Summer sizzles: New cooking competition turns up the heat

By Andrew Warren TV Media

Sunday, Aug. 5

10:30 a.m. (8) WDSE Around the Farm Table

Saturday, Aug. 11

8:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire

Summer:

it’s the season of long days, starry nights and fun-filled vacations. It’s also a time of year that Food Network has embraced wholeheartedly, with a new show, special or series seeming to come along almost every week during this sweltering season.

This week, the channel launches a new, four-episode series that pits chefs against one another in culinary competition. “Ultimate Summer Cook-Off” premieres Sunday, Aug. 5, with a $25,000 grand prize on the line and former “Food Network Star” winner and “Kids BBQ Championship” co-host Eddie Jackson hosting. “Southern and Hungry” co-host Damaris Phillips and celebrity chef Jamika Pessoa serve as the competition’s judges, along with a rotating group of guest judges that includes “Comfort Food Tour” hosts Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey.

The competitors all have some sort of summery connection, with one owning a restaurant that sits on a beach and another hailing from Hawaii, the land of eternal summer. There are no amateurs here, either — these are all seasoned pros who have built their careers on meals that help people beat the heat, and each and every one of them has eyes only for that prize money.

The chefs tackle their first challenge in this week’s premiere, and it’s all about burgers. Similar to “Chopped” fashion, in each episode’s first challenge, the chefs crack open a container — in this case, a cooler — filled with mystery ingredients to use in the dish. Unlike in “Chopped,” though, the coolers don’t all contain the same items; every chef gets a different set of basic foodstuffs to use, and there’s no way of knowing what the coolers contain until after they’ve been picked.

The winner of the first round gets an advantage for the second challenge: a special cooler packed full of luxury summer ingredients, to which the other chefs don’t get access. With $25,000 up for grabs, that’s the kind of leg up that can make or break a chef’s summertime dreams in “Ultimate Summer Cook-Off.”

1:00 p.m. (9) KAWE Lidia’s Kitchen

2:00 p.m. (8) WDSE Martha Stewart’s Cooking School

2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE A Chef’s Life

3:00 p.m. (8) WDSE The Great British Baking Show

6:00 p.m. (2) KTCA The Great British Baking Show

Monday, Aug. 6

11:00 a.m. TRAV Food Paradise Noon TRAV Food Paradise

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show

TRAV Food Paradise

2:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise

3:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise

4:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise

Tuesday, Aug. 7

11:00 a.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations

11:30 a.m. (9) KAWE Ellie’s Real Good Food Noon TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show

TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations

1:30 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations

2:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations

2:30 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations

3:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations

3:30 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations 4:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations

4:30 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations 5:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods 6:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods 7:00 p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods

TRAV Bizarre Foods p.m. TRAV Bizarre Foods

TRAV Bizarre Foods

Wednesday, Aug. 8

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show

Thursday, Aug. 9

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show

Friday, Aug. 10

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show

8:00 p.m. (2) KTCA The Great British Baking Show (N) p.m. (8) WDSE The Great British Baking Show (N)

8:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Moveable Feast With Fine Cooking

9:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Joanne Weir’s Plates and Places

9:30 a.m. (2) KTCA How to Cook Well With Rory O’Connell

10:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way

10:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Lidia’s Kitchen

11:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Kevin Belton’s New Orleans Kitchen

11:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Sara’s Weeknight Meals

Noon (2) KTCA Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen (9) KAWE America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated

12:30 p.m. (2) KTCA America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated

1:00 p.m. (2) KTCA Food Flirts TRAV Food Paradise

1:30 p.m. (2) KTCA New Scandinavian Cooking

2:00 p.m. TRAV Food Paradise

2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

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