-[referee whistle rings] -It is game day in Flavortown.
[yells] Go!
Yes!
So we invited some of our favorite all-star chefs
to make off-the-hook game-day bites.
And compete in our biggest, wildest team game ever.
You'll be taking the field one at a time
-in tag-team style. -Wow.
[Guy] Chefs will have to split up who's doing the shopping,
cooking, and plating duties
without knowing exactly what their teammates are cooking up.
[Hunter] They'll have to trust their fellow chefs...
This is harder than I thought.
Here's where I'm confused, 'cause there's egg rolls and puff pastry.
-...and their team captain... -[both] Me.
That's right, in this game, it's Fieri versus Fieri.
-Don't be nervous about screwing this up. -[applause]
-I lose to my kid. -I don't like that!
This is the ultimate family feud.
-[referee whistle rings] -That's pass interference.
-It is pass interference, yeah. -That's interference.
[chuckles]
It's superstar game day.
That's awesome.
-Right now, on Hunter's Grocery Games. -No, it's Guy's Grocery Games.
-Where's a ref when we need one? -I...
[chanting] One, two, three, Flavortown!
So, let's meet our all-star chefs.
The boss of a Boston restaurant empire,
and the winner of Tournament of Champions 3,
chef Tiffani Faison.
All right.
-How you doing, guys. -Welcome, sunshine.
Celebrated cookbook author and James Beard nominee,
chef Jet Tila.
What's up, brother?
-[Jet] Brothers. Sir. -Hello, chef. Great to have you.
-Good to be here. -Food Network star and queen of Southern cuisine,
the one and only, chef Damaris Phillips.
[in sing-song voice] ♪ Hey, everybody!♪
-What's up, chef? How are you? Nice to see you. -[indistinct]
Hello, everybody.
Baller executive chef and pasta pro,
it's Mustache Joe, Joe Sasto.
Nice.
-Welcome, chef, great to have you. -What's going on?
-Great to have you. Acclaimed North Cal chef
behind a wide country resort success story,
-the one and only, chef Crista Luedtke. -Oh, yeah!
-Oh, with a nice Flavortown beanie. -Everyone...
-Flavortown! -[overlapping chatter]
-She won. -Okay.
And a TOC 2 champ who runs a Nashville culinary kingdom,
Maneet Chauhan.
-Wooh! -[man 1] Wooh!
Hello!
Those are power buns.
Welcome, chefs, welcome to Triple G's game day event.
-Yeah. -Yes.
In the Fieri family, game day is all about
food and football, and friends.
[Guy] So, we've invited you here to Flavortown Market
to raid the store shelves and whip up the kind of food
that football fans really crave.
-Nice, yeah, yeah, yeah. -Yes, yeah.
But just like in football, creating a winning game day spread
is all about what?
-Teamwork. -[Guy] It's about teamwork.
So tonight, Hunter and I are assuming the roles as team captain,
and as the team captains, first we have to pick our team.
-Wow. -I don't like that!
All right, Hunter, this will decide who is going to pick first.
-Call it in the air, Hunter. -Go ahead. Heads.
-[all] Heads! -[cheering]
I don't wanna have to pick first.
Serious pressure.
[Hunter] All right.
-I'm gonna go with Jet Tila. -[cheering]
-[Tiffani] Jet, all right.
-[Jet] Oh, wow, wow, wow. -[Damaris] Yeah, good, strong choice.
I gotta take the TOC 2 champ,
-Maneet Chauhan. -[cheering]
[Guy] Don't be nervous about screwing this up for me at all, okay?
If I lose to my kid...
-That won't happen. -So, I'm gonna one-up you here,
I'm gonna take the, uh, TOC 3 champ.
-[man 2] Wow. -[Hunter] Come on, Tiff.
-Come on, we got this. -[cheering]
You're not as loyal to North Cal as I am.
I'm gonna take the, uh, Guerneville resort queen.
-Yes! -[Guy] I'll take Crista Luedtke.
Well, the shirt's amazing and she's awesome, so I'm taking Damaris.
-[Jet] Wow! -Get in here.
Joe, there you go, baby.
-[man 3] Whoo! -[woman 1] Whoo!
All right, you three winners are Team Guy.
-Absolutely. -Yeah!
And you three champions are Team Hunter.
-Amen. Okay. -That's right.
[Guy] All right, chefs, here's the game plan. You'll be working as a team
-to make a 30-minute game-day plate. -[referee whistle rings]
-Game-day plate. Game-day plate. -Here's the thing.
You will not be cooking together as a team.
-[groans] No. -[yells] No!
-Come on. -Instead, you'll be taking the field one at a time,
-passing off the culinary duties... -[Tiffani] Boo.
-Boo. -...in tag-team style every 10 minutes.
-What? -[Guy] Now, first up will be the shopper.
This is the person who's gonna shop for the ingredients
and prepares them for the cook.
Second will be the prep cook.
That person will do the lion's share of cooking.
And lastly will be the final cook,
who will be plating and presenting the dish to the judges.
And the highest scoring team will split $15,000.
-Yeah! -[all cheering]
-[Hunter] Can't beat that. You can't beat that. -[overlapping chatter]
So, we're going to take a minute,
huddle together as a team and decide who's gonna take
-which position of shopper, prep, and final cook. -[overlapping chatter]
What are you guys thinking?
-You know this, yeah. -No one wants to shop, so I'm fine to shop.
Okay. Fine.
-Yeah, and you'll do the prep. -And I can...
-You'll set it up. -I'll set it up.
-All right, let's bring it in. -[both] Done.
-[Guy] One, two, three... -[Team Guy yells] Flavortown!
-I'm gonna shop. -You wanna shop?
