Wall of Chefs

{{Short description|Canadian reality television series}}

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Wall of Chefs is a Canadian-American reality television series, which premiered February 3, 2020 on Food Network.Rita De Montis, [https://torontosun.com/life/food/0108-ggwallofchefs "Home cooks set to face the Wall of Chefs for $10Gs prize"]. Toronto Sun, January 8, 2020. Hosted by Noah Cappe, the series features four amateur home chefs per episode competing in culinary challenges, judged by a rotating panel featuring some of Canada's and America's most prominent chefs and restaurateurs.Katie Scott, [https://globalnews.ca/news/6234841/food-network-canada-wall-of-chefs/ "Food Network Canada introduces ‘Wall of Chefs’"]. Global News, November 29, 2019. After each round, one of the competitors is eliminated, and the winner of the episode is awarded $10,000.Frederick Blichert, [https://realscreen.com/2019/11/28/food-network-canada-to-serve-up-culinary-competition-wall-of-chefs/ "Food Network Canada to serve up culinary competition “Wall of Chefs”"]. RealScreen, November 28, 2019.

The series features three rounds of challenges: "Crowd-Pleaser", where all four competitors are asked to prepare their own most popular dish; "Chef's Fridge", in which the three remaining competitors are challenged to create a dish using three ingredients revealed by one of the professional chefs as staple ingredients in their own fridges; and "Restaurant-Worthy", in which the two finalists are challenged to create a restaurant-calibre dish inspired by one of the judges' own signature dishes.{{Cite web|title=THE WALL HAS SPOKEN: FOOD NETWORK CANADA ANNOUNCES WALL OF CHEFS, A STACKED CULINARY COMPETITION JUDGED BY THE COUNTRY'S MOST ICONIC CHEFS|url=https://www.corusent.com/news/the-wall-has-spoken-food-network-canada-announces-wall-of-chefs-a-stacked-culinary-competition-judged-by-the-countrys-most-iconic-chefs/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=Corus Entertainment|language=en-US}}

Twelve chefs appear as the "Wall of Chefs" on each episode, with four of them judging each round before all of the chefs vote on the final winner of the episode. A total of 33 chefs appeared overall throughout the first season of the series, including Hugh Acheson, Suzanne Barr, Massimo Capra, Alex Chen, Lynn Crawford, Christine Cushing, Rob Feenie, Rob Gentile, Susur Lee, Nick Liu, Dale MacKay, Mark McEwan and Todd Perrin.

The series is produced by Insight Productions. It received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Reality/Competition Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210330100408/https://etcanada.com/news/762146/television-nominees-announced-for-2021-canadian-screen-awards-schitts-creek-leads-the-pack-with-21-nominations/ "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt's Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations"]. ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

Episodes

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Welcome to the Wall

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|02|3|df=y}}

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Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Charlie Cacapit, 27, Winnipeg, MB
  • Christopher Mask, 44, Wahnapitae, ON
  • Nicole King, 32, Toronto, ON
  • Susy Danelon, 54, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Bing Bam Boom

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|02|10|df=y}}

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Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Cheryl Torrance, 50, Toronto, ON
  • Jennilee Vaneltsi, 36, Fort McPherson, NT
  • Joe McLaren, 37, Toronto, ON
  • Mark Sheane, 32, Langley, BC

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Buon Appetito!

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|02|17|df=y}}

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Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Alice Okundaye, 30, Toronto, ON
  • Amita Massey, 19, Calgary, AB
  • Joseph Gasdia, 35, Toronto, ON
  • Silvio Zampieri, 60, Abbotsford, BC

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Whipped Herbed Cheese

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|02|23|df=y}}

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Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Christine Pattison, 47, Winnipeg, MB
  • James Deveaux, 33, Halifax, NS
  • Kevin Murphy, 33, London, ON
  • Mary Rocto, 50, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Gobble It Up

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|1|df=y}}

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Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Aaron Hewitt, 42, Toronto, ON
  • Chris Dunne, 29, St. John’s, NL
  • Danielle Finestone, 27, Toronto, ON
  • Janine Woods, 52, Calgary, AB

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Mac 'n Cheese Please!

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|9|df=y}}

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| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Alison Anderson, 37, Toronto, ON
  • Jason Orban, 39, Osoyoos, BC
  • Minal Abhange, 31, Stephenville, NL
  • Ryan Johnson, 42, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = One Protein Two Ways

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|16|df=y}}

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| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Cindy Meays, 46, Kamloops, BC
  • Ian Tyson, 48, St. Thomas, ON
  • Kyle Crawford, 29, Halifax, NS
  • Sabrina Santer, 28, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Duelling Desserts

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|23|df=y}}

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| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Alexandra Hicks, 29, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
  • Bee Zhou, 45, Edmonton, AB
  • Crystal Leptich, 34, Saskatoon, SK
  • Josh Prince, 32, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Southern Comfort

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|03|30|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Jeff Brown, 32, Toronto, ON
  • Justine Balin, 20, Vancouver, BC
  • Lucas Alves Debien, 31, Winnipeg, MB
  • Narida Mohammed, 37, Etobicoke, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = The Secret's in the Sauce

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|04|6|df=y}}

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| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Adam Kelly, 25, Toronto, ON
  • Brooke Shutiak, 28, Saskatoon, SK
  • Mel Heng, 47, Mississauga, ON
  • Natasha Sharpe, 45, Mount Pearl, NL

