The Kitchen hosts cook up dishes that help beat the winter blues with a taste bud vacation! Sunny Anderson makes a Coco-Nutty Crunchy Vacay French Toast, Alex Guarnaschelli preps a fun Shrimp and Chopped Iceberg Salad with Ginger, and Katie Lee Biegel shows off a new way to make comforting Caribbean-Inspired Chicken Stew. Then, Geoffrey Zakarian goes on a delicious Mexican getaway with his family, and Jeff Mauro shakes up a creamy, chocolatey Mudslide that's paired with a musical performance!
The Kitchen is gearing up for a food-filled fiesta with Sunny Anderson's Sizzlin' Chicken Fajitas and Katie Lee's Easy Chorizo and Potato Enchiladas with a Five Ingredient Sauce. Jeff Mauro proves he's a guacamole master with two new topping ideas -- Spicy Shrimp and Strawberry Mango Salsa. Geoffrey Zakarian makes a heartwarming bowl of Tortilla Soup, and Chef Jordan Andino stops by to make a Crunchy Taco Wrap. Katie Lee wraps things up with a giant Mexican-Inspired Hot Fudge Sundae.
In Malverne, N.Y., host Jeff Mauro and three chefs turn a neighborhood's Garden Block Party into a cooking competition, and the chefs have to convince unsuspecting homeowners to let them crash their kitchen for ingredients. Chef Marc Murphy helps Jeff judge as the competitors make a cheesy Mexican-inspired dish, a sweet and savory surf-and-turf masterpiece and a dessert with a surprise filling. After a final battle, one winning chef splits a cash prize with their lucky local family.
Fire! The chefs are burning to jump to it when they see the inspiration for the first test. And a Sweet Genius should know just how to make cheese puffs work perfectly in a frozen dessert. Then in the second test, multi-colored treats are a mandatory ingredient and multiple techniques are utilized by a creative crew of chefs. And in an intense final test, the chefs are inspired by a Chinese Dragonhead and required to use an unusual Mexican delicacy.
The Kitchen is going back to school and Sunny has a delicious freezer fix to get you in the back to school groove. There are yummy new spins of the classic PB and J. Rewrapped host Joey Fatone stops by to throwdown a sweet snack with Jeff. Marcela shows how to master the Mexican meal Chilaquiles. The gang shows some love to the lunch box with great ways to fill and pack it. GZ ends the day with a Toasted Marshmallow Milkshake.