Guy's Grocery Games
| Guy's Grocery Games | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality, Cooking, Game show |
| Starring | Guy Fieri |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | Relativity Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Food Network |
| Original release | October 20, 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Official Website | |
Guy's Grocery Games (often nicknamed Triple G) is an American reality-based cooking television game show hosted by Guy Fieri on Food Network. Each episode features four chefs competing in a three-round elimination contest, cooking food with ingredients found in a supermarket grocery store ("Flavortown Market") as Fieri poses unusual challenges to them. The winning chef can collect up to $20,000 in a shopping spree bonus round.
Format
In each round, Guy assigns a dish and issues a challenge to the chefs. Then they have 30 minutes to shop for ingredients from the market, prepare, and plate their dishes. The chefs must cook their dishes and complete four platings (three for the judges and one "beauty plate") before time runs out. At the end of each round, the judges will taste and evaluate the dishes and select one chef to be "checked out" - eliminated from the game with no winnings. The judges are introduced by Guy during the first round. There are two judging tables for the judges, one when the chefs are shopping and cooking and one during judgings and eliminations.
The winning chef advances to the bonus round, "Guy's Shopping Spree," in which he/she has two minutes to find one specific item in each of the market's 10 aisles and put it in his/her cart. The chef may pass on an item and return to that aisle later if time allows. Each item found is worth $2,000, for a potential top prize of $20,000.
Chefs must be 18 years or older to appear on the show.
Challenges
A wide variety of challenges are used in the game, typically involving restrictions on ingredient number/type. Examples include:
Aisle Down: The aisle containing one or more key ingredients is blocked off by police tape, but the chefs do not discover this until they arrive at the aisle.
Budget Battle: The chefs are given a limited amount of money to spend on items and must ring up their choices at a cash register to confirm that they are within their budget. They are given coupons to help them save money on certain items.
Cart/Station Swap: Round 3 only. Once the chefs have their ingredients, Fieri orders them to swap carts or stations, so that each must use the other's ingredients.
Culinary Quiz: On some episodes, Fieri reads a series of clues to an item in the market. The first chef to bring back that item wins an advantage for the next round, such as a head start or exclusive access to certain aisles/items.
Express Lane: The chefs may use no more than seven items and must go through the market's express lane checkout to confirm that they have not exceeded this limit.
Flip This Dish: Fieri gives the chefs an ingredient list for one type of dish, then requires them to incorporate those items into a different type (e.g. using cherry pie ingredients in a chicken dinner).
Grocery List: Each chef is given a list of items that must all be incorporated into that round's dish. The items are typically not prepared together, similar to the mystery ingredient basket on Chopped, another Food Network cooking competition show.
Keep It Sample: The chefs must incorporate ingredients from sample tables located throughout the store in their dish.
Musical Carts: Round 3 only. The chefs must go to a crazy cart when the music stops, leaving the one they have started packing and use the crazy cart by the end of shopping.
No Carts Allowed: The chefs may use only the ingredients they can carry by hand in one trip through the market.
One Ingredient Per Aisle: Round 3 only. The chefs may use only one ingredient from each aisle from 10 to 1.
Red Light Special: During the round, one item in the store is marked with a sign and a flashing red light, and the chefs must get that item and incorporate it into their dish. The item is typically not associated with the assigned dish, such as beef jerky for a dessert.
Time-Out: Used when pairs of chefs are competing. One chef in each pair must leave the station and write instructions for the other on a chalkboard, without speaking.
Un-gredient List: The chefs are forbidden to use any of the ingredients on a list given by Fieri.
Out of Stock: Once the chefs begin shopping they are told a key ingredient (sometimes more than one) to the dish is unavailable. such as salad greens for salad.
Special challenges and episodes
In "Holly, Jolly Meals", a special box could be picked up in the bonus round for an additional $5,000, bringing the top prize to $25,000.
"Moms Know Best" was a Mother's Day challenge in which four mothers competed and Fieri's mother made a guest appearance.
