Compete to Eat (2014 - 2014)

Chefs must use only what they have on hand, which include figs.

Jo's comfort food goes up against Aldo's crab croquettes as brothers compete.

Siblings who live next door to one another team up with the chefs and go head to head in a three-course meal battle, with neighbours and friends as judges.

Jo and Aldo arrive at island homes via boat to cook meals with only what they can find in the homes. Jo must use wild game ingredients, and Aldo must cook with an antique stove.

Chefs Jo and Aldo visit home kitchens and try to prepare gourmet three-course meals using only what the homeowners have on hand; a wannabe chef preoccupies Aldo; a rustic kitchen challenges Jo.

Quinoa salad with squid steaks; chorizo topped tostadas; speckled trout and goat cheese dumplings.

Creating a three-course meal out of the ingredients found in coolers and kitchenettes of RV's, Jo teams up with a self-titled Old Crone, and Aldo works with an artist who loves fire.

Chef Jo and life long friends Lisa and Vanessa vs Chef Aldo, bushwhacking cook Deb, and rock star Matt.

Chefs Jo Lusted and Aldo Lanzillotta go to houses accessible only by boat.

Chef Jo works with A-type city girl Samara while Chef Aldo Lanzillotta cooks with Italian mother Mary Lou.

Aldo works with Pete, a retired detective, to make tuna pillows stuffed with avocado puree and butter tart with pecan vanilla ice cream; Jo works with klutzy Barb to create an herb roasted chicken with beet puree and apple goat cheese galette.

Creating a gourmet meal in cabins with no power or running water, Jo cooks coffee crusted beef with grilled vegetables with David and Brendan, and Aldo cooks small mouth bass with tomato curry and roasted prawns with Jessica and Jackson.