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8 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Mon, Jun 17, 202454 mins
Alejandra introduces the eight contestants to the kitchen and the three judges, including two new judges Francis and Tim. She also confirms the continuation of the process established last season where all the cooks will remain in the competition up until the finale, when the judges will announces the three finalists based on all the challenges in combination. The judges want to get a good first impression of the cooks by having them prepare what they consider their signature dish. They are given sixty minutes for the challenge. Their second challenge for the week will also give the judges an impression of who the cooks are, as, again in sixty minutes, they each have to prepare a dish that highlights the region of the country where they live.
Episode 2
Mon, Jun 24, 202454 mins
What Alejandra and the judges are wanting to learn about the cooks this week is what they routinely keep in their respective pantries. In the first challenge, the cooks have sixty minutes to prepare a dish highlighting what they consider their secret pantry ingredient. In that inference, the judges want to be able to taste the ingredient but not be so overwhelmed by it. The cooks are asked to narrow down that pantry ingredient for the second challenge for which they again have sixty minutes. The pantry item that needs to be highlighted is the grain of their choice.
Episode 3
Mon, Jul 1, 202454 mins
The two challenges this week are on variations of love. In the first challenge for which the cooks have sixty minutes to complete, they have to prepare what they consider their go-to remedy meal, in however they define the term. And for the second challenge for which they also have sixty minutes, the judges are asking them to fill their dish with love. That love again can take on different dimensions which will affect what they each will make.
Episode 4
Mon, Jul 8, 202454 mins
It's halfway through this season's competition, with it being the week that the cooks have either been waiting for or dreading: baking week. For the first challenge for which they will have sixty minutes, the cooks are each asked to prepare what they would consider a breakfast item, of course baked seeing as to the week's theme. And for the second round which they will have seventy-five minutes to complete, they will be participating in the second annual Great American Recipe bake sale for which they will each have to produce one dozen items. Because of the nature of a bake sale, they will have to pay special attention to how their end product looks in competing against all the other bake sale items for "buyer dollars".
Episode 5
Mon, Jul 22, 202454 mins
This week's theme is celebration. For the first challenge, the cooks have sixty minutes to prepare a dish that they have recently made for a special occasion, the tie-in to that occasion which is as important as the outward eating issues of the dish itself. For the second challenge for which they will have again have sixty minutes to prepare, the cooks will make a holiday dish served family style in that most such occasion meals are for a large crowd who usually are not served individually. The cooks will learn that that second challenge has special importance in its winner given an unstated advantage at the following week's competition.
Episode 6
Mon, Jul 29, 202454 mins
This week's challenges are all about getting the cooks outside of their cooking comfort zones. As such, the first challenge, for which they have sixty minutes, is the annual recipe swap where each cook will prepare a dish using a recipe submitted by one of their competitors, they who are allowed to use the recipe submitter as a resource, and who are to put their own spin on the dish. They also all learn the advantage in this challenge provided to the winner of last week's second challenge. And for the second challenge for which they also have sixty minutes to complete, each cook is to prepare a dish inspired by a friend. Part of the judging will again be how they place their own stamp on what was the foundation provided by their friend. They also learn that they will all be in the kitchen for one more week, after which Alejandra will announce which three cooks the judges have decided will move onto the finale the following week.
Episode 7
Mon, Aug 5, 202454 mins
The cooks have only two more challenges to impress the judges before the judges make the announcement of which three will make it into next week's finale. These last two challenges arguably are the most important thematically as they show the judges how they've evolved as cooks and what is inherent to them as cooks. For the first challenge for which they will have sixty minutes to complete, each cook will prepare a dish of discovery as something different than what they would have normally prepared. While this first challenge shows how they have evolved as cooks, the second challenge will show who they truly are as each is once again given sixty minutes to prepare a dish that is in their proverbial DNA, something that they could probably prepare figuratively in their sleep with both hands tied behind their backs. After the completion of the two challenges, Alejandra and the judges discuss the seven week evolution of each cook before making the announcement of which three will be going into next week's finale.
Episode 8
Mon, Aug 12, 202454 mins
It's the season 3 finale, and the final three standing are Marcella DiChiara, Jon Hinojosa, and Adjo Honsou. Beyond being introduced to a guest judge who knows exactly how they are feeling, the finalists each receive a care package from home, including notes of love and encouragement from loved ones as well as what their loved ones know to be their favorite ingredients with which to cook. As such for their first challenge, the penultimate one of the season, for which they have sixty minutes to prepare, each cook is asked to make a dish incorporating those ingredients included in their care package. For their second challenge, the final one of the season, they will have ninety minutes and a sous chef familiar with the pressures of this specific kitchen to prepare what is their Great American Recipe. The three (or in this case four) dishes are served at a Great American Recipe season 3 family dinner. After deliberation by the judges, Alejandra makes the announcement of this season's winner.