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January 24, 2007

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Robert and Guy's Holiday Havoc
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Robert and Guy's Holiday Havoc

Chef Robert and the incomparable Guy Fieri team up with Share our Strength and are in the spirit of giving. It's a special holiday episode of Dinner: Impossible with the Santa Rosa Boys and Girls Clubs. It's a merry mission indeed!

Aired: 12/09/09

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Boxed In: Terminal Trouble

Boxed In: Terminal Trouble

Chef Irvine faces a challenge so vast it may be his doom. He's sent to Philadelphia's Packer Avenue Marine terminal where he has seven hours to prepare a stick-to-your-ribs lunch for 150 longshoremen hungry from loading and unloading the ships. Unfortunately, his ingredients are in the shipping containers found over the hundred or so acres of the terminal, and he's cooking in an empty parking lot.

Airs: 03/03/10

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Robert Irvine returns to the show and is met with harder challenges and even more difficult venues for his trouble. This season includes trips to the X Games, a roulette wheel that determines the number of diners, a fundraiser, and many more. Through it all, Irvine will try to maintain his cool andMore give everyone the culinary events of their lives. Broadcast History : Seasons 1-4 Master Chef Robert Irvine is presented with an unusual culinary challenge each week. Will he be able to come up with an authentic 18th century meal? Will he be able to create a rich culinary experience for 150 passengers on a luxury train? Watch as one of the most respected and talented chefs in the world works with his two sous chefs, George and George, to overcome obstacles and deliver a masterpiece of cuisine. Broadcast Time: 10 pm Wednesdays E/P (Seasons 1-3 half-hour, Season 4 one hour) Season 5 Iron Chef and Restaurateur Michael Symon (Lola and Lolita in Cleveland, Ohio) takes on brand new challenges in season five, along with his sous chefs, Tim and Greg. Watch as this Culinary Institute of America graduate is challenged with missions most chefs would run from screaming, and enjoy the new rebel attitude as Michael and his Harley ride into each impossible dinner challenge. Broadcast Time: 10 pm Wednesdays E/P (half-hour) Program Notes Robert Irvine was let go after résumé discrepancies were exposed by Florida's St. Petersburg Times on February 17, 2008. He had taped three of 13 ordered one-hour episodes, and these were burned off during the summer of 2008. Food Network hired a new host, Michael Symon, and ordered 10 half-hour episodes which aired near the end of Summer 2008, although early press claimed they would be one hour in length. The show with Symon at the helm took a slightly different tone and tack, illustrating the differences between a restaurateur caterer and an event chef. Fewer dishes were produced each episode, and Michael's laid-back attitude was poles apart from Robert's charged delivery. On November 20, 2008, 15 days after Symon's final season five episode, Food Network quietly released a written statement that Irvine would return the following March with six one-hour episodes, although the date was pushed to April, 2009. Symon, in a Cleveland.com interview on November 21, 2008, said that he knew when he accepted the job that it was almost certain that it would be for just the one season, but he was prevented by his contract from discussing it until after the announcement.

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  • Season Eight

    Robert Irvine returns to the show and is met with harder challenges and even more difficult venues for his trouble. This season includes trips to the X Games, a roulette wheel that determines the number of diners, a fundraiser, and many more. Through it all, Irvine will try to maintain his cool andMore give everyone the culinary events of their lives. Broadcast History : Seasons 1-4 Master Chef Robert Irvine is presented with an unusual culinary challenge each week. Will he be able to come up with an authentic 18th century meal? Will he be able to create a rich culinary experience for 150 passengers on a luxury train? Watch as one of the most respected and talented chefs in the world works with his two sous chefs, George and George, to overcome obstacles and deliver a masterpiece of cuisine. Broadcast Time: 10 pm Wednesdays E/P (Seasons 1-3 half-hour, Season 4 one hour) Season 5 Iron Chef and Restaurateur Michael Symon (Lola and Lolita in Cleveland, Ohio) takes on brand new challenges in season five, along with his sous chefs, Tim and Greg. Watch as this Culinary Institute of America graduate is challenged with missions most chefs would run from screaming, and enjoy the new rebel attitude as Michael and his Harley ride into each impossible dinner challenge. Broadcast Time: 10 pm Wednesdays E/P (half-hour) Program Notes Robert Irvine was let go after résumé discrepancies were exposed by Florida's St. Petersburg Times on February 17, 2008. He had taped three of 13 ordered one-hour episodes, and these were burned off during the summer of 2008. Food Network hired a new host, Michael Symon, and ordered 10 half-hour episodes which aired near the end of Summer 2008, although early press claimed they would be one hour in length. The show with Symon at the helm took a slightly different tone and tack, illustrating the differences between a restaurateur caterer and an event chef. Fewer dishes were produced each episode, and Michael's laid-back attitude was poles apart from Robert's charged delivery. On November 20, 2008, 15 days after Symon's final season five episode, Food Network quietly released a written statement that Irvine would return the following March with six one-hour episodes, although the date was pushed to April, 2009. Symon, in a Cleveland.com interview on November 21, 2008, said that he knew when he accepted the job that it was almost certain that it would be for just the one season, but he was prevented by his contract from discussing it until after the announcement.

