Our Super Bowl recipe playoff 15.
We have three NFL greats
as we have for 15 seasons now.
They're gonna compete in a game day cookoff
and this is legit.
These are their actual recipes.
They're not allowed to change them.
And we're gonna introduce you right now to our first player.
I know this dish
is gonna score big with the judge.
My name is Amani Oruwariye and I play cornerback
for the Detroit Lions.
Some of my favorite moments from playing
with the Detroit Lions begins with my first interception.
It was a great play and I was excited I could make it.
It doesn't matter what I'm doing or if I'm playing
or what I'm cooking.
You're gonna see me compete at the highest level.
I feel like I can win.
Today I'm making the world's greatest dip.
Man listen,
this is the best dip I've ever tasted.
I've made it for a bunch of my friends and colleagues.
It's great for Super Bowl.
It's great for a party.
This is what you wanna have.
You tell by my size.
I know my way around the kitchen.
So these other guys don't stand a chance.
I'm Connor McGovern.
I'm the center for the New York Jets.
One of my favorite things
about coming to the Jets is the passionate fan base.
They've been a huge help in my career here.
And I can't wait for them moving forward.
I do like to cook.
My favorite things are barbecuing
and cooking steaks and stuff like that.
For this competition
I'm making loaded tots with runny ranch.
I grew up on a potato farm
and that's why I'm using it today in a recipe.
I did a lot in the kitchen with them growing up.
So I've been perfecting this recipe for a long time.
I already know
that I have the best recipe.
Those other guys, they might as well not even show up.
I'm Brian Westbrook,
2015 Hall of Fame recipient for the Philadelphia Eagles.
And I play running back.
One of my favorite moments as an Eagle
was playing in the Super Bowl
against the New England Patriots.
Unfortunately, we lost that game,
but it was still one of the best moments that I had
while playing in the NFL.
For this competition,
I'm gonna be making buffalo chicken celery boats.
Something that me and my family absolutely love.
We started making it on 2018
when the Philadelphia Eagles beat the new England Patriots
in the Super Bowl.
I think this is
the tightest competition ever.
Of course, there's a lot at stake here.
We have an amazing bowl ring.
(cheering)
(clapping)
The Super Bowl recipe playoff champion ring
may not be worth quite as much
as the Super Bowl 56 one this year,
but more importantly to any of the three of them today,
the bragging rights.
I do not judge this.
I'm gonna eat all three and I want them
to all still like me at the end of the day.
Thank you very much.
But this person is an NFL super fan.
He is one of my oldest dearest friends.
He has the most infectious laugh in food.
He is an iron chef,
a best selling cookbook author.
His latest book is Fix It With Food.
He is of course a food network host.
He's a restaurant tour
and he's most importantly, my friend,
please welcome chef Michael Simon.
(cheering)
(upbeat music)
What's going on?
Fellas what's going on?
I love you baby!
Let's go down the line.
Tell us what you thought of each person's dish.
Cause they were all so different.
I thought they each had a great game plan.
No, no joke, no joke.
They really were.
All dishes were great and unique, which I love.
Mani, yours was, I,
I love that it had the sweetness
and the spice of the sausage.
And it, when I looked at it, I'm like
is this gonna have enough texture?
But it had great texture, really good flavor.
It was like a really kinda kicked up queso.
I'm a potato kid myself.
I loved it.
Had really great texture.
What I loved is when you fried it up and crisped it up,
not only did you get the crispiness of the potato
on the outside,
but it had a very creamy center,
almost like yeah.
Bacon, egg, and cheese in one tot!
Yep.
And it was creamy in the middle,
almost like a mashed potato in the middle
and it had the cheese and the salty bacon.
And then, you know, I mean, everybody loves ranch.
You had the good ranch dipping sauce
really another solid dish.
Brian, great dish.
Buffalo anything right?
I know,
who doesn't love Buffalo anything.
You know.
I thought it was a really smart dish in the sense
that you took one of everybody's favorite things
when they watch football, wings,
and you turned it into a single composed dish
that had great crunch and texture.
And it's easy for them to eat.
And he made it healthier.
Who is the winner of the ring?
The bragging rights?
This was incredibly close, Rach.
It was really hard for me to make a decision,
but I had to,
I had to go with my mouth, not just my heart.
The winner is.
(drum roll plays)
Amani.
(cheering)
(clapping)
(cheering)
Yeah Amani!
(cheering)
(clapping)