The Kitchen is sharing the simplest summer recipes that make for easy, breezy summer meals. Katie Lee makes her favorite simple pasta, Baked Rigatoni with Tomato and Eggplant, and Jeff Mauro makes his Crispy Grilled Harissa Shrimp Greek Salad. Alex Guarnaschelli shares her Summery Corn Soup, the perfect cold soup for summer, and Geoffrey Zakarian transforms canned tuna into a delicious Salad Nicoise. Sunny Anderson makes a simple summer dessert, her Easy Raspberry Brookie Pie, and the hosts play Try or Deny with some trending mocktails.
For the final week in boot camp, the remaining recruits must put their newfound knowledge to use in the real world by foraging for produce at a rooftop farm. Then they have to create unique dishes with a curated box of farm-fresh ingredients. Chefs Anne Burrell and Cliff Crooks teach their final two recruits how to make a three-course, restaurant-quality meal, and the finalists must draw on all of their new culinary skills to impress a panel of culinary experts. Judges Matt Abdoo, Kwame Onwuachi and Millie Peartree sample the recruits' dishes in a blind taste test and determine the winner of the $25,000 prize.
My tongue-twister menu does Green Eggs n Ham one better - though it does have green, and ham! It's my Pasta, Pancetta and Peas, a satisfying dish you can really twirl your fork in, but its light, fresh flavors won't weigh you down.
Bobby Flay tests the remaining seven finalists by having them put their culinary point of view on a classic American dish – the burger! The finalists must whip up their ideal burger while sharing personal stories and their connections to their dish. The best burger lands a place on the menu of Bobby's new restaurant venture Bobby's Burger Palace.
Then, Guy Fieri and USA WEEKEND Magazine associate editor, TJ Walter, surprise the finalists on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, challenging each of them to create a dish using a basket of international ingredients for a group of returning American soldiers.
The winner learns that his or her recipe will be featured on the July 3-5th cover of USA WEEKEND Magazine, and another finalist is eliminated.
The Kitchen is sharing new mashup recipes to liven up the winter cooking routine, starting with Katie Lee's Cheesesteak Skillet Pizza. Jeff Mauro shares a new way to eat greens in a Miso Caesar Salad, and Geoffrey Zakarian shakes up Taco Tuesday with his Thai-Style Rotisserie Chicken Tacos. Chef Nyesha Arrington stops by to make her Aisoon Short Ribs with Sweet Potato Grits, and Sunny Anderson makes the ultimate dessert for breakfast lovers, Cinnamon Roll Bread Pudding. Finally, the hosts check out breakfast trends and decide which ones are worth trying.
Alex Guarnaschelli has four chefs rise and shine to whip up breakfast worth going back to bed for. Then, the remaining competitors attempt to bag their lunch and the competition before judges Antonia Lofaso and Carlos Anthony reveal the true dinner winner.