The ten recruits take a trip to Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse, where, in their first Skill Drill, they must learn to execute five fundamental knife cuts. Then each Chef teaches their team a Teppanyaki-style dish, cooked directly on a blazing hot flattop grill. The recruits' results are varied, to say the least. Back at Boot Camp for the Main Dish Challenge, the Chefs demo only a few key techniques for a dish; the rest of the recipe is posted on the blackboard. The Chefs repeatedly emphasize that a good cook must read and know their recipe completely. So, halfway through prep, to test whether the recruits have followed their directions, the Chefs surprise them by erasing the recipe!
Start the clock, it's time to get back to basics on cooking in the fast lane. No time? No trouble, even when it comes to cooking for company. Ina is conjuring up a dazzling two course dinner in under an hour. It's going to be fast and fabulous. With recipes for Mustard-Roasted Fish, Dill Fingerling Potatoes, Parmesan-Roasted Broccoli and Honey Vanilla Fromage Blanc with Raspberry Sauce.
Four of the best donut bakers in the country fry up their ooey-gooey original donut recipes in the first Food Network Challenge featuring these scrumptuous breakfast staples! Donut lovers are in for a real treat as every kind of donut under the sun will be on display over the course of two rounds, and there's an added challenge - Each competitor must build their first EVER doughnut showpiece.
Rachael and Guy invite Chef Robert Irvine into the kitchen to coach and mentor the kids in the Mini Challenge. After working as a team to unscramble a jumbled recipe, each kid chef will execute their dish while Robert coaches them on. Then, in the Main Challenge, the kids take on the oceanic delights in the kitchen's seafood tower in an effort to impress guest judge Melissa d'Arabian.