"Grocery Grillin'" was a special episode (dubbed Guy's Grocery Grilling Games or Quadruple G) for Food Network's Grilling Week where the contestants had to make grilled dishes.
In "Food Network Stars Take Over Flavortown", former Food Network Star winners Jeff Mauro, Aaron McCargo Jr., Melissa d'Arabian, and Justin Warner competed for charities of their choice. Aaron won with $20,000 and the runners-up' charities each got $3,500.
"Food Network All-Stars Take to the Aisles" has Chopped judges Marc Murphy and Alex Guarnaschelli, Iron Chef Cat Cora, and TV Host Marcel Vigneron competing. The winner was Alex with $18,000 and the runners-up each got $5,000 for their charities.
In "Grandma's Grocery Games", Guy's mother appeared on the show alongside the four Grandmas. The winner Celinda was able to take home $18,000 to her grandkids. Food Network employee and former Nickelodeon host Marc Summers served as a guest judge in this episode.
From November 30 to December 27, 2015, a 5-part "Tournament Of Champions" took place featuring 16 returning champions. Like most tournaments on Chopped and Cutthroat Kitchen, the 16 chefs compete 4 at a time in 4 heats. The winner of each heat won a $20,000 Shopping Spree and returned for the finals for a chance to win a trophy and another $20,000 Shopping Spree for a total grand prize of up to $40,000.
Starting January 3, 2016, and continuing for 4 more episodes is a "Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives Tournament" featuring 16 chefs who have appeared with Guy Fieri on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Like the Tournament Of Champions, 4 chefs played over 4 heats, with the winner of each heat earning a $20,000 Shopping Spree and returning for the finals for a chance at a trophy and another $20,000 Shopping Spree for a grand prize of up to $40,000.
Beginning April 3, 2016, and continuing for 4 more episodes is a "Redemption Tournament" featuring 16 former losing chefs seeking redemption and competing to win both a trophy and a grand prize of up to $40,000. Round 1 of heat 2 marked the 1st instance on the show where a chefs food was inadmissible from blood. To compensate, Guy gave the other 3 chefs the option to either eliminate the affected chef, or allow all 4 chefs to advance, resulting in a double-elimination for round 2. The chefs chose the 2nd option.
Notable Contestants
Lenny McNab, the winner of Season 10 of Food Network Star was in the Episode "The Ol' Switcheroo.
Set
Season 1 was shot inside of an actual grocery store, Field's Market in West Hills, California. For Season 2, the market was built in a 15,500 square foot warehouse in Santa Rosa, CA. It was built over two weeks and stocked with over $700,000 of food.[1] After each episode, the perishable items were donated to local food banks and local farmers; non-perishable items are being kept in the event Food Network orders another season beyond Season 3.
Episodes
Season 1
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Wild in the Aisles | October 20, 2013 | GK0103H |
| 2 | 2 | Frozen Feats | October 27, 2013 | GK0102H |
| 3 | 3 | The Ol' Switcheroo | November 3, 2013 | GK0106H |
| 4 | 4 | Surf's Up | November 10, 2013 | GK0104H |
| 5 | 5 | Feisty Fiesta | November 17, 2013 | GK0105H |
| 6 | 6 | Cart Your Engines | November 24, 2013 | GK0101H |
