You know, Hunter, you gotta forget
all about Triple G, because tonight,
the show's all about Triple F's.
Triple F's, yeah, Flavortown, food and family.
-That was quick. -Yeah.
Now, we have three incredibly tight families
who all think that their family's food is the best.
Oh, that looks sexy.
[Guy] And they're here to compete,
-and cheer each other on. -We made it!
-Go, Carli, don't forget the lamb! -[Rikki] Looking good!
[Guy] These families will need to have each other's backs
to face down our crazy games.
Oh, no.
One hot mess,
is what I have here.
[all laughing]
It's family teams right now, on Guy's Grocery Games.
Dude, it's like, that's where I end...
-I thought I was gonna say that. -You can stop it.
All right folks, let's meet our families now.
First up, the Sheikah family.
This Illinois family serves up Middle Eastern food with a twist.
Geenien is a food blogger,
her husband Ahmed is a grill master,
and her mom Yousra loves to use her double oven.
[all cheering]
-We are... -[all] The Sheikah family.
[Geenien] We all are on this travel...
but we are from Palestine.
On my blog, I like to take classic Middle Eastern dishes,
and add a twist to 'em.
My wife, she's amazing cooks.
[Geenien] My mom is really, really good at sweets.
Ahmed, he can chop.
Because I have a secret ingredients, they're my hand.
[all laughing]
Hey, Guy, we're finally here.
-Welcome. -[whooping]
[Guy] Who's the mom, who's the daughter?
-I'm the mom. -You're the mom?
-Yeah. -I'm the daughter.
They're like sisters.
[all laughing]
Next up, we have the Sinha family
who make Indian fusion food
from their Washington D.C. kitchen.
Tarun makes awesome sauces,
and his wife Priya is a soup specialist,
and his mom Purnima
loves to help chop, chop and prep.
[all cheering]
[all] We're the Sinha family.
[Tarun] We grew up eating traditional Indian food.
I mean, my mom taught me the foundations of cooking.
And when I met Tarun,
we just started cooking together all the time.
[all cheering]
Do we serve, like, free coffee and sugar around the corner?
-[all exclaiming] -There we go.
This show is one of my favorite.
Oh, I am super happy.
I'm not joking, I'm watching for many, many years.
I'm glad you're here.
And finally, the Zink family
who creates healthy twists on Southern comfort classics.
Carli runs a food blog called "Beauty and the Feast".
Her sister Rikki Ann is the baker of the family,
and their mom Robin is the kitchen mediator.
[all cheering]
[all] We're the Zink family!
[Carli] We like taking Southern comfort foods
but putting a little bit of a healthier spin on them.
-I am the leader... -The leader.
-...and these are my assistants. -Minions.
[both laugh]
Things can get, uh, out of control between the girls--
They were compromising.
We all are compromising.
[all laughing]
[all cheering]
What is it with the screaming?
-Hi. -Hey.
They're mechanics or plumbers?
Hi, guys.
[all laughing]
One hot mess, is what I have here.
[all laughing]
Welcome families to the Triple G family.
It's been a while since we've had a family competition in Flavortown.
This promises to be bigger and better
because there are three teams of three,
and a three-way battle to decide
which family cooks the best.
We have two fast and furious family games
that will test your kitchen chemistry.
Unfortunately, the family
that cooks with the lowest scoring dish in round one
will be checking out early.
But the family with the highest combined score at the end of both rounds
gets to shop Flavortown marker for up to $20,000.
-[all cheering] -Twenty thousand bucks. Lot of cash.
And now, this should make you one big happy family.
In order for us to welcome you into the family,
in the first round, what do I wanna have you make the judges?
Oh, no.
I want you to the make the judges a family favorite.
The dish that has a warm place at the table and in your hearts.
Speaking of that, I've got a family member somewhere in there, I think.
He might be out, uh, doing the shopping carts.
Hunter!
Hunter.
He's coming like this.
-[all exclaiming] -Chefs, how are you?
-[all exclaiming] -[Rikki] Oh my gosh, hi Hunter.
I was just stocking the freezer aisle.
-[Guy] He was stocking the freezer aisle, yeah. -[chuckles]
[Guy] Hunter and I were talking about all the great things
that start with the letter "F".
-Family, food... -Food.
-...Fieri. -Fieri is a great one.
-Flavortown. -Flavortown.
-Oh, no. -Oh.
Family favorites also start with an "F".
So Hunter has made you, what'd you make 'em?
I have a list here.
This game is gonna be called "Grocery List."
On your grocery list, you must shop
for a protein that starts with the letter "F",
a starch that starts with the letter "F",
and a produce that starts with the letter "F".
Do all the ingredients have to start with "F"?
You can get anything else you want.
But those must-have ingredients must be in your dish.
You have 30 minutes to shop, prepare and present your family favorite.
The three ingredients that start with the letter "F",
must be in your dish.
If you only get two of the ingredients in the dish,
and leave one of them out,
you will not be able to go on the shopping spree and get all the money.
[all clamoring]
People are starting to catch on this.
-Protein, I wish to do filet. -Okay.
Family favorite, has to start with "F",
meat, filet mignon. That's dad's favorite.
-I think we should do... Beer cheese mac and cheese. -Mac and cheese.
We can do a pasta aside from that.
To us, a family favorite is
something that our whole family loves.
American cheese.
-[Rikki] That's it? -[Carli] Smoked Gouda.
-Okay. -[Rikki] Okay.
Tradition, basically, to a family favorite.
-Now let's go to get our pasta. -Okay.
[Carli] That starts with an "F", okay.
