All-Star Academy

- Season 1

(2015)

Ten skilled home cooks battle for the grand prize of $50,000, while being mentored in intense culinary challenges by established chefs, including Bobby Flay, Alex Guarnaschelli, Curtis Stone and Michael Symon, who, in the series opener, choose teams.

The eight remaining home cooks are tasked with reinventing famous food pairings, which will be judged by Geoffrey Zakarian.

The mentors battle, head-to-head, to win a crucial advantage; and chef Elizabeth Falkner determines which home cook is sent home.

The mentors join forces to make a spectacular three-course steak dinner with their home cooks. Later, Amanda Freitag and John Li enter the kitchen to determine who is eliminated.

An eliminated contestant is given a second chance, but first the mentors must use tough ingredients, including eel and vinegar, in a cooking battle. Also: Donatella Arpaia determines which home cook goes home.

Robert Irvine coaches the home cooks, when they are challenged to create dishes using canned meats, which will be judged during a blind taste test by their mentors.

The four remaining home cooks compete in a head-to-head battle, comprised of three tough challenges to determine who will move ahead to the finale. Marc Murphy is the guest judge.

In the Season 1 finale, tensions rise as the three remaining cooks battle for $50,000, alongside their mentors, preparing three courses that represent breakfast, lunch and dinner.