-I think I'll prep. -I'll finish.
-Really? I like it, -[Damaris] Great.
[Tiffani loudly] Hunt them down on three.
[Team Hunter] One, two, three, hunt them down!
Crista is going to do our shopping.
Maneet will be setting us up for success, and then Sasto is gonna be
-dropping the hammer for the big win. -[Maneet] That's a touchdown!
-[Guy] All right, Hunter. -Okay, Damaris is gonna shop,
chef Jet is gonna prep, and Tiff is going to final.
[Guy] So, here's the deal, team.
As you know, in Grocery Games we have a twist,
and there's a mega twist on this one.
Only the shoppers are gonna know
the specific details of tonight's dish.
Wow!
And also, Hunter and I will not know
-what the dish is. -[Jet] Uh-oh.
-Oh, come on! -What!
[Guy] The producers have come up with what the dish is gonna be.
It will be given to our lead judge,
chef Scott Conant, and he is gonna reveal
the dish in private to the shoppers.
The shoppers will then shop for the ingredients for that game-day plate,
and hopefully leave culinary breadcrumbs behind
for their next teammate to know exactly what they're cooking.
So cooks and chefs, you need to leave now
-and we will call you back one at a time... -I'm here.
...for you to do 10-minute shifts to complete the dish.
Hey, focus shopping, fire.
They are very bossy, my team.
-This is for reals now. -[overlapping background chatter]
-Yeah, uh-huh. -Namaste.
-See you, coach. I got you. -You've got this. Hey, good luck, Damaris.
-Remember, it's okay to throw the game. -[Damaris] Yeah?
-[Damaris] Okay. Heard. -That's not okay. Don't do that.
-No, Damaris. No, Damaris. -[Damaris] Heard.
All right, Guy and Hunter have no idea what's in this envelope.
So, you are the only two and the judges
that are gonna know what's going on here.
Chefs, you're preparing a game-day platter.
-Understood. -So, you need three different bites.
One is vegetarian,
one featuring mini sausages,
and the third one is sweet.
It can be a dessert, or it doesn't have to be a dessert.
This is so much harder
than I thought it was gonna be.
All right? Chefs, you have 10 minutes to shop
and prep as much as you can.
Vegetarian, mini sausages, sweet.
And your time starts right now.
-Bye. -Go!
This is not fun at all!
Three chefs, each get 10 minutes.
One is the shopper,
one is the prepper, one is the final plater, presenter.
[grunts] Ah.
[Scott] The final two chefs on the team
don't know what the dish actually is.
And neither do Guy and Hunter.
[Guy] What do we have over here in cold cut land?
Ai-yai-yai-yai-yai.
We have to come up with three different bites.
We got 10 minutes. I'm gonna try to use half of it to shop,
half of it to prep.
Immediately when they said sweet,
I thought bacon-wrapped dates.
Dates, dates, dates, dates.
Stuff some cheese in there.
Oh, cheese.
The next, how about a stuffed mushroom. That's delicious.
So I grab the Soyrizo. Boom, that would hit my vegetarian component.
These are my smokies.
For the game day little mini sausages,
I'm thinking some form of preparation of them in the pretzel bun.
I mean, I gotta set my team up here
and give them as many options, but not too many
because I don't wanna confuse them.
To me, the hardest thing about being the shopper is,
if you don't get something that you know they want or need,
there's no going back. They can't shop.
It's a one shop, we're done.
Oh, I got all kinds of stuff for my platter.
This is very odd. Sit here, sequestered,
while all this is going on.
[Damaris] Where are the Hawaiian rolls?
Look, if anybody's gonna shop, it's gonna be me.
I know where everything is in this store.
Okay.
Who starts again? I'm like the kicker, right?
Where are flours tortillas?
Maybe I'm like the quarterback.
I'm, like, the person that's, like,
seen everything, and I have to, like, set--
I have to call the play--
Okay, that's right, I'm the coach! That's what it is.
[Hunter] She's getting tortillas?
Come on, Damaris.
[cheering] Boom, Team Hunter!
I guess Hunter should technically be the coach.
Now beef and bacon.
For our sweet bite, I want sweet and savory sliders,
'cause three S's sounds cool.
And the best slider bun that is also sweet
are those Hawaiian-style sweet rolls.
So, I am thinking for the vegetarian bite,
walnut mushroom taco.
Walnuts, super game day,
super hand-held, super veggie.
Nuts, nuts, nuts, nuts, nuts.
Where are the little sausages?
Anybody who's given little sausages
and doesn't make it pig in a blanket for game day,
has never been to a game-day party.
So, I'm grabbing puff pastry, I'm also grabbing
egg roll wrappers in case Jet wants to make
a smoked sausage egg roll.
I'm just gonna let him decide.
Now that I have all the key ingredients for my game-day bite,
I wanna make sure that I'm giving them the ingredients
that they need, so they've got a good pantry.
Okay, Münster on those.
I, if I have time to prep, that would be great.
This is harder than I thought.
-[Scott] Five minutes, chefs, five minutes. -[Crista] Oh.
Crista has a lot of ingredients.
[Crista] All I could think about was what could I do to start something.
Bacon-wrapped dates, right? That's my sweet thing.
"If I can just get the bacon in the oven
so that Maneet can just pull it out and start rolling,"
that's what went through my head at that moment.
How do you get the point across of what you're cooking,
particularly when it's three different things?
I'm hoping to set up my three categories.
I think the biggest thing to set my team up for success
is to be as clear as I can that they have to make three different things.
If I do that, I feel like I'm winning.
Veggies in this section,
little sausages in the middle,
and sweet is over here.
Where's Damaris?
