Four chefs who cook in soup kitchens come to the Chopped Kitchen to face off in this special competition. In the appetizer round, they get creative with some fun bread and orange sauce. Turkey is a given in the entree round, but they also face an epic cake which defies description and is more than meets the eye! Some items in the dessert basket sound pretty healthy, like yogurt and fruit, but will the finalists' Thanksgiving desserts be nutritious or decadent?
Guy Fieri is expecting more than 100 guests for a multi-course Thanksgiving feast at the ranch, so he invites some of his best chef friends over to do a warm-up. Alex Guarnaschelli's Family Lasagna is just the appetizer for her Roast Turkey with Mozzarella and Pepperoni Stuffing and her Cranberry Aperol Spritzers. Jonathan Waxman puts his own spin on the turducken with a Capoducken with Chorizo and Oyster-Chestnut Stuffing, and he lightens things up with Gratin of Celery Root and Potato. Marc Murphy plans ahead, preparing a whole meal just so he has leftovers to create his Turkey Shepherd's Pie and Brussels Sprouts and Bacon, and then he celebrates the flavors of fall in Red Wine Cooked Apples with Pecan Crumble.
Host Giada De Laurentiis and judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Carla Hall and Christian Petroni offer advice on the best thing Thanksgiving dinner guests can bring to give their hosts.
Kick off holiday season with Food Network Magazine's November 2019 issue. Inside you'll find over 100 different ways to plan the perfect Thanksgiving menu complete with delicious stuffing, mashed potatos and turkey. You'll also find new pie ideas and simple and easy fall pastas!
Food Network culinary producer Sarah Holden shows us how to sculpt a classic crispy rice treat recipe into a festive Thanksgiving shape that's sure to impress any crowd. Dust your "turkey" with cinnamon sugar, and serve with candy "stuffing."
Thanksgiving meals have always been important to Ayesha Curry and her family, so Ayesha and her husband Stephen's parents are at their California home to celebrate. When Ayesha's dad, John, and father-in-law, Dell Curry, want to join Ayesha in the kitchen, she agrees and lets them help with the cheesiest Mac and Cheese, a secret timesaver for fast Creamed Cornbread, and of course, Southern Mustard Greens. But when it comes to the Turkey, will it be double the trouble, or double the fun?
It's Thanksgiving in the Chopped kitchen and four chefs are giving it all they have. Things start off on a sweet note, with maple syrup in the appetizer basket. Then when the chefs get an ingredient in the entree round that is more popular as a decoration than as a food, will they be able to make the beautiful, edible? And after cooking with some traditional turkey day favorites in the last round, the two finalists hope the judges will want to gobble, gobble up their desserts.