Mmm … can you smell it? The sweet aroma of cinnamon rolls baking in the oven, or is it the pumpkin-spiced latte you're sipping? For the preheat, host Jesse Palmer asks the bakers to combine two of the fall season's best treats and make seasonal coffee drink cinnamon rolls. Then, the bakers roll right into the main heat with a fall-themed yule log that Jesse calls Thanksgiving Swiss Rolls. In the end, judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller decide which baker is rolling home.
Two families return to GGG for more Flavortown fun in a three-round Thanksgiving family showdown. Guy Fieri has a member of each family pick from unidentified cans to determine the featured ingredient in their first meal, and then another family member must make a fall favorite using five pounds of ingredients. Finally, the last member of each family must flip a pumpkin pie into a savory Thanksgiving dish in a winner-takes-all final round and a shot at shopping Flavortown for up to $20,000.
Celebrate fall by using autumn flavors in brunch foods! Marcela Valladolid makes a decadent Pumpkin French Toast Casserole that's perfect for feeding a crowd and then The Kitchen gang competes in a breakfast edition of Tool Takedown. Katie Lee assembles an amazing tray of Breakfast Nachos with a base of waffles, right before Food Network Star winner Tregaye Fraser drops by to share her savory Bacon Breakfast Cupcakes. Katie turns favorite fall desserts into three breakfast smoothies and Geoffrey Zakarian ends with a Fall Mimosa.
There's no meal Bobby Flay looks forward to more than Thanksgiving dinner, so he's invited Damaris Phillips over to help prepare for the big day. They sip a seasonal Cranberry Orange Mule cocktail and talk about their favorite Thanksgiving memories. When it's time to test out some recipes, Bobby fries a turkey breast and makes some Yukon Gold Colcannon with Sauteed Kale, Cabbage and Bacon Butter. Damaris bakes Cashew Coconut Dinner Rolls for the feast, and you'll be thankful for her Smokey Pumpkin Creme Brulee.
Noah Cappe takes a trip to the Coastal Carolina Fair near Charleston, S.C., where he samples a local legend, Jack's Cosmic Dog. Trolling the fairgrounds, Noah catches the Catfish Sundae and takes a bite of fall flavors with the Pumpkin Cheesecake Pop. Then he heads west and feels the desert heat with some spicy fare at the Maricopa County Fair in Phoenix, Ariz. Noah's taste buds start tingling thanks to the Burnin' Up Burger and the Popper Dog, but a treat so special they call it the Unicorn Shake offers cool relief.
Hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson ask five merry cookie makers to combine cookies and comics into an edible comic strip. The big laughs lead to an even bigger challenge as the cookiers create larger-than-life ornaments made entirely out of cookies! Their designs may be big, but the bakers will have to incorporate extra-small ingredients like sesame seeds, pine nuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds into their displays. The cookie maker who makes the most extraordinary, extra-large ornament will win the $10,000 prize and the title of Christmas Cookie Champion.