When the Chopped competitors leave, the judges stay behind in the kitchen after hours to take on the very same chaotic combinations. Dough flies in round one as Geoffrey Zakarian races to reinvent the calzone and Maneet Chauhan accepts a lucrative bet from Ted Allen. Entrees get fratty in round two as Chris Santos indulges in collegiate amounts of cheese, while Marc Murphy shows his range by sinking pong shots across the kitchen. Marcus Samuelsson and Amanda Freitag manage to conjure up confections from poultry in round three, but Aaron Sanchez's toasted spices take the cake.
Aspen chef Dena Marino enters kitchen stadium to take on acclaimed Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto. Will Chef Marino's clean flavors impress the judges enough to take home the win? Tune in to see whose cuisine reigns supreme.
Today Bobby’s going back to school. After visiting his old alma mater, the French Culinary Institute, and checking in on a few classes there, he’ll take a couple of students back to his kitchen to make culinary school classics like Chicken Chasseur and Gratin Dauphinois. These dishes may sound over-the-top, but they’re actually simple enough to make every day. Along the way, you and the students will learn a few kitchen tricks that they don’t teach in cooking school.
Chef Cliff Crooks works with three chefs with very different issues. Aiden has been the head chef of Blue Mermaid Island Grill in Kittery, Maine, for years, but he's timid, and the restaurant's owner questions whether he can lead a kitchen. Pat was recently promoted to head chef of Beefeater's Tavern in Horseheads, N.Y., but his sloppy appearance and subpar culinary skills threaten his success. Finally, Shy has spent 16 years running the kitchen at McGeary's Pub in Albany, N.Y., but she has an attitude problem that could mean the end of her run.
Carson Kressley brings some never-before-seen big city cheer to the holiday kitchen, enlisting hometown heavyweights Ayesha Nurdjaja, Michael Jenkins and Geoffrey Zakarian for a Big Apple showdown with Bobby Flay.
The Kitchen's Sunny Anderson and chef Carla Hall are here to whoop on Bobby Flay! They've brought Spanish cuisine expert Jonah Miller and Portuguese chef Ronny Miranda to duke it out first.
Iron Chef Bobby Flay faces off against challenger Joe Isadori. Chef Isadori is the executive chef at Southfork Kitchen in Bridgehampton, New York. Judges are Joshua Applestone, Georgia Pellegrini and Glen Davis.
Chris Cognac hits the streets of Houston to investigate the dining scene deep in the heart of Texas cattle country. The investigation leads to Bubba's Texas Burger Shack, Mai's, the oldest Vietnamese restaurant in Houston, the Breakfast Klub, Tony Mandola's Gulf Coast Kitchen and Goode Company BBQ.
No need to hop on a plane to visit Jamaica to discover the amazing flavors of the Caribbean! Kelsey visits Melvin at Melvin's Juice Box who is adding the mouth watering tropical flavors of Jamaica to his juices. Kelsey heads back to her kitchen inspired to make fried fish with carrot escovitch using some of the same Jamaican flavors as Melvin. Kelsey then meets the queen of jerk cooking, Suzanne at Miss Lily's to try her hand at the staple technique of Jamaican cuisine. Back in her kitchen Kelsey makes grilled lobster tails with jerk sauce and coconut rice.
In Triple G's first at-home tournament, two all-star family teams go head-to-head for a chance at the family throwdown crown. In round one, Guy Fieri tests the teams by making them shop blindfolded in their own kitchens. Guy and Hunter, never ones to miss out on a good time, play along from their own home kitchen. Then the teams must mix and match two classic food duos chosen by the winner of round one. With a shot at $10,000 and a trip to the finale for a $20,000 prize, the teams are serious about coming out on top.