Guy Fieri's digging into dishes just like Mama made. First in San Luis Obispo, Calif., an Italian joint is bringing real deal flavor with mouthwatering meatballs and a next-level gnocchi pizza bowl. Then in Indianapolis, a mother-son duo is cooking comfort food gone vegan by plating a rockin' Reuben and off-the-chain chimichangas. Plus, a funky taco spot in San Antonio is cranking out family recipes with a righteous roast beef quesadilla and a legit veggie taco.
This trip, Guy Fieri's traveling with Chef Antonia Lofaso on a first-class culinary journey through Puerto Rico. In Old San Juan, they're diggin' into a chicken-trifongo combo and decadent cheesecake-stuffed French toast. In Caguas, a vegan joint is puttin' their spin on chicken and waffles and a meat lovers, no-meat pizza. And in Juncos, a traditional spot is serving up regional favorites like a plantain-picadillo lasagna and a lights-out stew made with pig's feet.
Chefs Manouschka & Sasha are hired by "Kitty" (AKA the "Pink Lady"), who is throwing a dinner party in her pink house, with her pink dog, where all of the food must match her favorite color. The coach for the LA Galaxy soccer team asks Chefs Stuart and Brian to prepare an international themed menu for a team bonding dinner party. And Chefs Jesse and Brooke have to cook up a menu for a Raw Vegan dinner...which means they technically can't "cook" anything.
Things get very superstitious as Octavia Spencer and Edgar "Dook" Chase invite three teams of home cooks to create a dish based on family superstitions. Mother and son Sheila and Vincent, mother and child Amy and Rae, and cousins Benita and Christina cross their fingers and hope to stick around to the second round. The remaining teams create a Southern vegan delight for guest judge Jessica Chastain. They'd better knock on wood, because only one team will take home the $10,000 prize.
The seven remaining teams roll into Flagstaff, Ariz., determined to get the hang of the food truck game. Just when things start to settle down, Tyler springs a Truck Stop cooking challenge on them: Create a dish featuring the local delicacy prickly pear cactus. Celebrity Chef Beau MacMillan judges the dishes and delivers a game-changing prize -- but Tyler is not done. On Sunday, he tells the teams to go vegan, and the teams scramble again to stay above water.