Brigitte Nguyen visits Tinsley Elementary School in Texas, where Hidden Valley is helping students grow their taste for veggies. Back in her kitchen, Brigitte and Hidden Valley Food Scientist Donna Pace prepare a Napa Valley Chicken Salad, Cheese Ranch Sliders, Garden Vegetable Dip, Pasta Primavera, and Veggie 'n' Buffalo Chicken Pizza.
At the tender age of seven, Tyler Florence specialized in creating souped-up snacks for his skateboard pals. He struggled early in school, but Tyler's passion for food helped guide him through a strenuous course of culinary training and set him on the path for success. Through sheer will, guts and determination, Tyler not only won acclaim in the Big Apple for his inspired cooking, but he also became famous on TV for solving home cooks' emergencies in kitchens around the country.
Don, Bryan and Li opened Flame Asian Tapas in Rossford, Ohio, only six months ago, but they're already in danger of closing. Ching-He Huang must streamline their unique restaurant concept in order to turn their business around. She'll be swapping their existing sub-par flaming dishes with easy to share and easy to prepare Asian tapas with a focus on the owners' Korean heritage.
Adam is in Portland, Oregon, searching for a massive off-menu burger featuring almost every animal, a secret mac and cheese dish with pastrami, and a legendary grilled cheese restaurant that has their dining room in a school bus.
From an entire Thanksgiving dinner stuffed into a pie to the Texas-sized Pumpecapple, these friendly shops across America are finding many ways to fill a pie crust.
Brad Miller hits the road in St. Louis, where he gets a taste of authentic Hawaiian food from Buzz's Hawaiian Grill food truck. Brad tries Chef Thomas "Buzz" Moore's signature yellow fin tuna poke bowl and his Kalua Pork Buns topped with barbecue sauce and pineapple slaw. Next, Brad travels to Seattle to meet Chef Shimi Kahn at Falafel Salam, where he tries the lamb gyro salad and the famous falafel with spicy pickled mango sauce. Then Brad finishes things off in Nashville at the Retro Sno truck, where he learns how to make extra-large snow cones from scratch with a variety of homemade toppings. He tries the Rainbow Snoball with cherry, pineapple and blueberry sauces as well as the Tres Leches Snoball with vanilla ice cream, caramel and sweetened condensed milk.
For those days when you're craving over-the-top treats, Eddie Jackson finds big, rich and extravagant dishes. These indulgent eats are truly fit for a king.
In the Signature Round, the chefs showcase their heritage and bring the heat. It's heads or tails as to who takes on the Fire Masters judge in the final round, and the Feast of Fire ignites the flavors of Jamaica.
Discover just how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, then see how See's Candies creates their legendary square shape pop. Also, Three Lollies has developed a lolly that's sure to soothe your tummy. Plus discover far-out facts at the Dum Dum factory and slow down with Sugar Daddies.
Born in New Orleans out of depression-era necessity, the Po-Boy might just as well be declared our official national sandwich. Take a loaf of French bread, stuff it with a little shrimp or oysters or beef or pate or burnt ends or whatever you have on hand, add some lettuce, tomato, and a little Cajun magic, and you've got a filling and memorable meal. Jeffrey Saad will check out the best sandwiches in the Crescent City at the New Orleans Po-Boy Preservation Festival. As he eats his way from tent to tent, you can trust that' he'll be doing his best to keep the dream alive!