Four more DDD chefs compete to earn up to $20,000 plus the last spot in the Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Tournament finale by making classic diner meals. First, the chefs must create a lunch counter special using only ingredients that start with a specific letter of the alphabet. Next, they must make a deluxe diner dinner on a not-so-deluxe budget. Finally, Guy takes the last two chefs on a culinary road trip to determine which regional take on a chicken entree they must make.
In the first game, Guy challenges the four chefs to make their best version of spaghetti and meatballs, but some of the key ingredients are "Out of Stock." In the second game, the chefs will use their supermarket savvy and couponing genius to make a family meal for four for under $7! In the final game, the two remaining chefs will make their best dishes using only ingredients from the frozen food aisle. The winner gets to go on a $uper $hopping $pree worth up to $20,000.
Chefs keep it all in the family with teams featuring spouses, siblings and even grandma! The pasta shelves are off-limits when our four families attempt to create their best noodle dish. Next, three families have to come up with fresh ideas for making dessert from non-perishable items. The finalists must make their favorite family meal, but have to watch their weight while shopping. Then, it's "all hands on cart" as the winning family goes on the Triple G Shopping Spree worth up to $20,000.
Host extraordinaire Octavia Spencer and head judge Edgar "Dook" Chase surprise three teams of Southern home cooks with a Southern cocktail hour. Father and daughter Sichon and Ali, husbands John and Eric, and mother and daughter Ellen and Nivek serve up three cocktail hour bites alongside a signature cocktail. Then, the two teams that make it to the second round put their spin on either guest judge Eric Stonestreet or Octavia's childhood comfort meal. In the end, only one duo will take home the $10,000.
Guy Fieri is reflecting on what he's thankful for, and it's four talented chefs ready to play his Thanksgiving-themed games. First, Guy gives the chefs an empty cornucopia to use while shopping for their two signature Thanksgiving sides. Then he mashes two classic GGG games together: The chefs have to make a classic Thanksgiving meal on a budget while also featuring a special ingredient determined by Guy's wheel of chance. In the end, one grateful chef will go on a shopping spree for up to $20,000.
Guy Fieri challenges four chefs to take on a Flavortown first, where they'll have to shop for and prepare two complete meals for four using no more than 10 lbs. of total ingredients! After the chefs use more than half their weighted groceries to make a hearty hot lunch, Guy lets them each grab an extra two items from the store's clearance rack to make their weeknight dinner. The winning chef gets a shot at turning 10 lbs. of food into up to $20,000.
Guy Fieri challenges four chefs to make a dozen ingredients last through breakfast, lunch and dinner. First, he makes them shop for the only 12 ingredients they can use throughout the competition, and they start off by making a high-end brunch. Then the chefs are challenged to make specific styles of lunch and dinner determined by Guy's wheel of meals. Despite the tough games and even tougher competition, only one chef will outlast the others and earn a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
Who knows better about eating healthy all year round than an NFL player? That is why Kelsey is getting Lean and Mean with Jets' superstar center Nick Mangold. Nick prepares one of his favorite comfort meals with a healthy twist and provides tricks and tips that could have you cooking healthy 365 days a year. Back in her kitchen, Kelsey tackles her own slimming recipes versions — a Bison Chili, Roasted Beet and Orange Salad with Creamy Goat Cheese Dressing, and a Mean Green Smoothie.
The remaining six recruits attempt to conquer intimidating ingredients when they visit The Meat Hook, a New York butcher shop, where they learn to make a sausage meal from scratch for their Skill Drill. Back at Boot Camp, the recruits face their seafood fears in the Main Dish Challenge. Each cook must clean and prep a squid or whole fish for an entree and make a side dish that features the recruit's least favorite ingredient. The competition narrows as two more worst cooks leave the competition.
The two final celebrity recruits are greeted by former celebrity recruit and referee for their final skill drill challenge, Carson Kressley! The recruits team up with their chefs in a recipe relay race where they work together to make steak fajitas. Then chefs Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence break off to teach their recruits their menus for the three-course, restaurant-quality final challenge meal. Judges Dan Churchill, Jeff Mauro and Grace Mitchell blindly taste each course and pick the winner of $25,000 for their chosen charity.