2014
Anthony Anderson visits a huge Florida shrimp festival and cooking challenge. Anthony Anderson tastes his way through the Amelia Island, Florida, Shrimp Festival, getting recipe secrets from the Shrimp Dish Challenge contenders. Anthony Anderson tastes his way through the Amelia Island, Florida, Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival, along with 100,000 other food fans, and discovers some exciting offerings by vendors including shrimp and strawberries, jerk shrimp, and hand-battered dishes. Contenders in the Shrimp Dish Challenge also share their recipes and tips as they prepared to be judged. Featured competitors include Captain Scott Stewart and his Amelia Island Boil, brothers Brian and Scott Stevens with The Original Shrimp Pie and mom Dolores Swisher and her daughter Elsie serving up a River Shrimp Salad Sandwich. Anthony helps local pirates save the island from invaders and prepare a massive shrimp boil.
2014
Anthony Anderson takes on the Texas Crab Festival and best dish contest. Anthony Anderson explores the techniques of rival chefs at the Texas Crab Festival, competing for the Crab Dish Contest trophy. Anthony Anderson takes on the Texas Crab Festival in Crystal Beach, and explores the techniques of rival chefs competing for the coveted Crab Dish Contest trophy. Defending multi-year champs Lola and Rey Trevino put a Guacamole Taco Salad up against Scott "A-Bear" Herbert, who dethroned them in 2011. Festival favorite Marynell Millinder, competing since the festival began, is challenging them with deep-fried stuffed crab. He also samples vendor's unique recipes such as Crab Puppies, Pie, Balls, Stuffed Peppers, and Nachos. Anthony also takes part in a carnival-style crab race and a Texas two-Step dance-off, and helps commentate the International Wiener Dog Races - all before watching competitors sweat it out at the Best Dish award ceremony.
2014
Anthony Anderson heads to Arkansas for the World Championship Steak Cook-off. Anthony Anderson checks out top grillers' techniques at the Arkansas's World Championship Steak Cook-off. Anthony Anderson heads to the World Championship Steak Cook-off at Arkansas's Magnolia Blossom Festival, where 81 grillers compete for the Governor's Cup trophy and $4,000 prize money. He meets up with some of the top contenders, who have unique approaches to cooking the perfect steak. Bankers Mike Waters and Chet Poindexter like old-fashioned tenderizing techniques. Locals Becky and Danny Jones marinade, while former graphic designers go for salt brine. Anthony also sees and tastes what vendors like The Understeakers have cooked up in their themed rigs, and tries a vinegar and sugar rub and bacon wrapped scallops with pineapple salsa. Anthony encourages participants in a 64 oz. steak-eating contest and slings some meat at the Grill Games Meat Toss before announcing the new World Steak Champion!
2014
Anthony Anderson goes behind the scenes at the Louisiana Seafood Cook-off. Anthony Anderson heads to the New Orleans Food Experience and goes behind the scenes to cook with the state's most elite chefs. Anthony Anderson hits the Big Easy at the prestigious New Orleans Food Experience, mingling with other fest-goers along with the seven-block Royal Street Stroll and trying out imaginative cuisine like Alligator Wings, Ropa Vieja, and Ribs from some of the 74 vendors on the streets of the French Quarter. There he pays with a jazz band and gets caught up in a parade before going to the Convention Center for the festival's tasty main attraction: a cook-off with 10 of the state's most elite chefs vying for the title of "Seafood King of Louisiana." Anthony gets Executive Chef Anthony Scanio of Emeril's Delmonico, Chef Greg Sonnier of Kingfish, and Executive Chef/Owner Miles Prescott of RioMar to spill some Southern seafood secrets as they prepare to compete and await the ultimate victory.
2014
Anthony Anderson racks up the ribs at Ribfest Chicago, charming savory secrets from grill masters competing for the event's famous Critics' Choice and People's Choice Awards. Anthony Anderson and 50,000 other rib enthusiasts devour 50,000 pounds of pork on the streets of Chicago during the city's annual Ribfest. He helps featured competitors prepare their dishes and spill their secrets, including defending champ Mark Link's apple juice spray, Jared Leonard's dry-rub only method, and Jeff Shapiro's mustard coating. Anthony also tastes some other festival fare like Bourbon Ribs, a pulled-pork mac and cheese sandwich, smoked turkey leg, and deep-fried chocolate covered bacon. He checks out the rib-eating contest with world ranked competitors and challenges a fest-goer to balloon darts, before finding out the winner of the People's and Critic's choice titles.
2014
Anthony Anderson hits one of the biggest BBQ fests in the country for the NC State Championship. Anthony Anderson checks out how rivals at the Blue Ridge BBQ Festival in Tryon, NC create their competition dishes for the State Championships. Anthony Anderson heads to Tryon, NC, home of the Blue Ridge BBQ Festival and State Championships, meeting featured rival chefs as they prepare their dishes for competition. Shane Blackwell shows off his family's secret to the perfect pork butt, Kim Hicks and husband Wayne Blessing boast about their infused brisket, and Donny and Tracy Bray are counting on their chicken multi-rub mix to impress the judge's tastebuds. Anthony tries out other tasty offerings, like elk burgers, deep fried pickle, and Asado goat, and enjoys challenging fest-goers on the carnival-like giant slide and mechanical bull before seeing who takes home the State Champion title.
2014
Anthony Anderson savors the unique strawberry-filled snacks and entrees created for Long Grove, Illinois's famed Strawberry Festival, as 15 local chefs compete for the "Best of the Best" dish contest. Featured competitors share a few of their secrets like local legend Lucia Cavallino who creates a savory strawberry ricotta ravioli. Newcomer Chris Rybicki whips up a chocolate dipped strawberry taco dessert, and tavern owner Adam Ulrich makes a shaved prime rib and fontina cheese sandwich with spicy strawberry salsa. Anthony also steps in as the festival balloon artist, enjoys a wave photo booth, and starts his own strawberry-eating competition with a group of kids. The excitement culminates as the judges deem one of the festive competition dishes the "Best of the Best."
2014
Anthony Anderson licks, eats, and slurps his way through Wilmington, Delaware's old-fashioned Rockwood Ice Cream Festival, along with 80,000 other ice cream maniacs. Contenders in the "Sundaes on Sunday" competition divulge their secrets as they prepare to be judged. Local favorites include The Moo Crews' Rockwood Cardiac Carnival Craze Sundae, Maduri Parikh's liquid nitrogen ice cream sundae spectacular, and Ted Brackin's laid-back, beach-inspired Banana Day Dreamin' Sundae. Anthony has fun charming snakes and dancing with little kids, while satisfying his sweet tooth with other vendors' ice cream concoctions, like a bacon salted caramel sundae and a creative raspberry chocolate creation. For the cherry on top, he finds out who wins the honor of best "Sundaes on Sunday."