TV Food Competition by BruceM

"So now America, with an open heart and an empty stomach, I say unto you in the words of my uncle..."

On Iron Chef America, what two-word phrase does The Chairman call out to signify that the competition has begun?

Alton Brown, in addition to his work on Iron Chef America (and Good Eats), now hosts which three-round elimination contest, in which four chefs each start with $25,000 (of prop money) that they use to bid on a series of sabotages and impediments?

Ted Allen hosts which three-round elimination contest, in which four chefs must incorporate baskets of incongruous mystery ingredients into their dishes?

(We want the series that has run from 2009 to present, not any spin-offs or special tournaments.)

Ted Allen himself was previously the food and wine expert on what Bravo series? Antoni Porowski holds the analogous position in the 2018 reboot with an entirely new quintet.

Two answers required. Pictured here are Bartolo Valastro, Jr., and Jeffrey Goldman, bakery proprietors and reality TV stars who are about to compete head-to-head on a six-episode Food Network series. Both of these cake men go by more familiar first names. Please give both of those first names (or just name the show).

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Two answers required. As seen on Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes, the aforementioned Valastro and Goldman ran bakeries in which two U.S. cities?

Unrelated to cake, these cities happen to be the birthplaces of Frank Sinatra and Michael Phelps.

Goldman also co-hosts Kids Baking Championship with what ex-wife of Eddie Van Halen? She was 15 when she began playing Barbara on the original One Day at a Time.

Meanwhile across the pond, The Great British Bake Off is presented (2017 to today) by Noel Fielding and which Danish-born British comedian, who also replaced Stephen Fry as the host of QI?

Speaking of Brits, what English chef was the first host of Dinner Impossible and the star of Restaurant: Impossible? He was also a judge on two seasons (seven years apart) of Worst Cooks in America.

What temperamental Scottish-born chef created the TV series Hell's Kitchen and judges MasterChef alongside Aarón Sanchez and Joe Bastianich?

Born in Chennai, which model has hosted Top Chef since its second season?

From 2004 until 2007, the aforementioned Top Chef host was married to which novelist?

Writing in the Independent in March 2019, Sean O'Grady described this author's best-known book as "no better than racist graffiti on a bus stop" and claimed to be "quite inclined to burn it."

Who hosted the short-lived NBC series America's Next Great Restaurant? On the Food Network series Throwdown! he competed against other chefs by trying to make a better version of their signature dish, going 32-68-1 in the process.

Adam Richman visited The Big Texan Steak Ranch (in Amarillo) in the very first episode of which Travel Channel series?

Richman went 36-23 across three seasons before coaching local residents in the fourth season and being replaced by Casey Webb for subsequent seasons.

Dan Smith & Steve McDonagh, [BLANK], Amy Finley, Aaron McCargo, Melissa d'Arabian, Aarti Sequeira...

Which celebrity completes that list of winners of the first six seasons of The Next Food Network Star?

And finally, which Netflix series stars comedian Nicole Byer and chef Jacques Torres? Contestants try to replicate elaborate cakes and confections on this show, whose title may be how you feel about the quiz you've completed.