[Robin] It's gotta start with an "F".
-[Carli] Fusilli? -[Rikki] Fusilli, yes.
-[Carli] Got it? -[Rikki] Yeah, yes.
-[both exclaiming] -[Carli] Okay.
The three of them in the pink jumpsuits are priceless.
[Carli] For the mac and cheese,
we are grabbing beer.
It's gonna pair well with the smoked Gouda,
-make it seem a little bit special. -We love beer.
And we do like beer.
-May need to drink one. -[laughs]
-Beer me that mac and cheese. -[chuckling]
[Rikki] More produce?
[Carli] As many of the produce as it's as possible.
Typically, we'd do a salad, but why don't we try a slaw?
-Yup. -Oh, that's a good idea,
and just throw anything in slaw.
[Carli] Some fennel.
Some Fresnos.
Fuji apple.
Pretty much anything that, yeah, has a lot of color,
starts with "F".
-[Robin] Girls, girls go. -[Carli] Go, go, go.
-[Rikki] We're not allowed to run. Okay. -[Carli] Go on out.
Not a lot of "F's".
You wanna do a fish curry? Flounder?
-Fish curry, I can do a quick tandoori fish. -Yeah.
-Do a tandoor fish flounder. -[both] Yes.
-I feel like that's like, what we make it home. -So, that-- So...
He's a creative genius here, so...
-[laughs] -[mumbles]
-I wouldn't call myself-- -And she's a fast runner.
All right, let's run.
[Tarun] Fish curry is something we absolutely love,
-so this is definitely a dish... -Yeah.
...we could kind of present
and our whole personality's gonna be in it.
-[Purnima] Where's the flounder? -Here, next to it.
-[Purnima] There we go. -Oh, we do have flounder.
-[Tarun] What? -[Purnima] Excellent.
-[Tarun] Beautiful looking too. -The farro, it's gonna be...
Usually we uh, serve fish with the rice,
but here we have to find the starch.
Something with "F",
so we're going to pick uh, farro instead of the rice.
We definitely need more ingredients, we need all the spices.
[Tarun] It is a real curveball.
I don't think I normally think of ingredients
by just their first letter.
Even though we do fusion, this was a little bit out of our wheelhouse.
-[Priya] Right here. -[Tarun] Fuji.
-[Tarun] Just grab a few. -[Priya] Oh.
Fuji apple feels like the only thing
we could really get out of the produce section.
To put it in a chutney is very natural.
-Okay, let's just start grabbing these, we need... -[Tarun speaks indistinctly]
-Turmeric. -[Priya] Coriander.
[Tarun] So, for the fish we're gonna be grabbing a bunch of spices
cumin, coriander, a little chili powder, tandoor masala.
Dad will be so proud knowing we're doing a fish curry.
-He'll be very proud of us. -[laughs]
[Yousra speaking]
[Geenien speaking]
It's a dish that we eat with pita bread
we're using our hands.
[Yousra] Chilis.
-We're making-- -Uh, Fresno chilis.
Any dish that you're using your hands
or sopping something up with bread,
is just a family meal.
[Yousra] Filet mignon.
[both] Okay.
And there's the bread.
We usually would use pita,
but we had to follow the three "F".
-French roll. -[Yousra] French sandwich roll.
-[Geenien] French baguette. -[Yousra] Yeah.
-[Geenien] Or baguette. -Let's do that.
That would be better.
I don't know where this was.
[both laugh]
Well, the best of the stew need
tomatoes, potatoes, and garlic and onion.
-[all chuckling] -[Yousra and Geenien] Okay.
You can tell that they're all from the same family,
they run the same.
Uh...
-[Yousra] Fresno... -Fresno chilis.
Come on.
-No, we can use-- the clock is going. -[Yousra] No--
[Yousra] Do we need anything else?
[Geenien] No, we're here, would you move?
[Yousra] Well, uh... [laughs]
Here to judge our families
are three members of the Triple G family.
We have cookbook author and founder of the meal kit service
One Potato,
a Triple G OG, the one and only Catherine McCord.
[Maneet] Woo-hoo.
The game-changing restaurant tour representing Louisville,
the on and only superchef, Darnell Ferguson.
-[whooping] -Who also might be a park ranger, I'm not sure.
[all laughing]
And the award-winning chef in charge of a large culinary family
in the heart of Nashville,
the ToC champ herself, Maneet Chauhan.
Three people in the kitchen,
that seems like it's a lot of help.
It could also be a lot of confusion.
I've done uh, an episode I've cooked with my mom.
It sounds all fun and dandy
until you actually have to do it.
I ain't never mashed no potatoes like this.
-Need something. -Need what?
-I don't know, salt or something. -[chuckles]
No, don't say salt
just 'cause you're saying something. What do you mean?
Okay. I don't know baby, that's it.
I ain't going around to my mom again.
-[both laughing] -She's so tough.
Just biting your tongue the whole time,
just taking it and going.
[both laughing]
Slaw.
-Is this Fresno? -[Rikki] Yup.
[Guy] All right, ladies.
-Tell me what is on the menu. -Hi.
-[Robin] Hey. -[Carli] We are gonna do filet.
-It's our dad's favorite cut of steak. -Okay.
-[Carli] Beer and bacon mac and cheese... -Okay.
...and then a really nice pickley slaw with a bunch of "F" veggies.
-[Rikki] Yes. -[Guy] Got it.
-[Carli] Okay, okay. -Bunch of "F" veggies.
Our strategy for the cooking is that I will take the lead.
I'll start cutting these,
-take this bacon, throw it in the fryer. -Okay.
