On the Menu is an American reality competition series that aired on TNT. It was the first cooking show that gave viewers the chance to taste the winning dish. In each episode, four home cooks battled for the chance to have their dish served in a national restaurant chain. The show featured Ty Pennington as host and Emeril Lagasse as menu master. It was produced by Mark Burnett.
Format Each episode begins with the cooks demonstrating they understand the featured restaurant during a preliminary challenge. In the second round, the three remaining contestants create a new dish for the restaurant. The dishes are served to diners whose votes determine which two cooks will move onto the final round. In the final round, the cooks have the opportunity to perfect their dishes based on comments they received from the diners before serving them to Ty, Emeril and representatives of the restaurant. Those representatives determine the winner, whose dish was put on the restaurant's menu the next day.
Episodes
No. Title Challenge Winning Dish Air Date 1 Chili's Burgers Meat & Three Burger
2 Denny's Breakfast Apple Danish Stuffed French Toast 3 California Pizza Kitchen Pizza Korean Barbecue Pizza 4 Planet Hollywood Dessert Raspberry Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake 5 Emeril's Seafood Crab Lasagna 6 The Cheesecake Factory Asian Vietnamese Meatball Sub 7 Cabo Wabo Cantina/Sammy's Beach Bar Mexican Shrimp Enchilada Stack 8 Outback Steakhouse Steak sandwich Market Steak Melt 9 Buca di Beppo PastaFresh Harvest Pappardelle/Beppo's Soffici Cuscini 10 Dickey's Barbecue Pit New Dish Stampede Stew
This episode had two winners (Nicole & Lynn), both dishes are available on the menu.
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