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Season 5 episodes (9)
1 No Pork, No Pressure
9/3/08
Michael's mission is to create a kosher meal for Passover.
2 Boardwalk
7/20/08
Michael has to turn boardwalk food into a gourmet spread for 300 in NJ.
3 Mother's Day Madness
9/10/08
Michael creates a picnic for 500 people celebrating Mother's Day in WV.
4 Block Party Blowout
9/17/08
Michael uses classic Philly ingredients for a neighborhood block party.
5 Hospital Hijinks
10/22/08
Michael cooks for 250 nurses at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia.
6 Escape To Alcatraz
8/20/08
Michael cooks for 125 guests at America's most-notorious prison.
7 Crayon Craziness
9/24/08
Michael makes an eight-course menu in colors that match Crayola crayons.
8 Street Cart Critics
11/5/08
Michael has to make an upscale meal using only food from NYC street carts.
9 Rodeo
10/29/08
Michael Symon cooks for 150 meat-loving cowboys at a rodeo in Colorado.
About this show
For each seemingly impossible mission, host Robert Irvine must cook an extraordinary meal using limited resources. From the jungles of Hawaii to the streets of Sin City, Robert battles the elements -- and the clock -- to deliver a world-class meal.
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December 19, 2021
It's nice to revisit a show from a time when there was actual cooking on Food Network instead of the 99% Guy Fieri and reality TV that channel has become