| 7 | 7 | It's Egg-cellent | December 1, 2013 | GK0109H |
| 8 | 8 | Five Star Frozen Feud | December 8, 2013 | GK0110H |
| 9 | 9 | Holly, Jolly Meals | December 15, 2013 | GK0112H |
| 10 | 10 | Game Day Rush | January 5, 2014 | GK0107H |
| 11 | 11 | Yes, Chefs Can | January 12, 2014 | GK0108H |
| 12 | 12 | Cart Wars | January 19, 2014 | GK0111H |
Season 2
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | Moms Know Best | May 11, 2014 | GK0205H |
| 14 | 2 | Caught in the Middle | May 18, 2014 | GK0203H |
| 15 | 3 | Grocery Grillin' | May 25, 2014 | GK0208H |
| 16 | 4 | Cut the Cheese | June 8, 2014 | GK0209H |
| 17 | 5 | Free Samples | June 15, 2014 | GK0202H |
| 18 | 6 | Marshmallow Madness | June 22, 2014 | GK0305H |
| 19 | 7 | Produce and Cons | June 29, 2014 | GK0210H |
| 20 | 8 | If at First You Don't Succeed, Fry, Fry Again | July 6, 2014 | GK0312H |
| 21 | 9 | Cart to Table | July 13, 2014 | GK0304H |
| 22 | 10 | Weight for It! | July 20, 2014 | GK0211H |
Season 3
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | Around the World in Three Carts | July 27, 2014 | GK0302H |
| 24 | 2 | Patiently Weighing | August 3, 2014 | GK0207H) |
| 25 | 3 | Food Network All Stars take to the Aisles | August 10, 2014 | GK0310H |
| 26 | 4 | Triple D Takes on Triple G | September 28, 2014 | GK0307H |
| 27 | 5 | Aisle of Terror | October 5, 2014 | GK0313H |
| 28 | 6 | Pasta La Vista, Baby | October 12, 2014 | GK0213H |
| 29 | 7 | Fan-Tastic Food | October 19, 2014 | GK0311H |
| 30 | 8 | Not Going to Budge It | October 26, 2014 | GK0308H |
| 32 | 10 | Thanksgiving Grocery Trot | November 9, 2014 | GK0306H |
| 33 | 11 | Aisle and Error | November 16, 2014 | GK0206H |
| 34 | 12 | Pressed for Time | November 23, 2014 | GK0301H |
| 35 | 13 | The Weighting Game | November 30, 2014 | GK0309H |
| 36 | 14 | Let Them Eat Toast | December 7, 2014 | GK0204H |
| 37 | 15 | Dashing Through the Aisles | December 14, 2014 | GK0212H |
Season 4
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 1 | Family Style: Kids Rule! | January 4, 2015 | GK0401H |
| 39 | 2 | Family Style: Sibling Rivalry | January 11, 2015 | GK0403H |
| 40 | 3 | Family Style: Food Feud | January 18, 2015 | GK0404H |
| 41 | 4 | Family Style: Kids' Choice | January 25, 2015 | GK0402H |
| 42 | 5 | Love is in the Aisle | February 8, 2015 | GK0411H |
| 43 | 6 | Something Spells Good | February 15, 2015 | GK0412H |
| 44 | 7 | Chefs Ham It Up | February 22, 2015 | GK0408H |
| 45 | 8 | Triple D Takes on Triple G...Again! | March 1, 2015 | GK0415H |
| 46 | 9 | Don't Skimp on the Shrimp | March 8, 2015 | GK0407H |
| 47 | 10 | James Beard Nominees on Triple G | March 15, 2015 | GK0414H |
| 48 | 11 | Music and Meatloaf | March 22, 2015 | GK0405H |
| 49 | 12 | Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner | March 29, 2015 | GK0406H |
| 50 | 13 | Chefs Take the High/Low Road | April 5, 2015 | GK0413H |
| 51 | 14 | Triple G a la No Cart | April 12, 2015 | GK0409H |
| 52 | 15 | Battle America! | April 26, 2015 | GK0410H |
Season 5
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | Flavortown Throwdown | May 3, 2015 | GK0504H |
| 54 | 2 | Mother's Day Madness | May 10, 2015 | GK0506H |
| 55 | 3 | Orange You Glad You're in Flavortown | May 17, 2015 | GK0513H |
| 56 | 4 | A Dicey Situation | May 24, 2015 | GK0503H |