Maybe they want that, I don't know.
I'm not sure what Damaris is thinking here, right?
-She's still shopping, there's two minutes left. -Oh, my God. I'm nervous.
-Come on. -We need a acid.
Just walkin' around.
So, I need a cabbage. Some vinegars.
Where are spices?
-[mumbling] -[Scott loudly] Less than two minutes.
Damaris, you gotta hurry!
[Hunter] I need Damaris to seriously start setting up here,
otherwise Jet is gonna be lost.
[Damaris] I'm putting the key ingredients and components
for each of the dishes in a little pile,
so that when Jet comes in, he knows.
Sweet.
One thing using little smokies, one vegetarian.
Tacos.
[Crista] Uh, signaling my three things that it has to be here.
It's stressful.
Ten seconds, chefs!
-Oh, sorry! -[glass jar breaks]
-[Guy] Your chef did not... No... -She's got a plethora of
-great ingredients for her game-day feast. -No, what she has is
-a gigantic hurricane of trouble. -[Hunter] No.
I got nothing done for them.
Five, four...
[all judges] Three, two, one.
-Stop what you're doing. -Whoo-hoo!
[Crista] You're going down, Damaris!
Uh, I can't wait to watch.
Even though she took so long to shop,
you have to say, look at Damaris' station.
-Every single dish is very separated. -[Troy] Yeah.
[Shirley] So, it's very clearly communicated.
Where Crista's shop, that's a lot.
Like, my head would go, like, crazy.
Send in the next chefs.
-[Crista] Go, run! -[all clamoring]
-[Damaris] Go, go, go, go, go, go, go! -[Guy] Go, go, go, go!
-Let's go, Jet! Let's go, Jet! -Go!
Be careful! What!
Okay.
All right, chefs, here we go.
[Crista] That was terrible.
[Troy] They know it's game day.
They don't know anything. All they know is what's left out for them.
Come on, Jet. I hope he gets my clues.
[Guy] Oh, look at this. That's your team right there
-that did that. -[Hunter] No, I actually think that was Crista that
-threw that over there. All right, Jet. -What's up, bro?
-Any words? -[Hunter] I mean, there's gotta be some
-components in here that are must-use. -[Jet] Uh...
[Guy] There's some spice... [no audio]
I am trying to make sense of what's going on.
-So, there's cheese, there's potatoes... -[indistinct]
...there's mushrooms, there's more cheese.
So, so I don't know.
-Bacon? -I don't know.
[Maneet] I have competed here a lot,
this is the toughest one yet.
Sandwiches?
[Troy] Alternately, you could call this game, What the Hell?
That's what they're thinking right now.
Do you think it's different elements?
-Dates? -See the portobello mushroom's stuffed,
but I only see one portobello mushroom.
[Guy] Ten minutes, chefs!
-All right. -[Maneet] Let's figure this out.
-So, there's cheese, there's potatoes, there's mushrooms. -[indistinct]
Dates.
They have to make three different bites,
but they have no idea what those bites are.
Neither do Guy and Hunter.
The only tip that they have is the way that the food is left out for them.
You didn't get to see anything, so I believe these are set up.
My breadcrumb plate is my platter
that has my veggie, my little smokies, and my sweet,
making sure that we hit those three things.
There is a mushroom which has some vegetables in it.
Some soy chorizo, goat cheese, a canister of sugar.
There are dates.
So, I believe this is a stuffed mushroom type thing.
Over here, again dates.
[Maneet whispers] Sausage, bacon, dates.
-And then there's smokies. -[indistinct]
There is a lot of stuff
right next to the fryer.
The fact that she did three separate sections...
So, I don't know what's going on here.
Dates. So, they are dates.
Maybe this is the mandatory ingredient that we need to use?
I'm lost.
I just got 'em for an option. Oh, boy.
I believe it's supposed to be a game-day appetizer platter. But I wouldn't worry,
-I would just start cooking stuff. -[Maneet] Yeah.
If anybody can break this crazy code, it's Guy.
It's not even chorizo, it's soy.
So, the first thing I do is start working on
the stuffed mushroom cap.
I am thinking of using the Soyrizo as the filing for the mushrooms.
Oh, yes, girl!
I've seen people use soy chorizo and not know
-that they're not using real chorizo. -Chorizo.
[Scott] It must be vegetarian chorizo because it's not rendering any fat
-out of it, so if you see the texture of it... -Oh.
[Scott] Interesting.
[Maneet] I am the prep cook because I can achieve a lot in a really short time.
The fact that Guy chose me to be on his team
is like, yes!
So what are you thinking we're dealing with right now?
I think we're slidering.
-Okay. That's game day, right? -Uh...
That's game day all day.
[in sing-song voice] ♪ Okay, Jet ♪
♪ I hope you can read my mind ♪
And I have a feeling I've got three of these things.
I think she has set up grids.
[Damaris] Vegetarian, a sausage, and a sweet.
-The mushrooms were here with these. Right? -Okay.
-Uh, and that's the taco seasoning. -Yeah.
Hopefully, Jet realizes that from my walnuts
and from my mushrooms lined up,
it does need to be vegetarian.
What are the walnuts for?
'Cause I think it's, like, the alternative protein.
-Maybe there has to be a vegetarian option. -[Jet] Exactly.
I'll tell you, we got mushroom tacos.
-Good, good, good. Okay. -[Jet] We're gonna, uh,
sauté and season these mushroom.
[Scott] It looks like that's the vegetarian component.
And I think that's a great idea.
-Mushrooms, I mean, it kind of mimics that... -Meat.
...meat in taco and texture.
-Sliders, right? -Okay.
I mean, that's what we're talking about.
