Kelsey takes the intimidation out of home entertaining with a few essential tips and some easy-to-make recipes: A luscious Pork Roast made with a secret ingredient; a spicy Mexican-inspired Corn; and a decadent chocolate/peanut butter dessert — all designed to minimize your stress and maximize your time with your guests. Party on!
This competition is broken into two categories: The Beef Burger and the Alternative Burger (a burger made of anything besides beef). In each competition, five amateur cooks compete to grill the best burger. The winner of the beef burger competition takes home $50,000 while the alternative winner earns $10,000.
Legendary singer Carnie Wilson comes bearing gifts of cake to Guy Fieri's Flavortown Lounge! He joins personality Ross Mathews and DJ tWitch for everything from a one-handed omelet cooking challenge to answering questions in "What the Food?!" as the teams raise money for charity and fight to take home the glittering, golden frying pan!
In the epic finale, the three remaining bakers have just one challenge, but it's a massive one. Each baker taps into a favorite holiday memory and then constructs gingerbread worlds filled with all sorts of treats. The baker who can impress the judges the most will become the Holiday Baking Champion and take home $50,000!
Giada invites friends over for a pizza party. She makes the dough by scratch and comes up with three delicious pizzas recipes. Friends munch on the homemade pizzas while they make their own individual pies. Giada supplies custom "To Go" boxes so each guest can take home his pizza creation to cook and enjoy later.
Local NYC Chef Gabrielle Hamilton brings her down home style to Kitchen Stadium to take on Iron Chef Bobby Flay.
Will Chef Hamilton's natural approach to food impress the judges enough for a win, or will she leave Kitchen Stadium with the bitter taste of defeat?! Tune in to see whose cuisine reigns supreme!
Chef Katsuya Fukushima and Chef Ruben Garcia enter Kitchen Stadium to challenge Iron Chef Jose Garces. Chef Fukushima and Chef Garcia are known for turning out inventive and unconventional cuisine in various culinary hot spots. Will their dual creativity in Kitchen Stadium win the judges over, or will Iron Chef Garces take home the win?
Trisha Yearwood takes inspiration from holiday traditions and invites friends and family to her home for a tree-trimming party. This celebration of good company and great food includes a menu of Toasted Gruyere and Cranberry Cups, Maple Apricot Glazed Ham, Butternut Squash Bacon Polenta Bites and the most-festive dessert -- Milk and Cookies Fudge.
Eric Adjepong invites comfort food connoisseurs Eddie Jackson, Molly Yeh and Damaris Phillips to risk $5,000 of their own money in an intense game of skill and chance. It all comes down to a late-night snack cook-off to see who goes home the big winner -- and whose bank account takes a big hit.
Inspired by a recent trip to Florence, Ina is re-creating a fabulous Florentine feast for friends back home in East Hampton. There's a mozzarella master class with a local cheese maker; an Italian drinks tray inspired by cocktails and store-bought hors d'oeuvres sampled at the fabulous Lungarno hotel in Florence; Baked Fish in Parchment; Parmesan Polenta; and Affogato Sundaes, the easiest Italian dessert ever. Ina's guests will collect Italian wine and set the table Italian-style.