My mom is a very great cook,
and anything I tell her to do,
I know that she will do it right off the bat.
Just watch them so they don't burn.
-There you go. -I got it.
[Carli] And my sister is just here
-to be our extra set of hands. -[laughs]
This is my trick for mac and cheese.
A quick and easy sauce,
some evaporated milk and some beer.
Find out how to open it.
Evaporated milk is a good cheat for mac and cheese,
because it's already creamy, you don't have to make a roux
and put in the cream and wait for it to get thick.
You just throw that in there
with a little bit of the beer and then the cheese.
And then just wait for it to melt.
You have opened a lot of cheese,
I think we're good on cheese.
Being the firstborn,
I just decided I was the leader.
-Yeah. -[both laugh]
Do it all.
-Got it. -Yeah, done.
You've cooked with your mom, right?
It's always interesting with the mom enters the kitchen
because there is always "I know better".
-[Darnell] Yeah. -Right?
I hope it's not too many cooks in the kitchen.
There's already too many cooks in the kitchen, it's three of them.
[Catherine] In this ABC grocery list family favorite
we have nine people in the kitchen today.
We have, not only families who're gonna be fighting it out,
but hopefully working together to bring us incredible food.
Fish curry is the way to go.
His dad's gonna be sad he's not here
'cause it's our favorite dish to make together.
For our family's favorite we're making tandoori fish
with some fluffy buttered farro
and a delicious apple infused chutney.
Have we started to cook the farro?
-[Tarun] Yes we have. -The farro is cooking,
-but it's gonna take a while. -[Tarun] First--
[Purnima] Tandoori powder.
I have it, I am putting that in.
I'm gonna be working on the flounder
because these two are vegetarian...
-Yeah. -...and they've never cooked meat or fish.
Right now we're doing a mix of tandoori powder
and vindaloo powder for spice.
This isn't a fish that I typically cook with,
but since we have to use ingredients that start with "F",
flounder was the obvious choice.
Season extra, we don't wanna go home for seasoning.
Or lack of.
But thanking my mom, taught me the foundations of cooking,
and we love cooking together as a family.
Can I use the salt and pepper when you're done?
-All yours. -Thank you.
We are really worried about cooking this farro in time.
We know farro takes a lot of time to cook.
Needs more time. [chuckles]
Not cooked.
All right, chefs.
Let me see what we've got.
Fresno chilis,
filets, French bread.
Great, what're we making?
A Galayet.
It's like a stew.
-Okay. -Yeah, you sort of sop it up with the bread.
Okay, I like it.
[Yousra] I'm gonna wash these and chop 'em.
First we need to start by chopping everything up.
I'm gonna start by chopping up the filet mignon.
Ahmed you're gonna start with the veggies.
-And then, you take the potatoes. -[Yousra] Yes, yes.
-Just keep chopping, Ahmed. -[Ahmed] What?
Just keep chopping, buddy.
[Geenien] How small are you cutting them?
Because I think we should keep everything about the same size.
[Yousra] We need the stew to stew quick as possible.
Gotta put the meat in first.
-Why? The potatoes take longer. -No, put the meat in first.
Okay, mother.
[Yousra] The meat has to sizzle and saute a little.
-[Geenien] There you go. -[meat sizzles]
-Let it crisp up a little, to have more flavor in it. -[Ahmed speaks indistinctly]
-[Yousra] And then we'll add some onions... -[Ahmed] Add some--
[Yousra] ...peppers, garlic.
[Maneet] I do get worried about
the Sheikah family trying to do a stew
because, you know, the beauty of a stew
is to let it "stew" for a really long time.
Thirty minutes I don't think is enough time.
Oh my God, it smells so good already.
Did you put salt?
[Yousra] A little bit, yeah.
-[Geenien] Maybe one too many. -[Ahmed] I hope that does--
I hope the judges like it spicy, a lot of it.
Yeah, watch that, 'cause you got 14 minutes,
and you got raw, raw raw raw potatoes.
Turn up the heat.
[Geenien] Keep it covered really well, it'll cook.
How we looking, so we have salt on these filets, what else?
So, we're just gonna get them, kind of, medium rare-ish.
-[Guy] Okay. -And then we're gonna do a garlic butter on top.
[Guy] How'd you learn the knife skills over here?
You know, I was never allowed to use the knives growing up, so--
-Really? -I can't say that I've had a lot of practice,
I am the younger sibling.
But you're in here faking it till you make it.
That's my motto.
-Okay. -That's my motto in more ways than one.
We wanna do a slaw.
Unfortunately for everybody I cut at the speed of a snail.
[Carli] Our "F" produce, fennel, Fresno, fuji apple
pass it over to Rikki
to make sure that everything is chopped the same size.
Rikki Ann, we need to get the sauce on that.
Lots of pickle juice, Rikki Ann, lemon,
salt, pepper.
-Notice how they are perpetually coaching me? -[Robin chuckles]
[Carli] You're doing a great job.
-You are doing a good job. -That's the case always.
We all have big personalities.
But I think when it comes down to it [chuckles]
we love each other so much.
I think we're the family to beat
because we work well together,
we communicate well,
we will make food that is simple but just tasty.
Oh, it's really spicy, that's good.
We have got ten minutes, you gotta be plated in ten.
[fish sizzling]
I'm working on chutney.
Behind you.
Right now who's in charge? I think mom. [chuckles]
Tarun is working on the fish,
so we're going to work on the chutney.
[food processer whirring]
[Priya] Maybe just put some water in there, maybe?
No, just do this.
That plunger, you-- There you go.