[Hunter] You got a bunch of egg roll stuff back here as well.
Oh, okay. Egg rolls are, egg rolls...
My last ingredient is confusing.
I've got little hot dog weenie things,
I have egg roll skins, and I've got puff pastry.
Pigs in a blanket egg rolls?
I have 10 minutes, so I need to make some decisions.
I gotta get these going.
[loudly] Chefs, I have one clue for you.
-Go. -There are three different
game-day bites that you must make.
-Okay, so were right on that. -Game-day bites. Okay, yeah.
-Yeah, okay. -Okay.
-Got it. You figured that out. Okay.
And each of them have a very specific theme,
but I'm not gonna tell you what that is.
I feel like if he's saying themes,
-is it Latin, Asian... -Is it international?
International fells like it to me.
Oh, my God. This is so nerve-racking.
[Guy whispers] Okay, so it's gotta be dates.
[Maneet] I've cooked very often in Guy's grocery store,
and they're always whammies.
-Dates are in everything. That's the common theme. -[Maneet] Yeah, okay.
So the fact that there are dates all around,
makes me think that dates need to go in everything.
Now I'm starting to worry.
-[Maneet] Dates wrapped up with bacon. -Okay.
We're doing some bacon-wrapped dates. I like it, I like it.
[Maneet] I take some dates, slit the dates in half,
fill it with some goat cheese,
and then wrap it up with bacon.
Looks like Team Guy has those dates they've wrapped in bacon.
-Classic. -Um, I mean, that's fantastic.
Who doesn't love that?
[Maneet] Put that in there.
Now remember, you still got these little smokies
and this sausage.
-[Maneet] Okay. -This is the only one I'm lost on.
You got rice, you got soy. It's gotta be a bun.
-It's gotta be a sandwich of some sort. -[Maneet] Right?
I do think that Crista could have shopped a little less,
because things started getting a little confusing.
God, all the herbs for...
God, I'm so perplexed.
You know what? Hey, this has a bánh mì feel to it.
-A vegetarian bánh mì. -[Maneet] Bánh mì.
-Okay? -And that's where those sausage could be...
So, devils on horseback, stuff the mushrooms,
and then the question is gonna be
what do you do about this bánh mì thing?
[Maneet] That's gonna be really, really interesting.
How you doing, Maneet?
Fantastic. How are you doing, Hunter?
-Doing great, doing great. -[Guy] Please don't bother her.
-You can't do things. -[Guy] I'm making a snack.
-Making a snack? -[chuckles] Yes.
[Jet] Okay, there are three things, each have a theme.
-Taco... -[Hunter] Sliders, for sure.
[Damaris] Jet has not done anything with those
little sausages yet.
-Pastry dough. -Pigs in a blanket?
[Damaris] It doesn't have to be a pig in a blanket.
He just has to use those little sausages.
[mumbles] Here's where I'm confused,
'cause there's egg rolls and, and puff pastry.
-Why egg rolls? -I mean, that's what I was just wondering.
I hope I didn't give him too many options.
[Jet] You really messed me up with these egg rolls.
[Scott] They have to create a platter.
Three different components on the platter.
There needs to be something that's vegetarian.
-[Shirley] Okay. -[Scott] Something that has these mini sausages.
And then the final thing is something sweet.
[Jet] It feels like she's set me up for mushroom tacos.
-Finish with sliders. -[Hunter] Okay.
Jet has not done anything
with those little sausages yet.
Here's where I'm confused, 'cause there's egg rolls and, and puff pastry.
Pigs in a blanket egg rolls?
It doesn't have to be a pig in a blanket.
He just has to use those little sausages.
I hope I didn't give him too many options.
-[overlapping chatter] -I think egg rolls were the other option to wrap.
-[Hunter] Yeah. -Between egg rolls and pigs in a blanket,
pigs in a blanket would actually be faster.
Pigs in a blanket, I think you are correct about that one.
-Pigs in a blanket and sliders. -Blanket feels-- RIght?
Let's stick with that for now.
[in sing-song voice] ♪ We're about to win $15,000!♪
[Jet] Just got pigs in a blanket.
It's gonna be very obvious here.
I am actively reluctant to make pigs in a blanket.
It takes forever to fold puff pastry around the pigs.
Pigs in a blanket suck.
Jet looks like he's nailing the little smokie part.
You know, he's just gonna let that thing shine.
-These are going into the oven, Hunter. -Okay. Got it.
-No, hey, what are you doing over here? -I'm standing right here.
-[Jet] Yeah, yeah, there you go. -[referee whistle rings]
-That's pass interference. -It is pass interreference.
-Yeah. -That's interference.
This is hectic.
The little smokies look good.
Why do I feel like Guy is making his own game-day bites? [laughs]
I might go bribe the judges.
-Oh, here comes some snack. -Yes!
I just wanna keep things fair with the judges
and just bring you over a little snack,
'cause I don't want you going into this
-with an empty palate. -[Troy] Right, right.
-[overlapping chatter] -Yeah.
[loudly] Hey, Hunter,
-we're being bribed over here, just saying. -Cue us up, chef.
Oh, I'm sorry. I'm working on a nice parfait for you right now.
[laughing]
[Guy] Four minutes.
-I think you need dates in everything. -Yeah.
Put the dates in there, and then put cheese over top,
-and melt the cheese over the top. -Perfect.
Guy is like, "Don't forget dates,
it seems to be a mandatory ingredient."
[Guy] We are going with a stuffed mushroom with chorizo and dates.
[whispering]
Uh-huh.
-Yeah. -And--
There doesn't have to be.
[Maneet] It has to be game day, it has to be cheese.
Ooey-gooey yummy deliciousness.
