Chewed UP

It's the finale of Meat-Optional Week in the Chewed Up kitchen, and Carla Hall is serving up serious comfort food with a hearty Butternut Squash & Black Bean Chili with Polenta Rounds. Using pantry staples, warming spices, and clever cooking techniques, Carla shows how vegetables can deliver deep, satisfying flavor without relying on meat. Michael Symon, Clinton Kelly, and Carla dive into everythi...

Chef Esther Choi joins Clinton Kelly and Michael Symon in the kitchen to make a cozy, umami-packed Mushroom Udon Soup that proves comfort food can be both simple and deeply flavorful. In this episode of Chewed Up, Esther shares her approach to building rich broth from vegetable scraps, along with practical cooking habits that make weeknight meals easier and more satisfying. Together, the hosts exp...

In this episode of Chewed Up, lifestyle icons Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon are back in the kitchen bringing the heat — and the cheese. This episode centers around a crave-worthy, comfort-food classic with a twist: Portobello Mushroom Parmesan Subs. Instead of chicken, thick, meaty portobello caps are roasted until tender, layered onto hero rolls, smothered in marinara, and blankete...

In this "anything goes" episode, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, and Clinton Kelly ditch traditional cooking and dive into a bracket-style taste test of eight boxed brownie mixes to determine the ultimate supermarket pick. Inspired by sports-style elimination rounds, the hosts sample brownies head-to-head, debating fudginess, cakiness, moisture, chocolate intensity, and even the eternal "center vs corn...

This episode is all about turning a comfort-food classic into something new. Carla Hall introduces her "spice roulette" concept—take a familiar dish and spin the flavor profile around the world. For this episode, the "wheel" lands on Mexican inspiration, transforming traditional meatloaf with cumin, chili powder, poblano peppers, and a tangy enchilada-based glaze. Clinton Kelly and Michael Symon d...

Chef Gabriele Bertaccini ("Chef Gabe") joins Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon in the kitchen for a deeply comforting, flavor-packed episode centered around Tuscan tradition and slow cooking. Together they dive into the story behind wild boar ragù—how patience, simple ingredients, and technique transform a rustic dish into something unforgettable. Between laughter, personal stories, and...

This episode brings chef Amanda Freitag into the kitchen for a lively, flavor-packed session with Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon. The crew cooks a bright, buttery lemon spaghetti that proves simple ingredients can deliver big flavor, then pivots to rich, decadent chocolate truffles that feel special but are surprisingly approachable to make at home. Along the way, the conversation mo...

This episode dives headfirst into Valentine's Week with Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon talking love, dating pressure, and how food plays into romance. Clinton cooks his "Sexy Time Chicken," a bone-in roasted chicken with a tarragon beurre blanc designed to impress on date night. The hosts reflect on how expectations shift depending on where you are in a relationship — from early dati...

Valentine's Week kicks off in the Chewed Up kitchen with a dish that literally sealed the deal: Matthew's Black Pepper Chicken Curry. Carla Hall shares the story behind the recipe her husband made during their early days together — a comforting, flavor-packed meal that still shows up whenever she needs a little extra love. Clinton Kelly, Michael Symon, and Carla cook their way through the curry st...

It's Super Bowl weekend, and the Chewed Up kitchen is officially in party mode. While the Big Game looms, Clinton Kelly makes a bold — and controversial — declaration: nothing says football like baked brie. To prove his point, he whips up baked brie three ways, creating an effortless, crowd-pleasing appetizer lineup designed for real hosts who don't want to spend the whole party in the kitchen. As...

Super Bowl week is officially underway, and the Chewed Up kitchen is standing-room-only. Michael Symon declares this his happiest week of the year, Clinton Kelly is still confused about football rules (and referee flags), and Carla Hall delivers the ultimate handheld game-day snack: Ham and Cheese Croquettes crusted in Sweet Chili Doritos . The crew breaks down why Super Bowl food should be mobile...

These Super Bowl Smash Burgers are Michael Symon's go-to game day burger — fast, crispy, and impossible to mess up. This episode kicks off with chaos before the grill even heats up — literally. After a late-night hotel mishap involving Carla Hall, a glass door, and a perfectly timed "smash face," Michael Symon finds unexpected inspiration for the ultimate Super Bowl dish: the smash burger. Joined...

It's the final day of Bean Week , and Clinton Kelly is taking full responsibility for unleashing it on the internet. What started as a scrappy, high-fiber experiment ends with one of the most chaotic, joyful episodes of Chewed Up yet. Clinton proves that beans deserve a permanent place in weeknight cooking with his lightning-fast Chickpea and Spinach Pasta—crispy chickpeas, garlicky greens, and a...

