Season 10 • Episode 6
LatestRobert Irvine is in Albuquerque, N.M., home of minor league baseball team the Albuquerque Isotopes. It's Healthcare Worker Appreciation Night at the stadium, and Robert is tasked with serving an elevated dinner to 250 deserving guests. But it's not that simple. He only has access to ballpark ingredients, and he must also prepare a New Mexico-themed snack for the 400 employees who open up the stadium for the game. Robert and his team must battle bad weather, limited ingredients and frozen food to hit a home run with this dinner.
Dinner: Impossible is an American television program broadcast by the Food Network. The first episode aired on January 24, 2007 and the last episode aired in 2010. Food Network began airing the eighth season on March 3, 2010. Each episode, the host is given a challenge that must be completed within a given time. Challenges have included preparing a large dinner aboard a luxury train, an "authentic" 18th-century American colonial dinner, and a luxury meal on a small, isolated, New England island.
Acting
Robert Irvine's explosive charisma carries every episode.
Production
Absurd location challenges: trains, islands, colonial reenactments.
Direction
Ticking-clock editing builds genuine suspense.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Irvine was temporarily fired from Food Network in 2008 after resume embellishment surfaced, but fan outcry brought him back. The man literally survived his own impossible challenge.
Dinner: Impossible helped pioneer the 'extreme cooking' reality subgenre that dominated 2000s food television, directly influencing shows like Chopped and Iron Chef America.
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