What do you have intended for this banh mi?
-[Maneet] Sweet and sour dogs. -[Guy] Okay.
She's got little smokies, she knows she gotta use 'em.
[Maneet] And then I'll do a sauce out of dates.
Once the sugar starts caramelizing,
I put some red wine vinegar,
butter and put the mini sausages in it.
I'm adding dates for the sweetness
and also because dates are there and I think it's a mandatory ingredient.
Sausages are happening.
We're hopefully setting Joe up to sort of take it to the finish line.
Jet is a fast cook.
[Jet] I do see some cabbage,
so is that-- is she-- is she telling me slaw?
Let's make a slaw.
It could be for the topping for the slider and for the taco.
-Sugar-- -What?
Because the ingredients that I grabbed for him were sweet,
I put the actual sugar in front of it, so he'll know that it needs to be sweet.
All right, Tiffani you've gotta have to finish the slaw.
I'm still confused also about condiments.
I think she's given us options over here,
to make our own sauce however we want.
There's plenty of stuff for dipping sauce, Jet just find it.
Chinese mustard, black bean hot sauce, plum sauce.
We're gonna do an aioli.
We're gonna incorporate it into multiple.
All right.
Hunter has no idea as well.
But I also feel like he's guiding me in what he's thinking here.
And I'm gonna bring it home for Hunter.
I'm making like a chili crisp mayonnaise,
and Tiffani can either use it for the burger
or base for her slaw.
Ninety seconds team, 90 seconds.
[Hunter] All right, so, what are you gonna tell Tiffani?
Tell her the hint of three things,
tacos, she's gotta finish her sliders.
-[Hunter] Okay. -[Jet] Pigs in a blanket.
I feel like I accomplished a lot.
Okay, let me get organized.
I got the mushrooms down, I got the sliders,
I've made pigs in a blanket,
and I started a slaw and sauce.
That's like six things in ten minutes.
One minute left, chefs, one minute.
[Maneet] I 've also cut the pretzel rolls in such a way
that he can see that this is going to be a banh mi.
Right over here is the mushrooms with dates
and, uh, the chorizo, and--
-There's wrapped dates in that? Okay. -[Maneet] Yeah.
I'm going to throw this on the grill before I go.
Oh, she's cutting open the other sausage.
We don't need to use that sausage.
-[Hunter] You've got 10 seconds chef. -[Maneet] Yeah.
[Maneet] There are also some sausages over there which I take and put on the grill.
So that when Joe comes he gets a direction of making a banh mi.
Maybe I shouldn't have gotten that other sausage
but I just hope that we just land our three categories.
All right, chefs. Time is up.
-See you later. -Let's go.
All right, okay great.
How many--
Ten minutes to get all this done.
Gonna be a lot.
-Here come the next chefs. -[Troy exclaiming] Go!
[Shirley] Sasto and Tiffani!
Whoo!
All right, Tiff, all right.
[Joe] I'm jumping into this with ten minutes left,
I need to figure out what's going on.
It is insane.
[Damaris] Come on in here, buddy.
Come one, get in here, get in here, get in here.
Let's do it.
-[Guy] Okay, so here's what we got. -[Joe] Some--
What do we got? Hey, do you know what's going on?
The theme is that most likely dates are involved in everything.
'Cause she set up dates three stations, okay?
So, I've got to figure out what's going on.
I need figure out what the requirements are,
I need to finish cooking,
and then I need to make sure it all gets on the plate.
This is so difficult.
So, we'll work on our sliders.
-You know this for sure? -We're working on vegetarian tacos.
Yes, there's slider, there are two tacos
-and we also have pigs in a blanket in here. -Okay.
We think that there's three components to a game day feast platter.
[Tiffani] So, I come in I have to understand what's the dish, what's the challenge.
Did I mention that we only have 10 minutes? Yeah.
I wonder how the other chefs feel watching this in the back.
-They must be going out of their mind, right? -Screaming, screaming.
-[screams] -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
They have no idea what they have to cook.
[Joe] I'm jumping into this with ten minutes left,
I need to figure out what's going on.
The theme is that most likely dates are involved in everything.
She set up dates in three stations.
You have Guy and Hunter leading them down a path.
But they don't even know where that path leads.
-Correct. What did-- -It's like driving with my Dad.
[both laughing]
-It's a platter with three things. -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
-You have to use the little sausages. -Oh, good.
One vegetarian thing.
-One sweet thing. -Okay.
Hopefully he figures it out.
I believe it's three items that're gonna be on this platter.
Dates have to be everything.
Sausages I do believe are supposed to be a part of this.
So, we've got dates that are stuffed with goat cheese, wrapped in bacon cooking.
We've got mushrooms that are stuffed with chorizo,
dates, and covered with cheese that're melting.
-Dates were uh, mandatory? -No.
Because I put dates in a bowl and you thought,
-they were the mandatory? -Yes, yeah.
What's up with the sausages?
-Why are-- why are these-- -[Guy] But the sausages, just,
you know, the sausages were over here.
With the little smokies.
Here's the thing, we believe that--
-Oh, my God. -We believe the roll was some kind of a banh mi.
-What was this pretzels for? -I just got them for an option.
Let's finish one thing at a time.
No, we try to do lots of things at the same time.
Everything at once.
I am the master of multi-tasking.
We have these little mini sausages sitting in a date caramel glaze.
I mean, you can take them, and chop 'em all up in the food processor,
and make it like a paté.
And smear it inside the-- like, a banh mi.
I kinda like that idea.
-These are really-- -You've got some pickled veg here.
[Joe] Having Guy in the kitchen,
you want all of his ideas, you want all of his feedback.
-Yup. -Which, actually you have date there.
