GMA3 Is Internet hosting the Third Annual Battle of the Vacation Leftovers

Are there any mashed potatoes in your fridge proper now? Perhaps half of a glazed ham, or a Tupperware stuffed with gravy? Maybe some stuffing that you just simply can’t appear to do away with? I’d hazard a guess that even for those who stated no to all the above, there are doubtless some festive leftovers sitting in your fridge proper now. 

It doesn’t matter what or the way you have a good time this time of yr, there’s all the time a lot thought and planning that goes into guaranteeing you could have a scrumptious feast match for a military. However after the festivities have come and gone, you might be — with out fail — left with wonderful however unfinished meals. And although I really like mashed potatoes wholeheartedly, I can solely eat them for therefore many days in a row.

For anybody like me who struggles to resolve what to do with vacation leftovers, GMA3: What You Have to Know might be airing a fierce however pleasant competitors between acclaimed cooks to see who can remodel leftover meals into one thing new and thrilling. 

That is GMA3’s third annual “Battle of the Vacation Leftovers,” and this yr anchors DeMarco Morgan and Eva Pilgrim are joined by co-anchor ABC Information medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton and ABC Information contributor Rocsi Diaz to host the seasonal showdown. 

The battle will characteristic three well-known cooks: cookbook creator and former government chef of Union Pacific Rocco DiSpirito, Prime Chef season 13 contestant and proprietor of New York Metropolis’s Tadhana restaurant Frances Tariga, and government chef of The Envoy Resort in Boston and two-time Meals Community Chopped Champion Tatiana Rosana.

The three contestants will every design and cook dinner their ultimate dish for re-purposing vacation leftovers on-air, showcasing their very own distinctive style via the ultimate outcomes. The hosts and cheftestants are joined by three visitor judges who’re undeniably as much as the duty of choosing a winner: restaurateur and movie star chef Marcus Samuelsson, slapstick comedian and actor Michelle Buteau, and musician and producer Percy Miller, maybe higher often known as Grasp P.

After tasting every of the three remaining dishes, the judges will choose one winner to obtain a $10,000 prize that may go to the charity of their alternative. Talking with Meals & Wine, government producer for GMA3 Cat McKenzie recalled that “Yearly that we’ve achieved this, everybody’s include such nice charities…. These cooks play for actually nice issues which might be significant to them.” And for those who want another excuse to observe this festive competitors occur — apart from the promise of artistic cooking and elevating funds for a very good trigger — along with the announcement of the winner we are able to assure there’s one other enjoyable shock on the finish of the episode.

Though they’ll undoubtedly glean some new suggestions from watching these cooks work their magic, the GMA3 hosts have their very own methods for repurposing vacation leftovers at residence. Morgan says that for his household, the answer is all the time apparent. “It’s simply pasta. It’s heavy cream; it’s completely different cheeses. A bit garlic in there and you then put it within the oven and also you bake it. But it surely’s actually good. It’s like hen tetratrazzini.” In the meantime, over at her family, Pilgrim takes a distinct however equally scrumptious method, explaining to Meals & Wine that, “My mother is Korean, so we like to stay stuff in a bowl with rice after which combine all of it collectively, throw an egg in there, and a few scorching sauce, and the world is true.”

Viewers can tune into ABC at 1 p.m. EST/12 p.m. CST on December 26 to observe this yr’s Battle of the Vacation Leftovers go down. And also you would possibly wish to take notes, so you should use any insights you be taught to rework no matter is in your fridge.