Food Network Challenge

Seasons

2005

7.1

TV-G

A new generation of Challengers are hungry to earn the ultimate title of Food Network Challenge Champion. Pastry and cake competitors who have dominated all other food competitions are pushed to step up their game.

Episode List

S1 • E1

America's Bread Battle

For the first time in America, the top bread and pastry artists join forces to compete in a two-day competition that showcases both their unique talents and combined creativity.

S1 • E2

Memphis in May Barbecue

S1 • E3

Challenge: Top Teen Chef

Get a glimpse of America's culinary future, as the nation's top teen chefs compete for a full scholarship at the 16th annual Johnson & Wales recipe contest. Competitors create either a healthy dinner or healthy dessert. One student in each category will take the top prize, worth nearly $80,000.

S1 • E4

Going for the Gold: Bocuse d'Or

S1 • E5

Challenge: Seafood Cook-off

S1 • E6

Build a Better Burger

Considered one of the top five cook-offs in the country, Build a Better Burger draws hundreds of recipe entries. But only ten finalists are chosen to compete for the top prize of $50,000 at the cook-off in Napa Valley, California.

S1 • E7

Holiday Cake-Off

S1 • E8

Challenge: Reno Rib Cook-off

Twenty-five barbecue teams are invited Reno, Nevada to compete for a $16,500 purse in one of the biggest rib cook-offs in the country.

S1 • E9

Challenge: Memphis in May Barbecue

The best barbecue teams in the south gather in Memphis, Tennessee to compete for a $24,000 prize and the title of world champion. More than 200 teams come to this week-long party and pork-only contest, hoping their ribs, shoulder or whole hog will stand out above the rest.

S1 • E10

Challenge: Seafood Cook-off

Top Chefs from America's coastal states, including Food Network's own Paula Deen, gather in New Orleans to compete in a seafood showdown that highlights the best fish and shellfish this country has to offer.

S1 • E11

Challenge: Wedding Cake Classic

It's a bride's fantasy and a cake decorator's dream. Dozens of decorators travel to Tulsa to compete for a cut of the $10,000 purse. Art is the name of the game at this show, only these sculptures and paintings are done with sugar and icing. It is three days packed with taste, style and beauty, making for one grand reception with a sweet reward in the end.

S1 • E12

Challenge: Gingerbread Championships

Beautiful homes, amusement parks, rustic barns, and ornate churches all made of America?s favorite holiday treat: gingerbread! A record 300 gingerbread creations (decorated with gum drops, wafers, and noodles!) were brought to this 12th annual championship in Asheville, North Carolina. Watch as participants spend months planning their structures and then cringe with every pothole as they drive their creations to the show.

S1 • E13

Going for the Gold: Bocuse d

S1 • E14

Food Network's Wedding Cake Challenge

Food Network brings you a Wedding Cake Competition in Beaver Creek, CO. 5 Teams will compete to create the most spectacular wedding cake. Watch the world's most creative decorators and pastry enthusiasts craft cakes beyond your wildest dreams.

S1 • E15

Food Network Birthday Cake Challenge

Ready to be inspired by the World's most outrageous birthday cake? Food Network brings together six of the country's top cake designers for one amazing battle and a $10,000 first place prize. From a 360-degree rotating Ferris Wheel to a retro inspired sock monkey, these entirely edible creations will spark your own inner artist.

S1 • E16

Challenge: Vegas Pastry Battle

Food Network invites six top pastry chefs from across the country to build a showpiece entirely of sugar that captures the excitement and energy of this vivacious city. Top prize is $10,000 and the title Food Network champion.

S1 • E17

Challenge: Chocolate Competition

The Chocolate Challenge: six of the nation's top chocolate artists create towering sculptures with the theme of love.

S1 • E18

Disney Dream Desserts

S1 • E19

Fire & Ice

S1 • E20

Elvis Birthday Cakes

S1 • E21

National Pie Championship (1)

S1 • E22

Memphis in May BBQ

S1 • E23

Campfire Cook-Off

S1 • E24

World Pastry Championship (1)

S1 • E25

Seafood Cook-Off

S1 • E26

Teen Chef

S1 • E27

Southern Living Showdown (1)

S1 • E28

Reno Rib Cook-Off

S1 • E29

Challenge: Gingerbread Challenge

S1 • E30

Build a Better Burger

S1 • E31

Wedding Cake Classic

S1 • E32

Gingerbread Championships

S1 • E33

World's Best Bartender

S1 • E34

U.S. BBQ Championship

S1 • E35

$50,000 Pastry Challenge

S1 • E36

The Chili Competition

S1 • E37

Cook & Ladder Competition

S1 • E38

Fiery Foods Challenge

S1 • E39

Culinary Team USA

S1 • E40

World's Best Pastry

S1 • E41

Big Beef Battle

S1 • E42

The BBQ Circuit

S1 • E43

Chocolate Festival Fantasies

S1 • E44

Cowboy Cook-Off

S1 • E45

BBQ Country Cook-Off

S1 • E46

Big Island Cook-Off

S1 • E47

National Chicken Cook-Off

S1 • E48

Great Chowder Cook-Off

S1 • E49

America's Best Pastry

S1 • E50

Challenge: Vegas Pastry Battle

S1 • E51

World Bartending Championship

S1 • E52

Chili Bowl

S1 • E53

Great American Pie Cook-Off

S1 • E54

All American Tailgating Cook-off

S1 • E55

World Pizza Challenge

S1 • E56

Wild Game Cook-Off

S1 • E57

Southern Living Showdown

Travel to Birmingham, to witness 15 amateur cooks braise, bake, broil and battle for the top prize. Some of the recipes are new twists on southern classics, other recipes are creative new inventions. It's one of the most prestigious cooking contests in the country, hosted by one of the most popular lifestyle magazines. And one amateur chef will go home with all the glory and an impressive jackpot of $100,000.

S1 • E58

Culinary Champions

S1 • E59

National Pie Championship

Nearly 400 pies, and yet, no two fillings are alike at the National Pie Championships in Celebration, Florida! There are plenty of old favorites, as well as innovative new recipes.