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The Best Episodes of Family Restaurant Rivals

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Valerie Bertinelli hosts as restaurant-owning families compete in challenges requiring them to overcome real-life restaurant curve balls. The team that impresses the food world's most intimidating judges wins $10,000.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Family Restaurant Rivals Season 1 Episode 1 - The Family That Cooks Together
    9.8/10(17 votes)

    #1 - The Family That Cooks Together

    S1:E1

    Chinese-American, Jewish and Italian-American families face off to see whose family restaurant fare is the best. In round one, host Valerie Bertinelli asks the teams to adapt their restaurants' best lunch combos for picky eaters. The two families that remain in round two have to make an impressive noodle dish with a twist that wows the judges, and the winning family takes home the $10,000 prize.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Family Restaurant Rivals Season 1 Episode 6 - A Family Affair
    9.5/10(16 votes)

    #2 - A Family Affair

    S1:E6

    Mexican-American, Italian and Laotian families compete to prove their food is best and take the $10,000 prize home to their restaurant. In the first round, Valerie Bertinelli challenges them to make a spicy special without any of their usual spicy ingredients. Then the remaining two families have to create an upscale dinner that incorporates breakfast items and wows judges Clinton Kelly, Bricia Lopez and Jet Tila.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Family Restaurant Rivals Season 1 Episode 3 - Family Freezer Burn
    9.3/10(16 votes)

    #3 - Family Freezer Burn

    S1:E3

    Hawaiian, Italian and Texas State Fair families compete to win a life-changing $10,000 for their restaurant. In the first round, Valerie Bertinelli challenges the teams to make a deep-fried family favorite using proteins that are frozen solid. Then the remaining two families have to use bacon in three totally different applications and blow away judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Antonia Lofaso and Simon Majumdar.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Family Restaurant Rivals Season 1 Episode 2 - With Family, Nothing Is Impossible
    8.8/10(16 votes)

    #4 - With Family, Nothing Is Impossible

    S1:E2

    It's a battle of Cuban, West African and Italian cuisines when three restaurant-owning families compete for a shot at winning $10,000. First, they have to make their family's version of a burger and side in just 15 minutes. In the second round, the remaining two families both hope their elevated childhood favorite dish will impress judges Clinton Kelly, Robert Irvine and Antonia Lofaso and take them across the finish line.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Family Restaurant Rivals Season 1 Episode 5 - You Can't Pick Your Family!
    8.8/10(16 votes)

    #5 - You Can't Pick Your Family!

    S1:E5

    A Filipino family, a Portuguese-American family and a family from New Orleans brave Valerie Bertinelli's kitchen challenges for a chance to win $10,000 for their family-run restaurants. In the first round, they must transform their best-seller into a taco combo. Then the remaining two families have to make a three-course meal using vanilla ice cream in each dish, working together to impress judges Christian Petroni, Courtney Rada and Jet Tila.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Family Restaurant Rivals Season 1 Episode 4 - Cooking With Parental Supervision
    8.1/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Cooking With Parental Supervision

    S1:E4

    Israeli, Indian and Southern restaurant-owning families compete for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win $10,000. In the first round, Valerie Bertinelli challenges them to make a seafood feast under an intense time crunch. In the second round, the two families that remain try to impress judges Clinton Kelly, Aarti Sequeira and Jet Tila with their signature meat and potatoes meal, but host Valerie Bertinelli adds one final twist.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Family That Cooks Together" is the best rated episode of "Family Restaurant Rivals". It scored 9.8/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/19/2019. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Family Affair".