| 57 | 5 | Thrillin' Grillin' | May 31, 2015 | GK0508H |
| 58 | 6 | Triple G Redemption' | June 7, 2015 | GK0509H |
| 59 | 7 | Daring Kitchen Duos | June 14, 2015 | GK0512H |
| 60 | 8 | It's a Fieri Father's Day! | June 21, 2015 | GK0507H |
| 61 | 9 | Serving Up Summer! | June 28, 2015 | GK0510H |
| 62 | 10 | Battle America II: Cook or Be Cooked | July 5, 2015 | GK0505H |
Season 6
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 1 | Music and Mayhem in the Market | July 12, 2015 | GK0602H |
| 64 | 2 | Cruisin' Through the Express Lane | July 19, 2015 | GK0606H |
| 65 | 3 | High-Steak Hijinks | July 26, 2015 | GK0601H |
| 66 | 4 | Young Guns Showdown | August 2, 2015 | GK0511H |
| 67 | 5 | Par for the Shoptacle Course | August 9, 2015 | GK0611H |
| 68 | 6 | Flippin' Out in the Kitchen | August 16, 2015 | GK0607H |
| 69 | 7 | All-Stars: Flavortown Flips Over the Judges! | August 23, 2015 | GK0706H |
| 70 | 8 | All-Stars and A-Lister Dinners | August 30, 2015 | GK0705H |
| 71 | 9 | Catch A Shopping Star | September 6, 2015 | GK0704H |
| 72 | 10 | All-Stars in the Aisles | September 13, 2015 | GK0703H |
| 73 | 11 | All-Stars Team Up with Pro Athletes | September 20, 2015 | GK0707H |
| 74 | 12 | Blue Plate Blues | September 27, 2015 | GK0609H |
Season 7
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 1 | An Offal Halloween | October 4, 2015 | GK0605H |
| 76 | 2 | Culinary Saved My Life | October 11, 2015 | GK0610H |
| 77 | 3 | DDD Returns to GGG! | October 18, 2015 | GK0612H |
| 78 | 4 | When Guy Gives You Lemon Bars… | October 25, 2015 | GK0502H |
| 79 | 5 | Triple G Chefs: The Next Generation | November 1, 2015 | GK0701H |
| 80 | 6 | Grandma's Grocery Games | November 8, 2015 | GK0702H |
| 81 | 7 | Turkey Day Tournament | November 15, 2015 | GK0608H |
| 82 | 8 | Season of Grocery Giving | November 22, 2015 | GK0603H |
| 83 | 9 | Tournament of Champions: Part 1 | November 29, 2015 | GK0709H |
| 84 | 10 | Seasonings Greetings | November 30, 2015 | GK0604H |
| 85 | 11 | Tournament of Champions: Part 2 | December 6, 2015 | GK0708H |
| 86 | 12 | Tournament of Champions: Part 3 | December 13, 2015 | GK0710H |
| 87 | 13 | Tournament of Champions: Part 4 | December 20, 2015 | GK0711H |
| 88 | 14 | Tournament of Champions: Finale | December 27, 2015 | GK0712H |
Season 8
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 1 | Diners, Drive-ins and Drives Tournament, Part 1 | January 3, 2016 | GK0801H |
| 90 | 2 | Diners, Drive-ins and Drives Tournament, Part 2 | January 10, 2016 | GK0803H |
| 91 | 3 | Diners, Drive-ins and Drives Tournament, Part 3 | January 17, 2016 | GK0802H |
| 92 | 4 | Diners, Drive-ins and Drives Tournament, Part 4 | January 24, 2016 | GK0804H |
| 93 | 5 | Diners, Drive-ins and Drives Tournament, Finale | January 31, 2016 | GK0805H |
| 94 | 6 | Four Weddings and a Grocery Game | February 7, 2016 | GK0806H |
| 95 | 7 | All Star Academy Face-Off | February 14, 2016 | GK0807H |
| 96 | 8 | Guy's Games of Chance | February 21, 2016 | GK0808H |
| 97 | 9 | Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Cook-Off | February 28, 2016 | GK0809H |
| 98 | 10 | Perfect Strangers | March 6, 2016 | GK0810H |
| 99 | 11 | Big Burger Battle | March 13, 2016 | GK0811H |
Season 9
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 1 | Budget Games Blowout | March 20, 2016 | GK0901H |
