DEBUT: “Money Hungry”

H: Kal Penn
Side Dishes: Palak Patel (personal chef) & Eric Adjepong (chef/restaurateur)

Carmine Guglielmino (freelance priv. chef in BKN)

To win $50K (s)he was to pass 15 taste tests. One miss & they were out.

R1 (1:00 on clock):
#1: Were these wings covered in buffalo sauce or teriyaki sauce?- TERIYAKI
#2: Were these potato chips salt & pepper or dill pickle?- DILL PICKLE
#3: Was the flavor of this dirt pudding chai or chocolate?- CHOCOLATE
#4: Were these green table grapes or cotton candy grapes?- COTTON CANDY GRAPES
#5: On this baby pizza was it topped by arugula or baby kale?- ARUGULA

To help the contestants along the way there were two Flavor Favors: they could Ask a Chef or Send a Plate Back.

Categories: Deli Delights, Evohhh, Sweet-Ish Fish, Blend It!, Greek to Me, 24 Carrot, Two for Tea, Rib It Rib It, Notchos & Feeling Crabby

Deli Delights: What popular deli meat was in this pineapple fried rice (Carmine was blindfolded)?
Ham- $

Evohhh!: These three olive oils were to be guessed- rosemary garlic, preserved lemon & basil Parmesan.
#1: Preserved lemon
#2: Rosemary garlic
#3: Basil Parmesan- $

Sweet-Ish Fish: Under a grouper was what sweet treat?
Pan-fried plantains- $

Blend It!: While blindfolded, what three ingredients were blended?
SENT PLATE BACK (he would’ve guessed banana, carrot & spinach)(A: Banana, milk & blueberries)

True Grits: Of the two bowls of shrimp & grits, which one had rice grits & which one had corn grits?
Left one had corn grits, right one had rice grits- $

Greek to Me: What two dairy products were in the sauce on a Greek lamb burger?
Yogurt & feta- $

OFFERED $5K TO QUIT NOW…REJECTED

24 Carrot: What spice was coating the roasted rainbow carrots?
Turmeric- $

Two for Tea: He was to figure out which tea was black tea & which tea was green tea.
Left was green, right was black- $

Rib It Rib It: Of the pair of bone-in ribeyes which one had been dry-aged & which one hadn’t?
Left wasn’t dry-aged, right one was- $

Notchos: What variety of apple acted as the “chip” in these apple nachos?
Pink Lady- L (A: Honeycrisp)