Now just hit, now turn on.
There we go.
You really are a kitchen angel.
-Thank you so much. -There you go.
-I watch this show every day. -[Priya chuckles]
-Every day, every day. -Keep it up.
[Purnima] Yes.
Ooh.
-Man, that is... Whew. -[Priya] It's really got a kick.
-I was like, I will always put... -It was insanely good.
-...apples in my chutney. -Yes.
-Yes. Yes. -Moving forward. [chuckles]
How's that farro coming, guys?
It-It needs a couple more minutes.
-[Tarun] Needs a couple more minutes. -Okay.
Watching these families,
it doesn't feel like there is only one leader in each kitchen.
It feels like they're actually really working together.
[Guy] Don't overcook that flounder there, boss.
No, I know, thank you for looking out for that.
It's just gonna take forever to cook.
-I don't know but let's check this. -I know.
[Yousra] Just leave it closed.
I mean we're putting it all in one basket.
-I know, I know, I know, I know. -[Ahmed] Hopefully--
It might've been a smarter move
for me throw those potatoes into the deep fryer first
before adding them to the pot.
But you know what, there's nothing we can do about it now.
I think any meal that
we can just, sort of eat with our hands or with just bread,
is just something that we go to for family meals.
We wanna win these $20,000
because we decided to purchase a fixer-upper for our home.
It's still not fixed.
That's where the money is going when we win this.
Those potatoes cooking, chef?
They're cooked.
-Okay. -And they're good.
[Guy] Three minutes!
Three minutes to plate.
Making some bread crumbs.
So I threw our extra crunch bacon
into the food processor [chuckles]
to put a little bit of texture and crunch
on top of the mac and cheese.
[Guy] Two minutes, chef, two to go!
It's like, little, like, little liquid-y.
The first thing I need to do for plating is get the farro on the plate.
I love farro. One of the oldest grains known to man.
[Tarun] And then nicely lay the perfectly cooked flounder on top.
And then drizzle a little bit of that delicious chutney
to add pops of color.
[Purnima] I put the raita on the side
uh, with the cucumber and onion and tomato.
Let's plate.
[Geenien] I mean, it's a stew.
There's only so many ways you can plate a stew.
So we just put the stew in the plate
and we put the crusty bread right on the side.
I mean, normally, we'd use pita bread.
[Guy] One minute!
-All right, I'll plate the mac and cheese. -[Robin] Okay.
[Carli] We plate the mac and cheese first.
We sprinkle some bacon breadcrumbs over the mac and cheese.
Little slaw, then our filet.
It definitely looks like something
that our dad would eat and love.
Oh, that looks sexy.
Five, four, three, two, one,
and that's it.
[all cheering]
All right teams, it's time to find out
whose family favorite that begins with an "F"
gets an A plus.
Let's take it to the judges.
[Guy] Judges, this is game one of the family teams.
We played a little ABC grocery list,
asked them to make a family favorite
that included a protein, a produce and a starch,
and they all had to start with the letter "F".
First up, the Zink family.
Filet, fusilli pasta, fuji apple and Fresno chilis.
Give us a rundown, ladies.
For our family favorite,
we made a filet mignon with garlic butter.
We also made a beer and bacon mac and cheese with the fusilli.
Then we also made a spicy, pickley slaw.
We used the Fresno, the fuji apple and the fennel.
Three words... [sighs deeply]
Fresh, fun and fire.
-Oh! -[Darnell] This is it.
Let's start with the slaw.
The slaw will wake you up,
make you get ready to dance,
and then kung fu that.
Fabulous.
I mean, you too "F" to heart.
That steak is bomb.
It's really perfect, I like that melted butter on the top,
just like [clicks tongue] kiss on the top.
The mac and cheese, I mean, this is as comforting as it gets.
The texture of the crumb on top, I mean,
it's the small steps that make a really big difference.
Then that is delicious.
Whoa, there is a lot of fire
in that slaw.
The fire in my tongue is taking away from some of the fun
in the plate and the dish.
Having said that, it's-it's just a fabulous meal.
[all] Thank you.
All right, judges, thank you very much.
Up next, the Sinha family.
Flounder, farrow and fuji apples.
Give it to us, what'd you make?
[Tarun] We made a tandoori flounder
uh, sitting on top of some buttered farro
and the chutney has some fuji apples, cilantro and some heat
and if the chutney's a little too hot,
there's a cooling raita on the side.
Yoghurt, spices, cucumber,
to hopefully just, balance out your palate.
These are amazing flavors that you have created right over here.
The flounder has been cooked perfectly,
delicious and juicy, and it's not dry which is amazing.
The raita is fantastic,
and the chutney, what a smart utilization of apple in it.
Thirty minutes to get all of these flavors is fantastic.
The flounder, the farro and the fuji apples,
all were used right.
You made them stand out so I didn't have to guess where they were at.
I like seasoning to punch me in the face,
to wake me up a little bit,
and y'all were right there with it.
I'm so excited you guys are here
because I love these types of flavors.
The curry, and that sauce, that green sauce on top,
oh my God it is so good,
I wished you would pour it a little bit more,
or a, or a bucket on the side
-would've been totally fine by me. -[chuckling]
And the farro, it's a little bit chewy,
but you know, farro is supposed to have
uh, that kind of nuttiness to it.
So, it's a little like... [mumbles]
And also, I feel like you over salted your fish.
[Guy] Not to be outdone, the Sheikah family,
filet mignon, French baguette and Fresno chilis.
Tell us about this dish.
So, today we made a Galayet,
that's a Middle Eastern stew.
