Season 1, Episode 3
Ultimate Recipe Showdown: Comfort Foods
Food Network searched for the Ultimate Comfort Food recipe. After a nationwide recipe contest, nine finalists competed in three rounds: Chili, Mac and Cheese and Sandwiches. A panel of food experts determined whose comfort food dish was the best. See who walks away the winner of $25,000!
COMPETITORS: Chili
Peg Schaefer Recipe: Mexitana Ancho-Lamb Chili Hometown: Bozeman, Mo.
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Ray Isacsson -- Winner! Recipe: Spanish Influenced Chili with Collard Wrapped Pork, Chorizo and Sweet and Smoky Paprikas Hometown: Danbury, Conn.
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Anne Tegtmeier Recipe: Ultimate Veggie Chili
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Mac and Cheese
Autumn Clements Recipe: Black and Tan Irish Mac and Cheddar Hometown: Amelia Island, Fla.
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Brett Greenberg -- Winner Recipe: French Onion "Soup" Mac and Cheese
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Jenny Flake Recipe: Pepita Crusted Cheddar Jack Southwest Chicken Mac Hometown: Gilbert, Ariz.
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Sandwich
Ivan Aviles -- COMFORT FOODS GRAND PRIZE WINNER! Recipe: Boricua Plantain Sandwich Hometown: Holtsville, N.Y.
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Anna Georgantonis-Keah Recipe: Squash Sandwiches Hometown: Austin, Texas
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Michael Giletto Recipe: Germany's Version of the "South Philly Cheese Steak with a Twist" Hometown: Mickleton, N.J.
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