Money Hungry

Overview

Talented chefs, restaurant critics, cookbook authors and amateur home cooks are vying to win $50,000 in the ultimate test of their taste buds. Competitors showcase their impressive palates in a series of increasingly complex tasting challenges that push their senses and culinary knowledge to the limits.

Episodes

S01E01 Culinary Witchcraft

August 8, 2021 42 min

Personal chef Carmine Guglielmino is a self-proclaimed “culinary witch” with an uncanny ability to identify food tastes, smells and characteristics as if it were magic! He wastes no time impressing host Kal Penn and chefs...

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S01E02 “Bacon” Me Crazy

August 10, 2021 42 min

Host Kal Penn kicks off the competition with Shani Porter, personal chef to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. She's an intense competitor, but a “sweet hairdo,” bacon bouquet and tricky beer situation keep her on her...

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S01E03 Anything is “Pastable”

August 17, 2021 42 min

A lack of culinary training didn’t stop food and theater writer Ryan McPhee from passing the first 11 of his 15 culinary taste tests, and he’s back to finish the job. He’s immediately caught in...

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S01E04 Down to a “Tea”

August 24, 2021 42 min

Host Kal Penn welcomes back competitor Kanchan Koya, but with both of her Flavor Favors used up, she has a difficult road ahead and can’t call on Chef Esther Choi or culinary expert Nilou Motamed...

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S01E05 Who “Braised” You?

August 31, 2021 42 min

Food blogger Grace Vallo left corporate life to follow her dreams in food media, and she’s an energetic ace, but is she ready to face host Kal Penn’s pressure cooker questions? Grace’s hopes are pinned...

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