Preview for Episode 1 of Celebrity Cooking Showdown  4/9/06

 "EPISODE #1 - Series Premiere"

04/17/06: CELEBRITY COOKING SHOWDOWN-- It's night one of the exciting primetime cooking competition with the stars. World-renowned chef Wolfgang Puck, Cat Cora ("Iron Chef America") and Govind Armstrong (executive chef, Table 8, Los Angeles) will team up with a celebrity tonight to prepare their own three-course dream meal. After one-on-one coaching and a culinary "boot camp," competition will play out in real time as the stars race against the clock in this adrenaline-filled event. 

Tonight football star Tony Gonzalez, Alison Sweeney ("Days of Our Lives") and Cindy Margolis will compete to move on to Thursday night's finals and the ultimate cook-off! Alan Thicke ("Growing Pains") hosts the series; Colin Cowie ("Everyday Elegance with Colin Cowie") and New York magazine restaurant critic Gael Greene serve as in-studio judges..

Source: NBC Press Release