Traditionally, we'd serve it with pita bread
but with Guy's twist,
we went with the French baguette.
Typically I use jalapenos, but I had to use an "F,"
so we went with Fresno.
Oh, the "falapenos" are delicious.
[laughing]
We have 'em right over there.
There is so much wonderful flavors
that you have developed in this
in such a short time.
This is delicious.
Some of the potatoes,
because they are not cut evenly,
are not cooked through.
For this to be a family challenge,
I feel like I'm in your front living room.
I don't understand how you're able to
take three "F's"
and make 'em disappear into something
I believe you've grown up with your whole life.
You used fillet.
I feel like the meat got a little bit chewy.
-It's a lot of time to make this stew. -Okay.
I think your heat is perfect.
It's really working for me.
And the French bread is just a lovely accent
to sop it all up.
Families, thank you very much.
Love to see all the unity,
love to see the smiles.
What a blast having you in here.
I think the dishes look dynamite.
We're gonna ask you to return
back to the family room.
Play charades with some other family games,
-while the judges figure out... -[laughing]
-...whose day they wanna wreck and send home. -[Maneet gasps]
So, we'll call you back when we have a decision. Thank you.
[suspenseful music playing]
Whose family favorite is your least favorite?
Twenty points available in Gameplay,
twenty points available in Taste,
ten points available in Plating.
[thrilling instrumental music playing]
All right, judges, thank you very much.
Let's take a look here. We'll start off with the
Sheikah family.
Total of 50, 15 in Gameplay,
16 in Taste,
seven in Plating,
for a total of 38.
[all applauding]
[Guy] Next up, the Sinha family.
Sixteen in Gameplay,
sixteen in Taste,
seven in Plating,
for a 39.
-[all applauding] -One point ahead.
Zink family needs to be a 38 to not go home.
[suspenseful music intensifies]
Seventeen in Gameplay,
eighteen in Taste,
eight in Plating for a 43!
-[Guy] Wow! -[all exclaiming] Oh!
[Tarun inaudible]
Folks... very difficult.
I thought the dish was delicious,
I loved the heat.
I think that you just got outscored,
but unfortunately, you're checking out.
-Great to have you guys. Thank you. -[Sheikah family] Thank you.
[all speaking] Goodbye! Bye!
Being chosen and being on the show
was a win for me.
And just meeting Guy was amazing.
-I wanna do it again. -I don't wanna go home! [laughs heartily]
All right, teams, this is it,
the second and final round of Family Teams.
Now, the Zink family, congratulations.
You have a nice four point lead,
but I have watched four point leads crumble.
For your final challenge, though,
you're not out of this yet,
I want you to prepare the judges...
[thrilling instrumental music playing]
...the perfect dish
for a Family Dinner Party.
Family Dinner Party, okay?
As you understand,
getting the family together at the table,
sometimes it's just a little battle.
"Little battle." There's a keyword there, "battle."
[mouthing]
I know what it is. Hunter!
Do you have any money?
-A little bit. Why? -How much you got on you?
-Uh... -[exhales]
All you have is 60 bucks?
[Hunter] I had to go buy stuff for the store.
Well, I was gonna play Budget Battle with them,
but 30 bucks each for a family dinner party,
you think that's fair?
Well, it's do-able.
Could you check your pockets again?
Look, look, like, can you check your pockets again?
[laughing]
Oh, wait a second, I got something right here.
-No. Piece of licorice. -[woman laughs]
-How long has that been in your pocket? -I don't know.
-[Hunter] That's gotta be... -[all laughing]
-...weeks. -It's like, linty.
Okay, that's...
-Does Mom not clean your pockets out before the wash? -Hey!
So, there we go. Give 'em your money, Hunter.
-30 bucks each. -That's what we're gonna give 'em?
[sarcastically] Oh, great.
I apologize. I really didn't plan for this.
-[Hunter] For you. -[Tarun] Wish you had-- Wish you had more.
-Oh, that would be nice. -Nothing brings a family together like
the discussion of money.
So, you're going to have to
pay for all of your ingredients
using the money that Hunter just dug out of his pocket.
30 bucks.
So, as a group, you're gonna
decide on what the dinner party is.
But as a-- Just one person is gonna get to shop.
[sighs nervously]
The other two will wait back in the kitchen.
[suspenseful music playing]
-Wow! -Ooh!
Because once you make a decision on the menu,
-the shopper takes off with the money... -[whispering] You can do it.
...goes to the checkout stand,
and comes back to you in the kitchen.
[thrilling instrumental music playing]
So who's going to be the family shopper?
-Do you think I should do it? -Yeah.
She's the finance person,
so she's gonna knock this one out of the park.
Okay.
-You're the family shopper? -I'm the family shopper.
You're the family shopper? Okay.
Carli is doing the shopping,
because me and mom kinda like to meander
in the grocery store.
-When I say "go," -[bell dings]
you start planning.
[exclaiming] Oh! Okay, everyone.
We have to make a family dinner party meal,
with $30.
[Carli speaking]
[Rikki Ann speaking]
Every time the family gathers together,
-you have a catfish fry. -Can I go?
If you're done, go!
[Carli] We could get the catfish,
plus a bunch of other things to go with it,
because the catfish is so affordable.
"We like to party!" on three. One-two-three!
[both shouting] We like to party!
-[Tarun speaking] -[Priya speaking]
One thing that we had at our wedding,
-that was a total crowd pleaser... -[Tarun] Mmm-hmm.
...was Gobi Manchurian.
[Tarun] It's a mix of Indian flavors
and classic Chinese flavors.
