Around the World in 80 Plates

American television series

Around the World in 80 Plates

Genre| Competition
Presented by|

* Cat Cora
* Curtis Stone

Opening theme| Robert ToTeras
Composer| Robert ToTeras
Country of origin| United States
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 10
Production
Executive producers|

* Dan Cutforth
* Jane Lipsitz

Running time| 44 minutes
(excluding commercials)
Production company| Magical Elves Productions
Original release
Network| Bravo
Release| May 9 (2012-05-09) –
July 18, 2012 (2012-07-18)

Around the World in 80 Plates is an American reality competition television series that debuted May 9, 2012, on Bravo.[1] The series follows twelve chefs competing in a culinary race across ten countries in 44 days and is hosted by professional chefs Curtis Stone and Cat Cora.[2]

## Contestants

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In order of elimination:[3]

* Clara Moore (Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri)
* Sai Pituk (Hometown: El Paso, Texas)
* Keven "Cheven" Lee (Hometown: Chatsworth, California)
* Chaz Brown (Hometown: Voorhees, New Jersey)
* Gary Walker (Hometown: Detroit, Michigan)
* Nick Lacasse (Hometown: Burlington, Vermont)
* Jenna Johansen (Hometown: Boulder, Colorado)
* Nicole Lou (Hometown: San Jose, California)
* John Vermiglio (Hometown: Clinton Township, Michigan )
* Steve "Nookie" Postal (Hometown: Cambridge, Massachusetts)
* Liz Garrett (Hometown: Los Angeles, California) – Runner-up
* Avery Pursell (Hometown: Los Angeles, California) – Winner / Fan Favorite

## Contestant progress

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Contestant  | Episode

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10
Avery  | WIN | MVC | WIN | IN (-)  | WIN | IN (-)  | IN  | MVC | IN  | MVC | WINNER
Liz  | WIN | IN  | WIN | MVC | IN  | WIN | IN (-)  | IN  | MVC | IN  | RUNNER-UP
Nookie  | IN (-)  | WIN | MVC | IN  | WIN | IN  | WIN | IN  | IN (-)  | OUT |
John  | IN  | IN  | IN  | IN  | IN (-)  | MVC | MVC | IN (-)  | OUT |
Nicole  | IN (-)  | IN (-)  | WIN | WIN | MVC | IN  | IN  | OUT |
Jenna  | IN  | IN  | WIN | WIN | IN (-)  | WIN | OUT |
Nick  | WIN | IN  | IN  | IN  | WIN | OUT |
Gary  | IN  | WIN | IN (-)  | IN  | OUT |
Chaz  | MVC | WIN | IN (-)  | OUT |
Keven  | WIN | WIN | OUT |
Sai  | WIN | OUT |
Clara  | OUT |

(MVC) The contestant was a member of the winning team in that episode's Take-Over Challenge and was selected as the Most Valuable Chef.
(WIN) The contestant was a member of the winning team in that episode's Take-Over Challenge.
(IN) The contestant was not a member of the winning team, but did not receive any votes for elimination.
[IN (-)] The contestant was not a member of the winning team and received at least one vote for elimination.
(OUT) The contestant was not a member of the winning team, received the most elimination votes and was eliminated.

## Episodes

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Premiere date  | Location  | Teams  | Exceptional Ingredient Challenge  | Take-Over Challenge  | Most Valuable Chef  | Eliminated  | U.S. viewers
(millions)

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Episode 1: London Calling
May 9, 2012  | London, England  |

Black
Avery, Chaz, Keven, Liz, Nick, Sai
Red
Clara, Gary, Jenna, John, Nicole, Nookie
| The teams are given maps of three pubs and must visit each one offering food and drinks. The first team to finish wins.

* Reward: Use of potatoes in their dishes
* Winners: Red Team

| Each team will take over one of the pubs and create two authentic gastro-pub dishes while replicating the three dishes they ate during the pub crawl.

* Winners: Black Team

| Chaz  | Clara | 0.79[4]

Episode 2: Forget Paris
May 16, 2012  | Lyon, France  |

Black
Avery, Chaz, Gary, Keven, Nookie
Red
Jenna, John, Liz, Nick, Nicole, Sai
| The teams navigate through France and do several sheep-themed challenges. First, two teammates must correctly identify six sheep cheeses. Next, each team must herd four sheep into a pen without touching the animals. The final challenge is to taste wines and match them up to their ingredients.

* Reward: Meeting Chef Joseph about typical Lyonnese menu.
* Winners: Black Team

| Each team will be taking over a restaurant, making four dishes a piece. Both teams must also craft a quenelle to be served.

* Winners: Black Team

| Avery  | Sai | 0.64[5]

Episode 3: Something Smells Fishy
May 23, 2012  | Barcelona, Spain  |

Black
Avery, Jenna, Liz, Nicole, Nookie
Red
Chaz, Gary, John, Keven, Nick
| The teams sort and prepare three different types of seafood: monkfish, merluza, and sepia. Each type of seafood is worth a different amount of money. By the time the delivery truck arrives, whoever makes the most money wins.

* Reward: Use of red prawn in their dishes.
* Winners: Red Team

| Each team will share a restaurant, each creating a three course seafood menu based on the seafood they prepared in the previous challenge.

* Winners: Black Team

| Nookie  | Keven | 0.55[6]

Episode 4: In and Out of Africa
May 30, 2012  | Marrakesh, Morocco  |

White
Gary, Chaz, Nick
Black
Nookie, Avery, John
Red
Jenna, Liz, Nicole
| Find the Ben Boubker spice shop within the Medina. Pour glasses of Mint Tea in the traditional Moroccan style.

