The host and judges reflect on the best, most-challenging and funniest parts of being on set for Halloween Baking Championship. And the crew shares the top baking tips they've picked up along the way.
Americans love hamburgers, and you'll love the best-ever burgers we discovered at restaurants across the country. In Atlanta, a double cheeseburger is so exclusive that only a few dozen are served each night and in the most talked about burger in New York is sandwiched between something usually found in soup. There's a burger served on a bed of freshly-cut fries and topped with everything but the kitchen sink, a cheeseburger stuffed with cheese that melts right out of the patty and burgers that will make you forget they don't have beef. They're the Food Network's best ever burgers.
Three Diners, Drive-ins and Dives chefs with experience in Flavortown Market are playing grocery games in their own joints! Guy and Hunter Fieri send them a big box of GGG Delivery groceries perfect for a fried feast, but they can only use the items that fit in a tiny tote bag. Then the chefs must make a classic takeout dish using the whammy ingredient and unusual kitchen gadget that appear on Guy's giant dice. The chef with the highest combined score after two rounds gets a shot at winning up to $20,000 on the GGG Money Wheel.
Jeff Mauro stops in to see his friends at Conte de Savioa, in the heart of Chicago's Little Italy, to learn the secret of making fresh mozzarella and gain a few other insights for his Italian sandwich fest back home. Once in his own kitchen, Jeff takes some of the creamy fresh cheese he helped make and puts it first on an Italian cold-cut sub and then atop the classic sausage and peppers hero. And even your sweet tooth gets a little relief with Jeff's fun and creative take on the Italian favorite dessert, the cannoli.
Heroes and villains from reality TV are trading drama for kitchen chaos, and chefs Jeff Mauro and Antonia Lofaso are on a mission to transform these infamous stars into competent cooks! To kick things off, Jeff and Antonia need to assess the culinary carnage, so they ask the recruits to whip up their go-to dinner party dish -- whether it's a hit or a miss. Then, in the main dish challenge, it's sink or swim as they butcher a whole fish and replicate an elegant seafood dish. The recruits who show potential will move on, while the rest sail off into the sunset.
The kitchen can be a scary place, but the recruits must learn to face their fears in boot camp. First, they're forced to expand their palates with some unusual ingredients in a Cake Walk-inspired game that proves to be anything but a cakewalk. Then, the recruits get up close and personal with some creatures of the sea, harvesting ink to make fresh squid ink pasta under the watchful eyes of chefs Anne Burrell and Robert Irvine. The brave recruits who conquer their fears will continue on in boot camp, but those who struggle are doomed to head home.
Arlyn Osborne is a Recipe Developer at Food Network. Since graduating from the French Culinary Institute, she has had the opportunity to work with Food & Wine magazine, Amazon, NBC, TLC, D’Artagnan and Spoon University. She has appeared in cooking segments for Genius Kitchen, where she also worked as a Culinary Producer. She can’t resist a good cup of tea and flipping through vintage cookbooks.