Let's get everything prepped.
We'll just try to keep it simple.
We'll do a dredge.
[Carli] It's hard to buy a lot of food for $30.
Catfish.
The catfish was so affordable.
I was thinking crispy potatoes,
and a creamy spinach and mushroom sauce.
Mushrooms.
Garlic.
We love horseradish and seafood.
So it feels seems like a natural thing
to put into the crate.
I grab the buttermilk...
Corn flour.
...as well as the eggs for the breading.
-[Guy] What are you thinking? -We're gonna do fried catfish.
Fried catfish. Great.
-[exclaiming indistinctly] -[Carli] Hello!
-Oh! -Get the lemons and the oatmeal!
-[Rikki Ann] Lemons! -You got it!
-[Rikki Ann] Carli, get some chives! -[Robin] Chives! Chives!
If that's not a Zink family shopping trip right there,
I don't know what is.
We gotta get started!
Yep.
I hear them.
I'm not listening to them.
[all chuckling]
Am I getting close?
So you're at $27.76.
All right, $2.24 is your change.
[cheerfully] Thank you!
[snapping fingers]
For our family dinner party, we're making
Gobi Manchurian.
Should I get plain gobi?
Right there, to the right.
We're gonna fry some cauliflower,
which is what we call gobi in Hindi.
-Green onions? Green onions? -Green onions!
Okay, I'm looking.
[suspenseful music playing]
For the Manchurian sauce, I know I need to grab
onions with the mint.
Ginger and garlic.
What's the cheapest one?
[Purnima] Ketchup seems like a strange ingredient,
but in Indian cooking, we do use it a lot.
It gives the flavor of the tomatoes.
Okay, I gotta find the cheapest soya sauce that I can find.
-Making the batter for the gobi. -[Purnima] Okay.
[Tarun] The dredge.
I'm actually really impressed
with what the Sinha family is doing.
They're already starting with the ingredients
which are on the station.
They're already starting with that,
which I think is a great idea.
We have all-purpose flour, paprika, cumin,
cayenne pepper and a touch of cinnamon.
Okay, caraway seeds is a very specific item.
We want to make a puri.
Puri is a puffed bread.
[Tarun] It's very fun, it's festive.
[Priya] So, I'm grabbing caraway seeds.
-A-ha! Got it. -$4.69.
All right, we're getting the wheat flour.
You have flour in your station, Chef.
You can't just use white flour?
[Priya] My mother-in-law tells me,
-"I need wheat flour." I need wheat flour. -[Guy] All right, just...
So, that's a little bit more than $10 of our whole budget for the bread.
You got 30 bucks and you're gonna buy wheat flour.
I mean, that's a pretty big buy.
-[intense music playing] -[beeping]
You have no protein, this is all vegetable?
-This is all vegetable. -Okay.
$23.12.
[Guy] So, you have $6.88 left. Not bad.
-Flavortown has great prices. -[chuckling]
[Priya] So sorry! You already started!
-Oh, yeah. -This is so good.
My first time ever doing this show,
was on the Budget Challenge.
And it was difficult.
It's so hard to shop on a budget
when you have to create a meal.
A lot of times people could fake it
and try to make it on this show,
'cause you could buy something that's already got some flavor in it.
-Yep. -Budget Battle.
90% gotta be made from scratch.
[intense music playing]
We have $7 left.
-Whoa! What? -So, let me know.
Just buy them a bottle of wine.
[chuckling]
-We like the way you think, sir. -I like how you think.
Approximately how long in the fryer
does catfish go again? I'm gonna be honest.
It doesn't take-- It doesn't need very long.
It's Family Dinner Party,
will it be okay if they gave us hors d'oeuvres?
Well, they only have $30.
I'm gonna be real hungry
if you give me just the hors d'oeuvres.
What're we makin'? Give me the menu.
So, we're gonna do, uh, fried catfish,
-my mamaw's recipe. -[Guy] Okay.
[Carli] Crispy fried potatoes, horseradish,
buttermilk, spinach and mushrooms.
Got it, got it, got it.
Every time Mamaw comes into town,
every time the family gathers together,
we have a catfish fry.
[Carli] I'm gonna cut these potatoes
and go and throw 'em in the fryer.
Then I'm gonna make a paprika salt
to put on these once they come out of the fryer.
-I think potatoes always just taste better fried. -[Rikki Ann] Fried.
And it's a party.
We need fried things for a party.
-Fry everything. -[Robin laughing]
I got the catfish covered.
[Rikki Ann] How are we gonna season this catfish?
[Carli] Do some paprika
and a little bit of cayenne in there.
Honey, I need to put the catfish in this oil, hon.
[Carli] All right.
If the potatoes are done we just gotta season 'em.
Carli?
-[Carli] Yeah? -[Robin] What kinda time do you want this catfish, hon?
-[Carli] However long Mamaw would do it. -[Robin] Okay.
[dramatic music playing]
[Priya] Okay, I'm gonna start cutting the cauliflower.
[Tarun] For our Family Dinner Party dish,
we're making Gobi Manchurian with puri.
Manchurian is-- Everyone loves it.
It's an Indo-Chinese dish actually.
It's a hit. We had it on our wedding.
We're gonna fry some cauliflower,
and that's gonna be so central to the Manchurian dish.
[sizzling]
When they are working on the Manchurian,
I'm going to work on the puri.
It's gonna take maybe ten minutes, to like,
make one edible.
[Purnima] So, I've started to making a dough
but the clock is so fast.
-[Tarun chuckles] -[Purnima chuckling] We cannot wait...
Wait for the dough to rise.