    1 comments, last one Jan 4, 2010
  • Two new episodes before Christmas to round out season 7

    Robert Irvine returns to the show and is met with harder challenges and even more difficult venues for his trouble. This season includes trips to the X Games, a roulette wheel that determines the number of diners, a fundraiser, and many more. Through it all, Irvine will try to maintain his cool andMore give everyone the culinary events of their lives. Broadcast History : Seasons 1-4 Master Chef Robert Irvine is presented with an unusual culinary challenge each week. Will he be able to come up with an authentic 18th century meal? Will he be able to create a rich culinary experience for 150 passengers on a luxury train? Watch as one of the most respected and talented chefs in the world works with his two sous chefs, George and George, to overcome obstacles and deliver a masterpiece of cuisine. Broadcast Time: 10 pm Wednesdays E/P (Seasons 1-3 half-hour, Season 4 one hour) Season 5 Iron Chef and Restaurateur Michael Symon (Lola and Lolita in Cleveland, Ohio) takes on brand new challenges in season five, along with his sous chefs, Tim and Greg. Watch as this Culinary Institute of America graduate is challenged with missions most chefs would run from screaming, and enjoy the new rebel attitude as Michael and his Harley ride into each impossible dinner challenge. Broadcast Time: 10 pm Wednesdays E/P (half-hour) Program Notes Robert Irvine was let go after résumé discrepancies were exposed by Florida's St. Petersburg Times on February 17, 2008. He had taped three of 13 ordered one-hour episodes, and these were burned off during the summer of 2008. Food Network hired a new host, Michael Symon, and ordered 10 half-hour episodes which aired near the end of Summer 2008, although early press claimed they would be one hour in length. The show with Symon at the helm took a slightly different tone and tack, illustrating the differences between a restaurateur caterer and an event chef. Fewer dishes were produced each episode, and Michael's laid-back attitude was poles apart from Robert's charged delivery. On November 20, 2008, 15 days after Symon's final season five episode, Food Network quietly released a written statement that Irvine would return the following March with six one-hour episodes, although the date was pushed to April, 2009. Symon, in a Cleveland.com interview on November 21, 2008, said that he knew when he accepted the job that it was almost certain that it would be for just the one season, but he was prevented by his contract from discussing it until after the announcement.

