Cooking Sunday 3:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Mussels; crispy pork skin; boa buns. TRAVEL Food Paradise TripleX Texas Red chili. 4:00 p.m. FOOD Kids Baking Championship Dessert that looks like a savory dish. TRAVEL Food Paradise Best places to get steak. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Worst Cooks in America Threecourse menu is served to experts. TRAVEL Food Paradise Wurst, bangers, patties and links. 6:00 p.m. FOOD All-Star Academy Nine home cooks enter the kitchen. TRAVEL Food Paradise Steaks: porterhouse, flatiron, rib-eye. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Poker night plate; wild card game. (N) 8:00 p.m. FOOD All-Star Academy Cooks compete in a tag team challenge. (N) 9:00 p.m. FOOD Cutthroat Kitchen Cocktails and hors d’oeuvre. (N) 10:00 p.m. FOOD Cutthroat Kitchen Monte Cristo challenge; rocky road. Monday 3:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten takes a tasty tour of Paris. TRAVEL Food Paradise Lobster; finger lickin’ BBQ. 3:30 p.m. KRSU Taste the Islands With Chef Irie Citrusinfused snapper ceviche. (In Stereo) 4:00 p.m. FOOD The Pioneer Woman Chickpea curry; peanut butter bars. TRAVEL Food Paradise Jumbo lump crab cakes; crawfish. 4:30 p.m. FOOD Farmhouse Rules Chorizo quesadillas; Buffalo shrimp. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Cooks from All-Star Academy compete. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern St. Petersburg, Russia. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Oxtail ragu; chivito club; osso buco. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods America Buffalo; fresh duck organs; redfish. 6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Classic beef brisket and Carolina pork. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Kids Baking Championship Bakers make spring break-themed cakes. (N) TRAVEL Bizarre Foods:Delicious Destinations Walleye, bundt cake and the Jucy Lucy.
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8:00 p.m. FOOD Cake Wars Partycelebrating the film, “Shrek.” (N) TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Stewed pig knuckles; worms and ant eggs. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Cake Wars “Kung Fu Panda 3” is released. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Cheesesteak and shad cake. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Baskets have circus-themed ingredients. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods America Brain sandwiches and crispy pig snouts. Tuesday 3:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Baked blintzes with blueberry sauce. TRAVEL Food Paradise Coke marinated carnitas burrito. 3:30 p.m. KRSU Cook’s Country Tex-Mex cheese enchiladas; tortillas. (In Stereo) FOOD Barefoot Contessa Chicken sausage; homemade relish. 4:00 p.m. FOOD The Pioneer Woman Scones; eggs Benedict; potatoes. TRAVEL Food Paradise Beef ribs; smoky chicken in white sauce. 4:30 p.m. FOOD Trisha’s Southern Kitchen Chicken on a biscuit; biscuit waffles. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Popcorn balls; berries and oats. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Hawaiian cuisine. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped The baskets contain food scraps. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods America Goat water soup; conch roti. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped A French delicacy and some fine fungi. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Curious canned product; slimy surprise. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods:Delicious Destinations Slow roasted pork to chicken inasal. (N) 9:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Shrimp appetizers; sweet potato and rum. (N) 10:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Meatballs must be made in each round. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Blowing Murano glass; catching critters. Wednesday 3:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Crunchy noodle salad. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Los Angeles. 3:30 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Bruschetta. 4:00 p.m. FOOD The Pioneer Woman Brie-stuffed mushrooms; prime rib.
TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Andrew travels to Phuket, Thailand. 4:30 p.m. FOOD Southern at Heart Watermelon and feta skewers. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Pork sausage pizza; Salvadoran pupusa. 5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Emeril Lagasse; Big Easy favorites. 6:00 p.m. CNBC Restaurant Startup Chefs look to use a taste of Spain. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Seafood sandwich called “The Barge”. 6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A dive bar; European comfort food. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Chicago flavors; hot dogs; Italian beef. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Fried chicken; arancini balls. 8:01 p.m. KOKI Hell’s Kitchen Andi’s wedding reception. (N) (In Stereo) 8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Beef empanadas; brisket sandwiches. 9:00 p.m. CNBC Restaurant Startup Two teams have impending leases to sign. (N) FOOD Guilty Pleasures Pizza; pork sandwich; caramel sundae. (N) 9:30 p.m. FOOD Top 5 Restaurants The best of America’s soul food. (N) Thursday 3:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Short ribs. BRAVO Top Chef Show celebrates its 10th anniversary. 3:30 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Steak sandwiches; peanut swirl. 4:00 p.m. FOOD The Pioneer Woman Baked glazed ham; drop biscuits. BRAVO Top Chef Chefs strive to create “food porn.” EWTN Savoring Our Faith Café donates most profits to charities. 4:30 p.m. FOOD Valerie’s Home Cooking Pasta e fagioli; turkey meatloaf. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Making pie work with venison. BRAVO Top Chef Chefs serve up both lunch and dinner. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Lump meat crab; nostalgic candy. BRAVO Top Chef The battling chefs come under scrutiny. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Boxed macaroni and cheese; giant egg. BRAVO Top Chef The chefs cook for rapper MC Hammer. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Cheesecake and garam masala. BRAVO Top Chef The chefs use woks. (N) 9:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Chefs Todd Hall and Brian Archibald. (N)
BY GEORGE DICKIE
In the category of people who chucked a career in high finance for one in food prep, there is Sharone Hakman. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native and chef in residence on FYI’s Wednesday dinner party series “Kocktails With Khloe” was a financial planner at the end of the last decade when the meltdown of 2008-09 hit. Whatever passion he had left for his work was wiped out just like so many portfolios. “I just had no love for the banks and financial institutions I spent my life working for and with and was recommending to my clients. So I could not get behind it anymore,” the self-taught chef explains. “And food was something that I always loved to do. It was something that I was always very passionate about. It was just so pure and simple in its way. It’s just good food. If you make good food, you’re going to put a smile on someone’s face and there’s something beautiful about it and there’s something just magical about food putting people together and making people happy.” Which is exactly what he’s doing these days on “Khloe.” As the chef on the hourlong series, he’s charged with designing and preparing the food and drink that in turn fuels much of the candid conversation among host Khloe Kardashian, her guests and at times Hakman himself. But while all guests are driven to the show’s Los Angeles set, Hakman reports that some are nonetheless leery of taking a drink while the cameras roll. “At first, they’re quite reluctant,” he says, “and sort of perplexed by the fact that there is actually a real cocktail in front of them and they’re encouraged to drink it and have a good time. And so it’s always really funny to me because we’re a few episodes in and I see their immediate reactions. At first it’s like, ‘I don’t know if I really want to be doing this.’ And then 20 minutes later, they’ve had a couple and they’re having a great time and they’re like, ‘Oh s..., this is great!’ And that’s exactly what I signed up for.” BRAVO Recipe for Deception Lou Diamond Phillips and Coolio compete. (N) 9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Someone has a beef to settle. Friday 3:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Mussels; crispy pork skin; boa buns. 3:30 p.m. KRSU Bake Decorate Celebrate! Daisy bouquet on chocolate fondant cake. (In Stereo) 4:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Gangster Greek; creative curry. 5:00 p.m. KRSU Twice as Good Baked French toast; veggie eggs. (In Stereo) FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Green chile cheeseburgers. 5:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy rolls in for classic meals. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A hearty hangover soup.
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Ditching a finance career for ‘Kocktails With Khloe’ Chef Sharone Hakman and Khloe Kardashian
What book are you currently reading? “It’s ‘The Meaning of Human Existence.’ ... I literally started it last month, got into a chapter and then put it down and have not had a chance to get back in.” What did you have for dinner last night? “I made the kids dinner and I was going to make myself something different, and I got lazy and I ended up eating their dinner, which was pappardelle with like a kale pesto that I made with pine nuts and some sausage.” What is your next project? “I’ve got a line of salad dressings that is launching next month. That’s already pretty much done, locked and loaded. And then around Q2-Q3 of this year, we’re coming out with a line of ready-to-go, cooked proteins that you basically tear out of a bag and they’re ready to go. And they’re all grass-fed, very clean.” When was the last vacation you took, where and why? “I actually just got back from one last month for the new year. I went to New York with my kids for a couple of days, which was awesome, my wife and kids, and we had a blast. ... And from there we spent a week – I rented a house on the beach in St. Maarten in the Caribbean and we just spent the week on the beach just relaxing.”
6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Pancake burritos and fiery sandwiches. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Fried oyster po’ boy; fries; chowder. 7:30 p.m. FOOD American Diner Revival Profits are going to treat an illness. (N) 8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Eastern European sausage in Minnesota. 8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Lechon; red curry fish; ahi cakes. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Guy and Hunter’s European Vacation Culinary visit to Germany and France. (N) 9:30 p.m. FOOD Burgers, Brew & ’Que A French and Cajun-inspired burger. (N) Saturday 3:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Cheesecake and garam masala.
TRAVEL Food Paradise Steakhouse in Texas; burgers in Chicago. 4:00 p.m. FOOD Restaurant: Impossible Inexperienced daughter runs business. TRAVEL Food Paradise Deepfried foods. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Guy and Hunter’s European Vacation Culinary visit to Germany and France. 5:30 p.m. FOOD American Diner Revival Profits are going to treat an illness. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Four returning champions compete. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Previous amateur winners return. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Firefighters, police officer, army vet. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped A peculiar type of flour and sweet tea. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Risotto in the first round.
February 21 - 27, 2016