Yeah, let's see. I'm going to deep-fry them.
Let's see if that works.
I hope it turns out good.
Puris are Indian deep fried breads.
They call it the "balloon bread."
Because as soon as you put it in the fryer, they balloon up.
Just do-- Just do a paratha instead, that's...
I know.
-Yeah, just do that. -Okay.
I was planning to make a puri, but it wasn't working.
So, I had to switch it-- Switch the gear.
So, made a paratha, which was much easier and faster.
[Guy] How're we looking, Mom?
I'm going to make paratha now, not puri. [chuckling]
So, switching gear.
You-- You're changing gears?
-Yes. -Okay.
-[intense music playing] -All right, families!
We have got ten minutes.
-[Robin] Carli, what do you think, I take these out? -Yeah, let's do it.
When I see that catfish coming out of the fryer,
it looks golden, it looks crispy.
I'm gonna cut up the mushrooms.
-Hey... [indistinct] -Let's put a pan on.
For the spinach sauce, I started with the mushrooms.
-We definitely wanna win today. -That's true. Yeah!
-We're pretty competitive. -[chuckling]
[Carli] And we are hoping to win some money
to donate to Alzheimer's research.
Recently, within the past year,
a close family member of ours
was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
And it kinda hit us
-pretty hard. -Pretty close to our heart.
It's really close to our heart.
Not thickening up as quick.
I noticed that the buttermilk was not thickening the sauce
and was starting to break.
Then I remembered that I had some money left over.
So, I went and got some sour cream.
-[cashier] $2.07. -[Carli] Perfect.
That would help thicken this sauce,
and bring it back together.
Hey, how's that cream sauce lookin'?
[Carli] I got some sour cream to thicken it up with.
I think it's okay.
[intense music playing]
[spoon clattering]
-Let's start building this beautiful, beautiful sauce. -Yeah.
[Tarun] The first step in making the Manchurian sauce,
is to just sweat out some onions,
some garlic, some chilis.
We're gonna food process that really quick.
Throw it into a saucepan, uh, with some oil,
and then throw in some ketchup.
I wanna get this, like, nice and smooth.
[whirring]
I know the sauce will come together
because I am
the Sauce Master.
[all chuckling]
You want to try this sauce and let me know what you think?
-It's good. -Yeah? You like it?
-Yeah. -Okay.
[Tarun] This dish is definitely gonna
bring us home the money.
[Priya] Currently, we live in a very small space in DC,
690 square feet.
We're both working from home, so if we win today,
we're hoping to put some money towards
getting a bigger space.
Buying a home that we can really start our lives in.
-[Tarun] Oh, perfect. -[Purnima] Yeah.
Oh, they look great.
Just put a little butter on them too.
Four minutes! Four to go!
[dramatic music playing]
[Carli] We gotta plate the pretty side up.
[Rikki Ann] No, they're good. They look delicious.
[Carli] We start with the creamy spinach
and mushroom sauce at the bottom.
Then we put that fish on top,
making sure that we can keep the top nice and crispy.
We put the potatoes on the side,
and sprinkle a little bit of lemon and herb
over the whole thing to finish.
Two minutes!
[Priya] So, we added the sauce to each bowl,
and then kind of,
nestled the fried cauliflower in each bowl.
We put the paratha on the side.
It was a really fast paratha,
I ever made in my life.
[counting down] Five,
four,
three,
two, one,
-that's it! -[Catherine] Oh, my God!
Good job.
Wow! Wow!
-Great. -We did everything.
[Rikki Ann muffled] It's a party, party!
-[Priya] Oh! We did it! -[Tarun] Sorry, my hands.
-That's okay. -[Tarun laughing]
[Guy] All right, teams!
It's time to take those family party plates,
over to the party of three.
Follow me to the judges, right this way.
All right, judges, here we are.
This is Game 2 of Family Teams,
and it was a little Budget Battle.
Up first, Zink family,
tell us all about this party meal.
For our Family Dinner Party, we made fried catfish.
Fish fries are a big thing in the South,
especially with my mamaw.
So, anytime we-- family gets together,
we always do fried catfish.
We served it with a side of crispy potatoes,
and then creamy spinach and mushroom sauce
on the bottom.
Catfish is done beautifully.
Cooked to perfection and the choice of catfish,
given the fact that this was a Budget Battle,
and you all had $30,
very smart.
I love the fresh mushrooms and spinach.
Like, I like the way it looks, I love the presentation.
The potatoes, way over-seasoned.
I mean, you really went for it with the pantry staples.
And I wish they had a double fry.
They were just, sort of, fine.
Ladies, ladies, ladies.
I thought this was a great family dinner.
I'm not for sure it was a great dinner party.
Thank you.
All right, not to be outdone,
the Sinha family.
What do you have for us?
Hello again, judges.
For our Family Party Dinner, we made
Gobi Manchurian and paratha.
Manchurian is a Indo-Chinese sauce
that we have for all of our dinner parties.
We even had it our-- at our wedding.
It's got a mix of chili sauce,
and soya sauce, and ketchup, and spices.
And we just fried some cauliflower
and put it on top.
Then on the side, we have paratha,
which is a whole wheat flatbread.
[suspenseful music playing]
That cauliflower is damn good!
I love how tender it is,
and I love this sauce in here,
you've got big chunks of peppers.
I love the fact that,
this is what you served for your wedding,
and you look at this as party food.
It's delicious.
The paratha, I like the caraway seeds.
So, the paratha works very well.
I was very concerned, it's perfectly cooked.
[Maneet] The Manchurian is... delicious.
