On the Menu explained

Genre:	Reality Cooking
Presenter:	Ty Pennington Emeril Lagasse
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	10
Company:	One Three Media
Network:	TNT

On the Menu is an American reality competition series that aired on TNT. It was the first cooking show that gave viewers the chance to taste the winning dish. In each episode, four home cooks battled for the chance to have their dish served in a national restaurant chain. The show featured Ty Pennington as host and Emeril Lagasse as menu master.^[1] It was produced by Mark Burnett.^[2]

Format

Each episode begins with the cooks demonstrating they understand the featured restaurant during a preliminary challenge. In the second round, the three remaining contestants create a new dish for the restaurant. The dishes are served to diners whose votes determine which two cooks will move onto the final round. In the final round, the cooks have the opportunity to perfect their dishes based on comments they received from the diners before serving them to Ty, Emeril and representatives of the restaurant. Those representatives determine the winner, whose dish was put on the restaurant’s menu the next day.

Episodes

No.	Title	Challenge	Winning Dish	Air Date
1		Burgers	Meat & Three Burger		-	2	Breakfast	Apple Danish Stuffed French Toast
3	California Pizza Kitchen	Pizza	Korean Barbecue Pizza^[3]
4	Planet Hollywood	Dessert	Raspberry Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake
5	Emeril’s	Seafood	Crab Lasagna
6	The Cheesecake Factory	Asian	Vietnamese Meatball Sub
7	Cabo Wabo Cantina/Sammy's Beach Bar	Mexican	Shrimp Enchilada Stack
8	Outback Steakhouse	Steak sandwich	Market Steak Melt
9	Buca di Beppo	Pasta	Fresh Harvest Pappardelle/Beppo's Soffici Cuscini
10	Dickey’s Barbecue Pit	New Dish	Stampede Stew	^[4]

This episode had two winners (Nicole & Lynn), both dishes are available on the menu.

Notes and References

Web site: Ty Pennington to host TNT's 'On The Menu',with Emeril Lagasse as Menu Master . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307000809/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/05/ty-pennington-to-host-tnts-on-the-menu-with-emeril-lagasse-as-menu-master/242422/ . dead . March 7, 2014 . . Sara . Bibel . March 5, 2014 . September 19, 2014.
Web site: TNT Orders 'On the Menu' Cooking Series from Mark Burnett . . Ng . Philiana . October 14, 2013 . September 19, 2014.
Web site: California Pizza Kitchen. Cpk.com.
Web site: Episode Guide at TNT. TNT. November 7, 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141101110427/http://www.tntdrama.com/shows/on-the-menu.html. November 1, 2014.