-They have the date. -So, this is date,
little smoky, and some of the sausage.
As well as half a Fresno pepper
'cause what are sausages without peppers.
And some of that crispy bacon.
Right into the food processor till we have a beautiful,
bacon, jammy pâté paste.
Mmm. That's nice.
I can put this stuff in a jar.
[Guy] What're you gonna do with the cream?
[Joe] I want like a-- like a cheese sauce.
-Feel like pour over something like this. -These mushrooms?
[Joe] I think they could use a little more--
[Guy] I like that, I like that.
[Joe] So, while my cream's heating up,
I'm gonna start the rest of my cheese sauce.
He's so fast.
[Joe] Put all of your cheese, seasonings, aromatics,
a little bit of grilled cheese into the blender.
Cream's ready.
Pour that over and rip it on high
till it is silky smooth.
[Guy] I like that technique, though.
Droppin' the cheese in there with the hot cream,
making the sauce all in one,
that blender will get hot.
That, with the mushrooms is a nice touch.
[Joe] Hunter versus Guy, dad versus son.
This is the ultimate family feud.
It's just so nerve-wracking.
[Joe] It's insane.
We think that there's three components
to a game day feast platter.
Sliders, vegetarian component,
we also have pigs in a blanket in here.
-That's what we're thinking. -Hold on, one second.
At one point, I think my head is gonna explode.
I'm like, "Hunter, I just need a second!"
Sliders are here.
That's what we're thinking, it's gonna be sliders, tacos,
mushrooms and walnuts in there.
[Tiffani] Hunter doesn't know what the challenge is,
but Hunter does know what the intention
between Damaris, Jet and me is.
[Hunter] Okay, so, we have a slaw here.
We do an aioli with chili crisp.
-[Tiffani] Aioli is made or not? -It's right here.
It hasn't-- done being set yet.
Listening to him is like, key to really succeeding this challenge.
[Hunter] We wrap the pigs in a blanket
-in, uh, pastry dough. -[Tiffani] The pigs in a blanket.
And we're gonna try to turn those and get those cooked all the way.
[Damaris] I grabbed an egg roll wrapper
'cause I was like, you can either take those little weenies,
-grind them up and make a... -Ohh.
-Egg roll with the cabbage, right? -Okay, okay.
[Tiffani] And then, I need to finish the taco.
There is a cast iron pan,
with walnuts and date and mushroom.
-Taco. -It-- vegetarian.
Right?
I think, for an oomph.
Added plum sauce.
Mayonnaise and yuzu, use it just give it a little bit more acid
and a little bit more fat.
That's good.
-The vegetarian tacos are good. -All right.
[Tiffani] So, I'm looking at these tortillas
and the corn tortillas are a little bit on the dry side.
Need to get some more fat in this.
I just drench the corn tortillas in a little beef fat
before they go on the grill.
-[Damaris] What is she fatting them in? -[Jet] In-In meat fat.
They have to be vegetarian.
[both gasp]
They-- They are.
Their-- their inside will be vegetarian.
Totally.
Shoot.
-Shoot, shoot. Yeah. -Shoot!
So, that's a big fumble for team Hunter.
Way to tie it in there, also.
-See-See what he did there? -Yeah.
Tie it up.
Delicious.
-What's our time? -[Guy] Five minutes.
-Keep giving me time. -I'll keep givin' you.
How're you feelin' over there, sweet T?
-A little shaky, but-- -[laughs]
You're losin' it. [chuckles]
I think my teammates have done me right.
I picked my team for a reason.
Damaris shopped great, Jet knocked a ton of stuff out,
and Tiffani is crushin' right now.
What else we got over here?
Has he seen the dates? Has he seen the dates?
Oh, God, come on.
Don't forget we have those wrapped dates in there.
Oh, you're absolutely right. Good memory, good memory.
-Yes! -Oh, yes, yes.
Let's pull those out so we don't forget about 'em.
We got a date that's sweet wrapped in bacon.
-[Guy] They're not the most exciting thing. -We have eggs.
Every game day platter needs something fried.
Why don't I make a quick tempura batter?
Egg, cornstarch, baking powder, flour, water,
dip, dip.
He's gonna batter them and fry the bacon wrapped eggs.
We're gonna start building sandwiches.
Let's get our pâté and spread it onto the pretzel rolls.
He had to use smokies, he's got 'em in there.
[Guy] We got the sausages over here that he's dropping in.
Sasto's got 90 things goin' on right now.
It's awesome to watch.
[Tiffani] I'm here to work on the coleslaw.
I add my mayo.
Come on.
Finish it with yuzu.
Add a good amount of sugar to that.
[Damaris] Sweet element, nailed it.
Coleslaw's done, now I gotta work on these sliders.
[Damaris] Mandatory is sweet.
-[Jet] Oh. -[Damaris] So, it was Hawaiian rolls.
-And you put the sugar there. -I put the sugar there.
Or is there anything for the top of the burger?
[Hunter] Yeah, I think coleslaw could be added
on tacos and burger.
[Tiffani] Hunter's really helpful.
Hunter's keeping me on pace.
[Hunter] You also need to grill the Hawaiian rolls.
Yup, need to get these guys in the oven.
We havin' a sweet--
-[Damaris] She's gonna use a sweet roll. -[Jet] Okay.
They literally taste like sugar.
No, I-I think you shopped beautifully.
She's efficiently cutting through those Hawaiian rolls
and she's going to kiss them on the fire
to make them a little more caramelized.
[Jet] Oh, she can't burn those.
- That's a problem, they cook fast. - I know, they burn fast.
The sugar in 'em makes them burn fast.
If time allows, Tiff, do we wanna talk about...
