Robert Irvine invites four new chefs on a virtual global journey to test their skills and versatility with regional food. Upon landing in Florence, Italy, the chefs must prove they can make pasta from scratch. Three chefs move on to the second round in Memphis, home of low-and-slow barbecue. Only two chefs move on to the final city, Kyoto, Japan, where they must create a dish using fresh tofu for the one and only Chef Masaharu Morimoto.
Brooklyn pastry chefs Clarice Lam and Caroline Schiff are back in the kitchen for revenge after Bobby Flay beat them with something sweet. This time, they have chefs Michael Symon and Josh Capon on their side to help make Bobby crumble.
Guy Fieri's favorite food group is bacon, so he invites four swine-dining chefs to go hog-wild for a shot at $20,000. Over two rounds and a plethora of pork plates, these competitors will have to show up and show snout if they want to win the all-bacon battle.
In the first round, one chef has to make their loaded hash browns on a pan shaped like Alton Brown's face. Then, two chefs have to prep and cook their Cubanos on baseball bats. Finally, one chef has to make their tiramisu while holding tiny hands.
One chef gets on a roll using a twisted pan. Then, a big burrito causes someone even bigger problems. Finally, a chef learns that there's nothing more helpless than a "kitchen" up a tree.
In Memphis, Michael Symon sits down with four generations of barbecue royalty for the scoop on their most delicious family secrets, with a side of smoked turkey and sweet potato fried pie. In Portland, Ore., an insane burger is stacked over a foot tall with three beef patties, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, onion rings, bacon, ham, eggs and more! And finally, in Atlanta, chile-rubbed duck breast gets top billing as some of the best Latin food north of the border.