| 101 | 2 | Big Bacon Battle | March 27, 2016 | GK0902H |
| 102 | 3 | Redemption Tournament: Part 1 | April 3, 2016 | GK0904H |
| 103 | 4 | Redemption Tournament: Part 2 | April 10, 2016 | GK0903H |
| 104 | 5 | Redemption Tournament: Part 3 | April 17, 2016 | GK0905H |
| 105 | 6 | Redemption Tournament: Part 4 | April 24, 2016 | GK0905H |
| 106 | 7 | Redemption Tournament: Finale | May 1, 2016 | GK0907H |
| 107 | 8 | Grill Or Be Grilled | May 29, 2016 | GK0908H |
| 108 | 9 | Food Network Star Showdown | June 5, 2016 | GK0909H |
| 109 | 10 | Food Wheel Free-For-All | June 12, 2016 | GK0910H |
| 110 | 11 | Dueling Dads | June 19, 2016 | GK0911H |
| 111 | 12 | Guy's Dessert Games | June 26, 2016 | GK0912H |
Season 10
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | 1 | Guy's Summer Games | July 3, 2016 | GK1001H |
| 113 | 2 | Rising Stars | July 10, 2016 | GK1002ZH |
| 114 | 3 | Whiz Kids | July 17, 2016 | GK1003H |
| 115 | 4 | Class Reunion: Food Network Star | July 24, 2016 | GK1004ZH |
| 116 | 5 | Cheesy Special | July 31, 2016 | GK1005H |
| 117 | 6 | Salute to Firefighters | August 7, 2016 | GK1006H |
| 118 | 7 | Spice Masters | August 14, 2016 | GK1007H |
| 119 | 8 | Guy's Superstar Grocery Games: Part 1 | August 21, 2016 | GK1008H |
| 120 | 9 | Guy's Superstar Grocery Games: Part 2 | August 28, 2016 | GK1009H |
| 121 | 10 | Guy's Superstar Grocery Games: Part 3 | September 4, 2016 | GK1010H |
| 122 | 11 | Guy's Superstar Grocery Games: Part 4 | September 11, 2016 | GK1011H |
| 123 | 12 | Guy's Superstar Grocery Games: Finale | September 12, 2016 | GK1012H |
Season 11
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | 1 | Halloween Spook-Tacular | October 2, 2016 | GK1101H |
| 125 | 2 | Grandma and Grandpa | October 9, 2016 | GK1102H |
| 126 | 3 | Guilty Pleasures | October 16, 2016 | GK1103H |
| 127 | 4 | Fried Feud | October 23, 2016 | GK1104H |
| 128 | 5 | Ultimate GGG Rematch | October 30, 2016 | GK1105H |
| 129 | 6 | Cooking Channel Cook Off | November 6, 2016 | GK1106H |
| 130 | 7 | Thanksgiving in Flavortown | November 13, 2016 | GK1107H |
| 131 | 8 | Guys' Unforgettable Chefs | November 20, 2016 | GK1108H |
| 132 | 9 | Joy to the Judges | November 21, 2016 | GK1114H |
| 133 | 10 | Culinary Saved My Life 2 | November 27, 2016 | GK1109H |
Season 12
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode Title | Original Air Date | Episode/Production #[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | 1 | GGG Impossible: Part One | December 4, 2016 | GK1101H |
| 135 | 2 | GGG Impossible: Part Two | December 11, 2016 | GK1102H |
| 136 | 3 | Holiday Madness | December 12, 2016 | GK1103H |
| 137 | 4 | GGG Impossible: Part Three | December 18, 2016 | GK1104H |
| 138 | 5 | GGG Impossible: Finale | December 25, 2016 | GK1105H |
References
- ↑ "Flavortown Market Built from Scratch: Guy's Grocery Games". Food Network. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ↑ "Guy's Grocery Games Episodes: Season 1". Food Network. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Guy's Grocery Games Episodes: Season 2". Food Network. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "Guy's Grocery Games Episodes: Season 3". Food Network. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Guy's Grocery Games Episodes: Season 4". Food Network. Retrieved 8 February 2015.