Robert Irvine welcomes four chefs with a love of global cuisine to a culinary experience that spans the globe without ever leaving the arena. For their first challenge, the chefs are transported to Beijing, where they learn to master the hot pot. Then they take on the cuisines of Tel Aviv, Israel, and Accra, Ghana, where the final two chefs work outside their comfort zones creating a dish using plantains and cassava. Ultimately, one chef will embrace the unfamiliar ingredients best, win a trip and move on to the finale for the chance to claim the $25,000 prize.
It's time for one knock out meatless dinner packed full of fresh flavors! Big Daddy is rockin' it out 'Veggie Mania' style. First, he's making a simple meal to enjoy right away or save it for a rainy day, his cheesy Vegetable Lasagna. Next, he's whipping up a crunchy Napa Cabbage Salad with Candied Walnuts topped with tangy Lemon-Thyme Vinaigrette. Finally, it's a burger with a healthy bite, a banging Black Bean Patty with Szechuan-Tomato Dressing! This is one nutrient packed show you won't want to miss!
The Kitchen hosts are sharing their best one pan plans for easy meals. Sunny Anderson makes a flavor-packed Easy Crispy Rice and Honey Sambal Salmon Cheat Sheet. Next, Katie Lee Biegel shows us her Slow Cooker Chicken Taco Bowls, and Alex Guarnaschelli shares her guide to making a quick, flavorful Easy White Wine Caper Sauce. Jeff Mauro uses a cast-iron pan to make his Pineapple Upside Down Cake, and special guest Scott Conant from House of Knives stops by to make his One Skillet Chicken with Basil Chimichurri.
The Kitchen hosts are sharing the local restaurants and food traditions they love. Jeff Mauro fires up an Old-World Chicago-Style Thin Crust Pizza. Alex Guarnaschelli shares one of her restaurant's special "family meals," Tomato and Coconut Chicken Over Spiced Rice Pilaf. Katie Lee Biegel remakes one of her favorite restaurant dishes: White Bean, Cherry Tomato and Sausage Orecchiette. Sunny Anderson channels a New Jersey favorite breakfast with Easy Raspberry and Strawberry Danishes, and Geoffrey Zakarian makes a Florida-Inspired Fried Fish Sandwich. Plus, they spotlight a local bakery doing good for the community!
Ina says that no one ever remembers what they ate for the main course but they always remember dessert. Ina shares her ideas and recipes for the perfect way to end a meal -- sweet and savory, this really is a case of saving the best for last. Recipes include Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries, Lime Meringue Tart and Peach and Blueberry Crumbles.
The chefs learn they will be expected to make a pizza perfect meal. In the first round one of the competitors takes a loose interpretation of the theme: How will the judges react? Then some unusual toppings must make their way onto the entree pizzas. And the finalists must make pizza for dessert, with candied mushrooms and salted caramel sauce.
The firefighter competitors get the meal started with some hearty meat-and-cheese appetizers that would be a hit back at their firehouses, but will the judges enjoy them? Then in the entree round, some big errors with a non-basket-ingredient gets one of the judges inordinately upset. And playing with fire is part of the challenge in the final round.
This trip, Guy Fieri's pulling up for some one-of-a-kind meals. In Spokane, a joint in a shopping center is slatherin' burgers with a remoulade they call "Goo." Then in Philadelphia, a Southern/Jewish fusion restaurant is serving Bubby's brisket with beans and rice, and in Mandeville, La., a family-style favorite's putting a Cajun spin on Oysters Rockefeller.
Guy Fieri is always experimenting with global flavors, and today he's bringing several of his favorites together in one meal! His Spicy Tuna Flatbread combines the sushi bar favorite, spicy tuna, with an Italian favorite, pizza! His Tri-Color Beet Salad has a world of flavors and textures: sweet beets, crunchy pepitas, and creamy goat cheese. To drink, a refreshing Caribbean Ginger Fizz.
Damaris's niece and friends are visiting, so she whips up foods that kids love with sneaky tricks to get them to eat their veggies. They make Semolina and Sundried Tomato Waffles with homemade Pizza Sauce and Chocolate Chip Cherry Cast-Iron Cookies. With simple, sure-fire recipes, Damaris shows how to make special meals for the little loved ones in your family.