Gordon Ramsay's Future Food Stars 2
Channel: BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174)
TX Time: 20h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Gordon Ramsay is a Michelin-starred chef and CEO of a global business empire.
Now he's on the hunt for the UK's most exciting and innovative new food and drink business, and looking for the next generation 'Food Star' to invest in.
Gordon's always been at the cutting edge of his industry, and has hand-picked 12 of the UK's best up-and-coming food and drink entrepreneurs to compete to earn his investment - a whopping £150,000 of his own cash.
But to win Gordon's support will take more than just a great idea - the contenders will need to prove they possess the raw ingredients required to succeed: determination, dedication, passion and talent.
Gordon will drive the contenders through a series of relentless challenges designed to test their character and showcase their business skills because, according to Gordon, an idea is only as good as the person who's had it.
In the Season 2 premiere: Gordon invites his entrepreneurs to Glenapp Castle in Scotland, where he challenges them to create banquets celebrating his homeland.
Can they meet Gordon's exacting standards?
Supermarket Stakeout 5
Channel: Food Network (DStv 175)
TX Time: 18h00
Genre: Reality Competition, Food
Supermarket Stakeout, where the action begins when unsuspecting customers leave the store aisles and luck, negotiation and cooking skills are the ingredients to win, returns for a second season of fast-paced pop-up culinary battles.
Hosted by Iron Chef and Chopped judge Alex Guarnaschelli and shot on-location at supermarkets around the USA, each episode features four talented chefs who must ambush shoppers as they exit the store and blindly bid on their grocery bags without knowing what's inside.
Over three themed rounds with a budget of only $500 and pop-up kitchen setups, the chefs can only cook with the items they are able to negotiate out of the customer's carts with persuasion and a little cold hard cash.
A rotating panel of judges, which this season includes Scott Conant, Giada De Laurentiis, Bobby Flay and Molly Yeh, ultimately determine each week which competitor made the most successful menu and is awarded enough cash for a year's worth of groceries.
Set in pop-up kitchens outside local supermarkets, each episode begins with Alex giving the four chef contestants $500 apiece - their whole budget to buy ingredients for the three-round cooking competition.
In round one, the chefs can purchase ingredients only by blindly ambushing customers outside the store and negotiating for their grocery bags without knowing the contents.
In round two, competitors can only purchase groceries from a single shopper, but may look through the bags before negotiating the price.
In the final round, competitors may purchase five ingredients total, but can approach as many shoppers as it takes to get what they need.
After each themed cooking round, the least successful chef is eliminated, leaving two competitors going head-to-head in the final round, vying for a cash prize.
In the Season 5 premiere, "Passport to the Parking Lot": Alex Guarnaschelli takes four chefs on an international trip without leaving the parking lot.
First stop: Italy, where they dish up some countryside cuisine.
After judges Eric Adjepong and Gabe Bertaccini bid "ciao" to one chef, things get a little "bazaar" in Morocco.
Only one chef will say "bonjour" to a year's worth of groceries and the win.