Station:
Food Network (US)
Status:
Running
Start:
2021-04-08
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Chef Boot Camp, takes a deep dive into one of the most critical and essential elements of restaurants everywhere – the chefs running the kitchen. The success of a restaurant starts and ends with the food they serve and trouble in the kitchen can jeopardize everything. Enter Cliff Crooks, Culinary Director of a global restaurant brand whose job entails making sure the entire enterprise runs smoothly, including hiring and firing the chefs for each kitchen. Now Cliff is taking his decades of expertise and embarking on a new mission to help struggling chefs from restaurants across the country prove that they deserve to keep running their kitchens. Nominated by their respective restaurant owners, each episode Cliff will put a trio of underperforming chefs through a grueling series of challenges to test their real-world culinary skills and fitness for the role. With their jobs on the line, these chefs will attempt to not only survive but thrive in Chef Boot Camp and prove to their owners they have the talent and passion it takes to succeed.
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S2E6 - Move Like You're on Fire
Chef Cliff Crooks reaches out to help Kwame, whose first restaurant failed. As the owner and head chef of Chicken Fire, he knows everything about chicken and how to cook and fry it, but he knows little else that will help his second business survive. Inayah dreams of owning a brick-and-mortar location, but she's stuck in her catering business, not knowing how to move forward. From the outside, Vira seems to have it all as the owner of four restaurants, but her goal of branching out to multiple cities is on hold. She may have the culinary chops, but Cliff needs her to realize that a leader must communicate and listen to their team.
Air Date: 12 May 2022 13:00 (CDT)
S2E7 - Pump the Brakes
Chef Cliff Crooks is up for the challenge of helping three chefs pump the brakes and re-evaluate their career goals. Judy is an experienced executive chef trapped in a job where she's struggling to gain command of her kitchen. Joe has been working as a sous chef for almost 20 years and can't figure out why his dreams of becoming an executive chef have not yet come true. Alex is a young private chef who just started his own business but needs a lesson in humility.
Air Date: 19 May 2022 13:00 (CDT)
S2E8 - Drop the Clutch from First to Third
Chef Cliff Crooks offers guidance to three chefs who need to pick up the pace to excel. Fabio has been managing a restaurant for two decades, but he needs Cliff's help learning how to cook on the line again so the restaurant can stay afloat and thriving. Alyssa just bought a food truck and has big dreams of operating her own business, but her lack of experience working with others is holding her back. DuWayne recently changed careers when a death in the family sent him back home. He needs Chef Cliff to help set him up for success in the culinary field so that he can provide stability for his family.
Air Date: 26 May 2022 13:00 (CDT)