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All-Star Academy

All-Star Academy

While guided by a mentoring chef, home cooks embark on the culinary adventure of a lifetime.
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Season 18 of 8 Episodes

  • The contestants cook for a spot on a mentor's team; Bobby Flay, Alex Guarnaschelli, Curtis Stone and Michael Symon will each have two home cooks to guide through the competition; guest judge Simon Majumdar.

  • The eight remaining home cooks must reinvent famous food pairings; Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian judges the results.

  • Things turn personal when the mentors take each other on in head-to-head team battles for a crucial advantage; with guest judge Elizabeth Falkner.

  • Bobby, Alex, Curtis and Michael combine forces to become two super teams; the home cooks must make a three-course steak dinner; Amanda Freitag and Chef John Li judge the results.

  • Five home cooks remain as the mentors battle head-to-head to bring back an eliminated contestant of their choice; guest Donatella Arpaia judges the results.

  • Chef Robert Irvine steps in to fill the mentors' shoes, coaching the home cooks as they are challenged to cook with canned meats; the mentors become the judges during a blind taste test.

  • The four remaining home cooks face off in three of the toughest challenges yet; "Chopped" judge Marc Murphy lends a helping hand.

  • The cooks must make it through three intense rounds of culinary challenges, all representing a meal in the life of a typical home cook; the contestants cook side-by-side with their world-class mentor.
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While guided by a mentoring chef, home cooks embark on the culinary adventure of a lifetime.

Starring

Ted Allen, Alex Guarnaschelli, Curtis Stone, Robert Irvine, Andrew Zimmern, Bobby Flay, Michael Symon

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