Ooh, those are... Those are a little hot, huh?
[Tiffani] We like 'em a little--
-[Hunter] Too hot on that. -[Tiffani] They're burning.
[judges exclaiming]
-[Jet] Ohh, were doing so well. -[Damaris] Why?
-Argh! -That's okay.
This is how we're gonna fix it.
[Troy] You know, hey, look, at the end of the day,
a-a-- a game day food, you-you want a little char.
[Tiffani] I'm totally hiding the burn with the aioli.
[Guy] Three minutes to be plated. Whoo.
[Tiffani] I plate my tacos, walnuts and dates and mushrooms.
One vegetarian thing on the platter.
There's no meat on that taco.
There's a little-- fat juice kissed it.
[Tiffani] I get the burger buns down.
[Damaris] I'm glad that Tiffani is actually using the bun.
It might just taste smoky and caramelized.
[Tiffani] Cheeseburger, coleslaw,
double stacked up cheeseburger.
I think we're gonna get credit for sweet.
I think we're over-wearing, 'cause the slaw is sweet,
and that bread is sweet.
[Guy] Two minutes.
[Tiffani] I get my pigs in a blanket out of the oven,
they're finally caramelized.
I'm feeling great about the little sausages.
I think we nailed the platter aspect of it.
[Damaris] I'm concerned about that taco,
'cause it has to be vegetarian.
-Start plating, buddy. -Come on.
Being the anchor and holding down as the final chef,
I think is the most pressure of all three positions.
If I don't put it together, it's all on me.
Off on one side, the stuffed mushroom.
-We've got a vegetarian bit, boom! -Don't jinx--
[Joe] My sausage and pepper roll right down in the center.
[Guy] You got a nice fresh herb mix going
on top of this mock banh mi.
Look at those banh mi that Joe is making right now.
They look spectacular.
[Joe] Cheese sauce going on the mushroom.
That's awesome.
[Scott] One minute.
[Joe] My tempura fried dates.
He's got more stuff going on.
[Crista] We had the something sweet.
We've got a bacon-wrapped date. Thank you.
[Shirley] The whole entire game day dish
is tied together by date.
Yeah, I wonder if that's gonna be a little bit too much, though.
You know, is that too much date?
We asked for one sweet component,
now it's gonna be three, most likely.
That's gonna be a full platter
-full of sweet component. -[Troy] Hmm.
[Joe] And then, to tie the whole thing together,
I know this dish needs one more component.
I got it, I got it.
Little bit of olive oil, little bit of vinegar.
-[Scott] We are at 30 seconds. Look at that. -[gasps]
Oh God, come on.
Some of my date liquor.
That date sweetness, good call, good call.
The chef's kiss.
-Come on, come on. -[chuckles]
Five, four, three, two, one!
-That's it! -[all cheering]
[Guy] Wow!
-[Tiffani] Whoo! -[Hunter] You were boomin' it.
-Ready? -Let's go get Joe.
-Wow, yes! -He crushed it.
-Wow! -Nice move on the chutney at the end, dude.
That was awesome.
It's good, though. Did you taste the tacos?
-Very delish. -Very good, very good.
[Scott] So, each platter seems to have
three components on it.
But, are they the right components to have?
That was crazy.
All right, so, we're gonna start with team Guy.
Team Hunter's gonna be sequestered
so they don't hear what the challenge was.
All right, so team Guy, come on in.
[all greeting each other]
-[Shirley exclaiming] -[Crista] Here, ma'am.
[laughs]
[Scott] Oh, so good.
-[all laughing] -[Scott] So good.
Chef, you could've taken the price tag off.
-I know-- -[laughing]
[Guy] All right, team Fieri, we have a fantastic presentation for you.
So, we have a game day platter.
Right in the center, a sausage and pepper pretzel roll,
down on the bottom, a little smoky date, kind of bacon-y jam.
Also, stuffed mushroom.
It's actually a soy chorizo stuffed date stuffed mushroom
- that is done with a cheese sauce which is-- -[Joe] A goat cheese fonduta.
As Scott knows, fonduta is just Italian for nacho cheese.
-[laughs] -Uh, and then, off to the other side,
we have our bacon-wrapped fried date
and then, garnish all around is a green date chutney.
[Guy] If you can't be happy with this,
you probably don't wanna be happy.
You're channeling your days of Star again, I can see that.
-Well done, yeah. -[laughing]
Guy, what did you think the challenge of this was?
I don't know, it was really kind of like, a full mental culinary meltdown.
[laughs]
I really believe that having dates set up in all three stations
was one of the identifiers.
There just needed to be something in a bun,
little hot dog sausages,
that they were to be employed.
Are you ready to hear what it actually is?
More than anything in the world.
-Yes, please. -Do tell.
So, we asked you to make a game day platter.
-Check. -[Scott] One needed to be vegetarian.
-[both] Check. -Come on!
-[Scott] Which you've done. -[all exclaiming]
-[Scott] You nailed it. -[Crista] Yes!
One needed to feature the mini sausages.
-Check. -One needed to have a sweet element,
which you did with the dates.
-Check! -Well done, chefs.
-Wow. -Yes!
[Troy] I mean, this almost nacho cheese,
you think about game day, I'm thinking about,
that pump of that, just, cheesy, melty dip.
You nailed that. It is just so indulgent.
It sets healthcare back 200 years.
[all laughing]
[Troy] This, you m-- you made a real banh mi.
You made a pâté and the little smokies, you're a genius!
That is great!
Dates are treat candy.
You absolutely nailed the sweet component.
The only thing I would say, like, negatively,
they dry out a little bit too much, when you fry these dates.
