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March 27 - April 2, 2022 • Terre Haute Tribune-Star • 19 tastytv BY GEORGE DICKIE Chefs look for a 'Rat in the Kitchen' in TBS cooking competition show There is a "Rat in the Kitchen" – but no need to call the health department – in a cooking competition show upcoming on TBS. The premise of the 10-episode hourlong series that debuts Thursday, March 31, is pretty straightfoward. Professional chefs and home cooks compete in a series of creative cooking challenges, earning cash in their bank for every dish that chef Ludo Lefebvre ("The Mind of a Chef," "Ludo Bites America") gives his thumbs up. But one is the titular rodent trying to sabotage the others' creations. So in addition to impressing Lefebvre, they're also trying to determine the mole among them. In the end, if the cooks correctly guess the guilty party, they win the contents of the bank. If not, the saboteur gets the cash. Bringing the layperson's perspective is comic and actress Natasha Leggero ("Another Period," "Let's Be Cops"), whose job as host is to keep things light as the competition progresses. But she also found her palate getting sharper with all the tasting. "Now, it's just very hard for me to go to any restaurant," Leggero explains. "My husband's telling me I'm complaining about food all the time, and I'm like, 'No, I'm just dissecting it.' So I think that just really getting into the food and the game, it just kind of all came. "And Ludo is so passionate and serious about the food and his standards are so high," she continues. "So just having fun with that and defusing it, and I think that we did strike a good balance between how serious Ludo is about the food and also not taking it completely seriously. He was very fun to riff with, and Ludo's very funny, too." But spotting the rat wasn't so easy. Sabotage on this show comes in so many forms, from slipping unwanted ingredients into a dish to neglecting to plate a part of the meal to encouraging a fellow cook's bad idea. Lefebvre admits he was glad he didn't have to do it. "It was hard to figure out what's going on in the kitchen," the chef says. "I was not used to seeing a kitchen, like so many different foods in the kitchen, movement, creativity. I mean, there's a lot of chefs in one kitchen, and a lot of things going on. It's very difficult to find the rats. ... The kitchen was very painful." Natasha Leggero Sunday 3:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Four chefs wear body cams for Guy's craziest compe- tition ever; Bret Michaels and Lee Majors appear. 4:00 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies Wrestling legend Chris Jericho brings his favorite fast-food breakfast. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Guy brings three DDD family duos to Flavortown to com- pete. 4:30 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies Former NBA All-Star Baron Da- vis talks hoops, fast-food and chicken feet. 5:00 p.m. HIST The Food That Built America Right behind Kroc, a wave of other entre- preneurs tries to cash in on the fast food restaurant craze. (In Stereo) FOOD Guy's Grocery Games DDD families make classic cu - linary duos, starting with a list of key ingredients they must feature. 6:00 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies There's only one thing that can get Bobby Lee to leave the house before 3 p.m. HIST The Food That Built America A chemist invents a condensed soup that brings this rare luxury to the nation for the first time. (In Stereo) FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Three DDD family duos com - pete in Flavortown for the last spot in the tournament finale. 6:30 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies Nikki Glaser brings the chefs a fast-food classic. 7:00 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies GaTa turns up the heat with a delicious and tropical pizza challenge for the three chefs. HIST The Food That Built America A rivalry that will birth countless iconic soda products and memorable mar- keting stunts. (In Stereo) FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Three families compete to de- cide who wins the DDD Family Tournament and the $20,000 prize. 7:30 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies Cracking the ultimate fried chicken code will put the chefs to the test. 8:00 p.m. HIST The Food That Built America Tom Carvel discovers that half-melted ice cream is a surefire hit with cus- tomers. (In Stereo) FOOD Tournament of Champi- ons (N) (In Stereo) 9:00 p.m. HIST The Food That Built America Lee Marshall bets on a new kind of bread, inspiring a homemaker to cre- ate a healthier alternative. (N) (In Stereo) 10:00 p.m. FOOD Alex vs America Chef Alex Guarnaschelli and Eric Adjepong watch as three chocolatiers take on chocolate challenges. (N) 10:02 p.m. HIST Adam Eats the 80s (N) (In Stereo) Monday 7:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Amanda Freitag and Sunny Anderson team up to tackle Bobby Flay; Michael Buttaca- voli; Scott McDonald. 7:30 p.m. WFYI Roadfood The acai bowl and plant-based food movement in Los Angeles. (In Stereo) FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Eddie Jackson and actress and come- dian Rachel Dratch are hoping to prevent a foodie downer by bringing in chefs Dorian Hunter and Britt Rescigno for a win against Bobby Flay. Womp womp. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Spring Baking Championship Molly asks the bakers to take the beauty of cherry blossoms and turn them into inspired desserts. (N) 9:00 p.m. FOOD The Julia Child Challenge (N) 10:00 p.m. FOOD Spring Baking Championship The four re - maining bakers make over-the- top charcuterie boards filled with Easter treats. (N) Tuesday 7:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Chefs must get creative when they find a kitschy, oddball cake in their appetizer baskets. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Pork appetizer; large bird and an oddly-named radish; ice cream that only a butcher could love. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped The chefs find out that the ingredi - ents for their battle were cho- sen by fans via social media. (N) 10:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Tripe and mustard rabe appetizers; entree with Asian sauce and protein; Mexican chocolate desserts. 10:01 p.m. A&E Deep Fried Dy - nasty (N) (In Stereo) Wednesday 8:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games Guy Fieri has invited six judges to join him for April Fools' Day pranks. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery Games The chefs make a version of their grandkids' favorite dish; budgeting and coupon clipping skills. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Guy's Grocery what'scooking Games Four sports-loving chefs gear up for some tailgating. Thursday 5:30 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies TV host Natasha Leggero has the chefs re-create her favorite fast casual burrito. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay It's a battle of Southern chefs as Houston's Roshni Gurnani battles New Orleans' Carl Schaubhut. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Ted Allen and Damaris Phillips bring in chef Paul Fehribach and chef Sara Nguyen to face off. 6:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Don Lemon and Chef Alex have news: Bobby is going down. 7:00 p.m. BRAVO Top Chef FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Emilie de Ravin and Katie Lee choose Jamie Lynch and Shorne Benja - min to compete to face Bobby. 7:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Things get heated when Florida chefs Noel Cruz and Andrew Zarzosa face off for a shot at Bobby Flay. 8:00 p.m. WTHI-2 MasterChef The remaining 14 junior chefs split into two teams to prepare a medieval-themed dish. (N) (In Stereo) BRAVO Top Chef (N) FOOD Restaurant: Impossible Robert revisits the Ginger Monkey to see if they've made any progress. (N) 9:00 p.m. TBS Rat in the Kitchen (N) FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Bobby Flay tries to make chefs Ray - mond Yaptinchay and Cara Stadler go nuts in the kitchen. Michael Voltaggio and actress Morena Baccarin are there to cheer them on to victory. (N) 9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Actress Jane Krakowski teams up with Chef Michael Symon to steal Bobby Flay's spotlight. 10:00 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies Os - car-nominated writers Kenny and Keith Lucas bring a duo of fast food delicacies to the kitchen. (N) FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Derek Simcik goes up against Sylva Senat; Chris Santos and Marc Murphy choose the best chef. Friday 8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy Fieri digs into both meat and sweet, starting in Sioux Falls, S.D., where a market-butcher eatery is serv- ing a culinary extravaganza; in Fargo, N.D., a bakery cafe makes sticky pecan rolls and a savory French pastry dish. 8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Beef empanadas and veggie tarta; brisket sandwich - es and pulled pork; Tex-Mex breakfast. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy finds clean eats in Sioux Falls, S.D. and a 25-in- gredient meatloaf in Fairbanks, Alaska. 9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives An eatery is serv- ing up tasty sandwiches and a sweet treat and a landmark has Southern specialties. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Pork belly at a funky Asian spot; duck pancakes at a diner; pints with sausages at a brewpub. Saturday 3:00 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies Former NBA All-Star Baron Da - vis talks hoops, fast-food and chicken feet. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Viewers vote for the top 10 burgers of all time. 3:30 p.m. TRUTV Fast Foodies Oscar-nominated writers Kenny and Keith Lucas bring a duo of fast food delicacies to the kitchen. 4:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Establishments that serve food 24 hours a day. 4:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Chili and Tater Tot pizza; Vietnamese pho bowls. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A joint serves spicy pork and knockout gnocchi; a Puerto Rican party spot mixes it up with mofongo. 5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Pasta institution cre - ates a sauce just for dipping chicken; a restaurant with a funky technique. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives In Culver City, Ha- waiian dishes; in Garden Grove, tamales and beef chamorro; in Monterey, oysters. 6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A hearty hangover soup; spaghetti and meatballs; potato pancakes with a savory stew. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Duck pastrami and knuckle sandwich; roast beef po' boy. 7:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Apple waffle with pancetta; deep fried breakfast empanadas. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Pulled pork; brisket; hen and dumplings; lamb belly BLT; mega-meat pizza; wild boar gnocchi. 8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Texas chili; pumpkin pancakes; peanut butter burg- er; Bacon Love ice cream; mole. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Loaded platters and arepas; barbecued pork and pork belly ramen; wings and a porchetta sandwich. 9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Mozzarella sticks and gravy fries; homestyle fried chicken and grits; meatless cho- rizo. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Barbecue wings and ribs; crab quesadillas and tuna tacos. 2 x 2" ad 812-535-1242 TDD# 1-800-545-1833 3461 St. Mary's Rd. 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