Chef Maneet Chauhan is back in the kitchen, and today it's all about the prized dish biryani, a recipe originally served to the Indian royals, filled with decadent ingredients and luxurious spices. Maneet is making Chicken Biryani with layers of marinated chicken, herbs, rice, saffron milk, cashews, golden raisins and much more. Plus, Maneet shares her tips and tricks for cooking the perfect basmati rice!
Chef Robert Irvine's next mission brings him to the small town of Lake City, Minn., where Erik and Tracy are only a month away from losing their 11-year-old restaurant, Bronk's Bar and Grill. An untrained staff and frozen food in the kitchen, and a generic design in the dining room are just some of the challenges Robert must battle armed with two days and $10,000.
Guy Fieri knows that there's nothing like the teamwork in a busy restaurant's kitchen, so he invites three teams of phenomenal chefs to represent their restaurants in Flavortown. In two action-packed rounds of games involving prix fixe menus and best-sellers, the chefs wow the judges with their teamwork and precision. In the end, only one restaurant team earns a shopping spree worth up to $20,000.
The chefs are brought to Petco Park in San Diego, where host Alton Brown presents their next test: TRANSFORMATION. The chefs are asked to use ingredients they source at the ballpark concession stands (think hot dogs and peanuts) to prepare two Iron Chef-worthy interpretations of stadium classics. Transformation is the goal: Which chef takes ballpark foods and transforms them into dishes worthy of Kitchen Stadium?
Chef Anne Burrell and Rachael Ray lead the final two celebrity recruits to a professional kitchen for their final challenge: Cook a refined three-course menu for a panel of culinary experts. The recruits work tirelessly to determine which mentor gets the bragging rights, which recruits' charity will win $50,000 and who will be crowned the first winner of Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition.
Bobby Flay will have to cake it until he makes it in this fun-filled pastry battle. Chopped's Alex Guarnaschelli and Geoffrey Zakarian bring in two talented pastry chefs, Erica Land and Jacqueline Joy Dino, to sprinkle the kitchen with sugar and spice and a loss for Bobby.
Two chefs make a catfish po' boy in a giant cat condo, then two chefs prep their loco moco on a train moving around the kitchen. Finally, one chef has to make shoofly pie while wearing fly sight goggles, all in hopes of impressing special guest judge Anne Burrell.
As they make breakfast to go, two chefs have to prep on a table that's moving around the kitchen. Then, one chef has to crawl through a laser maze as they make baked pasta. Finally, one chef has to ride around on a chairlift as they make linzer cookies.
Jeff's smoking out the kitchen today and starting off with a Smoked Tri-Tip smothered with Smoky and Whipped Cauliflower and then a Salmon Loxwich With Smoked Sea Salt Cream Cheese and Caramelized Onions. Plus, a Split Pea and Smoked Ham Soup With a Toasted Crostini for dipping.
The Chairman has invited young Chef Ken Oringer to Kitchen Stadium. Chef Oringer challenges Iron Chef Cat Cora to battle. Will Chef Oringer's originality earn him a win against Iron Chef Cora, or will Iron Chef Cora walk away a Champion?! Tune in to see whose cuisine reigns supreme.