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13 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Tue, Feb 7, 2012 60 mins
The chefs must incorporate octopus and huckleberries into their appetizers; champagne into their entrées; and a Mexican cheese into their desserts.
Episode 2
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 60 mins
The chefs must use pickle juice in their appetizers, savoy cabbage in their entrées and edible flowers in their desserts.
Episode 3
Tue, Feb 21, 2012 60 mins
The chefs must use canned ham in their appetizers; perch in their entrées; and croissants in their desserts.
Episode 4
Tue, Mar 6, 2012 60 mins
Leftovers are transformed into gourmet appetizers, entrées and desserts. Featured ingredients include leftover pizza, Chinese food and cold refried beans.
Episode 5
Tue, Mar 13, 2012 60 mins
The chefs must use Indian gourds in their appetizers; lutefisk in their entrées; and Chinese sausage in their desserts.
Episode 6
Tue, Mar 20, 2012 60 mins
Four firefighters face off in the kitchen. They must use hot dogs and smoked mozzarella in their appetizers; bison steaks and fire-roasted tomatoes in their entrées; and crescent-roll dough in their desserts.
Episode 7
Tue, Apr 10, 2012 60 mins
The chefs must use escargots and red jalapeños in their appetizers; Chinese eggplant and ground lamb in their entrées; and roasted noodles in their desserts.
Episode 8
Tue, Apr 17, 2012 60 mins
The chefs must use hearts of palm and rabbit escabeche in their appetizers; goat chops in their entrées; and blue-corn tortilla chips in their desserts.
Episode 9
Tue, May 1, 2012 60 mins
Yuzu juice, sturgeon and a spicy surprise are pulled from the mystery baskets.
Episode 10
Tue, May 8, 2012 60 mins
The chefs must use green-goddess salad dressing in their appetizers; fortune cookies and branzino in their entrées; and sourdough bread in their desserts.
Episode 11
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 60 mins
A Halloween-themed battle is full of tricks and treats as the competing chefs open their baskets to find pig snouts in the appetizer round, popping candy and a spicy ingredient in the entrée round, and lollipops and cereal bars in the dessert round.
Episode 12
Tue, Nov 13, 2012 60 mins
A Thanksgiving battle features gizzards in the appetizer round; pumpkin pie as an entrée ingredient; and desserts made with chocolate.
Episode 13
Sun, Nov 25, 2012 60 mins
The holiday season is celebrated throughout the competition, beginning with an appetizer round that includes spiral hams and Italian cookies. Later, entrées are created using Santa Claus melons; and desserts are made with eggnog and Hanukkah gelt.