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.
[2] Each episode begins with the cooks demonstrating they understand the featured restaurant during a preliminary challenge.
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.