    1 comments, last one Nov 2, 2009
  • New episodes added to season 7

    Robert Irvine returns to the show and is met with harder challenges and even more difficult venues for his trouble. This season includes trips to the X Games, a roulette wheel that determines the number of diners, a fundraiser, and many more. Through it all, Irvine will try to maintain his cool andMore give everyone the culinary events of their lives. Broadcast History : Seasons 1-4 Master Chef Robert Irvine is presented with an unusual culinary challenge each week. Will he be able to come up with an authentic 18th century meal? Will he be able to create a rich culinary experience for 150 passengers on a luxury train? Watch as one of the most respected and talented chefs in the world works with his two sous chefs, George and George, to overcome obstacles and deliver a masterpiece of cuisine. Broadcast Time: 10 pm Wednesdays E/P (Seasons 1-3 half-hour, Season 4 one hour) Season 5 Iron Chef and Restaurateur Michael Symon (Lola and Lolita in Cleveland, Ohio) takes on brand new challenges in season five, along with his sous chefs, Tim and Greg. Watch as this Culinary Institute of America graduate is challenged with missions most chefs would run from screaming, and enjoy the new rebel attitude as Michael and his Harley ride into each impossible dinner challenge. Broadcast Time: 10 pm Wednesdays E/P (half-hour) Program Notes Robert Irvine was let go after résumé discrepancies were exposed by Florida's St. Petersburg Times on February 17, 2008. He had taped three of 13 ordered one-hour episodes, and these were burned off during the summer of 2008. Food Network hired a new host, Michael Symon, and ordered 10 half-hour episodes which aired near the end of Summer 2008, although early press claimed they would be one hour in length. The show with Symon at the helm took a slightly different tone and tack, illustrating the differences between a restaurateur caterer and an event chef. Fewer dishes were produced each episode, and Michael's laid-back attitude was poles apart from Robert's charged delivery. On November 20, 2008, 15 days after Symon's final season five episode, Food Network quietly released a written statement that Irvine would return the following March with six one-hour episodes, although the date was pushed to April, 2009. Symon, in a Cleveland.com interview on November 21, 2008, said that he knew when he accepted the job that it was almost certain that it would be for just the one season, but he was prevented by his contract from discussing it until after the announcement.

    1 comments, last one Oct 26, 2009
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    9 Superb

    The original chef is always best! hide show

    This show was certainly abyssal when that "other" chef took it over. Now there is reason to celebrate because Robert Irvine is back. Robert is awesome because he keeps his cool, always completing his mission. The other chef made the show too gruff and harsh. It's hard to explain, but fans of Chef Robert will understand what I mean. I was shocked when Robert was no longer on the show, I felt he was wrongly let go. Now it's great to see Food Network realize their mistake and reinstate the proper chef back on his show. Welcome back Chef Robert, we're thrilled that your back.

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    1 Abysmal

    "A complete waste of Time NOW" hide show

    What a way to turn a great show with Chef Robert Irvine into a boring just run of the mill show. So Chef Irvine made up some white lies and he is not forgiven and given a second chance. That is pathetic! This is America isn't that what we are all about. I like Chef Symon on the Iron Chef but he can't hold a candle to Chef Irvine on this show. They need to think outside of the box a get Chef Symon his own show not taking over a show that is simply not made to show off his strengths. BRING IRVINE BACK!!!!

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    1 Abysmal

    What a waste of time to watch now. BRING BACK ROBERT! hide show

    I am so not please with the choice to take Robert Irvine off the show. The new Chef stinks. I want Robert back. So what he padded his CV who hasnt. I have removed this show from my DVR and refuse to watch the new one. Its so depressing they the networks keep taking all the good shows and people off of our favorite shows. If they continue to do this no one will watch TV anymore was to go. Robert was great on Dinner Impossible and I would love to see him back. I really hope someone down the line on another network picks him up for a new show. I would love to see him and Paula Dean do something together. For now Food Network as lost me as a viewer.

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    9.9 Superb

    This is/was one of my favorite shows. I made a point of making sure I never missed an episode. hide show

    I'm sorely disappointed to see Chef Irvine gone from the show.I know he told some white lies,but who of us doesn't? The network just lost another viewer.I guess it just frees up my time to watch another show on another network now. I like Symon on Iron chef but he just can't replace Robert.This show was made for Irvine and it fit him perfectly.I am becoming so disenchanted with t.v Every time I find a show I love the network replaces it with some poor substitute.I just pray another network sees Irvine for the gem he his and gives him his own show.

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    9.3 Superb

    Head Chef Robert Irvine tries to do the impossible when it comes to food. hide show

    The show begins like a Knight-Rider MI clone: a female voice comes on, tells Robert what his mission is and he's off! Whether he's cooking for a gathering in rual Maine or for celebs at a golfing tournament, Irvine is up to each challenge. Sometimes there is little or no equipment, and things are improvised; ie: plastic concrete buckets are used as mashed potato bowls. As he races against time, Irvine also manages to inspire dishes for you to try at home, especially great 'on the fly' desserts. Robert's staff of two sous chefs named "George" are also entertaining. The food shopping is a riot to watch, big beefy guys running around the market gathering masses of groceries. Very fun, my 15 year old loves it as well.

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