Season 1
Pantry Raid is an American food reality television series produced by Dalaklis-McKeown Entertainment in which renowned chef and TV personality Michael Schulson visits homes across America to help people cook up extraordinary meals - using only the ingredients he finds in their kitchens.
The series premiered in the USA on the Style Network on 29 August, 2007. There are 10 half-hour episodes in the first season.
Pantry Raid premiered in South Africa on DStv's Style Network on Monday 1 September 2008, at 19h30. New episodes air from Mondays to Wednesdays at the same time.
Repeats
Thursdays: 19h30
Fridays: 19h30
Synopsis
Renowned chef and TV personality Michael Schulson believes that anyone anywhere can whip up a fabulously tasty meal - and he wants to prove it.
Paying visits to homes across America, Schulson demonstrates that cooking can be easy as pie for even the most time-challenged and culinarily clueless.
In each half-hour episode, Schulson examines the kitchens of cooking skeptics and helps them throw together delectable meals - using just the ingredients and tools he finds in their cabinets and refrigerators.
With sparse and sometimes unusual items, Schulson must draw on his creativity and inventiveness to come up with new, brilliant ideas for scrumptious concoctions.
Since he's not able to bring any supplies or shop at gourmet markets, his true skills are put to the test to find new ways of preparing a delicious meal.
You’ve only got penne, chicken soup and tuna fish in your pantry? No problem, because nothing is to too outrageous for our food guru.
Along the way, Michael provides helpful tips and tools on creating a meal from scratch and shows how an ordinary dish can turn into a work of art by polishing, presenting and “plating” these brilliantly conceived feasts.
You'll see Schulson offer his advice and skills to a variety of people across the nation, from a mother of seven who needs quick and easy recipes to a newly engaged woman with a fear of cooking.
Schulson even helps Finola Hughes, host of How Do I Look?, find time in her busy schedule to throw together an amazing dinner party.
So? What's in your kitchen?