach the recruits to make an all-American breakfast. For the main dish challenge, things get smoking as the teams throw down on the grill with barbecue chicken. The two least successful recruits face a blind elimination challenge to make the ultimate breakfast sandwich.
The Kitchen hosts share sweet and exciting flavor pairings that taste buds will love. Jeff Mauro pairs sweet and savory with his Pomegranate Glazed Lamb Lollipops with Feta Tzatziki. Alex Guarnaschelli whips up a sweet and bitter Endive Salad with Candied Nuts, Orange Caramel Dressing, and
Blue Cheese. Katie Lee Biegel makes a sweet and sour Agrodolce Salmon, and Geoffrey Zakarian couples sweet with salty for his Chocolate Budino with Olive Oil and Salt. Plus, chocolate cocktails, mocktails and special guest Anne Burrell!
The Kitchen hosts are throwing a Friendsgiving party with inventive and casual Turkey Day dishes. Geoffrey Zakarian and Alex Guarnaschelli kick off the meal with a Toasted Mulled Cider Margarita and Baked Brie with Cranberry Chutney and Toasted Almonds. Sunny Anderson creates an all-new Easy Apple Stuffing Loaf, and Jeff Mauro makes Roasted Turkey and Root Vegetables. The hosts work together on a French Onion Soup Potato Gratin, and Katie Lee Biegel dishes out Mini Pumpkin Spice Latte Puddings.