* Reward: $15,000 and a guide
to help them
navigate the Medina
* Winners: Black Team

| Each team will share a restaurant, each creating a tagine in addition to two other dishes.

* Winners: Red Team

| Liz | Chaz  | 0.78[7]

Episode 5: Tale of Two Villas
June 6, 2012  | Florence, Italy  |

Black
Nick, Nookie, Avery, Nicole
Red
Jenna, Gary, Liz, John
| In Florence, the Course starts with a scavenger hunt where the chefs get
firsthand experience on the traditions of the local cuisine.

* Reward: $10,000 and cooking lessons from a nonna (grandmother).
* Winners: Black Team

| With their new knowledge, they head to beautiful villas in the rolling hills of Tuscany to create Tuscan cuisine for the Takeover. One chef causes a disaster in the middle of the night and must confess to his fellow chefs.

* Winners: Black Team

| Nicole  | Gary | 0.76[8]

Episode 6: Ciao Down
June 13, 2012  | Bologna, Italy  |

Black
Nick, Nookie, Avery, Nicole
Red
Jenna, Liz, John
| The chefs shift gears and head north to Bologna where they tackle the local favorite, tortellini.

* Reward: $10,000 and extra hour to cook.
* Winners: Red Team

| Tempers flare between two chefs over past grievances and one of the contestants is intent on taking a teammate down.

* Winners: Red Team

| John | Nick  | 0.70[9]

Episode 7: Thai Breaker
June 20, 2012  | Chiang Mai, Thailand  |

White
Avery, Jenna
Black
John, Nookie
Red
Liz, Nicole
| Find and transport two baskets of coconuts, then grate five pounds worth. Plant 20 rows of rice in a traditional paddy.

* Reward:$10,000, plus a double shopping budget and the chance to serve two dishes instead of one
* Winners: Black Team

| Each team runs a Thai street food cart, with the goal of earning the most money.

* Winners: Black Team

| John
(wins $5000 instead of immunity) | Jenna  | 0.83[10]

Episode 8: Feeding the Demon
June 27, 2012  | Hong Kong, China  |

Black
John, Nookie
Red
Avery, Liz, Nicole
| Retrieve an envelope from a statue of Buddha, then bundle 10 hairy crabs, then fill 7 steamer baskets with dumplings.

* Reward: Hour with a local sous chef.
* Winners: Black Team

| The chefs compete as individuals to cook a five-course meal at a restaurant that offers "X-Treme Chinese Cuisine" for Alvin Leung.  | Avery  | Nicole  | 0.83[11]

Episode 9: Cry for Me Argentina
July 11, 2012  | Buenos Aires, Argentina  |

Black
John, Liz
Red
Avery, Nookie
| The chefs have to make 80 empanadas to then sell in a local park and earn 150 pesos.

* Reward: Roast goat, a local delicacy.
* Winners: Red Team

| The teams takeover a local parrilla (grill house) and create a menu featuring two appetizers and two meat dishes.

* Winners: Red Team

| Liz | John  | 0.76[12]

Episode 10: A Winner Comes Home
July 18, 2012  | Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay  |

Black
Avery, Jenna, Nick
Red
Liz, Chaz, John
| Go to three different shops for ingredients for, and then prepare, a traditional Uruguayan dish of each chef's choice

* Reward: The power to eliminate one chef (Nookie)
* Winners: Avery

| Create a three-dish menu inspired by three of the chefs' previous destinations throughout the competition, with the help of two past contestants as sous chefs

* Winners: Black / Avery

| Avery  | Liz  | 0.83[13]

## International broadcasters

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* Canada (English) - Food Network
* Canada (French) - Zeste
* Australia - TLC
* Italy - Sky
* Spain - Ten

## References

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1. ^ "Bravo Media Takes Culinary Competition to a New Level With "Around the World in 80 Plates" Premiering on Wednesday, May 9 at 10PM ET/PT". The Futon Critic. March 7, 2012.
2. ^ "Bravo Media Announces Unprecedented Partnership With Chase Sapphire Preferred to Co-Produce New Culinary Competition Series "Around The World In 80 Plates"". The Futon Critic. February 29, 2012.
3. ^ "Season 1 - Cast & Info". Bravo Media LLC. Archived from the original on June 12, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
4. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Put TNT on Top". The Futon Critic. May 10, 2012.
5. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Lakers/Thunder Continue Playoff Surge for TNT". The Futon Critic. May 17, 2012.
6. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: ESPN Tops Charts With 76ers/Celtics". The Futon Critic. May 24, 2012.
7. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Hatfields & McCoys" Finale Tops Miami/Boston". The Futon Critic. May 31, 2012.
8. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: Game 6 of Spurs/Thunder Puts TNT on Top". The Futon Critic. June 7, 2012.
9. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Dallas" Opens on Top for TNT". The Futon Critic. June 14, 2012.
10. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Dallas" Holds Onto Top Spot in Second Week". The Futon Critic. June 25, 2012.
11. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains" Tops Viewers, "Dallas" Leads Demos". The Futon Critic. June 29, 2012.
12. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "ESPY Awards" Top Demos, "Royal Pains" Leads Viewers". The Futon Critic. July 12, 2012.
13. ^ "Wednesday's Cable Ratings: "Royal Pains" Slips Past "Dallas" for Top Spots". The Futon Critic. July 19, 2012.

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