I love the cauliflower.
I do think that the sauce has too much vinegar in it.
With Manchurian, it is balance of
sweet with tart and spicy.
Over here, tart overtakes this entire flavor profile.
[Darnell] I love the cauliflower.
Like, the sauce you made,
I could definitely sense that this was a Budget Battle
from the sauce.
But all together,
I'm not for sure
it would stand up at a dinner party,
but you would be showing me your family,
if I came in to party, with this right here.
-Thank you. -Oh, thank you.
You all did a really good job, very proud of you.
You should be very happy.
We are gonna send you back to the kitchens.
Then we'll call you back,
and, uh, someone will make a lot of money,
and someone will have their day wrecked. Okay?
-Thank you very much. -[contestants] Thank you.
-[chuckling] -Thank you.
[suspenseful music playing]
Whose $30 dinner is worth 20,000 bucks?
Twenty points available in Gameplay,
Twenty points available in Taste,
Ten points available in Plating.
Let's take a look at the scores.
Sinha family, 39 points.
Four points behind.
Gameplay, 16 out of 20.
Taste, 16 out of 20.
Seven in Plating,
for a 39.
Another 39 and 78 points.
We're consistent.
[Guy] Zink family.
[intense music playing]
Fifteen out of twenty in Gameplay.
Fifteen out of twenty in Taste.
Eight out of Plating, for a 38.
You lose in that second round,
but you win on the overall for 81 points!
-[Catherine] Wow! -[all applauding]
-Wow! -[Carli] Shut up! Oh!
Congratulations!
Sinha family, I'll tell you what,
great job in the second round,
but just three points behind for the win.
So, thank you very much. Very nice to meet you guys.
-Great to have you here. -[all applauding]
-[Priya] Thank you, guys. -Good luck to you!
[Purnima] We had a great time.
We had amazing time.
-This is a once in a lifetime experience. -Right.
Unless Guy wants us back for more, 'cause we're available.
-Right. -Yeah.
[Guy] All right, guys. Thank you.
[Catherine] You did a great job.
-[Guy] Nice family. -[female judge] So nice.
Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the Zink girls.
[all cheering] Whoo! Yay!
Well, get ready to go shopping for up to 20,000 bucks.
What are we gonna do with the money?
We're gonna give a portion of it
to Alzheimer's research.
-That's awesome. -[cheering and applauding]
All right, come on over here, say hi to the judges
and we're gonna go shopping.
Here's the deal, ladies.
[breathing heavily]
We're gonna give you a choice of how you wanna win
up to 20,000 bucks.
-[dramatic music playing] -Now, there's the Aisle Spree.
Now the Aisle Spree is where we give you two minutes,
to find ten random items.
For every item that you find and you put in the cart,
you get $2,000.
If you don't wanna do the Aisle Spree,
there's a check, right now, behind that behind that door.
It's right there. It's already filled out.
And it is worth,
between ten and twenty thousand dollars.
Or we could take the list and you could go shopping.
Okay, I need your final answer, ladies.
-We're playin'. -We're playing.
-We're playin'. -We'll play.
[Guy] Let's take a look at the check.
[suspenseful music playing]
-[Darnell chuckles] -[Robin] Okay, you girls, you didn't-- That's only $14,000.
-[Carli] Oh, my goodness! We got it. -[Rikki Ann] Got it! Gotta go!
-All you have to do is get better than seven aisles. -We got it.
And we're gonna go in three, two, one.
-And they're off! -[cheering and shouting] Go, go, go!
-Looking for Clementines. -[indistinct shouting]
Clementines!
[bell dings]
You're going for pickles!
-Got 'em! Go! Go! Go! -[bell dings]
Rolling pin! Rolling pin! Rolling pin!
-Rolling pin! Rolling pin! -In baking.
-Whoo! -Go!
-[Guy] Farfalle! -[judges cheering]
[Darnell] $2,000!
[all three] Farfalle?
[Rikki Ann shrieking] I don't know what farfalle is?
I got it. I got it.
Aisle 5, we're looking for sardines.
-Sorry. -Sardines, sardines.
-Anchovies are similar. -Sardines.
-Got it. -Okay, go!
Something with a dog on it!
[Carli] Dog food!
-Something with a dog on it! -[Guy over mic] Aisle 6, something with a dog on it!
-[shouting] A dog! Spill proof! -Go!
Aisle 7, pistachios!
-Seven. -Pistachios! Pistachios!
-Oh, yeah! -Pistachios!
-Got it. -Go! Go! Go!
[shouting] Go! Go!
-[judges cheering] Whoo! -Good job.
Aisle 8, cranberry juice!
-[Robin] Ooh! -[Rikki Ann] Where's the cranberry juice?
-[Robin] There it is. -[Rikki Ann] Yes!
Aisle 9, ice cream cones!
Ice cream cones!
-[Maneet] Ice cream cones! -[Darnell] Keep it goin'!
-[shouting] -[Darnell] Good luck!
-[female judge] Come on! -[Robin] Right here!
-[Carli] The cones? -[Rikki Ann] Ice cream cones, get 'em!
-The cones? -Any other?
-Salami! -[Guy over mic] Salami!
Go! Go! Go!
[Robin] What is it? What is it?
[Carli] Salami.
[thrilling music intensifies]
[all cheering] Whoo!
Ladies and gentlemen, salami...
-for 20,000 bucks! -[all cheering] Whoo!
[Guy] Give it up for the Zink girls!
Donate a bunch of that money to Alzheimer's research.
They're good people.
-You know, we'll see you next week on Triple G. -Yeah!