Emeril visits chef Marcus Samuelsson in his homeland of Sweden to get a firsthand look at the recent food movement known as New Nordic. Emeril experiences cooking without electricity with Michelin star chef, Niklas Ekstedt, fishes for langoustines in a hail storm and gets a taste of Marcus' globally inspired take on New Nordic at his restaurant, Norda.
The script is flipped when Beat Bobby Flay judges Michael Psilakis and Seamus Mullen step up to take Bobby down themselves. Food Network's Marcus Samuelsson and Sunny Anderson decide which chef can push Bobby to his limit.
Internationally acclaimed chef, restaurant owner, and bestselling author Marcus Samuelsson coaches Selena through a heartwarming dish filled with flavor: seared salmon with a radicchio bulgur salad and salmon miso soup. It's all hands on deck if Selena's to conquer her fear of fish guts and achieve this not-so-simple culinary feat!
After the contestants are gone, the judges try to transform mystery baskets into delicious dishes! Challenging ingredients include vegan lobster, a tempura chocolate sandwich cookie, and seriously strong mixed drinks.
Dough flies as Geoffrey reinvents the calzone and Maneet accepts a lucrative bet. Then, entrees get fratty as Chris Santos indulges in collegiate amounts of cheese, while Marc Murphy sinks pong shots from across the kitchen.
