Deliciously Twisted Classics Season 1, Episode 11: Complex Comfort Food

Don't Believe Your Eyes

These dishes may look like one thing but are actually surprising taste bud twists that your eyes won’t believe. Chefs show off their culinary skills by creating visual twists on the classic Mexican street corn, strawberries and cream, carrot cake, Russian cabbage rolls, and the classic peanut butter & jelly sandwich. All these deliciously twisted classics are way more than meets the eye.

21 min

Twistin' Childhood Classics

Everyone has a childhood favorite food, including the top chefs in the country, but some chefs are adding unique twists to these classic dishes to make them into foods adults would love. Bacon cheeseburgers transformed into dumplings or lobsters inside a toaster pastry? Hot dogs, PB&J, fish sticks and more are transformed from the dish you remember into a dish you will never forget.

Five Alarm Twists

These chefs have a penchant for peppers so they're twisting classic foods and cranking the heat up on fried chicken, Mexican street corn, mac and cheese, shrimp scampi, and BBQ brisket.

Souper Twisted

Chefs spoon up their favorite twists on scrumptious soups; French onion soup stuffed in a Bavarian pretzel; Matzah ball soup with a Thai twist; a Pho-inspired French dip sandwich; a giant dumpling filled with soup.

Twists on a Stick

Innovative chefs take classics like corn dogs, s'mores, Italian grissini, and a full pancake breakfast, kick the flavors up a notch and turn them into handheld fun; from s'mores to a full pancake and sausage breakfast, it's all on a stick.

XL Twists

This episode is full of oversized twists; seeing how massive a bagel, pizza, burger, chocolate cake, and fortune cookie can get.

Not Your Mamas Recipe

Talented chefs are taking their favorite mom-made recipes and adding tasty twists and turns; shepherd's pie, buttermilk pancakes, shrimp and grits, and tacos all get delicious makeovers that rival any mom's masterpiece.

Bun To Be Wild

Creative chefs go above and beyond with burgers, heroes, sloppy Joes, ice cream sandwiches, and even Peking duck to push the limits beyond two pieces of bread.

Expensively Twisted Treats

Chefs across the nation show off their most expensive creations by elevating classic foods with over-the-top ingredients; a 30-pound ostrich leg covered in gold leaf; the world's most expensive milkshake; cannoli stuffed with caviar.

21 min

Breaking Breakfast

Chefs show off their culinary skills with unexpected breakfast twists on cinnamon rolls, pancakes, eggs Benedict and more, creating dishes viewers will want to experience at any time of the day.

21 min

Deep-Fried & Funky

Deep-fried food has always been a popular favourite; chefs have transformed classic Italian pasta, mashed potatoes, BBQ ribs and even the famous Philly cheesesteak into deep-fried fantasies.

21 min

Sugar Rush Surprise

Birthday cake, cheesecake, Thai iced tea, bananas foster, and s'mores all get reimagined as delicious takes on the classic.

21 min

Tropical Twist

Chefs are taking inspiration from the islands to put fun twists on their favorite classic dishes; fried calamari, mango sticky rice, loco moco, fried rice, and French toast all get reinvented to create unique tropical delights.

21 min

Cheesy Twists

These chefs take classic cheesy dishes and twist them beyond imagination; how grilled cheese, mac and cheese, pizza, fettuccine, hot dogs, and khachapuri can push boundaries of just how cheesy food can be.

21 min

Funky Fusion

From diner favorites, like cheeseburgers, meatloaf, and French toast, to classic sweets, like donuts and Black Forest cake, each dish gets remade from top to bottom with inspiration from around the globe.

21 min

Mexican American Mashups

Chefs put a Japanese twist on the classic burrito; Southern shrimp and grits get a crunchy addition; nachos get a sweet strawberry spin; chicken and waffles are twisted with a sugary street snack; a Filipino favorite gets wrapped in a tortilla.

Southern Style Spins

Some creative chefs are taking inspiration from the most classic Southern foods to create mind-blowing new dishes like barbecue spaghetti and stuffed Johnnycakes.

Twisty Tapas

Tapas are small bites that have become popular in the modern food scene; classics, like hot dogs, spanakopita, pastrami sandwiches, squash casserole, and deviled eggs, have been reimagined as little bites with big taste.

Twisted Pot Luck

Chefs create a calzone with a clever catch, a hotter version of hot chicken, a cool spin on an ice cream sandwich, a crustacean filled croque monsieur, and a reimagined surf and turf.