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Pop the Champagne

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|09|1|df=y}}

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| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Roman Szostak, 58, Utopia, ON
  • Cindy Billingham, 52, Whitehorse, YT
  • Jordan McKenzie, 31, Muskoka, ON
  • Joe Tong, 31, Vancouver, BC

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Surf & Surf and Turf & Turf

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|09|8|df=y}}

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| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Carmen Lee, 33, Winnipeg, MB
  • Jordan Raymond, 31, Saskatoon, SK
  • Lindsay Brun, 42, Anjou, QC
  • Max Valiquette, 46, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = A Jacuzzi of Butter

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|09|15|df=y}}

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| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Mary Budgell, 34, Halifax, NS
  • Razan Khan, 30, Mississauga, ON
  • Nicolas Mongeon, 21, Sudbury, ON
  • Tammy Wood, 46, Agassiz, BC

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = The Power of Peperoncini

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|09|22|df=y}}

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| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Anna Bondoc, 31, Toronto, ON
  • Shauna Lindzon, 49, Toronto, ON
  • Marc Swiednicki, 47, Montreal, QC
  • Bill Medak, 73, Edmonton, AB

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = Thyme Will Tell

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|09|29|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Andres Araneda, 33, Regina, SK
  • Bri Young, 19, Winnipeg, MB
  • Helen Hibbert, 48, London, ON
  • Ross Di Stefano, 45, Vaughan, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Wee, That's Fire!

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|10|6|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Tabassum Wyne, 32, Milton, ON
  • Gaetano Corbo, 24, Vaughan, ON
  • Domingo Lumanog, 35, Calgary, AB
  • Clotilde Friedmann, 60, Longueuil, QC

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = Burger Wars

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|10|13|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Kelsey Glaser, 26, Toronto, ON
  • Louis Milo, 51, Oshawa, ON
  • Jason Pon, 24, Toronto, ON
  • Alexis Hillyard, 37, Edmonton, AB

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = See-Food

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|10|20|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Brandi England, 34, Vancouver, BC
  • John Cannella, 32, Aurora, ON
  • Ernie Chow, 26, Toronto, ON
  • Janice Doerksen, 56, Langley, BC

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = Game Faces On

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|10|27|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Ahsan Sadiq, 33, Montreal, QC
  • Ashley Hoar, 24, Hamilton, ON
  • Billy Snaychuk, 44, Parksville, BC
  • Giota Diakopoulos, 46, Oakville, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| Title = Your Average Meat and Potatoes

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2020|11|3|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Paddy O’Neill, 58, Spruce Grove, AB
  • Julia Mark, 33, Burnaby, BC
  • Meredith Youngson, 29, Toronto, ON
  • Sammy Farid, 35, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| Title = Smoke Show

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|01|03|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Competitors:

Contestants:

  • Eseosa Babatunde, 28, Hamilton, ON
  • Mitchell Yaholnitsky, 35, Toronto, ON
  • Nancy MacLellan, 57, Halifax, NS
  • Johnny Trinh, 40, Vancouver, BC

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| Title = Herbes Salées

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|01|10|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Tracy Palmer, 43, Edmonton, AB
  • Mike Gabel, 47, Toronto, ON
  • Winnie Xu, 21, White Rock, BC
  • Adam Kahgee, 39, Port Elgin, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| Title = Make it Special

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|01|17|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Beth Dangerfield, 43, Toronto, ON
  • Tabby Radira, 43, Sainte-Hyacinthe, QC
  • Michael Schroeder, 35, Brooklyn Corner, NS
  • Nicole Ratti, 27, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| Title = Salad Days

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|01|24|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Kenna Deo, 31, Nanaimo, BC
  • AJ Clarke, 34, Mississauga, ON
  • Laura Lopez, 21, Edmonton, AB
  • Bryan Rice, 41, Regina, SK

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| Title = Winner Br’inner

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|01|31|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Deborah Sargeant, 36, Brampton, ON
  • Michael Nardozza, 35, Montreal, QC
  • Melissa Jones, 40, Russell, ON
  • Robert Kowbel, 34, Victoria, BC

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| Title = Oh, it's Gonna be Charred

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|02|07|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Eesa Gonzales, 20, Oshawa, ON
  • Tammy Sweeney, 53, Saskatoon, SK
  • Jeff Wong, 42, Ajax, ON
  • Najwa Cagnin, 47, Ancaster, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 27

| Title = A Towering Occasion

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|02|14|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Grayden Meulenaar, 25, Belleville, ON
  • Brenda Hutch, 53, Regina, SK
  • Christian Giaconi-Bonaguro, 31, Barrie, ON
  • Junelle Knihniski, 23, Saskatoon, SK

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 28

| Title = Boppity-Boopi

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|02|21|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Michael Campoli, 23, Montreal, QC
  • Ellie Hadley, 37, Port Alberni, BC
  • Josh Allen, 46, Toronto, ON
  • Preeti Ravi, 33, Toronto, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 29

| Title = Turkey Dinner

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|02|28|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Tatiana Marcelin, 34, Montreal, QC
  • Gilbert Proulx, 35, Regina, SK
  • Nokey Yutamanop, 32, Bowmanville, ON
  • Manpreet Gosal, 48, Markham, ON

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 30

| Title = Summer Dayz

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|2022|03|7|df=y}}

| Viewers = n/a

| ShortSummary =

Challenges:

Competitors:

  • Dee (Diana) Aitchison, 47, Victoria, BC
  • Shay Vannery, 31, New Westminster, BC
  • Keira Tidmand, 23, Milton, ON
  • Steve Camara, 37, Beamsville, ON

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