There's a lot of tempura here,
I love tempura, but there's so much tempura on here
-that you get a little bit dry bite. -Okay.
[Shirley] So, you hit everything that I love about game day.
So, this vegan chorizo matched with mushroom cap,
this is such a great finger food for a game day
with all this cheese, so this makes me really happy.
And I forgot about, it's vegetarian. Success.
-Thank you. -[Scott] I gotta tell you,
talk about stumbling your way into success.
The three of you, honestly.
I think that little acidity that you have on the side with the date
uh, salsa verde, whatever you wanna call it,
it's delicious.
I think that banh mi,
you got a jar of that smoky thing, whatever it's called,
it's so good.
My concern was, did the usage of the dates
render the other two components on the plate,
the banh mi and the stuffed mushroom,
did it render them a little bit too sweet?
-Good job, team. Well done. -[all exclaiming]
Bring it in, huh, there you go, Flavortown!
[all] Flavortown!
[Scott] Up next we have team Hunter.
My motto is, second place always makes the winners look great.
Are you giving yourself second place already?
Ohh, you know, you should give yourself more credit.
I'd like to give credit, though, to the great cohesiveness of this team.
-That's right. -Damaris' amazing shopping skills.
-Yes! -Jet Tila with the great setup.
-Prep, prep, prep cook. -And chef Tiff to finish it all.
-We're good. -So, what we've made is a game day feast.
We have a taco that is mushrooms, beautiful walnut,
then we have our pigs in a blanket.
I mean, I'm a pigs in a blanket fanatic.
You can head on over to the burger,
this is a double cheeseburger, Hawaiian sweet roll.
It's been charred really nicely.
So, just lean over, we gave you a big platter.
Team Hunter, why don't you tell us what you thought the challenge was?
Game day feast,
and we really thought, based on Damaris' shopping skills,
since there were pigs in a blanket, 'cause that's very game day.
Vegetarian component,
and have a slider, those three right there.
[Scott] We needed three different bites.
-One vegetarian component. -[all exclaiming]
-One featuring the mini sausages. -Yes!
-[Scott] And one sweet. -[Damaris] The slaw has a ton of sugar in it.
-Nice shopping skills. -Super shopper.
-However... -However.
You did the vegetarian dish, but Tiffani,
didn't you take that tortilla
and dip it in the beef fat?
[people clearing throats]
-Yes! -Ohh!
It's just juice.
That's just juice.
No meat on that plate.
[laughing]
All right, Troy, what're you lookin' at, brother?
I'm lookin' at the collective works of a drive-through.
Uh, you got taco, a burger and a hot dog?
And this is the kind of gluttonous food experience
you expect of a big day. Nice work.
I think the pig in the blanket
hit that little smoky, perfect.
It let it shine.
[Shirley] I love this taco.
I wish that you didn't dip it into beef fat.
Because the meatiness of the sauteed mushroom
with the walnut texture and the sweet slaw on this,
this is enough.
I love the char, the balancing of the sweet bread.
But then, all of a sudden, if this is your sweet component,
that char sort of took away your sweetness.
So... uhh...
-Shirley, Shirley, Shirley. -Shirley.
[Scott] You know, I think the slider's a great idea.
The sweet element of the coleslaw
is really important to have and I think you nailed that.
These little wrapped hot dogs
are my favorite things in the world, they're just delicious.
Love the taco with the walnuts and the mushrooms.
I think taking the tortilla-
-Okay, enough! -[laughing]
[all laughing]
Neither here nor there.
Wiping it into that means it's not vegetarian anymore.
-[Damaris] Thank you, chef. -[Hunter] Yeah, thank you.
[Scott] Well done, chef, and we will call you and let you know
who won this thing. Good job.
Go with your hearts, everybody.
-Thanks, chef. -Go team!
-Good job, you all. -All right, good job.
Good job, good job, guys.
[Crista] Good job, you all.
[Scott] All right, teams, come on in.
Chefs, really great job, that was a lot of fun.
Guy is so not used to standing over there.
-This is terrible. -[Troy] Yup.
-[Troy] You think? -[Scott] It is.
[judges laughing]
There's no scoreboard?
[Scott] So, what I thought would be fun
is that we would put the winning team under that cloche.
[laughing]
So, Hunter, Guy,
the two of you can walk over together.
Didn't like that pudding...
-I'm proud of you, Hunter. -You're cooking's done.
[laughing]
So proud, Hunter.
[Scott] And on the count of three, you're gonna pull the cloche.
Here we go, on three, chefs.
One...
two...
three.
[all cheering and exclaiming]
-We love you, though. -[Jet and Tiffani] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Guy laughs]
Great job.
[Hunter] Nice job, congratulations.
-[Guy] Well done, well done. -[all exclaiming]
-[Guy] Well done. -[all cheering]
It feels good to be a winner.
-[whooping triumphantly] -Congratulations, hey.
Didn't let Guy down.
Game day, it is about coming together, comradery.
It's so much fun.
[Tiffani] Great job, nice job.
So, team Hunter, when it comes to the vegetarian component,
loved the direction you were going in with the taco.
Unfortunately, you did not hit the vegetarian component
because you dipped that taco in beef fat.
Great job, really, you guys-- you guys crushed it.
We tried, we tried, guys. We did good.
Okay, so we let Guy win,
but it was a ton of fun.
You guys, we won just by working together.
Anytime I get to hang out with my best friends,
cook some food and have a blast,
uh, we all won today.
Really proud of our team.
[all yelling] Rematch, rematch!
You guys want a rematch? Any time, any day.
Rematch, let's go.
[indistinct conversation and exclaiming]
[all cheering]
[indistinct yelling] Rematch, rematch.