Bean Week rolls on with zero trends, zero gimmicks, and one of Michael Symon's all-time favorite comfort dishes: Pasta Fagioli . In this deeply nostalgic episode, Michael walks Clinton Kelly and Carla Hall through his old-school, soul-warming version of the Italian-American classic—thick enough to blur the line between soup and stew, and absolutely designed to be eaten with bread instead of a spoo...

Bean Week officially begins — and it starts exactly how you'd expect: with black bean empanadas, loud opinions, and three hosts questioning their life choices in real time. In this episode, Carla Hall kicks off Bean Week with her black bean empanadas made using a foolproof cream cheese dough — the catering-world workhorse that refuses to be overworked. As Carla walks Clinton and Michael through fo...

January is bleak. Everyone agrees. So Carla Hall shows up with the only reasonable solution: dessert. In this episode of Chewed Up , Carla makes a Moroccan-inspired apple and date crumble infused with cinnamon and cardamom — warm, fragrant, and unapologetically comforting. The trio talks winter survival strategies, the magic of dates (including a brief detour through Indiana Jones), and why crumbl...

Winter is dragging, the sun sets at four, and morale is fragile — so naturally, Clinton makes soup. This episode kicks off deep in the gray-zone doldrums, where Clinton Kelly declares Bean Week a public service and introduces a Tuscan White Bean & Chicken Sausage Stew so comforting it might qualify as mental health care. Joining the chaos is Marysol Castro , the first female and first Latina PA an...

January calls for comfort food, honest conversation, and recipes that feel like a reward—and this episode delivers all three. Michael Symon cooks a cozy riff on classic Italian flavors with Mini Meatballs Marsala , simmered in a mushroom-rich Marsala wine sauce that's deeply savory, slightly sweet, and built for cold days and tired souls. As the meatballs brown, the hosts dive into what comfort fo...

January is cold, resolutions are failing, and chocolate is doing the heavy lifting. In this episode, Clinton Kelly , Carla Hall , and Michael Symon start with one deceptively simple chocolate buttermilk sheet cake—and immediately blow it wide open. Clinton bakes a fast, sturdy, ultra-moist chocolate cake designed to be messed with. From there, the kitchen turns into a full-on dessert lab: peanut b...

This episode marks a milestone moment for Chewed Up as Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon celebrate the show's momentum with a full-blown Fan Fridge for the 50th episode —and this one delivers. Pulled from a viewer's fridge in Ohio, the ingredients scream Midwest practicality: ground beef, mashed potatoes, cheese, vegetables, and condiments galore. Carla takes the reins, steering the cha...

It's Deep Winter Comfort Week , and Michael Symon is on a mission to rescue chicken tenders from their frozen-food reputation. The result? Crispy, feta-brined chicken tenders that are juicy, crunchy, and packed with flavor—finished with a DIY hot honey that hits sweet, spicy, and tangy all at once. Along the way, Clinton Kelly and Carla Hall dive into comfort food nostalgia, regional fried-chicken...

January hits hard—and this episode meets it with a pot of deeply comforting, no-nonsense soup. Clinton Kelly brings one of his favorite cold-weather staples to the Chewed Up kitchen: Chickpea, Chicken & Ditalini Soup. It's thickened naturally with smashed chickpeas, loaded with frozen veggies, tender shredded chicken, and finished with lemon, Parmesan, and olive oil. Simple, smart, and exactly wha...

It's Fan Fridge Day , and Cindy E from McKinney, Texas hands over her refrigerator — chaos, Reese's cups, miso, cabbage, and all. What follows is a classic Chewed Up spiral: Clinton is emotionally unprepared, Carla is optimistic, and Michael Symon calmly turns fridge odds and ends into something legitimately impressive. The star of the episode is cabbage — an ingredient Michael argues is wildly un...

This Episode brings a true heavyweight into the Chewed Up kitchen: legendary chef Charlie Palmer , one of the architects of modern American cuisine. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon dig into how Palmer helped redefine fine dining long before "farm-to-table" became a buzzword — from sourcing ingredients directly from farmers to building kitchens where comfort and technique actually coex...

This Episode kicks off the new year the Chewed Up way: honest conversation, zero fluff, and food that actually means something. Clinton Kelly, Carla Hall, and Michael Symon welcome 2026 with a deep dive into intentions vs. resolutions , why most people quit by February, and how to reframe success so it actually sticks. Carla takes the lead in the kitchen with a Southern New Year's Black-Eyed Pea S...