Comedian, writer, actor, and producer Tina Fey joins Ina Garten for a fun-filled day at the barn. Tina loves custard desserts, so Ina welcomes her with Breakfast Panna Cotta before digging deep, sharing childhood trauma revelations, standout standup moments, and life on the road with her best friend Amy Poehler. Then, Tina and Ina team up in the kitchen to make a dream dinner with Tina's signature Greek Lemon Potatoes served with Ina's Chicken Thighs with Creamy Mustard Sauce. Plus, they share some surprising plate presentation and comedy rules!
Get ready for some amazing braising. Bobby learns some tricks from New York chef Tom Valenti, who’s known for his skill at braising–a method that gets the most succulent and flavorful results. Then Bobby invites Tom back into his kitchen to make fall-off-the-bone lamb shanks with roasted tomatoes and toasted orzo, smoky roasted garlic bulbs and a bold Bolo salad with chorizo and blue cheese. These dishes are as easy to make as your favorite comfort food, but have the flavors of four-star cooking.
Big Daddy's breaking all the rules in the house today. Starting off this wafflicious meal is a Sunny-Side Up Breakfast Waffle With Sausage that's lip-smacking good. Then it's onto a Pressed Reuben Waffle Sandwich that is better than anything any deli could make. Then it's an Herb Waffle With Caramelized Fennel that will knock your guests out with flavor. To finish off this wafflicious meal, Big Daddy's brother Donavan joins him in the kitchen for a Banana Split Cake Waffle that will put a smile on anyone's face.
Twelve young sibling teams step into the pastry school style kitchen and learn that they must try out for their spot in the competition. Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown put the teams through two rounds of skills challenges to assess which 10 teams will move on and which two teams will be eliminated before the competition even starts! In the first skills test, the nervous teams put up their best cupcake. For the second skills test, the teams must create a pie from scratch that's good enough to prove they have what it takes to compete. First impressions are everything, and in the end, two teams do not make it through the tryouts.
The final three chefs undergo a test of Integrity, and how they can honor both personal integrity and integrity of ingredients. At the most famous fish market in the world, Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, the chefs race to gather ingredients to prepare their version of the most revered and traditional Japanese meal known as kaiseki. This kaiseki meal is filtered through each chef’s unique culinary personality. This traditional Japanese cooking style consists of an elaborately choreographed tasting menu with extreme attention focused on the beauty of each plate and the seasonality of the ingredients. One chef is eliminated, and the last two standing prepare for the final battle in Kitchen Stadium.
Twelve young sibling teams step into the pastry school style kitchen and learn that they must try out for their spot in the competition. Hosts and judges Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown put the teams through two rounds of skills challenges to assess which 10 teams will move on and which two teams will be eliminated before the competition even starts! In the first skills test, the nervous teams put up their best cupcake. For the second skills test, the teams must create a pie from scratch that's good enough to prove they have what it takes to compete. First impressions are everything, and in the end, two teams do not make it through the tryouts.
A new restaurant with young owners keeps Robert on his toes in this mission. Salt Works II in Wilmington, N.C., prides itself on serving down home cooking, but when Robert steps into the kitchen he finds that they only cook canned food. He immediately jumps into action modernizing the interior and changing the menu while urging the staff to work as a team. In hopes of attracting a new client base to go with the younger feel of the restaurant, Robert hits the streets to bring in the nearby college students. With time running out, he needs to confirm that the staff can execute the new menu so this restaurant can stay afloat.
Gotta tune in to find out who has the chops to be the Chopped Champion again! In this second installment in a special series, four winners return to battle for superiority in the kitchen. When the chefs present their cockles appetizers, the judges must do some investigating; one of the chefs may or may not have gotten every mystery item into the dish. Then for the entrée course, along with ground chicken and apples, the judges find a disgusting shocker on one of the chefs' plates. And when The Big Cheese of La Mancha finds its way into the Dessert Basket, who will be the Big Winner? One of the finalists makes a napoleon, while the other chef takes a more avant-garde approach.