Turkey Day trials: Five chefs compete in holiday-themed competition

By Andrew Warren TV Media

The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting crisper, and that can only mean one thing: Thanksgiving is on its way. With only a few weeks to go until Turkey Day is upon us, Food Network is stuffed with more than 25 hours of programming that celebrate the most food-focused of holidays.

Kicking off the festivities on Sunday, Nov. 4, is “Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge.” Giada De Laurentiis (“Giada at Home”) serves as host for the competition series that brings five talented and experienced chefs together to cook the most decadent and delicious Thanksgiving dishes, while judges Alex Guarnaschelli (“Iron Chef America”), Carla Hall (“The Chew”) and Christian Petroni (“Food Network Star”) watch their every move.

Over the span of the three-episode series, Giada challenges the chefs to transform Thanksgiving classics in creative and delicious ways. In this week’s premiere, the five contestants are tasked with taking a classic Thanksgiving side dish and reinventing it into something modern and unexpected. The winner of that challenge gets a special advantage to use in the second round, where the contestants are challenged to make a turkey dinner with only an hour on the clock — and as if that wasn’t hard enough, they also have to incorporate an ingredient that was at the very first Thanksgiving.

Over the next two weeks, the remaining contestants will be asked to turn sweet desserts into holiday sides, transform Thanksgiving leftovers into meals that wouldn’t seem out of place in a fancy restaurant, cook without the use of crucial kitchen equipment and utensils, and make a full Thanksgiving meal in just three hours.

The holiday can already be a stressful time of the year, and the five competing chefs certainly

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Sunday, Nov. 4 aren’t making it any easier on themselves, with one of them being eliminated at the end of each episode. At stake, though, is a $25,000 prize that’s guaranteed to fill the winner with a good dose of Thanksgiving cheer. “Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge” kicks off Food Network’s enormous amount of holiday programming on Sunday, Nov. 4.

Noon (8) WDSE Around the Farm Table It’s time for yoga in the barn, followed by a vegetable strata with Inga’s farmer friends.

1:00 p.m. (9) KAWE New Scandinavian Cooking Niklas visits Lofoten, a string of islands that stretches into the North Atlantic.

4:30 p.m. (8) WDSE tasteMAKERS

Wine, spirits & ciders crafted from biodynamic and organic fruit at Jack Rabbit Hill Farm.

Monday, Nov. 5

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Tuesday, Nov. 6

11:30 a.m. (9) KAWE Sara’s Weeknight Meals Whole branzino is made, and Sara creates an Asian grain bowl. (N)

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Wednesday, Nov. 7

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Thursday, Nov. 8

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Friday, Nov. 9

12:30 p.m. (9) KAWE Food Over 50 Creative desserts that contain a healthy package of nutritionally sweet benefits.

1:00 p.m. (11) KARE The Rachael Ray Show Viewers are presented with great recipes and simple solutions for everyday issues.

Saturday, Nov. 10

6:00 a.m. TRAV Food Paradise We search for some of the best foods the country’s beachside communities have to offer.

7:00 a.m. TRAV Food Paradise Count down the eight great places to get authentic Italian food in America.

7:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Taste of Malaysia

With Martin Yan Malaysia’s Peranakan culture is Martin Yan’s main focus while exploring Malacca.

8:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Simply Ming A&E Scraps: Parts Uneaten Joel and his friends show how to cook for the entire weekend with Thanksgiving leftovers. (N)

TRAV Food Paradise We look for restaurants that have the eight greatest chicken dishes in America.

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

9:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Martha Bakes Martha shares techniques for baking pies.

TRAV Bizarre Foods Andrew revels in three centuries of culinary history of the Americas.

9:30 a.m. (2) KTCA How to Cook Well

With Rory O’Connell Irish Oysters, Jerusalem Artichoke Soup and Ballymaloe Spiced Beef are prepared.

10:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Pati’s Mexican Table (N)

TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Andrew Zimmern explores a bounty of multicultural delights in Honolulu.

10:30 a.m. (2) KTCA New Orleans Cooking With Kevin Belton Grillades and Grits; Pain Perdu; Bananas Foster.

TRAV Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Andrew explores just what makes Los Angeles so delicious.

11:00 a.m. (2) KTCA Jacques Pépin: More Fast Food My Way Make Crunchy Kale, Chile Con Carne with Lettuce and Cheese, Pears Bonne Femme and Criques.

11:30 a.m. (2) KTCA Lidia’s Kitchen (N)

Noon (2) KTCA Sara’s Weeknight Meals Whole branzino is made, and Sara creates an Asian grain bowl. (N)

12:30 p.m. (2) KTCA America’s Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated Bridget Lancaster prepares chicken and sausage gumbo with red beans and rice.

1:00 p.m. (2) KTCA Cook’s Country From America’s Test Kitchen Julia and Bridget make the ultimate New Jersey crumb buns. (N)

1:30 p.m. (2) KTCA Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Lynn Clark shows how to bake a rich and moist cake without an oven. (N)

2:30 p.m. (8) WDSE Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street French apple cake and salted butter caramelchocolate mousse are prepared.

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