Wall of Chefs
A group of home chefs compete, hoping to impress a rotating panel of Canadian culinary icons known as The Wall and take home a monetary prize.
Genre: Reality-TV
Cast:Noah Cappe , Lynn Crawford , Rob Gentile , Mark McEwan , Joe McLaren , Nicole King , Victor Barry , Christopher Mask , Charlie Cacapit , Susy Danelon , Roger Mooking , Hugh Acheson , Christa Bruneau-Guenther , Christine Cushing , Dale MacKay , Todd Perrin , Jae-Anthony Dougan , Rob Feenie
S1.E1 ∙ Welcome to the Wall
Home cooks create their signature dishes, then devise a recipe using ricotta, leeks and Sriracha sauce, and finally try to copy a chef's "crobster" roll.
S1.E2 ∙ Bing Bam Boom
Stymied by Massimo Capra's sun-dried tomatoes the cooks struggle for a fresh approach and pride is on the plate as the cooks seek to represent their cultural heritage by creating a restaurant-worthy pizza.
S1.E3 ∙ Buon Appetito!
One cook finds themselves swimming against the tide when they have to combine fish with cheese and it's a rice-off in the finale as the last two cooks draw from their backgrounds in order to pull out the win.
S1.E4 ∙ Whipped Herbed Cheese
Reality hits when the cooks are asked to create dishes from Hugh Acheson's fridge using miso, whipped herb cheese and celery.
S1.E5 ∙ Gobble It Up
Lynn Crawford challenges the cooks to create a delectable dish using maple syrup, collard greens, parmesan cheese and turkey in order to win a special prize.
S1.E6 ∙ Mac 'n Cheese Please!
The power of an ingredient should never be underestimated, and the cooks feel it when working with speck; in the end, it all comes down to an intense deliberation as the chefs debate flavor versus technique.
S1.E7 ∙ One Protein Two Ways
When crowd-pleasing tacos fall apart, a cook's future is on the line; Michele Forgione's fridge is opened up to reveal 'Nduja.
S1.E8 ∙ Deulling Desserts
A bitter ingredient in Dale Mackay's fridge leave the cooks in a quandary; the cooks are challenged to make a restaurant-worthy dessert inspired by Guy Rawlings' peanut frozen custard.
S1.E9 ∙ Southern Comfort
Corinna Mozo brings Cuban ingredients to the Chef's Fridge round; Hugh Acheson challenges the last two cooks to create a restaurant-worthy dish inspired by the American South.
S1.E10 ∙ The Secret's in the Sauce
The cooks try to think outside the box to create a dish from Rob Feenie's fridge; making sauce the star in a restaurant-worthy dish for the $10,000 win.
S1.E11 ∙ Pop the Champagne
A home cook tries to rewrite the rules of mixing seafood and dairy; everyone tries to make magic out of Romano beans.
S1.E12 ∙ Surf & Surf and Turf & Turf
When Chef Rob Feenie asks the final two home cooks to put their own spin on Surf n' Turf, one cook goes over the top to try and take home the win.
S1.E13 ∙ A Jacuzzi of Butter
An unorthodox pairing of mole and scallops has the Wall paying attention in the Crowd-Pleaser round, and the home cooks don't know which way the feta will crumble when asked to cook from Chef Christine Cushing's Mediterranean fridge.
S1.E14 ∙ The Power of Peperoncini
The chefs question whether ketchup can make a crowd-pleasing Pad Thai.
S1.E15 ∙ Thyme Will Tell
The chefs question a home cook's idea to relive the 90's in the Crowd-Pleaser round, and a Japanese turnip has everyone reeling when Chef Jesse Vergen's fridge is opened.
S1.E16 ∙ Wee, That's Fire!
Four international dishes take the wall of chefs on a culinary trip around the world in the crowd-pleaser round; the home cooks walk the line when challenged to use face-burning wasabi.
S1.E17 ∙ Burger Wars
Home cooks attempt to make hand-rolled pasta in 30 minutes; Chef Jinhee Lee tests the home cooks' knowledge of the Korean pantry.
S1.E18 ∙ See-Food
One home cook asks the wall of chefs to commit to her 'engagement hash' in the Crowd-Pleaser round, and wee capers present big problems for the home cooks as they open Chef Alida Solomon's fridge.
S1.E19 ∙ Game Faces On
A different approach to a Middle Eastern favorite has the Wall questioning a home cook's ability; strong flavors of blue cheese, broccoli, and chorizo in Chef Hitzer's fridge has everyone struggling to create a cohesive dish.
S1.E20 ∙ Your Average Meat and Potatoes
Wild game and squid ink make for an exciting opening round, and it's curry in a hurry when the home cooks create dishes using the South Asian ingredients in Chef Meeru Dhalwala's fridge.
